21. The Undertaker Sends Edge To Hell - SummerSlam 2008
Like with Randy Orton in 2005, The Undertaker's WrestleMania feud with Edge in 2008 ended up extending far into the year. In this case, Undertaker was stripped of his World Heavyweight Championship for using the banned Hell's Gate choke in a Backlash bout between the two men, and in a TLC rematch at One Night Stand, Edge reclaimed the title. As a result of his loss, The Undertaker was forced to leave WWE. Success came easily to Edge with Smackdown GM Vickie Guerrero as his bride, but when video footage revealed he had cheated on her, Guerrero sought revenge. She reinstated The Undertaker, and one final match between the two men was made for SummerSlam - a Hell in a Cell bout. Despite his issues with Vickie Guerrero, The Undertaker was put in a position to do her bidding. Still, that didn't hamper the Phenom's thirst for revenge on Edge. He defeated "The Rated R Superstar" with a Tombstone, then pulled him up a ladder and chokeslammed him off of it. Edge broke through the ring, fire shot out of the hole, and the former World Heavyweight Champion had been well and truly sent to hell.
Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried.
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