After 9 long years, Edge returned to the world of WWE.
At WrestleMania, the Rated-R Superstar will collide with his former Tag Team partner Randy Orton.
Today we are going through the ultimate opportunist’s best bouts before he finally returns to action.
10. Vs. Kurt Angle – WWE Judgment Day 2002 (****1/2)
In one of the highest-rated hair-matches of all time, a young Edge was looking to shut up Kurt Angle for good.
The match came complete with referee bump and small package. The crowd, who was hungry to see Angle getting his head shaved, exploded when Edge finally got do just that.
Edge and Angle had so much chemistry together, WWE decided to extend the feud after the match.
9. Vs. Eddie Guerrero – WWE SmackDown, September 24th, 2002 (****1/2)
In what WWE rated ‘the greatest match in SmackDown history’ Edge and Eddie Guerrero did tear the house down.
The No Disqualification match, which was called by Cole and Tazz, had everyone standing when the ladders got involved.
This match, which was also the end of a blood-rivalry between the two, was won by Edge after an incredible Edgecution off the ladder.
8. Vs. Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero vs. Kurt Angle – WWE SmackDown, December 5th, 2002 (****1/2)
It would have been a surprise if this match turned out to be a flop, given the names involved.
Benoit, Guerrero, Angle, and Edge put an epic clinic of a wrestling match in order to determine the No.1 Contender to the WWE Championship.
Eventually, Kurt Angle beat his opponents to challenge Big Show at Armageddon.
7. Money in the Bank Ladder Match – WrestleMania 21 (****1/2)
The first-ever Money in the Bank ladder match was quite the spectacle in 2005.
Edge took on Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Kane, Christian, and Shelton Benjamin and made history yet again by winning the contest.
The first-ever Mr. Money in the Bank would go on and successfully cash in his briefcase almost a year later against John Cena for the WWE Championship.
6. Vs. John Cena vs. Randy Orton vs. Shawn Michaels – WWE Backlash 2007 (****1/2)
John Cena put his WWE title on the line at WWE Backlash against three of the best ever.
In the epic four-way Edge, Randy Orton and Shawn Michaels showed Cena and the world why they belonged at the very top of the industry at the time.
Eventually, it was Cena who overcame this storm of incredibly good wrestling television that has withstood the test of time.
5. Vs. The Undertaker – WWE SummerSlam 2008 (****1/2)
The main event of the 2008 SummerSlam saw Edge take on The Undertaker inside Hell in a Cell.
The rivalry between the two had lasted a year and a half and was set to finally end with the clash of Edge and the phenom at the biggest blockbuster of the summer.
Edge, who even brought his beloved tables, ladders, and chairs into the match, was unable to beat The Undertaker, though.
After the match, Undertaker chokeslamed Edge off a ladder, through the canvas of the ring.
4. Vs. John Cena – WWE Backlash 2009 (****1/2)
The feud between Cena and Edge left a mark in wrestling history.
It even came up in a South Park episode. But one day even the greatest rivalries have got to end.
In a bombshell of a Last Man Standing Match, Edge was able to defeat John Cena and win the World Heavyweight Championship, moving the title over to SmackDown.
3. Edge & Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle – WWE No Mercy 2002 (****3/4)
This was more than just the first-ever match for the newly introduced WWE Tag Team Championship.
These four men gave everything and more to make this a memorable moment.
In the end, the team of Edge and Mysterio were forced to tap out to Angle & Benoit, who became the inaugural champions after 22-minutes packed with Tag Team action.
2. Edge & Christian vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho – WWE SmackDown, May 22nd, 2001 (****3/4)
When the Tag Team Champions, Jericho & Benoit, agreed to enter a TLC match against the Dudleyz, The Hardyz, and Edge & Christian, they didn’t know what to expect
In first-ever non-pay-per-view TLC match, the six innovators of the Tables, Ladders and Chairs took the champions to school in an incredible match.
However, somehow Benoit and Jericho were able to retain the tag titles in one of the greatest matches in SmackDown history.
1. Edge and Christian vs The Hardy Boyz vs The Dudley Boyz – WrestleMania X-Seven (****3/4)
One of the greatest matches in WrestleMania history.
The spectacular TLC match between Edge & Christian, The Hardy Boyz and The Dudley Boyz for the WWF Tag Team Championship was purely awesome.
All six men have cemented their legacy with this match and it is a must-see spectacle, even beyond wrestling.
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