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(dramatic music) If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb to every battle. For what happens when the battle isn't simply against men but a force of darkness beyond comprehension?
Watch the intense Hell in a Cell match between Edge and Finn Bálor's Demon at WrestleMania 39, showcasing brutal action and deep personal rivalry.
Key Takeaways
- The Hell in a Cell match is a culmination of a long-standing personal and factional rivalry between Edge and Finn Bálor.
- Finn Bálor's Demon persona adds a supernatural and psychological layer to the match, increasing its intensity.
- Edge embraces a darker, more aggressive side to counter the Demon, showing character evolution.
- The match is extremely physical and brutal, with weapons and high-risk spots inside the cell.
- This match is significant for both wrestlers' careers, with lasting emotional and physical impact.
Summary
- The match is a Hell in a Cell bout between WWE Hall of Famer Edge and Finn Bálor's Demon persona at WrestleMania 39.
- Edge requested the Demon character for this match, aiming to confront and defeat the darker side of Finn Bálor.
- The match is set inside the 20-foot tall, 10,000-pound Hell in a Cell structure with no disqualifications or countouts.
- Finn Bálor's Demon persona represents his aggressive, darker side, which intensifies his in-ring performance.
- Edge and Bálor have a deep personal history, including the formation and fallout of the Judgment Day faction.
- The match features brutal weapon use including kendo sticks, steel chairs, and tables, emphasizing the physical and emotional toll.
- Edge channels his darker past and aggressive style to try to overcome the Demon, highlighting his willingness to embrace a more ruthless approach.
- The commentary highlights the psychological and emotional stakes, referencing past brutal encounters like the 'I Quit' match at Extreme Rules.
- Both competitors sustain heavy punishment, with the Demon showing resilience and Edge struggling with the consequences of summoning this dark force.
- The match is portrayed as a career-defining and potentially transformative experience for both wrestlers.
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A demon. (eerie music) A demon will exploit your weaknesses. It will cross lines. It will take what you hold most sacred and inflict unspeakable pain upon it.
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A mere man cannot defeat a demon. He must channel a greater power, die for the flesh, and stand face to face with pure evil.
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He must go to the demon's lair at his most powerful, strike him down, and exorcize the abomination once and for all.
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The ritual is about to begin at WrestleMania! (tense music) (crowd cheering) (rock music) (crowd cheering) (rock music) (crowd cheering) ♪ An unforeseen future nestled somewhere in time ♪ ♪ Unsuspecting victims, no warnings, no signs ♪ ♪ Judgment day, the second coming arrives ♪
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♪ Before you see the light, you must die ♪ (rock music) ♪ You think you know me ♪ (rock music) (fireworks blasting) ♪ On this day I see clearly ♪ ♪ Everything has come to life ♪ ♪ Bitter place and a broken dream ♪
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♪ And we'll leave it all behind ♪ ♪ On this day, it's so real to me ♪ ♪ Everything has come to life ♪ ♪ One more chance to chase a dream ♪ ♪ Another chance to feel ♪
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(bell ringing) The following contest is a Hell in a Cell match. Introducing first, WWE Hall of Famer, the Rated R Superstar, Edge!
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You know, Corey, back in 1997, the dawning of the Attitude Era, there was this cutting edge group known as the Brood: Gangrel, Edge, and Christian.
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And Edge, living that gothic lifestyle, would dig down deep here tonight at WrestleMania, at Hell in a Cell, to bring back Brood Edge.
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In order to defeat a demon, you must first become one. Michael Cole, I never in my life had Slayer at WrestleMania on my bingo card.
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This is unbelievable! Edge is ready for war! ♪ And we'll leave it all ♪ ♪ Leave it all behind ♪ (crowd cheering) (tense music) (heartbeat thumping) (rock music) (rock music continues) And his opponent.
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The Demon, Finn Balor. It is an incredible scene inside SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
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And this was all done by Edge's request. Finn Balor unleashing the malignant spirit within.
