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04-12-2011, 12:53 PM | #6376 |
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A lot of people thought it was a work at first, but it looks like he is officially retired because of problems with his spine and neck.
Uncontrollable shaking at times and other issues. Too bad it has to end that way for anyone. |
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04-12-2011, 01:04 PM | #6377 | ||
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It's a perfect opportunity to turn Swagger face and start pushing him as a main eventer (again), too. Quote:
People have been saying it for years: they haven't been building any new stars. They've been stopping and starting people for years and years, or when they bring in new people like Bryan Danielson - who are already over when they get there, and/or show signs of getting over when they debut - they immediately squash them because they aren't "their" guys. Danielson in particular is a dropped ball, because they've all but killed him after months of losing on NXT (and people were watching that show, back at the beginnin) and months of Cole burying him and then months of giving him the boring geek gimmick on Raw. He was over immediately after that debut match with Jericho. And now he's playing lackey to Santino in ****ing APPLE and nobody cares. He doesn't have the size to be a main eventer, that's always been the reality, but he could have been an upper mid-card star. And they did everything they could to kill that. They need to start protecting people the way they protect Cena and Orton (who don't need protection to begin with...). Guys need wins, guys need to look strong. And they just refuse to do that for anybody who isn't either a) 6'4, 250+ lbs and b) somebody (preferably a bodybuilder) that they discovered and brought through FCW themselves. Or, I guess, c) a 2nd or 3rd generation WWE entertainer. Undertaker is gone, HunTOR is gone, HBK is gone and now Edge is gone. And there's nobody there to step in for them. Vince McMahon can't blame anybody but himself for that. |
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04-12-2011, 01:07 PM | #6378 |
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I thought it was a work until he started to break down. The longer it went on, and then when Del Rio didn't interrupt, and then when he walked the superstar gauntlet backstage and some of them were in tears, there wasn't much doubt.
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04-12-2011, 01:11 PM | #6379 |
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That looked fake and contrived to me, even if it wasn't.
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04-12-2011, 01:47 PM | #6380 |
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that would truly suck. |
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04-12-2011, 01:50 PM | #6381 |
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WWE just found out about the retirement after Wrestlemania otherwise Del Rio would have one.
They say now they will let their plans known on Smackdown about the heavyweight belt. |
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04-12-2011, 03:45 PM | #6382 |
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And yeah, they really need to let Danielson, Swagger, Punk and a host of other guys just do their thing. Edge hands over the belt in the same arena he first won it at. Full circle I guess... |
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04-12-2011, 03:58 PM | #6383 | |
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The only way they're going to get a new guy over as a major star is if they do what they did initially with Sheamus, and that's put him on a win streak. Make him look like a monster. Of course, then they'll go on and do what they did with Sheamus (and countless guys before him...), and return him to the midcard and job him out and then you're back to square 1 and Randy Orton interrupting SuperCena at the beginning of Raw. |
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04-12-2011, 03:59 PM | #6384 |
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Kind of sad to see Edge retire and I hope he is able to fully recover and lead a productive and full life.
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04-12-2011, 05:15 PM | #6385 |
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Great guy i've met him and he was a good guy i hope he heal up and then come back as a manger or commentator.
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04-12-2011, 06:46 PM | #6386 | |
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This is rich:
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04-12-2011, 07:00 PM | #6387 |
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Not looking good for Christian taking Edge's spot. Smackdown taping spoiler
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04-12-2011, 08:03 PM | #6388 |
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04-12-2011, 08:06 PM | #6389 |
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At least it seems Corre is finally getting some credibility.
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04-18-2011, 06:56 PM | #6390 |
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Tonight's RAW. Contains a Heel Turn that's been a long time coning.
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