First off, I want to thank all who responded to the John Cena and HHH threads on their career defining moments. It was great to see so many different perspectives on the respective careers of each. There were some I had forgotten about, and others I had never considered. But I digress, this thread is about Edge.
As I noted previously, a career defining moment is that time in a wrestler's career that made you take notice more than any other. It's the moment that made you look at said wrestler as truly being something special. It can be a promo, a segment, a match, or even a series of events in a row that lead to an amazing climax. It's usually beneficial, but the wrestler doesn't even have to be one we like much for us to truly find a moment in their career that we truly respect them. We all have our motives for getting into wrestling, but it's safe to say that certain wrestlers helped influenced it, some more than others. And with some wrestlers, there's a particular moment that sticks with us as truly "defining" them.
Edge was a difficult one for me because he's been in the WWE for almost 13 years now, and he's literally done it all. He's held 30 Championships within his career, and is the only active wrestler in WWE to have held every current male's title. Edge has won a record 7 World heavyweight Championships, 10 majors in all, and a record 14 Tag Team Championships. But for me, it was a match that had to do with the fall-out from a championship that truly created Edge's defining moment for me.
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There were several reasons why this moment truly defined Edge's career for him. First, he and John Cena had been embroiled in a bitter feud that was interrupted by Cena's brief feud with HHH. Cena and Edge began feuding once again afterwards, and I believe this match, was a big reason why. Stepping outside of kayfabe, it would be easy for a wrestler who had been main eventing for months only to be dropped out of the main event scene to become bitter, and mail their performance in. Instead, Edge was the consumate professional, and went on to have the Match of 2006 with Mick Foley. I truly believe this cemented Edge in the main event scene, as he and Cena won feud of the year in 06 as well.
Also, Edge was a heel. The modern day heel runs and hides, which Edge spent much of his career as a heel doing, with Lita running interference for him. That still happened in this match, but Lita's interference set up one of the craziest spots I'd seen in years, and by a heel no less! I already liked Edge the wrestler and performer, but performing this spot as a heel to win the match won him my complete respect.
Im sure alot of you will disagree with me, and there are so many Edge moments to consider along the way! Feel free to provide a YouTube video to prove your point! But the question I need answered is this: What is the career defining moment of Edge's 13 year career?
As I noted previously, a career defining moment is that time in a wrestler's career that made you take notice more than any other. It's the moment that made you look at said wrestler as truly being something special. It can be a promo, a segment, a match, or even a series of events in a row that lead to an amazing climax. It's usually beneficial, but the wrestler doesn't even have to be one we like much for us to truly find a moment in their career that we truly respect them. We all have our motives for getting into wrestling, but it's safe to say that certain wrestlers helped influenced it, some more than others. And with some wrestlers, there's a particular moment that sticks with us as truly "defining" them.
Edge was a difficult one for me because he's been in the WWE for almost 13 years now, and he's literally done it all. He's held 30 Championships within his career, and is the only active wrestler in WWE to have held every current male's title. Edge has won a record 7 World heavyweight Championships, 10 majors in all, and a record 14 Tag Team Championships. But for me, it was a match that had to do with the fall-out from a championship that truly created Edge's defining moment for me.
[YOUTUBE]4V6fmIzBii8[/YOUTUBE]
There were several reasons why this moment truly defined Edge's career for him. First, he and John Cena had been embroiled in a bitter feud that was interrupted by Cena's brief feud with HHH. Cena and Edge began feuding once again afterwards, and I believe this match, was a big reason why. Stepping outside of kayfabe, it would be easy for a wrestler who had been main eventing for months only to be dropped out of the main event scene to become bitter, and mail their performance in. Instead, Edge was the consumate professional, and went on to have the Match of 2006 with Mick Foley. I truly believe this cemented Edge in the main event scene, as he and Cena won feud of the year in 06 as well.
Also, Edge was a heel. The modern day heel runs and hides, which Edge spent much of his career as a heel doing, with Lita running interference for him. That still happened in this match, but Lita's interference set up one of the craziest spots I'd seen in years, and by a heel no less! I already liked Edge the wrestler and performer, but performing this spot as a heel to win the match won him my complete respect.
Im sure alot of you will disagree with me, and there are so many Edge moments to consider along the way! Feel free to provide a YouTube video to prove your point! But the question I need answered is this: What is the career defining moment of Edge's 13 year career?
I'm glad someone is doing a defining the moment on Edge. He is my all time favorite wrestler. He has had many moments. He has done it all like you said. This is my favorite edge moment of all time but this doesn't mean this is defining moment.
