WWE Hall of Famer Edge has made his return on SmackDown and his eyes are firmly set on the Universal Champion Roman Reigns. This week’s SmackDown on FOX main event segment featured Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman delivering a State of the Universal Title Address, as a result of Reigns’ latest successful title defense.
The Tribal Chief was supposed to have a celebration over last Friday’s Hell In a Cell match win over SmackDown Tag Team Champion Rey Mysterio. Paul Heyman talked during the main event segment mentioning how Reigns had taken out all of his adversaries who dared to step into the ring against him.
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In less than a year, Reigns defeated Edge, “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt, Braun Strowman, Kevin Owens, Daniel Bryan, and one-half of the SmackDown Tag Team Champions, Rey Mysterio. Heyman then noted that they were being forced to do something they had never been done before as there’s no one else left on the roster to challenge Reigns.
Edge is back in the Smackdown main event title picture
That’s when the music hit as Edge came out to a big pop from the virtual crowd. This marked his first appearance since WrestleMania 37 main event, which saw Reigns retain over him and Bryan in a Triple Threat. The Rated R Superstar rushed the ring and brawled with Reigns, sending him out of the ring.
Edge then delivered a flying clothesline from the apron, and then slammed Reigns into the announce table over and over. Reigns met him with a Superman Punch and intended to use a chair but he was met with a Spear, instead. The returnee then placed the chair under Reigns’ head for a Con-Chair-To attempt but Jimmy Uso knocked him off the apron and continued the attack at ringside.
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.@EdgeRatedR Spears Jimmy @WWEUsos through the barricade! #SmackDown @WWERomanReigns @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/NSAl6AjoiW
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Edge fought back and sent Uso into the steel ring steps before putting Uso through the barrier with a Spear. He re-entered the ring but Heyman and Reigns retreated to the stage. He stood tall to end the show that also left the fans wondering whether he would be the next challenger for the Universal Championship.
It was recently reported that Edge would be returning to SmackDown to work SummerSlam as a babyface, possibly in a match against Seth Rollins. Now he’s back to get into the title picture while Rollins also mentioned on SmackDown that he wants to go after the title after his win over Cesaro at Hell In A Cell. For more updates in the title picture, we have to stay tuned to SmackDown in the following weeks leading up to Money In The Bank 2021 pay-per-view event.
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