411’s LIVE Raw Coverage 04.04.05 | Edge Vs Chris Benoit (Part 1)

Match #3: Edge (w/ briefcase) vs Chris Benoit

Edge looks like he got some extra fog for his entrance. There’s a sizable contingent of pro-Edge fans here tonight. All the ladder match participants are getting nice pops tonight. Infirmary report: Benoit’s left upper arm is taped up and his eye is still stitched up. Edge’s knees seem to have some extra padding tonight. He’s got the cocky demeanor going. They do the knucklelock thing. Benoit tries a go-behind, but Edge breaks a waistlock. Edge gets a waistlock, but Benoit gets a left. They try the knucklelock again, but Benoit decides it’s far more efficient to simply chop Edge twice to knock him down. More chops from Benoit follow in the corner, and he gets some kneelifts as well. Benoit gets a kneelift to set up the snap suplex. Benoit gets punches. Edge bails to the corner, where he comes back with punches. Benoit tries an armbar, blocked, so he whips Edge into the ropes and gets clotheslined. Benoit heads out to try and rest the arm, which is killing him. Edge follows him out, and Benoit meets him with punches and shoulder-thrusts him into the security wall. Edge heads in to break “Vigilant” Mike Chioda‘s 10-count, but he walks into a hard kick to the gut. Benoit gets a whip and a kneelift to knock Edge out. Benoit bails again, so Edge gets frustrated and follows him. But Benoit gets three chops in a row with the good arm, followed by a punch. He heads in and runs the ropes to hit a baseabll slide to the back of Edge’s head. Chioda starts the count again. Edge gets on the apron, and Benoit walks into a stungun. that also drops his left arm on the top rope. Edge capitalizes, extending the arm and elbowdropping the arm. Then he does it again. Edge gets a kick and wrenches the arm. Benoit tries to fight back with chops, but Edge keylocks the arm around the top rope. Benoit fights it with a chinlock, and Edge has to break at 5 anyway. Back in the middle, Edge gets an armwringer into a keylock in the middle of the ring. Benoit fights up to his feet and bodyslams Edge with the one good arm, but Edge hangs on and rolls back through to a hammerlock. Benoit fights his way to his feet out of that, and elbows out, then gets a pair of rights and a chop. And a German out of nowhere! But he couldn’t hang on for the rolling Germans. That doesn’t stop him from just lining Edge up and hitting a second one. And a third one! Benoit is writhing in pain. He gets up as King speculates that Benoit has a fractured arm. But that doesn’t stop him from delivering the snot rocket… and up goes Benoit! Diving headbutt… misses! Edge smartly covers, but only gets two. JR says our referee has to take a long look at this match and make a decision on whether to make this match a TKO. I don’t think he has anything to worry about with “Vigilant” Mike Chioda calling the shots. Benoit rolls toward the apron, so Edge baseball slides him out and we go to an Ad Break! (7:49)