Rated R for Retired

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I just finished watching WWE Raw and am shocked by the announcement made by Edge. Before I get started, I would like to say that I do know that wrestling is staged. However, just because it is staged does not mean it's fake. And this moment really hammered that moment home for me. Edge (or Adam Copeland) announced his retirement after a near 20 year career, 13 of those years spent in WWE.  

For those of you who don't know, I'd like to give a little history of Edge's injuries. In 2003, he suffered a serious neck injury that required a two level spinal fusion operation. He would return a year later and go on to become one of the biggest stars in the company.

Unfortunately, this comeback has proven detrimental to his health as he has developed stenosis of the spine, or a narrowing of the spinal column, above and below the fused discs. This narrowing resulted in less and less of the vital fluid needed to protect the spinal cord. He can longer continue with his career as continued time in the ring may result in paralysis or worse.

I've been a fan of the WWE for over ten years, so I've seen Edge evolve and change from the goofy heel who would pose for those in the crowd, so long as you had the benefit of flash photography, and stole the show with his tag team partner and best friend, Christian, to the overbearing horses-ass who legitimately stole the fiancée of one of his good friends and then had the balls to hold a live-sex celebration on Raw the night after becoming WWE champion, to the 11 time World champion that leaves the company.

In those ten years, he has, as the old clichés go, made me laugh, pissed me off, and always left me stunned. Tonight was no different.

So, all I can say now is Godspeed, Adam, you've earned my respect and the respect of WWE fans all over the world. Friday nights won't be the same without you.
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We are Rangers.
We walk in the dark places no others will enter.
We stand on the bridge, and no one may pass.
We live for the One, we die for the One.

I'll see you again, in a place where no shadows fall.

And, I mean, hell. If you have to live the rest of your life in a memory...you might as well make it a good one.
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GoneRampant's avatar
Edge is gone. Damn it, I made a bet that he'd win the next championship! That's my money gone...
Joking aside, that blows.