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Releasing the demon at WrestleMania. (dramatic music) Finn has explained how his personality changes when he puts the demon war paint on and releases his inner demon, the more aggressive side of his personality, and he's gonna need all that tonight
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inside Hell in a Cell against Edge. (dramatic music) The Demon, the physical manifestation of all of the darkness, all of the evil deep inside the soul of Finn Balor.
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A tortured soul about to be released inside the cell. The door will be locked, the Demon and Edge.
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Now inside a structure that is 20 feet tall and weighs 10,000 pounds. Edge has been a part of two Hell in a Cell matches in his career, but never against the Demon.
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(bell ringing) It was a year ago that Edge himself created the Judgment Day, the group that has run roughshod over Monday Night Raw since ousting the Rated R Superstar.
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And it was a couple of months after that that Finn Balor joined the group, and then would excommunicate Edge, kicking him out and forming the Judgment Day as we know it today.
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(Finn groaning) And the onus is on Edge. Pierced from below to release the souls of his treacherous past.
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Outside the ring, wasting little time. Remember, there are no disqualifications. There are no countouts.
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The only way to win inside Hell in a Cell is by pinfall or submission.
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I think we are about to witness ourselves a duel. And Edge with a steel chair.
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Oh no. Barely phasing the Demon, who now unloads with a kendo stick on Edge.
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Incredible speed possessed by Finn Balor, seems almost exacerbated as the Demon. Edge took the blame, Corey, and he formed Judgment Day, and he said now he has to end it as he knows it and kick out the leader.
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(Finn groaning) Edge at this point is merely a vehicle for all the festering anger inside.
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Edge may rue the day that he requested the Demon. And the Demon stomping away on the former 11-time World Champion.
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Oh! These two men have been through so much over the past year, Corey. Remember the I Quit match back at Extreme Rules, where Finn Balor and Judgment Day forced Edge to watch his wife, Beth Phoenix, being taken out before his eyes,
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forcing him to say "I quit." And that type of anger just doesn't go away with a few therapy sessions, and Edge trying to take out his anger on the Demon.
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It can be almost self-destructive if you hold onto it too long. And here comes Edge driving Balor, the Demon, off the Hell in a Cell.
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I wonder if the point has arrived yet where Edge realizes what he has done.
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Edge wasn't content just dominating Finn Balor. Edge wanted the Demon. Well, you got him, Edge.
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Now what are you gonna do? Corey, if there's someone as malicious and evil enough to take out the Demon, it's Edge.
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I agree with you wholeheartedly. Edge obviously—Goodness!—spent time reconnecting with his brutish past, with that Luciferian mentality he once possessed.
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That's what it's gonna take tonight to dispatch the Demon, the diabolical side of the Rated R Superstar.
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Edge's body already racked with signs of the oh kendo stick assault early on, and now trapping Balor.
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It's a smart decision by the veteran, by the Hall of Famer. The Demon is trapped and at the mercy of the Rated R Superstar!
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Oh! Dropkick to the solar plexus of the Demon! Balor's still trapped, but I'm still unsure how much effect it had.
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Balor registered the dropkick, but has an almost vacant look in his eyes. What's the Walking Dead called—Yeah, he looks like one of the zombies trapped in the "Walking Dead." That's what I was just thinking about.
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Now what else does Edge have to do to—uh oh! Kendo sticks, chairs, and now tables.
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All perfectly legal in the confines of the cell—Look out! Barking at our cameraman to get out of the way as he sets the table up now in the corner.
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You can only imagine. Balor just snapped the kendo stick in half, almost freed himself before Edge arrived.
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I think Edge is gonna, yeah, free the Demon 'cause he's got some nasty things in mind.
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Demon fighting back up. The rights and lefts to Edge. Oh, into the steps! What an explosion.
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There's nothing pretty about anything inside Hell in a Cell. It's not gonna be a technical battle by any means.
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Each and every time we witness a Hell in a Cell match, we talk about the physical, mental, and emotional toll it takes on superstars.
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Even those who are victorious, these matches can change a superstar's career forever. Indeed. You talk to any superstar that's been inside Hell in a Cell, they'll tell you the same thing.
