RAW Spoilers 11/4

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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – WWE Champion The Miz fancies himself an intellectual force with which to be reckoned. Unfortunately for him, his plan to avoid a title match at Extreme Rules proved too clever by half – and cost him twice as much.

Five-Man Gauntlet Match ended with R-Truth and John Cena in a Double Disqualification; Extreme Rules match arranged.
Five Superstars. One opportunity. The math added up to one grueling Five-Man Gauntlet Match as John Cena, R-Truth, John Morrison, Dolph Ziggler and Randy Orton battled for the opportunity to compete against WWE Champion The Miz at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view.

First up in the random selection, Randy Orton and Dolph Ziggler squared off. During their match, members of The New Nexus, sans CM Punk, distracted The Viper long enough for Ziggler to wrap up a pin. Afterward, the men who had each been punted in the skull by Orton, lashed his beaten frame with a vengeful ferocity.

Entering next, R-Truth showed the bleach blond bomber what was up by eliminating him in fourth place. Truth’s former tag team partner, John Morrison, then jumped into the action. Leveraging his familiarity with The Shaman of Sexy, the rapping Superstar overcame the athletic assault.

Finally, it was John Cena’s turn. The Cenation Commander-in-Chief set aside his friendship with Truth and assailed him with a barrage of heavy hits. To his credit, though, Truth held steady, unwilling to relinquish the golden opportunity before him. As the two traded blows, however, they were attacked by WWE Champion The Miz and his lackey, Alex Riley, leading to a double disqualification.

Although the WWE Champion claimed there was no No. 1 contender, the Raw General Manager had other ideas. The anonymous GM announced that there were now two No. 1 contenders for the WWE Championship and that the match at Extreme Rules would be a Triple Threat Match between WWE Champion The Miz, Truth and Cena. Afterward, The Cenation Commander-in-Chief punished Riley, Truth tackled Miz. Then the rapping Supertar and Cena found themselves in a shoving match before Truth exited the ring.

World Heavyweight Champion Edge announced his retirement
The illustrious career of 11-time World Champion Edge has come to an end. The Rated-R Superstar told the WWE Universe that, due to injury, he can no longer compete in the ring and will retire from competition.

After more than 13 years, The Ultimate Opportunist went out on top as the reigning World Heavyweight Champion – and offered an emotional farewell to his legion of admirers and fellow Superstars.

Jerry “The King” Lawler def. Jack Swagger; Extreme Rules match announced
Michael Cole is the only undefeated Superstar on the WWE roster. Crazy? You bet. The “rat Bar Steward” broadcaster’s perfect record of 1-0 will be on the line again, however, when he teams with Jack Swagger against Jerry “The King” Lawler & Jim Ross in a tag team match at Extreme Rules.

Lawler was allowed to name the match after defeating The All-American American in singles competition. As he and Swagger faced off, Good Ol’ J.R. and Cole looked on from their respective corners. Ross assisted his longtime friend with a well-timed distraction, allowing King to win, and prompting Cole to slap Swagger. As the cowardly announcer scurried off, his WWE Hall of Famer rival gleefully dropped his Extreme Rules bombshell.

The Corre def. “The Apple”
Santino Marella enlisted three Superstar allies to exploit emerging cracks in The Corre once and for all. The Italian introduced “The Apple,” or Allied People Powered by Loathing Everything (The Corre stands for), consisting of Daniel Bryan, Mark Henry & Evan Bourne.

Unfortunately for the newly formed foursome, The Corre took a bite out of their alliance, overcoming their differences to suppress The Apple onslaught.

Sin Cara def. Primo (WATCH | PHOTOS)
A week after wowing the WWE Universe with a high-altitude debut, Sin Cara cemented his international celebrity status with an impressive victory over Primo. During the high-flying bout, his Puerto Rican opponent used some pretty punishing chops. The masked Superstar, however, flipped the script on Primo and nailed him with one last inspired aerial from atop the turnbuckle.

Brie Bella def. Divas Champion Eve
In Italian, Bella means “beautiful.” In WWE, though, it’s come to mean something downright ugly. In her match against Divas Champion Eve, Brie Bella resorted to lowdown trickery to capture the Butterfly Title. After she and her sister, Nikki, failed to capitalize with “Twin Magic,” Brie took advantage when her twin nonetheless distracted Eve long enough for her to pin the lovely Latina.

Five-Man Gauntlet Match arranged
There’s no shortage of ambition in WWE. When John Cena expressed interest in battling WWE Champion The Miz again for another opportunity at the title, four other Superstars quickly joined the chorus, including Randy Orton, John Morrison, Dolph Ziggler and R-Truth.

