When we think of wrestling during the peak years of the Monday Night Wars, it usually involved tables, ladders, and chairs. Combining all of those elements brought us some of the most memorable escapades in and around a wrestling ring in the TLC matches, and there were six faces synonymous with that match type: the Dudley Boyz, the Hardy Boyz, and Edge & Christian. Thankfully for the latter, they never came up with a tag team name that had a very dated Z at the end. Its a small miracle to think that of those six competitors, four are still physically able to wrestle to this day. Unfortunately for Edge, arguably the most successful of the six, he was the first man out. Facing one of the scariest diagnosis one can imagine in potential paralysis, Edge wisely decided his time was up. And what a time it was, with an incredible 12 World Tag Team Championships held and 11 World Championships. He went on to have such a memorable solo career outside of the hot tag, breaking censorship boundaries with Lita in bed on Monday Night RAW, entertaining us alongside Vickie Guerrero, and a phenomenal feud with The Undertaker that led to him becoming a victim to the Streak. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF4Eua3M6R0 Much fanfare was made of Edges departurethe opposite of a Steve Austin, for instancethat culminated with a WWE Hall of Fame induction. Edge still appears every now and again to remind us of why he was so popular, what with his boundless charisma and comedic timing, but his days of in-ring competition are behind him. Much hubbub was made over his too soon Hall of Fame induction by some fans, but its certainly hard to make a case against one of the top guys in the company while the likes of Koko B. Ware were already present in the Hall.
David McCutcheon is an American freelance journalist and writing consultant. Over the course of sixteen years, he has written for the likes of IGN, Future US, GamesRadar, PlayStation Magazine, Shout! Factory, and many others in the fields of video games, movies, and more. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife. You can find him on Twitter @ZoopSoul.
