With all signs pointing to Edge retiring from professional wrestling leading up to a heavily teased announcement, the inevitable seemingly came to fruition when Edge attributed recent unfavorable MRI results to a career-ending decision to call it quits after over 10 years in WWE. With various retirements and "firings" in WWE being made into a mockery, all ensuing departures that aren't future endeavored updates on WWE.
Incidents revolving around Edge's retirement speech earlier tonight played out more like an angle than an actual retirement in a company and industry that lacks credibility when it comes to retirement. There seemed to be an overlying cloud of doubt surrounding Edge's retirement from pro wrestling. If this really is it, Edge is a bona fide future Hall of Famer whose decorated career accolades are unmatched.
If this isn't the end of the road for Adam Copeland, however, it wouldn't be without a significant dose of predictability. You have to be tough to be a pro wrestler, and I understand that. However to retire from a business that defined your life, especially for someone like Edge who grew up as a lifelong fan, seems like it would be an emotionally trying decision to make if there were shades of realism to it.
Sure, Edge seemed to break down at times during his speech, if you want to call it that, but it appeared as if Edge was auditioning for the next WWE film rather than being legitimately choked up about the prospect of his livelihood being taken away from him. Maybe Edge has known of his impending retirement for a while now, thus being able to come to peace with his career coming to an end.
Edge has expressed in interviews for months that he is nearing the end of his rope. However, Edge's retirement speech lacked the raw poignancy and emotion that I would expect given the circumstances.
Edge's speech seemed forced, and anything resembling tears came off as disingenuous. Though Edge routinely shot down the possibility of returning to the ring, this moment did nothing but stoke the flames among fans.
They would simply have to wait a few more months. Rampant speculation would finally be confirmed at the Royal Rumble event. Grizzled and determined, Edge had a new lease on life, from a career standpoint, and he was determined to make the most of it. During the match, however, Edge sustained a legitimate triceps tear, which kept him out of the ring for the rest of the year. However, he vowed that he would return.
When he did, he would do so with greater purpose. After finally eliminating Orton, Edge emerged victorious. One year following his return from retirement, Edge punched his ticket to the main event of WrestleMania 37 to challenge Universal Champion Roman Reigns ; later on, Daniel Bryan would be added to the mix, making the match a triple threat encounter. Stay tuned to the Last Word on Pro Wrestling for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop.
You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. WWE fan? You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on Peacock. His first major feud was with Gangrel, a vampire character who brought in Christian, Edge's real life best friend and storyline brother.
The three eventually put aside their differences and formed a team. Their team was known as The Brood, and they were eventually absorbed into Undertaker's ministry of darkness. These four men innovated many different matches from Ladder matches to TLC matches, all of which wowed the audience. Edge and Christian went on to win seven tag team championships together before splitting up for good.
Once Edge moved away from tag team wrestling, he focused on his singles career. He feuded with everybody from Christian to Test to Kurt Angle. In Edge won The King of the Ring tournament, furthering his singles career.
Having now been crowned the IC champion, Edge began fighting with his brother, and eventually lost and regained the title during their feud, only to later lose the title to Test. The following year, Edge was placed in a feud with William Regal for the Intercontinental Championship. Edge, however, came up short in the feud. Upon arriving there, he began a feud with Kurt Angle, which culminated in Edge shaving Angle's head following a hair vs.
He then formed a tag team with Rey Mysterio ; the two participated in a tournament for the newly created and SmackDown! After they failed in winning the title, Mysterio and Edge defeated Los Guerreros in a number one contender's match on the October 24 edition of SmackDown! On the November 7 edition of SmackDown! After losing the title, Edge and Mysterio went their separate ways to focus on their singles careers.
In February , Edge suffered a legitimate neck injury and had to undergo surgery with Dr. Lloyd Youngblood. Recovery kept him sidelined for almost a year.
