In case you didn't see Kyle "Shrub" Busch and Joey "Sliced Bread" Logano's appearance on "WWE Monday Night Raw" last night, here are a few highlights:• Chris Jericho started the show with some fine usage of the words "mirth" and "jocularity."• In the midst of an argument between Jericho and the Big Show, Busch and Logano announced their presence with authority by doing dueling burnouts in the parking lot of the HSBC Arena, then driving into the building to thunderous applause. See the entrance at the 5:50 mark of this
video. • Busch put on his bad guy hat and aligned himself with Big Show, who apparently went Benedict Arnold during a hyped pay-per-view show Sunday night. Booing ensued. (Busch is used to that.)• Logano called Big Show out for being "weak." Busch replied by calling Sliced Bread "young and dumb," then dropped the line of the night: "We're in the city of Buffalo [huge cheers]. A city that hasn't made the playoffs since Hulkamania [boos]. And you bring T.O. in? What's he done? Next thing you know, we're going to be singing 'O Canada.' [more boos]"• Then Logano invoked his right as guest co-host by declaring Big Show would have to fight Triple H -- aka He Who Was Wronged Sunday Night. Then Busch decreed that Jericho would have to match up with someone whose name Kyle proceeded to mangle three times: Kofi Kingston. • There was more, including the unveiling of a third race car with a tatted-up Randy Orton on the hood. Orton himself admired the car in a very physical manner, easily the most uncomfortable moment of the night. • Later in the evening, Kingston made like Michael Jackson in the
"Black or White" video and drove Orton nuts by remodeling the car with his keys, a crowbar and a bucket of orange paint. • Nearly as uncomfortable as Orton rubbing up against the car was the next segment, when Busch and Logano had a (too) long acting scene with Jack Swagger.• For a more detailed play-by-play of the wrestling stuff from someone who actually knows what he's talking about, check out
the recap from The Wrestling News Page. The Charlotte Observer's Jim Utter also made the trip up and posted a couple of photos with
his write-up. • Next week's Monday Raw guest hosts? Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne.
Passing the Buck
Jimmie Johnson's win at Charlotte two weekends ago was his 46th career Cup series victory, moving him into a tie for 13th on the all-time wins list. He's tied with Elzie Wylie Baker Sr. Thankfully, Baker shortened that to Buck.
I've been getting a lot of questions from readers about Buck, wanting to know whether he was ever anything other than Buddy's dad and why he deserved to be on the list of 25 finalists for the NASCAR Hall of Fame's first class. You asked, so here you go: