By Lee Stevens, PWTorch Specialist

Thank you for joining me once again this week as we put Raw "Under The Microscope." For new readers, this is not a complete recap of the show. It's simply a closer look at some things you may have missed or may not have thought about before. For veteran readers, you know that sometimes there was a good reason why you hadn't been thinking about it before! I apologize in advance and thank you for your time.

I knew you were going to do that

The dynamic between Shawn Michaels and JBL moves forward with a look back. Rey Mysterio introducing the footage of last week's save, slap, and DQ gives us a second glimpse at the proceedings as Mysterio complains about the interference. Upon closer look, it appears that the referee anticipated the slap and actually called for the bell before Michaels made contact.

It's an easy mistake to make as it's happening live, but I'm surprised that the WWE didn't have a different angle to not call attention to the timing issue.

The perfect mate

There was the usual supply of pro-Cena and anti-Cena signs in the crowd this week, along with two separate references to "move #820: armbar," bringing us back to a discussion we had with The Microscope earlier this year. My sign of the week appeared early in the show when a young gentleman held up a sign that announced that he and his one true love were honeymooning at Raw.

I'm not judging anyone, but if you find someone who not only agrees to schedule their honeymoon around the WWE events schedule, plus doesn't mind spending December in New Hampshire to do it, hold onto them with both hands. They are a keeper.

An apology

To beat the rush, I apologize to everyone remotely associated with New Hampshire for the above comment. In no way did I intend to suggest that your state is a horrible place in which to honeymoon. The Granite State is a wonderful holiday playground and without you, we wouldn't have enjoyed Adam Sandler, Sarah Silverman, or Seth Myers. How could anyone criticize you with such a powerful motto of "Live free or die?"

More importantly, the city of Nashua was the birthplace of Triple H. Thank you for all you've done New Hampshire, the Honeymoon Haven of the Northeast!

(It's currently 18 degrees and snowing)

And then there's that
For anyone who thought my version of The Night Before Christmas wasn't up to a certain level (http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/The_Specialists_34/article_28681.shtml ), I hope you enjoyed Goldust.

The poem is also known as 'Twas The Night Before Christmas and A Visit From St. Nicholas, although Clement Moore was later credited with writing the holiday verse, it was originally published anonymously.

Not counting the many attempts to parody the rhyme, several versions exist, with the most common variance coming in the listing of the reindeer. The most common version is Donner and Blitzen, but several incarnations feature the German version of Donder and Blitzen and older Dutch version of Dunder and Blixem.

As for Goldust's version, I hope everyone caught the references to not only his brother Cody, but his father Dusty. Feel free to disagree, but Goldust's brief moments of comedy couldn't possibly have the same value as a Cody and Dustin tag team. If you want them to be fan favorites, get the American Dream involved as a manager/advisor. If you prefer to have them on the other side of the equation, have Dusty as a manager/advisor and then have the kids proceed to give him a classic Dusty beating.

Merry Christmas Bedford Falls!

Jerry Lawler referred to JBL as Mr. Potter from the movie "It's A Wonderful Life." Mr. Potter was wealthy and he did boss around people, including George Bailey, portrayed by Jimmy Stewart. Stewart's character wasn't actually an employee of Potter's, so the comparison isn't completely accurate, but financially and socially, I guess it works.

If you haven't seen the movie, it basically follows the formula of A Christmas Carol, where a man sees a possible future without the influence he has had on the people around him. An angel steps in to save Bailey and reminds him that "every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings." That means every time Festus is toyed with by Miz and Morrison, there is still a positive somewhere.

Who will play the coconut?

Charlie Haas has now added Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka to his resume of portraying current and former members of the WWE. Snuka joins the list of WWE Hall of Famers "saluted" by Haas, joining the likes of Bret Hart and Hulk Hogan.

He's clearly not the only wrestler to do this, as we've discussed before, but he's not even the only one to do it this year. Santino Marella came to the ring dressed as one of Snuka's biggest rivals earlier in 2008. Marella mocked Roddy Piper while promoting his match at Cyber Sunday. Haas and Marella could recreate one of the most heated feuds of the early 80's.

The irony in all of the imitation comes in the form of Haas' opponent, Sim Snuka. Webster's defines 'sim' as an abbreviation for the word simulation, "an imitation, a counterfeit or a sham object."

Totally and completely 100 percent accurate, except for the part that's wrong

Several people commented, so I know it wasn't a hidden gem, but in case you missed it, yes, Michael Cole proclaimed Dolph Ziggler as "unbeaten." If you don't count his debut against Batista, perhaps he's correct. So, he's unbeaten, except for the time that he was beaten.

Webster's defines 'cole' as "any of various crop plants derived from wild cabbage." That somehow seems to fit. For a piece of wild cabbage, he's not nearly as bad as we thought.

It's all about The Game and how you play it

Whether or not you enjoy Goldust's holiday cheer, I was impressed that he rhymed Hornswoggle with the game Boggle. If it is all about the game and how you play it, then you should know that Boggle is simply a matter of shaking up 16 cubes with letters on them and then trying to form words from those cubes. Points are awarded based on the length of the words. Although there are 16 cubes, the longest acceptable words in Boggle are actually 17 letters long because there is a cube with "Qu" on it since most words which have the letter "q" are followed by the letter "u." Levesque would be an example of the "qu" combination, but wouldn't be acceptable for Scrabble because it's a proper name.

Boggle was developed into a TV game show, hosted by Wink Martindale.

Goldust gave Triple H "Monopoly," which holds the Guinness Book of World Records mark for the "Most Played Game." Triple H is from New Hampshire (again, I apologize NH, it was nothing personal), which doesn't have a space on the board, but when he was billed as Hunter Hearst Helmsley, the wealthy blue blood, he would have been represented by Connecticut Avenue. Connecticut Avenue is light blue and is among the second group of properties after passing Go.

How you play it? You move around the board, buying property, and earning money with those houses.

Monopoly was also developed into a TV game show with former Jeopardy contestant Mike Reilly serving as host during its brief 13-episode run.

Although not an official Monopoly fact, upon closer examination, The Microscope concludes that the race car is really the only Monopoly piece worth having. If you get stuck with the thimble, you have my condolences.

Lee Stevens goes "Under The Microscope" for Raw and Smackdown. You can leave comments below or e-mail him at GLStevens.Torch@gmail.com

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