Edge Retires

Possibly the most shocking news for me, as a fan of pro wrestling, was the sudden announcement of Edge retiring from active competition last Monday night. The videos covers his announcement on Monday night, as well as Edge's final night on Friday Night Smackdown.

Anyway, I have been reading interviews that Edge had been doing over the past many months and I know that retirement was looming on his mind. He has sited his past injuries as the main reason, as a few of them were giving him trouble. And after everything that has happened recently, it was revealed that it was his neck that was affecting him to the point where he needed to retire or face the possibility of injuring himself even more so.

But as even Edge said it, it is better that he can leave with his health and on his own terms rather then having to really be forced out after suffering a lasting and possibly more severe injury. He was set to have another ladder match against his WrestleMania opponent, Alberto Del Rio after all. Who knows what may have happened, had he gone into the match?

As a fan who actually got to see Edge from the beginning of his WWE career, it was awesome to see just how far this guy has come over the years. Not very many guys make it after splitting from a tag team, but he is among the few that survived and thrived. I admit that it is sad to see him go, but I am glad that the guy didn't end up even more messed up then he already physically is. Hell at only 37 years old, he still has time to heal up and enjoy life. And really, who knows? Maybe he will return to the ring someday yet.

And for the record, he did always have the best entrance music of any wrestler I think I've ever seen.