Why does edge retire

That wasn't a thing. Following a brutal series with former tag team partner Randy Orton and a triceps injury that forced him on the sidelines for months, Edge was back on the scene in the Royal Rumble and made history when he became the eighth superstar to win the historic match twice - and the first to do it after being inducted into WWE's Hall of Fame.

It came eleven years to the day of his first 'rumble' triumph. The stars keep aligning for 'The Ultimate Opportunist' as night two of WrestleMania 37 just so happens to fall on the year anniversary of Edge's retirement. Extra sentiment comes in the fact that like him, his two opponents have beat the odds to get to this point.

Champion Reigns, real name Joe Anoa'i defeated leukemia for the second time and made a full recovery, while Bryan's story of having to retire due to concussion problems before coming back, is on par with Edge's resurgence. I don't think that's fully landed on me yet. How the hell did we get here? I don't think that's lost on our audience. I don't know, honestly, I just hope it's a cathartic release and some small step towards normalcy again.

On Sunday, with 25, fans back in for the first time since the COVID pandemic began, Edge will see clearly that everything has come to life. With Edge officially on his way out the door, who gets the first shot at grabbing what appears to be a vacated heavyweight championship?

All signs point to Del Rio taking on Christian in some type of stipulation match at Extreme Rules in a couple of weeks. Christian has been on Edge's side the last few months, taking on the Spanish aristocrat at every turn. What happened to make Edge retire from WWE?

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Login to post your comment. Show More Comments. Why did we hear about this so close to bell time? Why wasn't this announcement given a proper build up?

WWE certainly didn't get the bang for their buck in having Edge announce his retirement on such short notice. Perhaps this is an elaborate plan to get more heat on Alberto Del Rio, with the Mexican aristocrat poised to exact revenge on Edge for his WrestleMania victory followed by the defacing of his vintage Rolls Royce.

Expect Alberto Del Rio to physically impose his will this week on Smackdown, interrupting the otherwise heartfelt occasion of Edge's final Smackdown appearance of the week.

While pro wrestling dirt sheets are indeed hit-or-miss, there was not one report on Edge's current condition leading up to what we're being led to believe is his final match.

If Edge really was getting all these super secret MRI's, I would at least expect one credible pro wrestling news site to leak such significant information in the age of the Internet and the knee-jerk media. If Edge truly was evaluated extensively enough to eventually determine that his career would be no more, and word didn't get out beforehand, he must have the greatest or worst publicist of all time.

WWE is a victim of its own M. Even the past couple of months have seen countless firings and departures that were eventually overruled or outright ignored. The nature of watching WWE is suspending one's disbelief but also looking at worked shoots through the lenses of cynicism. As long as WWE is a scripted program that dismisses the novelty of retirement in every sense of the word, I refuse to believe that we have seen the last of Adam "Edge" Copeland. Enjoy our content?