Edge

[BlowUpYourVideo]

Why do they need to claim he was injured in a match with Khali? Why can't they just say he was injured at a live event? An injury's an injury, doesn't matter who else was in the ring. Plus, thanks to this new-fangled internet thing, we know what happened anyway....

Anyway, I've grown to like Edge more and more recently, it's a shame it looks like he'll be out for a while.

[Hammy]

Why do they need to claim he was injured in a match with Khali? Why can't they just say he was injured at a live event? An injury's an injury, doesn't matter who else was in the ring. Plus, thanks to this new-fangled internet thing, we know what happened anyway....

Logic is if someone is out injured you might as well give someone the rub I guess, Khali in his monster feud with Kane can claim how he took out the Rated R Superstar. 

If they really want they could always film a backstage segment and slot it in, heck even a who took out Edge angle.  The one with Austin back in the day was great until they revealed it was Rikishi... Then tried to save it by saying it was Rikishi prompted by Triple H.  I was gutted when it turned out not to be Billy Gunn

[D]

WWE have gotten too lazy though to do something cool

Kinda like Orton can kick a dude in the head and that guy be out 3 months but Orton gets hit in the head with a sledgehammer and wrestles a gauntlet match the next night without a scratch

[Hammy]

Kinda like Orton can kick a dude in the head and that guy be out 3 months but Orton gets hit in the head with a sledgehammer and wrestles a gauntlet match the next night without a scratch

Thats just wrestling dude, inconsistencies and unrealistic stuff is part and parcel of it, sledgehammer's to the head would generally leave you dead.

The thing that always stands out to me is when Austin lifted Triple H up in that car, dropped it from a massive height and then the next night, Triple H was fine...

[Axl4Life]

The following is from Joey Styles of WWE.com:

WWE Unified Tag Team Champion, Edge suffered a tear to his Achilles heel tendon last Friday, July 3, during a WWE live event in San Diego. Edge's opponent was the man with whom he has traded the WWE Championship, Jeff Hardy.

Almost immediately after the bout started, Edge was in his corner when Hardy charged toward him. After attempting to leapfrog Hardy, Edge crumbled to the canvas. Hardy was backed off by the referee, who checked repeatedly with Edge before summoning WWE doctors and athletic trainers and instructing ring announcer Justin Roberts that because Edge could not continue, Jeff Hardy was the winner of the match via forfeit. WWE referees, athletic trainers and doctors then helped Edge to the back as Edge could bear no weight on his left ankle.

Edge arrived this morning at Andrews Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center at St. Vincent's Hospital in Birmingham, Ala., this morning to surgically repair the torn Achilles tendon in his left ankle. Dr. James Andrews currently has Edge's operation scheduled for 10 a.m. ET. Dr. Andrews has previously performed surgeries on WWE Superstars Batista, Triple H, John Cena, Rey Mysterio and many others. Andrews also consulted on NFL quarterback Tom Brady after his third knee surgery and most recently worked with Brett Favre for his possible return to the NFL.

WWE.com will attempt to have comments from both Dr. Andrews and Edge later today, including a timeline for Edge's return to the ring.

WWE.com will also investigate how this injury will affect the status of the Unified Tag Team Titles, as well as Edge & Chris Jericho's scheduled match with Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase at Night of Champions.

[Hammy]

I'm always a fan of tournaments.  So say they are stripped of the belts.

Who've we got.

RAW: Legacy vs. ?

Smackdown: Hart Dynasty vs. Cryme Tyme

ECW: ?

It's the perfect chance to "create" some new teams, see how they work out together.

Haas & Knox
Hawkins & Jesse
Noble & Chavo
Regal & Burchill
Burchill & Lewington
Christian & Jericho.

etc. and so on.  Clearly a lot of those you can't just pair together for the hell of it, gimmicks, names, attire and such need to be thought of, but thats why there is a creative team.

[More Cowbell]

I think they either have a 4 team match at noc or a battle royal for the belts. I would really like to see ted jr going after us gold personally as I think it would sell him better then just being rko,s lackey

[Izzy]

We've all mounred the passing of the tag team

..but have anyone us considered...that maybe the tag team has had its time?

I'm torn on this issue? I've never been intrested in tag teams personally - always seem to be two guys that just werent good enough to go it alone

...but primarily my view on tag teams has been warped by awful WWE teams

Kane and Van Damn
Kane and Hurriance
Kane and his mum
Kane and the crowd
Kane and millions of small magnets

etc.....

why are thye even a team?!?

