Edge

Switched up the blog look real quick to spotlight my favorite wrestler, Adam Copeland (also known as Edge with the WWE). He was forced to retire from wrestling this past week due to medical issues. He broke his neck in 2003 and had surgery for it and now he’s starting to have numbness and tingling in his hands and arms. Did MRIs and tests and all of that and discovered he has a narrowing of the spine. Basically, doctors told him if he continued to wrestle he could face paralysis or death. Very scary. I hate that he had to retire before he was ready to, but I’m so grateful the issue was discovered before he seriously hurt himself.

WWE has lots of Edge Goodies here: Edge Career Retrospective

One of my fondest memories is of the time I got to do a telephone interview with him back in, I think, 2001, for a couple of articles I was writing for my local newspaper. He was AWESOME and such fun to talk to. I was supposed to interview a different wrestler, but 20 minutes before the interview was to take place, WWE called me and said, “Change of plans, we’re going to have you talk to Edge instead.” If I knew how to do a cartwheel, I totally would have done one across the newsroom. I was totally fangirl squealing in my head. Love him.