Thread: DISCUSSION - Will Edge's gimmick "lose steam" if he doesn't main-event WM-21?
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Old 01-19-2005, 08:26 PM   #8
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The WWE has gone and done something here. Edge/HBK at the Royal Rumble makes me think. They are REALLY rushing this. The spot coul dhave been given to La Resistance and The Hurricane & Rosey and/or Rhyno & Tajiri in a World Tag Team Championship match.

Edge and Michaels will be doing double-duty at the Rumble, and I have a feeling something will be going down. I'd personally have Edge defeat HBK cleanly earlier in the night, have Orton go over Triple H, then have either JBL or Kurt Angle win the Triple Threat.

My question is this: Why didn't the WWE leave Edge/HBK until WrestleMania 21? It would have been the perfect stage to have Edge Spear HBK and get the 1-2-3. Hell, why not even have HBK tap-out to the Edgeucator? Edge would have been ready to challenge for the World Championship at Backlash that way.

By rushing Edge vs. HBK I think they MAY be planning something with Edge. I have a feeling Edge will beat Michaels, then he may draw either a really unlucky number in the Rumble, a really good number in the 20s, or even the infamous #30 draw. This is just a hunch, but I think Edge may have a shot at winning the Rumble. Edge vs. Orton? Edge vs. Triple H? Edge vs. Batista? Edge vs. Triple H vs. Orton? Edge vs. Triple H vs. Batista? Edge vs. Triple H vs. Orton vs. Batista? I don't know what is happening there, but I can see Edge (or for some reason Jericho) picking up an unlikely win in the Rumble. I think that would make Edge the first person to ever win the Rumble after doing double-duty.

Anyway, I think the WWE are going to do Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania, and Jericho vs. Hassan, so this leaves Edge & Benoit with nothing to do. Edge vs. Benoit has a few benefits, and if Edge goes over it makes him look better than the man who was in the main event of WrestleMania last year, and actually won the match. You'd almost get the same effect if Edge beat HBK, though.

I doubt the WWE would give up a good match with GREAT build for absolutely no good reason at all. I personally think there is something there, and I really hope to see it play out.

How does this sound? HBK vs. Edge for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania? Orton beats Triple H at the Rumble, gives an open challenge to a legend, Shawn Michaels accepts and actually wins the match. HBK then faces Royal Rumble Winner Edge at Mania 21. Or you can have Cena win the Rumble, then have HBK win the title, with Bischoff allowing HBK to choose an opponent worthy to face him at WrestleMania. The wrestler must have some kind of high-ranking win (like KOTR, IC or World Title wins). HBK chooses Edge, and we see a respect thing play out with Edge beating HBK at WrestleMania and rubbing it in his face.

Maybe HBK will win the Rumble and go over to SmackDown! (even though that "loophole" should have been editted) and have HBK face JBL or Kurt Angle in the main event? This drives Edge even more insane, because after beating HBK, Michaels has just gotten lucky, won his third Rumble, and set ship away from Edge over to another brand to challenge for the WWE Championship in the main event of WrestleMania.

I don't know, but I think there is more to Edge/HBK than what we know. I'm probably wrong, though.
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