Originally Posted by
Jack Newport
Edge already knew when he got injured in 2009 that his time was almost up, and had not retired in 2011, it would've been within the next 2 years anyways. He also said that once he retired from the ring, he was done with WWE, save a guest appearance here and there.
Being a general manager always leads to things getting physical. Edge's reason for only doing guest appearances is the same reason Shawn Michaels only does guest appearances. Anything more than that leads to coming out of retirement.