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They're never the same once they walk out of this matchup. Especially when there is so much animosity, so much personal bad blood as there is in this matchup.
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Whoa, face first. Balor already back up to his feet. Hey, look out! Impaler! Impaler DDT.
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Little nod to Gangrel from the Rated R Superstar. And now Edge measuring his man.
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Oh, sling blade by the Demon, and Balor seems almost unaffected. He was DDT'd seconds ago!
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He seems almost unaffected by all the punishment he's taken so far in this matchup.
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Edge playing the role of human pinball there between the cell and the side of the ring.
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And I wonder if it's yet dawning on Edge that he is indeed still human, and this may be the biggest mistake of Edge's Hall of Fame career, summoning the Demon.
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Look at these splintered kendo sticks that once had the Demon trapped on the walls of the cell, and now slamming Edge through the table that he set up.
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(crowd jeering) Just listen. (metal crashing) It's like a car crash inside the cell. Balor looking for more weapons.
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(Finn groaning) Heaving steel chairs at Edge! Edge will fire it out of the corner with a boot.
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Edge able to avoid the third chair. A massive boot on the chin of Balor, but how much does Edge have left?
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He suffered a great deal of damage during that last exchange. Edge now, we're gonna hit the switch.
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I'm not even entirely sure that Edge knows where he is.
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Almost catatonic look on the face of Edge moments ago, seems to have rallied himself, regained his composure, and has now refocused his target on the Demon.
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The demon somehow back to his feet. Edge runs into a kick. It's a cradle!
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Is it enough to put Edge away, and a kick at two. And now Edge, is it enough?
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The Demon at one that time. We've seen Edge dominate opponents, if not win matches with many of these maneuvers, and the demon is kicking out relatively unfazed.
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That has got to be mentally draining to Edge. Well, that's why Edge is trying to figure out what else he can pull out from under the ring, and that will be a ladder.
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few superstars have used the ladder to elevate their careers quite to the levels of Edge, no doubt about it.
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The pioneer- God Almighty! I don't know if the Demon's getting back up. Edge a pioneer of the TLC matches, and he's showing you why here in this match.
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Balor took the brunt of this impact with his face. (crowd jeering) Oh my God.
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Finn Balor has certainly tapped into something beyond human, but obviously the wounds are still very, very real.
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Our official Sean Bennett just called for the medical personnel to come to Hell in a Cell.
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and you have to respect Bennett's decision, because neither of these two superstars are gonna slow down or stop, even at their own merit.
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And the reason being is the Demon has been busted open because of the ladder and that assault there by Edge, and now medical personnel have come into the Hell in a Cell.
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The door was open. The Demon trying to stay away from our ringside positions here.
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The demon doesn't want to be bothered with. The demon wants to continue to fight, but at the end of the day, these are athletes.
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We can make sure that both are physically up to par to compete. You know, Edge and Finn Balor want to be the ones to destroy one another.
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They've been savoring this opportunity, looking forward to the chance to destroy one another- Again, watch this impact.
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Right off the the face of the Demon. Meanwhile, his doctors are working with the Demon.
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Edge now is, I don't know what he's doing- Edge is looking for more weapons.
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Edge is looking for more weapons. What else does he need? I mean, he's used tables, and chairs, and ladders, and kendo sticks.
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Edge hasn't stopped the Demon! Edge has barely slowed down the Demon. It's come down to the medical staff.
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Edge wants to be prepared for the inevitable when the Demon somehow finds a way.
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Well, that'll be up to the discretion of the medical personnel, Corey. And good, because again, listen, this is WrestleMania.
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This is a match, a moment that these superstars live for. They are not gonna stop of their own volition.
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Thank God we've got world class medical professionals to protect these guys from themselves, let's be honest.
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That's what it is. Protecting these athletes from themselves. But meanwhile, the Demon has risen.
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The Demon is back to his feet. Edge realizing that now. Edge going right back after the Demon with a ladder set up, the Demon up top, take down, stomp down!
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We have to look at the other side of the coin. Wait Edge is already back up.
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And the Demon now continuing to punish Edge. Look at the other side of the equation.
