Jeff Wirthheim sent this item. ... Al Michaels just mentioned on Sunday Night Football on NBC that "tomorrow Ben Roethlisberger and some of his line are going to jet up to Wilkes-Barre to partake in Monday Night RAW with Vince McMahon and company". Then he and Chris Collingsworth went into the controversy about his appearance. Considering that NBC owns USA Network (at least for now) you would think that Al would have been handed a formal billborad to read, but he was not.
Andy Rogers added this. ... I'm watching football tonight instead of the PPV and the NBC guys have mentioned Big Ben's appearance on Monday Night Raw a few times. It even came up in Bob Costas' pre-game interview with Ben where he advised him to watch out for the Big Show. Ben said he was bringing his O-line with him, so he'll have back-up in case someone tries something. He did go out of his way to say that he wouldn't be coming off the top rope or anything tomorrow. Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth were just talking about the appearance and Collinsworth said if you want to make your O-line happy, take them to wrestling.
I guess the NBC synergy is working for them tonight. Not sure if it'll translate into numbers tomorrow given the MNF match-up, but we'll see.