Each man made their case for a title opportunity, until the anonymous Raw General Manager intervened. The GM debuted a new concept, a Five-Man Gauntlet Match, initially pitting two randomly selected Superstars and allowing the winner to continue on to face the next random opponent. The Superstar who can go the distance would become the No. 1 contender for the WWE Championship and will face The Miz at the Extreme Rules pay-per-view.

Off the bat - R TRUTH IN THE WWE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH??? what are the WWE doing? He obviously isn't get FE'd.

Slightly more pressing issues, do you actually think Edge is well and truly retired or if it is kayfabe? I mean, it has happened way to suddenly in my eyes for it to be part of a storyline or something. I will be extremely sad if it is true as Edge is one of my all time favourites. Yes, he had one too many world title reigns but he had some brilliant matches.

The entire show showed very poor and looks like Vinny has fallen back into his old ways after Mania again.

What are your thoughts on this weeks RAW?

Thought Edge's farewell speech was great, wonder if he'll have one on SD too? I kept thinking ADR was going to run out and beat him down at the end, glad he didn't though.

Sin Cara carried on where he left of last week with a couple more botches and after seeing the vignette i'm looking forward to see what they do with Awesome Kong.

On a side note does the sudden retirement of Edge mean a space at the top table for Christian?

After speaking with several different sources, I can now confirm that Edge did seek medical advice and at least one doctor was in Pittsburgh, as WWE.com reports. As Edge mentioned in his speech on RAW, his neck is what is in question. The severity is such that any match could have been his last and caused severe permanent damage.

I am also finding out that Edge's health questions came into play when the WrestleMania script was being written. A Christian heel turn was heavily talked about and considered going into WrestleMania, but with the WWE aware of Edge's health, they went against turning a face such as Christian heel on Smackdown. Due to these factors, Christian remained a face at WrestleMania. This allowed Edge to walk away with the title which has led to him getting to leave "on top" and having an appropriate send off.

Those were the plans apparently , that's from Wrestlezone.com.

My thoughts on RAW...well it looks like it's a good show, i say that every week because this is partly my era but i think it varies the title match having R- truth in it, a bit of a shock even to me though. Apparently Edge is dropping the title on Smackdown! who knows who to though?

Surely got to be a ladder match between Christian and Del Rio for the vacant title?

Wow so for what we thought as another burial of an up and coming star in ADR at Mania actually turned out to be WWE giving Edge a send off with the title.

so who faces ADR at extreme rules, is this a kayfable or is he retiring

It's real, it's damn real.

Holymiky wrote:
My thoughts on RAW...well it looks like it's a good show, i say that every week because this is partly my era but i think it varies the title match having R- truth in it, a bit of a shock even to me though. Apparently Edge is dropping the title on Smackdown! who knows who to though?

It still has Cena vs Miz for the umpteenth time though.

This match should have been a five man texas scramble. And what is the point of putting R Truth in there? he is not going to win. At least put Jomo or Ziggles in there to even entertain the prospect of anything but a miz or cena win.

Having read it, the show seems pretty poor - shame about Edge as I always liked him and was hoping for a reuniting of the 5 second pose (for the benefit of those with flash photography).

I think Edge will probably just have to vacate the title, I doubt they'd want his last match to be him dropping the belt and from a kayfabe point of view it wouldn't make much sense to have him say "The doctors told me I had to retire immediately" on RAW then go out on Smackdown to do the 'time honoured tradition of the business' and drop the belt on his way out.

It definitely sounds as if Christian will slot into Edge's place as Alberto Del Rio's opponent, what with them not wanting to turn him heel due to Edge retiring. I'd love it if they had a match between Christian and ADR for the vacant title on Smackdown and Edge helped Christian win it, what a way to go out that would be! As it stands though I think they'll just say that the ladder match at Extreme Rules will be for the title and they'll find a way to slot Christian in.

As for RAW, I'm glad to see someone else getting a chance in the main event, even if it is R-Truth. Pity they couldn't go the whole hog and leave Cena out but I can understand why they have him in. You've got to wonder if the current heat on John Morrison has cost him a place in that triple threat match though.

Can't wait for Kong's debut! She's gonna kill everybody. Everybody.

In shock about Edge, I was fuming after wm because I wanted adr to win but understand now why they've done it


On a separate note, r truth getting a title shot Wtf?

gona miss Edge but look on the bright side Christian now gets his title shot and also is no longer in Edges Shadow

and where was Cm punk during the 1 contender matches?

