10 Late Replacements Who Won Big In WWE
4. Edge (Part 3)
What: Elimination Chamber/World Heavyweight Championship, No Way Out 2009
Replaced: Kofi Kingston
Now this is how you book a sly, opportunistic heel. Edge went into the night with one World Title, but left with the other.
In the opening Elimination Chamber match of No Way Out, defending WWE Champion Edge was rolled up by Jeff Hardy with a small package inside the first three minutes. Title one lost.
Not to be disheartened, the 11-time World Champion returned for the main event, attacking Kofi Kingston while on his way to the ring for the second Chamber match with the World Heavyweight Championship this time on the line.
Edge barricaded himself in Kingston's pod, claiming himself as the replacement and basically refusing to leave. Sometimes having a grumpy child-like fit does pay off.
Entering fifth, he eliminated defending Champion John Cena, before finishing off final man Rey Mysterio to walk out ten minutes later as World Champion once again.
Title two gained.