Former WWE Superstar Edge to appear on Friday Night SmackDown – Wrestling update
It was announced on tonight’s segment of SmackDown that the former World Champion, Edge, would appear on Friday Night SmackDown instead of Monday Night Raw. He would be honoured with the Superstar of the month award for April. The WWE had already announced
Edge would be receiving the award on May 16 but no specific date was given until today.
The Rated-R Superstar continuously defended his World Championship last month despite his shoulder injury. Nevertheless, he retired from the WWE as a World Heavyweight Champion. Edge announced his retirement on April 11 on Monday Night Raw.
In the month of April, Edge, along with his lifelong friend Christian, was seen feuding with Mexican Aristocrat Alberto Del Rio and his protégé Brodus Clay. The rivalry between Del Rio and Edge started when Del Rio won the Royal Rumble 2011. Later, Edge
defended his World Championship at WrestleMania XXVII against Del Rio. WrestleMania, the biggest WWE pay-per-view event of the year, took place on April 3 at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia and saw Edge smash Del Rio’s car.
Edge was in second place on the Power 25 list on April 2. The Academy of Wrestling Science and Arts kept Edge at second place after the WrestleMania XXVII match and first place was given to The Undertaker thanks to his undefeated winning streak at WrestleMania
over Triple H.
Del Rio won the number one contender match for the World Championship against Christian on April 8. Edge was declared medically unfit due to a spinal injury and was forced to retire. He relinquished the World Title belt on April 15 on Friday Night SmackDown.
In the same show, Christian won the Battle Royal to become the second contestant for the vacant title. Edge was placed on the top of the Power 25 that was updated on April 16. In this way, The Ultimate Opportunist, Edge left WWE as a World Champion and leader
of the Power 25 list.
He has appeared two times in the WWE after his retirement. Once he appeared at the retirement party organized by Del Rio on April 22. He later made an appearance at Extreme Rules on May 1 when Christian won the World Title in a Ladder Match.
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