{"id":1007023,"date":"2022-03-01T12:36:34","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T12:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/01\/wwe-raw-edge-snaps-accepts-aj-styles-challenge\/"},"modified":"2022-03-01T12:36:34","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T12:36:34","slug":"wwe-raw-edge-snaps-accepts-aj-styles-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/03\/01\/wwe-raw-edge-snaps-accepts-aj-styles-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE &#8216;Raw&#8217;: Edge snaps, accepts AJ Styles&#8217; challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/WWE-Raw-Edge-snaps-accepts-AJ-Styles-challenge.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">March 1 (UPI) &#8212;<\/span> Hall of Famer Edge accepted AJ Styles&#8217; challenge to face him at <i>WrestleMania 38<\/i> on WWE <i>Raw<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Edge, who has been asking anyone in the locker to come out and challenge him to a match at <i>WrestleMania 38<\/i> in recent weeks, did so again on Monday before <i>Raw<\/i> went off the air.\n<\/p>\n<p>Styles arrived onto the scene with Edge stating that both men have wanted to face each other for a long time. Edge said he wanted to face the old Styles at <i>WrestleMania 38<\/i>, and not the one who has been in a tag team with Omos over the past year.<\/p>\n<p>Edge then offered to shake Styles&#8217; hand when suddenly the legendary grappler started assaulting Styles with vicious punches. Styles fought back momentarily and tried to deliver The Phenomenal Forearm.<\/p>\n<p>Edge dodged the attack and then kicked the high-flyer below the belt. Edge, as he showed shades of his old Rated-R Superstar persona, then grabbed two steel chairs.\n<\/p>\n<p>Edge placed Styles&#8217; head on one chair and smacked him with the other twice before <i>Raw <\/i>went off the air.\n<\/p>\n<p><emb><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"CfIbqzBR34M\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Edge unleashes a vicious attack after AJ Styles accepts WrestleMania challenge: Raw Feb. 28. 2022\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CfIbqzBR34M?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/emb>\n<\/p>\n<p>Also on <i>Raw<\/i>, United States Champion Damian Priest defended his title against Finn B\u00e1lor.<\/p>\n<p>Priest was able to avoid B\u00e1lor&#8217;s first attempt at the Coup de Grace and nailed The Prince with a Chokeslam, but it wasn&#8217;t enough to win the match.<\/p>\n<p>B\u00e1lor recovered and then finally landed the Coup de Grace from the top rope to win the match and become the new United States Champion.<\/p>\n<p>Priest, as B\u00e1lor celebrated with his new title, got on the microphone and said B\u00e1lor won the match because he had the fans&#8217; support, which he never had. Priest vowed to win the United States Championship back and then took B\u00e1lor out with punch to the face.<\/p>\n<p>Priest ended things by sending B\u00e1lor into the announcer&#8217;s table with a Powerbomb.\n<\/p>\n<p><emb><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"JABGTpV_7Wk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Damian Priest snaps after Finn B\u00e1lor wins the United States Title: Raw Feb. 28. 2022\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JABGTpV_7Wk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/emb>\n<\/p>\n<p>Raw Women&#8217;s Champion Becky Lynch, Doudrop and Nikki A.S.H. teamed up to face Bianca Belair, Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan. Lynch defends her title against Belair at <i>WrestleMania 38, <\/i>which takes place on April 2 and April 3.\n<\/p>\n<p>Lynch, throughout the bout, would use Belair&#8217;s own hair against her.<\/p>\n<p>Belair got revenge by using her long braid as a weapon as she whipped the champ several times across her stomach. The attack was strong enough to leave markings on The Man.<\/p>\n<p>Belair then won the match after nailing Nikki A.S.H. with the K.O.D.\n<\/p>\n<p><emb><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"zYElkq3pRfI\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Belair, Ripley &amp; Morgan vs. Lynch, Doudrop &amp; Nikki A.S.H.: Raw Feb. 28. 2022\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zYElkq3pRfI?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/emb>\n<\/p>\n<p>Other moments from <i>Raw <\/i>included Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins defeating Raw Tag Team Champions Chad Gable and Otis in non-title match after Owens took Gable with a Stunner on The KO Show; Omos defeating T-Bar; Tommaso Ciampa defeating Robert Roode before he was attacked by Roode and his tag team partner Dolph Ziggler; 24\/7 Champion Reggie and Dana Brooke defeating Akira Tozawa and Tamina; The Hurt Business defeating Rey and Dominik Mysterio due to interference from The Miz; and The Street Profits defeating RK-Bro.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March 1 (UPI) &#8212; Hall of Famer Edge accepted AJ Styles&#8217; challenge to face him at WrestleMania 38 on WWE Raw. Edge, who has been asking anyone in the locker to come out and challenge him to a match at WrestleMania 38 in recent weeks, did so again on Monday before Raw went off the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1007024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1007023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrity-gossip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1007023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1007023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1007023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1007023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1007023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}