WWE Backlash 2020: 5 reasons why Randy Orton defeated Edge

An epic encounter
An epic encounter

#4 The storytelling aspect of it

Edge receiving a pedigree from Randy Orton
Edge receiving a pedigree from Randy Orton

Wrestling is all about in-ring storytelling and nobody knows that better than two veterans in Randy Orton and Edge. What we're seeing with Edge in 2020 is a completely different character. Long gone are the days of the "Ultimate Opportunist".

What Edge is now is more of an "old grit" type of character - the legend who's returning to complete unfinished business. We're going to see a different side of Edge and this defeat to Orton was very much a part of his character work and story going forward.

The commentators mentioned that ring rust could play a big role for Edge, not only because he was back in the ring after 9 years, but the fact that this was his first "conventional" wrestling match in just shy of a decade.

The next encounter that they have will feature some more fantastic storytelling and it'll be great to see Edge play out this different side of his character. He still has a lot to offer.

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