Buddy cried when Edge retired (Credit: WWE)

Buddy Murphy tried to spoil Edge’s Royal Rumble return party when he stepped out with Seth Rollins and AOP – and it turns out that night was an emotional moment all round.

The current WWE Raw Tag Team champion – who was just 20 years old when the Rated R Superstar was forced to retire in 2011 – admitted he can still remember how upset he got watching Edge announce he was being forced to hang up his boots..

Speaking to Metro.co.uk as WWE celebrates its new deal with Channel 5, he said: ‘I remember when he retired on television, I was a fan back then. I remembered bawling my eyes out just because of how tragic and unexpected it was.




‘But I’m not gonna lie, I did enjoy coming out at number 30, pulling him out and kneeing him in the face. There was a childhood dream, so to speak, accomplished at that moment.’

Aside from Edge’s sensational return, coming out for the Rumble in the number 30 spot meant a lot to the Best Kept Secret, even if it was technically his partner Rollins competing in the match.

There was still something special in the air, and Buddy was delighted the new stable was able to make such an impact.

‘It was awesome, anytime you can be in a building with 40,000 people is always good – especially when they’re either booing or cheering you,’ he reflected on the show at Minute Maid Park in Houston.

Buddy loved being out there with his teammates (Credit: WWE)

‘To be stood besides AOP and Seth is always awesome, to come out at number 30 is even better! Even though I wasn’t in the Rumble, we came out at number 30 and changed the landscape of that Rumble at the end.

‘Unfortunately it didn’t go our way, but to be able to go out there and make our mark in front of that many people – and of course insert ourselves into a Rumble with the Edges and Randy Ortons, Drew McIntyres, that’s pretty awesome.’

* WWE Raw highlights continue this Sunday, 9 February, at 10:30am on Channel 5.

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