The Rated-R Superstar managed a gruesome victory over the Hardcore Legend at WrestleMania 22. In an interview with the WWE Network, Edge has revealed he said the words “I love you” to Mick Foley at the end of their Hardcore match.

The Rated-R Superstar, who received second-degree burns in the closing stages of the match, After absorbing blows from a barbed wire baseball bat — having steel and wire rip and tear and puncture his flesh all match long — Edge paid dearly to improve his perfect WrestleMania record.

Speaking on WWE Network show WWE Untold, Edge recalled how he shared an emotional moment with Foley at the end of the match.

“As I’m crawling over to pin Mick, I’m looking at my arm because it’s smoking… and that does something to your brain. When I crawled over, I pulled his shoulder back and put my arm over the top and told him I loved him.”