Edge wants rated R not rated PG.

Raw
3/5/10

Kicking off Raw last night we had the announcement of the return of the Cutting Edge after an apparent 3 years with out it returning later in the night, and the guest being Randy Orton.
After this we went to Batista. He came down in his usual spot light stared at a random fan before proceeding to the ring to complain as he has nothing better to do. But don’t get me wrong he works well with the crowd so this is a decent promo to kick things off.

He complained about being #1 contender again and then complaining about the last man standing match before reciting the rules to us. (Listen carefully you will hear a fan shout “You suck.”)
Batista claims that the actions of Cena at Extreme Rules were the most embracing moment of Cena’s life.
After that Batista announces that it will be a beat the clock challenge between himself and Cena to decide the stipulation at Over The Limit.
After that he started calling out his opponent The Miz, but received Shames.
Shames proceeded to gloat about how he won his match at Extreme Rules against his opponent, and adds insults to Batista. He then challenges Batista to a match for his #1 contender spot. Batista refuses saying that Shames lost his chance. After some final words Shames makes his way out.

When we head back from the adverts Miz has just got to the ring but is not in ring attire.
He talks about being sucker punched and that he has a doctors note (you heard me right, a doctors note) that says he can not compete. He then moves on to say his replacement is Miz’s NXT rookie Daniel Bryan.
Once Bryan is to the ring Miz has the mic snatched from him by Bryan. Bryan then claims he will make Batista tap out.

The match kicks off and already Bryan had Batista on his toes with a close roll up and then an ankle lock before Batista ducked out the ring.
Once back in Batista takes control.
This was a very good match to me showing why Daniel is the so called best on NXT, always keeping Batista on edge with submissions where ever he could lock one in and pulling that clock out as much as he can, he just didn’t want to give up, every pin he was put in he kicked out.
Bryan locks in a very cool looking Armbar/Crossface almost tapping out the animal but unfortunately he got to the ropes. After that he did some taunting leading to getting a kick to the leg which leads to a Spear and a Batista Bomb, winning with a time of 5:06.
When the match was over Batista gave Bryan another Bomb, he then walked away before turning back and doing it one more time.
Now it was obvious that Batista was going to win but it was a good match showing the skill of Daniel.
We then find out that Chris Jericho will be Cena’s opponent later in the night.

When we return from the break we see Brady back stage chatting with Eve. Then Jillian joins to make a little comical skit.
After Brady and Jillian leave, Eve gets attacked by Maryse.
We then head over to edge talking with a member of staff about what footage he wants to use in his Cutting Edge later on, but anything he asks for the guy says he can’t use it. Oh I wonder why? PG rating perhaps? This is an interesting move for WWE they are actually having Edge subtly tell us that WWE are rubbish as they can’t use hardcore footage, but it doesn’t even stay subtle as they push that further.
He then gets joined by Josh Matthews asking about Randy. Edge then proceeds to put down WWE by saying about the PG rating and how he is rated R! and that he wants to start new age of controversy again! This was answered by a cheer from the crowd because this is what we want.
All I personally have to say to that is “Oh My God! YES! Do that!!”
I really don’t know what they are aiming for with this but if it means coming back to rated R, coming back to the era of TLC, Blood and so on, I am backing Edge all the way, this also shows that WWE knows what’s wrong and that they might (big might) do something about it.

After the Ads we have “the Million Dollar Baby” (equipped with Title) coming to the ring.
Ted talks about his moment last week with Truth before saying he will hire an associate, and that person will slap Truth. This led into John Morrison coming to the ring to face Ted in his first match on Raw.
This match showed some great skill at first with Morrison flying over the ropes to receive, from an area of the crowd a “this is awesome” chant.
Morrison re entered the ring but purposely Ted got counted out. As Ted walked away Morrison got a mic and called him back saying he will restart the match. Ted just ignored him but then Morrison said that if he loses, he will be Ted’s associate. This worked Ted headed back to the ring to kick it off again.
When we come back from the ads Morrison is in a leg scissors. This led into a pretty solid match between the two and did show why these guys are the rising stars with some great moments scattered though out the contest.
This match ended with Ted going for Dream Street but Morrison reversed it into a pin that Ted didn’t even realise he was in. After the 3 count Ted attacks John from behind but luckily he’s saved by R-Truth.
We could see a good story line forming here between Truth & Morrison and Ted and his, to be decide associate.