Gutted about Edge, always one of my favourites and will be sorely missed

Reports claim he's surrendering the title on Smackdown this week and he's getting a proper send off

Edge no longer has medical clearance to wrestle so he'll be dropping the title without any form of match involved.

Christian was meant to turn heel at Mania initially and cost him the title but they found out that this was going to happen sooner rather than later and therefore gave Edge the win as thanks.

Looking forward they'd be daft now not to upgrade Christian to the match v ADR, they've worked together for a while and they've worked well.

is Edge going to be in the Hall of Fame?

It's almost certain he will be one year Brahma.

Hobo - I do agree that is has been done many times before but for me throwing someone in randomly even if it is R-truth, makes it a bit different and i think that's what they are trying to achieve.

AS I no longer have sky, can I ask what is happening with the Rock - is he gone till Mania?

Hobo he will probably make a few Appearances of and on on raw and costing cena the title possible and maybe BRINGING IT VIA satellite

APPLE is absolute GENIUS!!!!!!!

I think its the right time for Edge to go to be honest. Ever since he returned from his achilles injury he hasnt been the same and ive said many times that the fire in his belly isnt there anymore. You could tell for the past year or so that he wasnt the same man so i'm pleased he's going out on top. Would be fitting if he passed the torch to his best friend but i dont think we'll get the fairytale ending.

With regards to R-Truth, he's obviously just going to be the fall guy for Miz to retain at Extreme Rules.

I watched the Sin Cara match and i have to say it was fantastic, some great spots and he looks so promising especially as he looks pretty over already.

Sounds like John Morrison is well and truly in the WWE doghouse! Odd decision to throw R-Truth in there, and agree Dolph Ziggler would have been a better choice because at least he's had a degree of build-up over the past few months. Can't remember the last time R-Truth won a match.

Anyone else see them building the Swagger face turn?

After last night it definitely seems so KB, I think they need to end the Cole/Lawler feud anyway and decide whether they want Cole to be an announcer, manager or the RAW GM.

The best way to do it is to have a mass beatdown of Cole, have Swagger say he's standing by Cole then during the match have Cole in the ring for the entirety (no more than 5 minutes though) where he's getting beat up by Lawler and JR, then have him go for the tag and Swagger drop down from the apron and walk out.

Swagger can then cut a face promo the following night and have a heel (Miz would be ideal but seeing as he's champ Alex Riley would be a better option - too soon for a face Swagger to feud with the WWE champion) come out and blast him for his treatment of Michael Cole. Swagger then destroys said heel in 'Wrestling Machine' fashion and hey presto the turn is complete.

I think they will do it differently.

I can see them continuing to tease heat between Cole and Swagger with Lawler getting in the head of Swagger, then at ER, Cole will be trying to get Swagger to beat down on Lawler and starts shoving him, causing Swagger to turn and drop Cole, handing Lawler the pin, then the next night on RAW he explains his actions and the Miz stuff happens.

Morrison in the dog’ging’ house seems more apt I reckon.

I can see that Christian is used as a go to guy to build ADR as a champ for a couple of PPVs and by then Swagger’s face turn will be complete and ADR v Swagger will become a lengthy feud for the title.

What about the kong advert. looks like she doesnt like little dollys does it. prehaps this will bring a little bit of competition and legitamacy to the divas title.

ncfc_Tooze wrote:What about the kong advert. looks like she doesnt like little dollys does it. prehaps this will bring a little bit of competition and legitamacy to the divas title.

I think it's more what the doll represents. Blonde and made of plastic. Sounds like a fair few of the Diva's to me...

exactlly little dollys

awesome kong video from raw - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHl0cPIxr6Q

Can't wait for Kong to debut, hopefully they let her go full pelt and she could have some cracking matches with Natalya, Beth Phoenix and Gail Kim - although I think Kim will probably be used as a sacrificial lamb to be honest.

Thought the interaction between Eve, Gail, Natalya and Tamina was quite interesting (if it's allowed to go anywhere that is), wonder what the thinking behind that was?

The WWE is really unredicatable at times. The Edge retirement came very suddenly, and no one could have predicted R Truth would get a title shot. Really enjoyable Raw, and I thought the crowd was electric all night! One of the loudest crowds I have heard for Raw in a while that didn't feature a returning star. Anyone else think that?

It'll be interesting to see how the ratings do, they usually fall of a cliff in the post-Wrestlemania months.

Yeah the crowd seemed well into it animal.

