“It was CREEPY because…”- Former WWE writer reveals what he had planned for Edge before his retirement in 2011
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Edge announcing his retirement in 2011 on RAW
WWE Superstar Edge recently fought at his home in Canada against Damien Priest and managed to beat his former ally. It was a big deal for him as he wrestled at the event after many years and had not expected that he would wrestle in Canada again. He delivered an incredible Canadian Destroyer followed by a spear to seal the victory over Priest. Edge was then attacked by the Judgment Day members Rhea Ripley and Finn Balor but was saved by his real life wife Beth Phoenix. The Rated R Superstar had said that he wanted to make the most of this second run in the company.
Edge made his in ring return after 9 years at the Royal Rumble 2020, and though he managed to eliminate three participants including Randy Orton, he was eventually but was eliminated by Roman Reigns at the event. Thereafter he was involved in a feud with Randy Orton and was out of action due to an injury he suffered at the WrestleMania Backlash in a match against Randy. He then returned to action the Royal Rumble 2021, which he won by last eliminating Randy Orton. Thereafter, He ended his feud with Orton on an edition of RAW.
He challenged Roman Reigns for the Universal title at WrestleMania 37, which also involved Daniel Bryan but he failed to win the match. Edge hasn’t won any championships during his second run in the company and surely deserves a last World Championship win before retiring.
Edge disclosed his retirement plans after RAW went off air
Edge and Damien Priest main evented on RAW this week and after the programming went off air, Edge addressed the WWE Universe and spoke about his retirement. He said that he is looking at the calendar and usually WWE comes to Canada in August and so the next August he plans on seeing each and every member again. He then said that he and the WWE Universe would say goodbye to each other on that night, indicating that he would be retiring next year. The Rated R Superstar then stated that this is the perfect place for him to do it.
Edge had retired in 2011 due to a neck injury but was cleared to wrestle in 2019, which he had not expected. According to former WWE writer Freddie Prinze Jr., he really created a plot for Edge in which he had to relinquish the championship because he had retired, and it was a spooky coincidence that it also occurred to him in real life. Christian was going to go heel and make fun of the neck injury of the Rated R Superstar.
After his successful defense of the World Heavyweight Championship against Alberto Del Rio at the WrestleMania 27, Edge would vacate the title due to a real life, life threatening Neck injury. The title was put on line at Extreme Rules 2011 and Edge’s best friend Christian Cage defeated Alberto Del Rio to win the World Heavyweight Championship for the first time in his career.
“I actually wrote the story for Edge that he ended up having to pull out of because he retired. We wrote this whole thing where, and it was creepy because it was kind of actually what happened to him. He wanted to get the belt on Christian, and Christian was gonna turn on Edge. [He was going to] just for weeks, smash him. It was going to be like when Dave Chappelle spoofed Sesame Street. He was going to do something like that, and they were gonna spell the word spine and what each letter stood for. Just mock what he did to this dude’s neck. It was this whole thing.”
According to Meltzer, the reaction from the crowd was huge after Beth saved her husband and this sure is a build up to something. He stated that at the Clash of the Castle it’s going to be Beth Phoenix, Edge and Rey Mysterio vs Rhea Ripley, Finn Balor and Damien Priest.
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