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#1 Details on why Edge's Royal Rumble return was announced on Monday Night RAW

One year ago. Feels like a decade doesn’t it? Last years story was once in a lifetime. No sense trying to recreate that. Impossible. I don’t have you there. This year my journey is different. I’m not just happy to be back. I want back what I never lost and it starts this Sunday. pic.twitter.com/bmSTyr6nHC

— Adam (Edge) Copeland (@EdgeRatedR) January 26, 2021

This past week on Monday Night RAW, WWE Hall of Famer Edge returned and announced that he will be entering the men's Royal Rumble this year. It was at last year's Royal Rumble match where Edge made his shocking return to WWE after nearly nine years.

While fans were excited to see The Rated-R Superstar back, there were discussions as to why WWE announced such a massive return beforehand, rather than keeping Edge as a surprise entrant in the Royal Rumble match.

As per a report from Fightful Select, the decision to announce the return of Edge ahead of the Royal Rumble was taken to create hype around the pay-per-view as there won't be any live crowd present during the show. The report further suggests that Edge's return would have been kept as a surprise if Royal Rumble was taking place with live fans present in the arena.

EDGE DECLARES FOR THE ROYAL RUMBLE 😤(via @WWE)pic.twitter.com/u7qNcqPCNO

— B/R Wrestling (@BRWrestling) January 26, 2021

Edge suffered a triceps injury during his match against Randy Orton at WWE Backlash 2020 and has been out of action since then, recovering from the injury.