We head back from the ads and have the man a lot of us wish we couldn’t see John Cena.
Jericho then appears but like Miz, he is not dressed to compete.
He claims that he will not use the same excuse that Miz used and just says that by facing him it would be a waste of his time. Then he brings out his replacement Chris’s NXT rookie, Wade Barrett.
So we start the match with the clock winding down as the two go straight into a mixture of locks. This match showed once again some good skill from the NXT rookie but if it wasn’t for Jericho’s interference this match looked to be one sided. Once Jericho helped, Wade went into just slugging it out and putting fists into Cena while Chris shouts at Cole and King.
At the 2 minutes mark looked like Cena was going to come back just to meet a boot to the face and Wade stays in control. This was really showing how Wade is a good future star of WWE I must say it would be great to get another Brit on the Roster since WWE removed the Burchill’s.
27 seconds left on the clock when Cena made Wade tap out to the STF.
Cena didn’t waste anytime in going to say what the match will be but was interrupted by Shames attacking him and leaving Cena laid out in the ring. It was at this point I was wondering when Wayne Brady was going to start actually doing some Hosting?

Back from the ads and we have the very pretty but not a great wrestler Maryse head to the ring. We then see double as the Belle Twins come down as one is set to wrestle Maryse.
One word now, “snore” because this is another nap section that’s if you had time to close your eyes as the match was over before you would of even had a chance to put your head back.
Maryse then talks some French then introduces her new photo shoot; of coarse this is her lying with the Divas title over the unconscious Eve. It didn’t take long for Eve to come down to the ring but was stopped from getting at Maryse by the Ref.

We come back from the ads to have…. Zack Ryder? …..Really?......REALLY?....Well ok whatever then….
He talks about still being on Raw and why he has Divas sitting by the ring. He calls out Primo but Wayne shows up on the screen and says he would be better off against, you guessed it, Mark Henry.
Un important match of Mark beating on Zack and the girls not so impressed, Zack gets some control but doesn’t take long for Mark to take control again.
World strongest slam and a 1-2-3 and that match is over and the Divas by the ring, Gail and Alicia weren’t impressed, by Zack but gladly left on the Arm of the Worlds Strongest Man.
We then have Chris and Miz talking back stage about Big Show, like a couple of ex boy friends.
Chris then says “lets make a statement” and that he has an idea before they walk off down the hall way. We maybe seeing the formation of a new Tag Team here. The Heart Dynasty vs. The Big Shows Rejects for Over The Limit perhaps.

Ads end and we have Kozlov backstage talking with Brady. They get joined by Santino in an afro wig, he talks about wanting to join the Russian in a tag match but finds out that Regal has already taken that spot. They all leave and Brady says some words to Gold dust. Not a particularly funny moment, I have seen better, they are defiantly not using Brady’s full comedy potential.

When we return from yet another ads break we have Chris & Miz at ring side at the announcers table.
The Heart Dynasty comes down to the ring which is already occupied by there opponent’s, Kozlov and Regal.
As the match goes on Miz and Chris talk about there splitting with Big Show. I actually think that Chris and Miz would have been better on the announcers table than Cole & King.
The match was just a chance to push The Heart Dynasty as they made short work of the Russian and the Brit, as David Heart makes Regal tap to the Sharp Shooter. Straight after The Miz makes his attack but was taken down by David but he couldn’t stop the coming Code Breaker from Jericho, Miz then nails The Skull Crushing Finale on the lifeless David.

We come back from the Ads and we find out next weeks host is Falva Flave. We then have Edge head down the ring for the Cutting Edge. Straight away Jerry was saying about how Edges Rated R ways may not fly in WWE’s new era.

Edge starts talking about explanations, and interestingly he isn’t acting fully Heel nor fully Face, kind of in the middle similar to Randy.
He then talks about the reasons for what he did. Then he is about to introduce Randy when we see Wayne Brady head down to the ring.
Edge seems quite pleased to see him and continues to chat and interview him.
Brady talks about being a fan of WWE for a long time, and that he wants to try and see what it’s like to be a WWE superstar, and proceeds into a little trash talking about previous guest hosts. He is soon interrupted by Randy’s music as he makes his way down to the ring.
Orton comes in and gives his icy stare to both of them before RKOing Brady and then aiming for Edge.
Edge attempts to talk Randy down. He is drowned out mid way by RKO chants. Edge goes on to talk about there former tag team, Rated RKO, and how he wants to start that again, and both of them can pick the bones after Cena and Batista’s match at Over The Limit. Randy just continues to stare so Edge gets frustrated and starts shouting about how its not fare, how he tried to please us and we didn’t really give it all to him, and how Randy cares about nothing but himself and we all get behind him. Edge then says that Randy will join him or he will continue to Spear him week after week. Edge then shouts for Randy to say something but he continues to stare, he then goes for the RKO but is reversed and Big Booted, Edge lines up but as the Spear comes in he meets an RKO.
Randy chants are heard and his music is played as we close out the show.

This was another interesting episode of Raw, showing this time that the WWE may actually be listening to us, the Fans. There making some good storylines and a possible push on that PG rating but that still maybe only a dream.
This has defiantly got me wondering what’s to come and looking forward to next weeks show.

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This is Matty.D Signing out.