[More Cowbell]

In the 80's a Tag Team was a Full Time Gig.  Demolition, Killer Bees, Road Warriors, Midnight Express, Rockers, Hart Foundation, British Bulldogs, Bushwackers etc.....

Back then there was a Formula,
MATCHING OUTFITS / THEME,
One entrance song for the Group
Codinated Moves and Signature Finishers.
You rarely seen them wrestle independently

There was only 3 or 4 titles so there was always a tag title defense on every PPV, it wasa big deal to be champion Then the 1990's Attitude era began and I feel with the formation of the NWO and Scott Hall and Kevin Nash Tag teams went from being organized into just 2 guys thrown together and nothing in common. I know in the 80's there was a few thrown together teams.  For Tag Teams to work, you need solid unified teams who wrestle as teams all the time and have 1 entrance song and a theme, if booked right the Hart Legacy and add in 3 to 4 real teams and things could be going,


Tag teams are important in wrestling, back in the day it was all singles matches and the tag stood aside, now with EVERY Raw featuring a Triple H, Cena, Bastita, vs Legacy angle in tag or elimination matches it takes away from how special a tag team would be.

[Hammy]

Tag Teams for some guys are for life they just don't have single star potential but have great success as a team.

Many are for a few years, its a great way to get two guys over, its worked plenty of times.

Problem is Vince see's all the singles stars as the money makers and as he does with managers he thinks they are a thing of the past on the whole, it's a shame, I'm happy TNA respects it.

Back on topic hopefully the one positive from this injury is they do have some kind of meaningful angle/tournament for the sake of the belts, I doubt it though, they already seem to be planning Legacy's split.

[D]

Vince forgets that it takes many different elements to make a great show.

Its the reason "SuperGroups" never work.

U need a good balance of different things to be a great product.

Hell, I remember loving tag teams just as much as I did individual stars.


Tell The Road Warriors or The Hart Foundation,British Bulldogs, Rock N Roll Express etc that tag teams don't sell tickets or move merchandise. The **** Hardyz sold just as much merch as anybody else.

[Hammy]

Source: PWInsider

While no one from WWE has made any official comment, people close to Edge say that he came through yesterday’s Achilles tendon surgery as well as they could have hoped for. However, he'll be forced to completely stay off the foot for 10 to 14 days. After that, he’ll be able to walk while wearing a rehabilitation boot and then begin his rehab. Depending on how the injury heals, he could be out until around the time of Royal Rumble 2010.

It’s interesting that WWE.com noted Edge’s surgery today as he appears on Friday’s episode of SmackDown which was taped last week.

So if things go well with the "Ultimate Opportunist" live up to his name and be #30 entrant and win the match....




....not if Dolph Ziggler's got anything to do with it 

[Axl4Life]

Source: PWInsider

While no one from WWE has made any official comment, people close to Edge say that he came through yesterday’s Achilles tendon surgery as well as they could have hoped for. However, he'll be forced to completely stay off the foot for 10 to 14 days. After that, he’ll be able to walk while wearing a rehabilitation boot and then begin his rehab. Depending on how the injury heals, he could be out until around the time of Royal Rumble 2010.

It’s interesting that WWE.com noted Edge’s surgery today as he appears on Friday’s episode of SmackDown which was taped last week.

He'll probably come back as a face then saying he tore his heel. 

[More Cowbell]

Face the facts SD needs a leading heel how long can punk and hardy be the main event world title fued.  I am think jericho is going to be loosing the tag straps and joinging in on the fued.  Other how about a Nasty HBK coming to SD to fued.  Anyone but hhh please

[Axl4Life]

The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that several ideas have been discussed for the Unified Tag Team Championship in the wake of Edge's Achilles tendon injury.

When the news of Edge's injury first broke, all indications pointed to WWE finding a way to immediately put the belts on Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes. WWE has since, however, begun talking about other plans, including having Edge hand his half of the championship to someone like Dolph Ziggler (believed to be out the window as of press time) or The Miz. WWE does want to keep DiBiase and Rhodes over as a top tag team, although with emerging reports about DiBiase suffering a minor shoulder injury, it is unclear if WWE will immediately crown them champions.

As evidence of WWE's changing plans, WWE had originally decided not to reference Edge's injury until next week, given Edge and Jericho's appearance as champions on the taped SmackDown! telecast. The company reversed that move, revealing the injury--and how it was caused--on its website this week.

Edge's injury does come as a major disappointment. In addition to the fact that Edge himself is one of the company's most consistently over stars, WWE was also looking to build Edge and Jericho as a legitimate tag team force, with their own team name and long-term gimmick.

Source: PW Mania