By James Caldwell, Torch assistant editor

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban was put through a table by WWE wrestler Sheamus at the conclusion of tonight's Raw show that he guest-hosted live from Dallas.

Cuban was involved in the show-closing storyline to promote Sunday's TLC PPV where WWE champion John Cena will defend against Sheamus. After Sheamus was scripted to knock down Cena with consecutive bicycle kicks, Sheamus turned his attention to Cuban.

After a brief stare down, Sheamus kneed Cuban in the gut, then ran him through a table he had set up earlier in the ring. Sheamus stood tall in the ring, then Dallas Mavericks players hopped the guardrail to scare Sheamus away from the ring. The camera then cut away from the Mavs players, who were smiling and laughing too much being involved in the storyline.

Cuban was involved in tonight's Raw from start-to-finish, even playing special referee for the Kofi Kingston vs. Randy Orton match after telling the crowd in the Mavericks's home arena that "WWE referees are even worse than NBA referees."

When he played referee, Cuban was scripted to make a fast three count for Kingston to win his match over Orton. Cuban then announced Kingston vs. Orton in a singles match at the TLC PPV.

Prior to Monday's Raw, WWE established the groundwork for a potential confrontation between Cuban and Cody Rhodes through the local media. Cuban played up his mini-feud with Rhodes after Randy Orton rolled footage of Cuban taking an RKO from Orton six years ago at the 2003 Survivor Series PPV also in Dallas.

Rhodes challenged Cuban or Mavericks players ringside to a fight, but Cuban balked and told Rhodes to bring back to his challenge in June "after the Mavericks win the NBA Finals." Cuban received a strong reaction from the hometown crowd for his rallying cry.

Cuban was easily one of the most-involved guest hosts on Raw since WWE began the weekly guest-hosting concept earlier this year in June. WWE also had plenty of "SportsCenter" worthy moments they're looking for with sports-related guest hosts. It will be interesting to see how much coverage WWE receives in mainstream press for Cuban's heavy involvement on tonight's Raw.

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