They continued a close partnership even after losing the title, but it was disbanded when Edge won the Intercontinental championship at Vengeance from Randy Orton. Following a legitimate groin injury in a non-televised match, Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff stripped Edge of the Intercontinental title. Upon his return, Edge began to show some Heel characteristics centering around his obsession for the World Heavyweight Championship. Michaels won the audience vote to receive the title shot, giving Edge and Benoit a tag team title shot.
During the match, Edge abandoned his partner although Benoit managed to win the title on his own and instead interfered in the main event, costing Michaels the championship. After the conclusion of the match, Edge attacked Benoit. In a November episode of Raw , both Edge and Benoit competed in a number one contender's battle royal , but they eliminated each other simultaneously at the conclusion of the match, resulting in a draw.
As a result, Triple H was forced to defend the title in a triple threat match. In the match, Benoit locked on the Crippler Crossface on Edge, who shifted his weight putting Benoit's shoulders on the mat for a pin. This match also ended in a draw for Benoit and Edge, as Benoit made Edge submit at the same time the referee counted a pinfall for Edge.
As a result, the World Heavyweight title was vacated the following week on Raw. Shawn Michaels acting as special guest referee performed a Superkick on Edge, in retaliation for an accidental Spear by Edge, causing Edge to be the first eliminated.
This led to a match at the Royal Rumble later in the month, in which Edge defeated Michaels. Subsequently, at WrestleMania 21 , Edge won the first ever Money in the Bank ladder match , gaining himself a contract that gave him a shot at the World Heavyweight championship within one year.
Dumas had been the girlfriend of Copeland's close real life friend, Matt Hardy. When Dumas suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament, she was put out of action, and it was during this time that Copeland began an affair with her while she was still in a relationship with Hardy.
Shortly after the incident became public knowledge, WWE released Hardy resulting in even more backlash towards Copeland and Dumas. After Hardy returned, however, the real-life situation was translated into a storyline. Edge was then paired with Lita in an angle where she betrayed her storyline husband Kane , which ended with a stretcher match that Edge won, but shortly before, Kane performed a Tombstone piledriver on Lita.
The situation was a real-life occurrence , with Hardy referring to Edge as "Adam" and issuing a threat to Lita as well. When Hardy was officially brought back to Raw, he and Edge continued their feud, including a match at SummerSlam where Edge defeated Hardy, causing Hardy to have excessive blood loss. They also competed in a Street Fight , which resulted in a no contest when Hardy performed a side effect on Edge off the entrance ramp into the sound speakers and other electrical equipment.
Shortly after the Homecoming victory, Edge suffered a legitimate torn pectoralis major muscle that kept him shelved for several weeks. During his time off, he starred in his own talk show segment on Raw entitled The Cutting Edge , dubbing himself the "Rated-R Superstar". Edge used his talk show to start a feud with Ric Flair following Flair's well-publicized arrest in connection with a road rage incident.
Edge eventually began using The Cutting Edge as a soapbox to run down Flair until, after weeks of public mockery, Flair eventually showed up and attacked Edge. As a result, Cena was forced to defend the title against Edge, who cashed in his Money in the Bank contract at that moment. Edge defeated Cena in less than two minutes after two spears to become WWE Champion for the first time.
In an interview conducted after the event, on WWE. On Raw , Edge held up to that promise by engaging in foreplay with Lita until they were interrupted by Flair, who called Edge a disgrace and "that he was horrible in the sack. The "Live Sex Celebration" segment earned Raw a 5. He then lost a return match on a special Thursday episode of Raw held in February. Edge blamed special guest referee Mick Foley for his loss, claiming biased officiating and attacked him.
They feuded until WrestleMania 22 in April, where Edge defeated Foley in a Hardcore match by spearing him through a flaming table but suffered second degree burns. Triple H was involved in a feud with Cena at the time, resulting in a triple threat match at Backlash , where Cena pinned Triple H to retain the title.
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