Edge held his aching jaw and paced, muttering to himself and shaking his head.
The World Heavyweight Champion’s teeth were rattled by a right uppercut from Kane, his surprise guest on The Cutting Edge. Earlier that night, SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long had granted Edge’s request to have the night off from in-ring action, but told him that he would have his “biggest guest ever” on his talk show. Long refused to tell an intrigued Edge who his guest was, and the champion was stunned when Kane’s pyro erupted and the Big Red Machine lumbered down to the ring.
Edge’s fortune only went from bad to worse when Long announced that he would defend his championship against the Big Red Machine at The Great American Bash on July 22. The Rated-R Superstar could only mutter some Rated-R words to himself as he thought about his looming championship defense. Given his recent success against Batista, he doesn’t even think he should have to get in the ring with Kane.
Edge clearly hasn’t forgotten about the battles he and Kane had in 2005, and neither has the sadistic monster. He said only four words during his appearance on The Cutting Edge – “I – DON’T – LIKE – YOU” – before sending the Rated-R Superstar scurrying with a thunderous right hand.