6. Alberto Del Rio
Coincidentally, Edge and Christian both wrestled their last matches against Alberto Del Rio, although it may not have been a total coincidence considering the circumstances surrounding Christian’s retirement. Christian permanently stepped out of the ring in 2014 after suffering a concussion in a match with Del Rio, Ziggler, and Sheamus in his return match, only a few months after he had returned from a different concussion.
Christian and Del Rio had also worked an injury angle around Christian’s shoulder, although that was entirely kayfabe. Del Rio has also admitted to once knocking out Daniel Bryan, possibly contributing to the concussion problems that shortened Bryan’s career, as well.
Del Rio twice left WWE amongst public controversy, first complaining about rampant racism and then choosing to leave when it appeared WWE was failing to follow through on a series of promises. There’s no excuse for the racism, but maybe if Del Rio keeps injuring his fellow top stars, WWE has a pretty good reason for not giving Del Rio the push he apparently thought he deserved.
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