5 WWE Superstars who changed major booking decisions

#1 Edge had issues with the idea of him breaking The Undertaker's undefeated streak at WrestleMania

Years before Brock Lesnar ended The Undertaker's WrestleMania streak at the 30th edition of The Show of Shows, WWE had plans for Edge to do the same. At WWE WrestleMania 24 in 2008, Edge faced The Undertaker in a World title match to close out the show. Edge walked into the match as Champion, and lost the title to The Deadman in the end. Here's what Michelle McCool had to say about the affair, and how Edge's refusal to break the streak led to WWE changing plans for the main event.

"Actually, I remember at WrestleMania [24] versus Edge they talked about Edge breaking the streak. It was Edge that was actually like, 'That makes zero sense. I don’t want to do that. Why would I do that? The fans already love him. What’s it gonna do for Edge?' It was Edge that went to bat for the streak."

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Edge became a WWE Hall of Famer in 2012

Edge was one of the biggest Superstars in WWE at the time, and was the top heel on SmackDown for years on end. He retired from the business in 2011 due to a neck injury, and was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame the next year. Edge made his miraculous WWE return at the 2020 Royal Rumble, and came incredibly close to winning it all.

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Edited by Kaushik Das