Y2 - Regarding Kong, i think they are gonna run a storyline along the lines of all the Divas arguing - See RAW for Eve saying all the divas are the same etc. The Kong character comes in and then they all want to beat her? Isn't that the same as the TNA story (didn't watch at that point so no idea)

I think you might be onto something Miky, I think the Eve thing was the start of Kong's storyline. However, I think it'll be more a case of the Divas having to band together because none of them can take Kong out on their own. Sort of all the Divas putting aside their differences to try and take on Kong.

I still think WWE will have Natalya or Beth Phoenix be the one to take her down though.

theundisputedY2D2 wrote:I think you might be onto something Miky, I think the Eve thing was the start of Kong's storyline. However, I think it'll be more a case of the Divas having to band together because none of them can take Kong out on their own. Sort of all the Divas putting aside their differences to try and take on Kong.

I still think WWE will have Natalya or Beth Phoenix be the one to take her down though.

And Beth and Natalya have been fairly quiet.

It also makes sense sticking the strap on the Bellas as they are the 'smallest' Divas and therefor Kong destroying them will make a believable impact.

King Beer wrote:And Beth and Natalya have been fairly quiet.

It also makes sense sticking the strap on the Bellas as they are the 'smallest' Divas and therefor Kong destroying them will make a believable impact.

When they took the belt off Natalya and put it on Eve I was like "Ey up, Kong's on her way" because I thought Kong would plough through everyone then destroy Eve and take the title, leaving Natalya to be the one to step up to the plate. Putting the title on the Bellas doesn't make much sense, if only because they're heels at the moment.

But the fact that Beth and Natalya have done jeff all lately seems to suggest that they're saving one or both of them to be the one who beats Kong.

I did notice Nattie in the Edge line up....

Hero wrote:Wow so for what we thought as another burial of an up and coming star in ADR at Mania actually turned out to be WWE giving Edge a send off with the title.

just because he lost doesn't make it a burial, ADR for me while good didn't exactly come across as ready, he got a good show out of Edge tho

Y2 - That storyline i came up with was just a clue out of what i saw on RAW where, like you said, the Divas are struggling to communicate and beat her etc and then someone finally wins against Kong.

Y2,

Putting the strap on the Bellas makes perfect sense! They are the weakest Divas. No point Kong arriving and burying Gail Kim or Nattie and then the Bellas walk out to stop her! That's like the army trying to stop Brimstone stomping a mudhole in the world BAH GAWD!

Technically she would be face if she took out the Bellas, then she would go into matches heel when she faced people like Eve? Confusing much!

King Beer wrote:Y2,

Putting the strap on the Bellas makes perfect sense! They are the weakest Divas. No point Kong arriving and burying Gail Kim or Nattie and then the Bellas walk out to stop her! That's like the army trying to stop Brimstone stomping a mudhole in the world BAH GAWD!

Yeah I totally agree with you about that mate, the Bellas are pussies! I just meant that it was strange they'd take the belt off Eve, who would have been fine in the role of someone getting their ass handed to them by Kong, and put the belt on the heel Bellas (this is assuming that Kong will be a heel).

I thought that's why they took the belt off Natalya and put it on Eve in the first place, so she could be the sacrificial lamb who got destroyed by Kong for the title. Then Natalya (or Beth Phoenix) would be the one to step up and take out Kong.

theundisputedY2D2 wrote:

King Beer wrote:Y2,

Putting the strap on the Bellas makes perfect sense! They are the weakest Divas. No point Kong arriving and burying Gail Kim or Nattie and then the Bellas walk out to stop her! That's like the army trying to stop Brimstone stomping a mudhole in the world BAH GAWD!

Yeah I totally agree with you about that mate, the Bellas are pussies! I just meant that it was strange they'd take the belt off Eve, who would have been fine in the role of someone getting their ass handed to them by Kong, and put the belt on the heel Bellas (this is assuming that Kong will be a heel).

I thought that's why they took the belt off Natalya and put it on Eve in the first place, so she could be the sacrificial lamb who got destroyed by Kong for the title. Then Natalya (or Beth Phoenix) would be the one to step up and take out Kong.

It's more for the build up mate, Eve, Gail and the Bellas all arguing about the title, Kong comes out, desroy's everyone and continues to do so for a few weeks, then gets the titles, then Eve, Gail etc step up, before Beth and Nattie return.

Wasn't that my suggestion! Stealing my fire now

It's a good idea!

Is the Bella's being the Champions such a bad idea? while I'm no fan of them, they can do the switch over quite often and it could keep them looking strong, If booked decently enough they could be competant, for the way that division is run now anyway