Reported by Adam Martin of WrestleView.com
On Tuesday, September 27, 2005 at 5:25 PM EST

WWE's final broadcast on Spike TV last night was very interesting to say the least with the numerous amounts of edits by Spike officials whenever the "USA Network" name was dropped on TV. Even though it is obvious to say that Spike didn't want WWE plugging another event on a different channel on their network, Spike also wanted to keep the large audience RAW brings in every week for their UFC coverage next week. That plan might not appear to be as strong as thought before given the large amount of advertising WWE has done about the move to USA. It should be noted that WWE officials were 100% aware that Spike didn't want them dropping the "USA" name at any time during the broadcast, as WWE did their best to get around it and quickly say it before it could be edited out. It was also discovered late last night that some type of a deal was made between WWE and Spike that saw Spike "lay off the censor button" for the main event.

Even though a good amount of buzz will be surrounding WWE upon their return to USA next week on October 3rd, they are a good amount of WWE staff and wrestlers that feel the company is overloading the show and in turn will cost them some serious money in the end. The general feeling among many is that the company is setting the bar very high for the show next week and many have questioned giving away PPV-like matches for the show such as Shawn Michaels vs. Kurt Angle in a 30 Minute Iron Man Match and Matt Hardy vs. Edge in a "Money in the Bank - Loser Leaves RAW" Ladder Match. The decision to bring in some SmackDown workers to the show next week as well has some scratching their head considering WWE only has two weeks left to promote the No Mercy PPV on October 9th. Keeping in mind that WWE will be losing an estimated $40 million a year with the move to USA by no longer getting advertising money, some are questioning why the WWE isn't thinking in the long-term sense right now.

On a related note, as of this week, a good amount of tickets still remain for the WWE No Mercy PPV on October 9th in Houston, Texas.

Credit: Dave Scherer @ PWInsider.com