Edge - Sayin' goodbye to a Legend

So tonight on Raw we get the unexpected retirement of Edge. Being the pro-wrestling industry you get that a lot, angles like this come and go but from what I'm reading this is legit. Here a couple of reasons it think this is true:

• After his match at WrestleMania vs Alberto del Rio he destroyed his car in order to further their feud.


• This past Friday on SmackDown a rematch for Extreme Rules was set up.


• This does no fit into any storyline with ADR not making an appearance.


• They went behind the proverbial curtain as a goodbye to Edge.


• Nodq.com reports that everything that Edge said in the promo was legit.

In any case, if this was to be true this a sad/happy day for me as a wrestling fan. Sad because we won't see one of the true greats of my generation perform for us, he will be truly missed. Happy because, if he said is true, he found out in time to be able to live a healthy life; he made a ton of money, is still young so he will be able to enjoy a great life.

I was fortunate enough to meet Edge during the WrestleMania X7 weeked in Houston (bare with my look, this is 10 long years ago and I was only 14)

The guy was a real class act and took time to greet the fans. He was coming back from the gym and was all sweaty, he kept telling fans that he'd be disgusted to take a picture with a guy as sweaty and smelly as him. He took time to ask every fan where they were from and who was their favorite wrestler (could I really lie by the t-shirt I was wearing?) I talked about Mysterio being one of my favorites and he said it was a dream of him to wrestle with him (that became true a couple of years later when Rey joined the WWE). Met a lot of guys that weekend but Edge was truly one of a kind.

Besides meeting him I was lucky enough to watch some of his greatest matches live. I've got 3 that really stand out:

• TLC Match at WM17. This match was the next day after the picture was taken; Edge said he was pretty scared as they were going to try out some crazy stuff, and boy he was not lying! This 3-way tag team match, Dudleys vs. Hardys vs. Edge & Christian was amazing and still one of my favorites 10 years after it happened

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6k7tmTWQUFs] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7KnFGuSh8Y]

• My second favorite match is Edge vs Eddie Guerrero in a No DQ match at Smackdown in September of 2009. They had a PPV match the previous Sunday that was OK but nothing spectacular, but this match was something else. The crowd in San Diego was hot the entire night, but this match made them go overboard, it was about 15 minutes of intense action. Edge picked up the win after a huge DDT from the top of a ladder; after the match everyone gave Eddie a standing ovation and, I believe, this was where his huge rise to the top of the WWE started.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_2jhD-yDJo]

• My final favorite match is a TLC Match for the World Title vs The Undertaker at Extreme Rules. This was an awesome match that saw the Undertaker be fired from WWE, the match was amazing and words can't do justice to what these to men did that summer night in San Diego

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2ZXf6_gIg4] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RqTOJacNZQ] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc14ElYwcPA]

If this is the end of line for Edge, I am really happy for him, I hope he gets healthy and lives a full life and is as successful in anything else he does as he was in the WWE.

Thank you Edge.

Mr Khakbaz out!