While I will not be able to view WWEs flagship program RAW till tomorrow, I did in fact catch a major story developing out from tonight’s show
Edge has thrown in the towel
Now I wouldn’t normally post anything about superstars retiring, but Edge is quite special to me, for you see, he is one of three wrestlers that got me into professional wrestling
Those three were,
Shawn Michaels
Randy Orton
And of course, Edge
The reason being was that these three outstanding wrestlers are the sole reason I got hooked onto the program.
Back in 2007, I decided to finally check out a episode of RAW after playing through the Smackdown V Raw game I had previously got for Christmas. For those keeping track, this was just when Triple H blew out his knee when taking on Rated RKO.
Now, the story was simple, Rated RKO had took out half of DX, and wanted to finish the job, so the next week, the entire show was built around this handicap match, and whether or not Shawn could survive it.
It featured some great segments, such as Flair and Hacksaw being taken out, and Shawn going crazy saying ‘if I’m going out, I’m going out in a BLAZE OF GLORY!”
The match itself however, featured quality storytelling
Shawn was busted open early, and couldn’t stop the attack of Edge and Orton, but just as Edge was about to deliver the con-chair-to, Shawn kick up, and started his comeback, which involved him pulling out the sledgehammer, and I swear I thought at the time he was being possessed by Hunter (though now I understand it as Shawn being one of the greatest of all time).
The show ended with Edge scrambling up the ramp, while Randy suffered a con-chair—to from Shawn, so while it was political justice, I was hooked into it, as these three men had just taken me on a hell of a ride
So after hearing that Edge has had to hang up the boots because of spinal injuries, I couldn’t help but feel a touch of sadness.
Thank you Edge, you where truly one of the best of all time, my only regret is that I only ever got to see you in action once.
You will be missed
