Former WWE Champion breaks silence after first time ever match set up for SmackDown

Modified Aug 12, 2023 02:22 GMT

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A former WWE Champion broke his silence after a first-time-ever match was set up tonight on SmackDown.

Despite being in the same company for quite a long time, Sheamus and Edge have never really squared off in a singles match. They have only squared off in multi-man matches and tag team matches but they never faced each other one-on-one.

Tonight on the blue brand, Edge made a surprising return and challenged Sheamus to a first-time-ever match next week on SmackDown. The Celtic Warrior didn't hesitate to accept the challenge of the Rated R Superstar. Hence, the match was made official for next week.

Following the announcement of the match, Sheamus took to Twitter to send a message stating that he is going to have a classic five-star banger with the Hall of Famer.

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"WWE Universe! Next week on #SmackDown WE are gonna send @EdgeRatedR into… another 25 years with a classic 5 BANGER!!!"

Check out the tweet here.

It will be interesting to see these two men square next week on SmackDown in what is sure to be a banger.

Who do you think will win next week on SmackDown? Sound off in the comment section below.

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Sunil is a pro wrestling journalist, covering AEW and WWE news stories at Sportskeeda. He holds an MBA degree in Marketing, and has nearly 7 years of experience. A wrestling aficionado since childhood, Sunil used to imitate his favorite wrestlers as a young kid, and started writing professionally about the sport via Sportskeeda’s revenue-sharing opportunity.

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If ever given a chance to change a storyline, Sunil would have booked Roman Reigns to end The Undertaker’s WrestleMania streak instead of Brock Lesnar. According to him, The Tribal Chief needed the victory more than Brock Lesnar, as the latter was already an established performer when he defeated ‘Taker. He would’ve also made that as Taker’s final match.

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