8 Ups And 5 Downs From WWE Raw (Jan 27)

by Scott Carlson

1. Orton Sinks To A New Low

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Admit it: The moment Randy Orton came out to join Edge in the ring, you knew the Viper would strike. If not, you must be new to wrestling.

But what you might not have known is just how far Orton would go Monday night.

After hitting an RKO on the returning Edge, Orton retrieved a chair and walloped the Rated-R Superstar once with it. He then wrapped the chair around Edge’s head and climbed the turnbuckle, looking like he was going to Pillmanize his head. Thankfully, he relented and looked like he was going to leave.

But then Orton scrambled back, grabbed two chairs and delivered a conchairto, using Edge & Christian’s old move. That earned Orton insanely loud boos.

And thus, our WrestleMania 36 blood feud match is set. Really risky – hopefully everything went off flawlessly – but really well executed with someone extremely safe like Orton. Nicely done.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.