4 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE WrestleMania 26
2. Edge Of Glory
Chris Jericho and Edge struggled to engage the mammoth stadium crowd during their stilted World Heavyweight Title scrap, which spoke as much to the failed babyface push of the 'Rated-R Superstar' as it did the pair's propensity for proffering major main events at the time.
Edge's Royal Rumble comeback was part of the in-built backstory that destined both for this WrestleMania clash months in advance. Just months earlier, the pair were a newly-established wrestling supergroup created to restore credibility to the Unified Tag Team Titles. But an achilles injury shelved the Challenger, theoretically creating heat for this exact clash.
Sadly, he never managed to find his voice as a face for the feud, despite the drooling exclamations of 'Spear! Spear! Spear!' becoming a weekly annoyance en route to the 'Show Of Shows'. Their pedestrian match played out to virtual silence, and an unexpected, relatively clean defeat for 'The Rated-R Superstar' signalled his upcoming return to the dark side.