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Maybe as the doctors were tending to Finn, he was strategizing. Balon was thinking of his next move.
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This is physical chess! (indistinct) Moving out of the way. What's Edge? Wait for the spare, and he spared himself into the ladder.
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Roll up by Balor. Is it enough? Edge kicks out at two. This is a grizzly scene inside of the cell, to the surprise of no one.
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Both men are down. This is a Hell in a Cell match at WrestleMania Sunday in SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, in front of 81,390 WWE fans.
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An ugly scene, no doubt about it, but that's why the cell exists. When you have an issue that you simply can't solve in a traditional match or under any other circumstance, there is no better way than to lock
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yourselves inside of the cell. Edge dragged himself up by the ropes, to Demon with a slate blade, back on his feet.
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How the hell is Balor doing this? I have no idea. And now with Edge down, the Demon's gonna go up top and try to end this thing.
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From high above the ring. (indistinct) That might do it! The Demon for the win inside Hell in a Cell, and Edge kicks out at two.
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But is Edge just prolonging the inevitable? Look at Balor, with a metaphorical wooden stake through the heart of the Rated R Superstar.
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But it still was not enough. Edge in his 14th WrestleMania match. But nothing like this, as the Demon is gonna climb to a top of a ladder, Edge on with a kendo stick intercepting Balor.
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I've gotta question the sanity of Edge to continue soldiering forward here. I gotta question the sanity of the Demon!
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I don't know if anybody's home for the Demon, Core. Oh my God! That's gotta be it.
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An Edge-ecution off the ladder. Into the cover for the win, and goddammit, taps out!
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From the ladder, an impaler DDT. Demon or not, Balor had no business getting up from this maneuver, yet here we are.
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Edge looking for more weapons to do damage with. Cole, I'm not a big supernatural guy, but we are seeing things right now that has to make you question whether or not there's something else, because Balor certainly has reached
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another level of being tonight. Well, so has Edge, because Edge now is dragging a table into the ring, the Demon somehow trying to make it back to his feet.
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How much more damage can these two men inflict upon one another? Well, I'm afraid to ask that question, simply because we might actually get our answer tonight.
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This is sadistic and then some. But it's what Hell in a Cell is all about.
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The Demon unloading with kendo stick shot after kendo stick shot. Balor now muscling Edge onto the table.
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Oh, and a chair! And again, gonna break his ribs! I think that's the goal.
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The Demon ascending yet again. Oh no, no! Get down from there! Balor, what the hell are you doing?
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No. Get down from there! Oh no! Edge rolled outta harm's way. The Demon came off the wall of the cell through the table!
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And had Balor connected, that would've ended Edge once and for all. Look at this.
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From an incredible height, Balor destroying the table with the through the glass. And at this point, Edge has gotta be thanking his lucky stars.
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Slam! Cover, for the win. The Demon's still in it! In reality, just kicked Edge in the face.
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If you're Edge, what do you do? If I was Edge, I wouldn't have been in this match in the first place, Cole.
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But right now the Rated R Superstar needs to do some soul searching. Look to his past so that he can make it to the future.
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Unleash hell on the Demon! This is a year of pent up emotion flowing out of Edge tonight.
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He's finally reaching a breaking point. Edge thinking about the betrayal that he suffered at the hands of his own creation.
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Thinking of the suffering the judgment day has caused him and his family. He's remembering what happened at Extreme Rules at the hands of Judgment Day to his wife.
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We were meant to be stronger together! As edge looked on, concerto! Hell in a Cell is starting to look like the Overlook Hotel.
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One two three. In the City of Angels, Edge has slayed the demon. Here is your winner, the Rated R Superstar.
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Edge! We have seen some incredible moments, some unbelievable matches this weekend, but that one may just take the cake.
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That was epic. ♪ To chase a dream ♪ ♪ Another chance to feel ♪ ♪ Chance to feel alive ♪
Topics:WrestleMania 39Hell in a CellEdgeFinn BálorThe DemonWWE VaultJudgment DayWWE Hall of Fameprofessional wrestlingWWE match
