Smackdown spoilers - Edge vacates World title, title match set up
by Keith Harris on Apr 13, 2011 9:02 PM EDT
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Smackdown spoilers are up at all the major pro wrestling news sites: f4wonline, PWTorch and prowrestling.net. So what was the onscreen ramifications of Edge's shocking retirement announcement on Raw due to his career ending neck injury? Here's a brief rundown of the major developments from yesterday's Smackdown tapings:
- Teddy Long announced that Alberto Del Rio would not be given the World Heavyweight title on a platter as he wished, instead he would have to defeat the winner of the show's main event Battle Royal at the Extreme Rules PPV on May 1st in a Ladder Match to earn the title. Unsurprisingly Del Rio is taking credit for ending Edge's career.
- Edge vacated the World Heavyweight title in another heartfelt, well received, farewell speech in front of his mother who he hugged to end the segment.
- Fittingly Edge's former tag team partner and best friend Christian won the Battle Royal to be the man to face Del Rio for the vacated title at the next PPV. Edge and Christian celebrated together to close the show.
- After the tapes had stopped rolling, E&C did a five second pose for old times sake. Then the whole Smackdown roster came out and broke character by giving Edge a standing ovation and some of his best friends came into the ring to hug him as his entrance music played. Triple H then came out and hugged him too. They then left him to do one last speech where he thanked everyone in the locker room, including Rey Mysterio, The Undertaker, Kane, Michael Hayes, Vince McMahon, Vickie Guerrero, Lita and Christian.
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by *Californication* on Apr 14, 2011 1:01 AM EDT reply actions
I for one
I am very sad to see Edge go. Especially like this. At least they caught it early so noting bad happened in the ring. Hopefully they will get behind Christian now
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by Lester A. Wiltfong Jr. on Apr 14, 2011 5:19 PM EDT up reply actions
It totally makes sense for Del Rio to do what he did.
But I still wish he wouldn’t have. I mean, I get that it’s instant heat for saying “he’s scared of me” or “I forced him to retire” etc etc, but this situation feels so different. If it were a torn muscle that shelved him for a few months, then go for it. But it’s a serious, life threatening injury.
I dunno. I don’t really fault them because it’s kind of par for the course to do this, but I was just sorta hoping they wouldn’t this one time, out of respect. I’m hopeful that Michael Cole doesn’t do the same thing at the announcer’s table.
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