Less than a week after his successful title defense against Alberto Del Rio at WrestleMania XXVII, World Heavyweight Champion Edge has been forced to retire from in-ring competition due to injury. The unexpected news brings to an end a storied WWE career spanning 13 years and consisting of 11 World Title reigns.
The Rated-R Superstar had been suffering numbness and uncontrollable trembling in his arms and hands. This is not the first time Edge has experienced these symptoms of nueropraxia. An MRI administered at Atlanta Midtown Diagnostic Imaging last Monday was sent to Dr. Joseph Maroon, a renowned neurosurgeon and professor of neurosurgery at The Pittsburgh School of Medicine. After careful examination of the MRI, it was determined that Edge would never be cleared to compete again, and thus, he is forced to retire.
In 2003, Edge underwent a two level spinal fusion of the discs between his C5, C6 and C7 vertebrae. After being cleared to compete, The Rated-R Superstar returned to the ring, resulting in stenosis of the spine, or a narrowing of the spinal column, above and below the fused discs. This narrowing resulted in less and less of the vital fluid needed to protect the spinal cord. Medical professionals cannot clear Edge to compete ever again in WWE since doing so could result in paralysis or even death.
John Cena's reaction to Edge retiring.
I will be posting my "fan reaction" later.
1 comments:
Rated R
And gifted with the ability to fly, to dive
And to never back down
To be the best of the best and never be 2nd place
That is edge
Born to be a star
And never be out of the lime light
His years numbered by a blow but yet
He did not want to retire,
And to us he never will for he
Is edge
The ultimate opportunist
More than once, he has been able to take the cheap shot
More then once he surprised us by returning when
We thought him gone
So will he be gone forever?
Is edge done?
If I think not
He hurts and he cries
Just like a normal man
But his passion and love for those people
The announcers, wrestlers, and fans
Mostly the fans have kept him going strong
Have fueled him when he was empty
They, we, are what gave the rated r super star life
For all eternity
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