Back to Blog
Wrestlers edge7/9/2023 ![]() The Revival, they both live in Asheville, so they'd come, and they'd get in there with me, and they'd put me through my paces. Thankfully, I'm married to another Hall of Famer who can pick up and body slam me, which you can't say for a lot of wives. I got a warehouse space, and I set up a ring and basically had my own personal 'Field of Dreams,' and I just got in there and got to work. I can't go to the PC.' So they sent me a ring. "I talked to, and I said, 'I can't go to a ring anywhere because people will start seeing me. Once he got the green light from WWE - and publicly denied the idea of a return to the ring - Edge still had to get into ring shape. There was also an added level of stress beyond getting cleared. "That's when we started to realize this could actually happen."Įven with that level of clearance, WWE has a medical team that focuses on head and neck injuries, led by Dr. ![]() Obviously, it's working for you,' and that's when I floated out the, 'But what about wrestling?'"Įdge eventually set up an appointment in Birmingham, Alabama, with Dr. "My family doctor just said, 'Let's get some pictures on it, just see where you're at, and we'll see a spine specialist here in Asheville.' did that, met with. Even though the thought crossed his mind time and time again, no wrestler had ever come back from triple-fusion surgery. Couple that with doing all of these fight scenes over the years on sets - some pretty physical stuff, especially with 'Vikings' - and I thought, 'OK, I feel really good.'"Įdge wrestled until he retired suddenly in April 2011. I was going probably 20, 25 mph, landed on these stones, rolled right up to my feet. In the process of doing that - this stupid competitive thing - I'm flying down a mountain, I hit this one jump, and I wiped out. He wants to do different challenging things that he hasn't done before, and I love to mountain bike. "IT STARTED DAWNING on me that this could be a possibility when Sheamus came to town, and we were filming an episode of his Celtic Warrior workout show. Strangely enough, it all began after he crashed his mountain bike. How did Edge, eight years removed from his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame, make his way back to the ring at the age of 46, looking fitter and leaner than he had at any other point in his career? But I think when you look at the video of me walking out, I think you see it in my eyes." "It was all surreal, kind of like a dream sequence, but everything's so focused and hyperfocused that I can't really explain it. I mean, I truly feel like I could have beat King Kong's ass," Edge told ESPN. After a moment of intense emotion during which he stared toward the heavens, he charged toward the ring and reclaimed a dream that had seemingly been snatched away for good. After almost nine years away from wrestling and triple-fusion neck surgery, Edge made his seemingly impossible return to in-ring action. ![]() Twenty people had already entered the men's 2020 Royal Rumble match, and the anticipation of who would step out and enter the bout next was palpable.Īlmost no one in attendance could have anticipated the shredding electric guitar riffs of "Metalingus" by Alter Bridge, but as Adam "Edge" Copeland ran out of the dugout, the crowd reached a fever pitch. THE CROWD AT Minute Maid Park in Houston counted along as the clock ticked down to zero. The return to WWE that Edge never thought was possibleĮditor's note: This story was originally published before Edge's return match at WrestleMania 36. You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser ![]()
0 Comments
Read More
Leave a Reply. |