5 WWE legends who were unhappy with their retirement match

#1. Edge - WWE's Rated-R Superstar with a tragic end to his career

Edge vs Alberto Del Rio

Before 2020, the history books would show that Edge's final WWE match was against Alberto Del Rio at WrestleMania 27. Edge walked in and out of WrestleMania 27 as the World Heavyweight Champion, but in late April, he made the shocking and tragic announcement that his WWE career was over.

Edge knew that he was wrestling on borrowed time, but he revealed that the plan was for him to carry on for one more year and then face (and lose to) his best friend Christian at WrestleMania 28 in a retirement match.

It didn't play out as he expected. While his match against Alberto Del Rio was a fun opener in an otherwise underwhelming WrestleMania card, the WWE legend didn't hide his disappointment in not ending his career on his terms.

Speaking to Sports Illustrated, Edge revealed how he wanted his WWE career to end:

"I thought he would retire me at WrestleMania That’s how I wanted to go out. I wanted to do the favor, drop the title, and then have Christian be the cause – then spend the final few months of my career wrestling my lifelong best friend, and really have him go off in a great heel direction once I retired "

Edge would make a shocking return to the ring 9 years later at the Royal Rumble 2020 and go on to face Randy Orton in a couple of incredible matches at WrestleMania 36 and Backlash. He's officially back from retirement as of writing this article.