This Monday night, a new era begins in pro wrestling. We go back to the days of competition between two brands as TNA gets national TV coverage on Spike. We go back to the days of Raw" at home on the USA Network, where the line between appropriate and inappropriate is far blurrier than it was at Spike. And we go back to the days when WWE was putting on its best possible product every Monday night -- or at least for this week's show. On CNBC's The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch" on Wednesday, Vince McMahon promised a top-shelf program filled with past and present champions and numerous surprises. If WWE is to get back to the heights it enjoyed in the late 1990s, this show will be a big reason why.

AROUND THE RING: Confirmed for Monday is a WWE title match between John Cena and challenger Eric Bischoff, Edge vs. Matt Hardy in a loser-leaves-Raw" ladder match, and Shawn Michaels vs. Kurt Angle in a 30-minute iron-man match. ... The Dudley Boyz could be repackaged in TNA as Devon and Ray Deadly.

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