Man this one truly saddens me, I think even more than Flair and HBK. I started watching wrestling probably 20 years ago, but like many it was the Attitude Era where my friends and I really became invested in it. Edge is a guy that I've watched his entire WWE career from start to finish. I know many of the people on these forums don't care for him, but for my money he has always been a favorite and one of the best.
He had a career that slowly developed into main event status, something that very few guys truly have nowadays. Most of the time they either get hotshotted into the world title picture or get it after a couple years. Edge wasn't like that. He was a guy that went out there and busted his ass for years, slowly working up the card until his time came. I remember when he was in the brood and I couldn't help but think there is no way Edge should be playing second fiddle to a vampire in Gangrel. When he broke away and formed the tag team with Christian, he was a guy that I loved to hate. E&C had some of the most memorable matches that I've ever seen with the Hardys and Dudleys. For years Edge was seen as a tag team wrestler, but I always knew there was gonna be more one day.
He eventually split up with Christian and went on to the singles scene where he had some great midcard title feuds with guys like Christian, Angle, Benoit, Eddie, etc and even won KOTR. Even then I could tell that this guy was something special. He still hadn't hit his best character and best work yet. I felt like that day would be coming soon.
Finally, Edge broke through and won the first MitB which is an honor he truly deserved. He got into what I believe was his most entertaining character, the original Rated-R Superstar gimmick and his partnership with Lita. I found the whole Vickie thing kind of stupid and just rehashing the relationship thing. But when he was with Lita, I felt like he really started to shine. When Edge won the title from Cena, I could not believe it. After all these years of watching him, the man had finally done what many thought he never would and won a world title. Obviously afterwards he went on to have some classics with Cena, Batista, Undertaker, etc. It was during the last few years that I really didn't get the criticism of Edge on here. Like Taker and Michaels, he was one of those guys that was a great in ring performer and could pull a great match out of just about anyone. Sadly these last couple years he's been plagued by some severe injuries and we never did get to see that one last feud with Christian over the world title that many of us wanted.
Still though, I'll always remember Edge as a guy that I grew up watching and always thought of as one of my favorite parts of the show no matter if he was a heel or face at the time. He was great at playing both which not everyone can do. He was also great and adapting his style to different environments. I've seen Edge have some wrestling clinics with Angle, Jericho, Taker, Michaels, etc. I've seen him astonish me with high flying and inventiveness in TLC and Ladder matches. And I've seen him get brutal in HIAC matches. Edge has had a spectacular career and it saddens me that he will have to walk away from it before many of us and I'm sure he is ready to, but I understand and am very happy that he will be able to walk away unlike many wrestlers. So thank you Edge, thank you Adam Copeland so much for risking everything for us and for all the memories. You'll always have a special place in my heart as one of my absolute favorite performers of all time. You truly are a legend ... a future Hall of Famer. Thank you ... we'll miss you and we love you.
! I'm gonna miss those pretty eyes! (Obviously I'm a woman). 
