The National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) has been receiving praise for their show, Powerrr, since it first premiered on YouTube. Many people have pointed to its old-school aesthetic as providing something different compared to other options. Now WWE Hall of Famer Edge has praised the show.

Taking to Twitter, Edge wrote “I love #NWAPowerrr it’s a love letter to 70’s and particularly 80’s wrestling, which is when I fell head over heels in love with this colorfully insane beast. The promos, the action, the lack of dives. Ahhhhh. Good job @Billy Good job @Lagana Good job everyone else involved.”

Powerrr has received positive feedback from other wrestlers including Mickie James and NXT United Kingdom Champion WALTER. WWE commentator Corey Graves has previously said it was a “Really fun throwback presentation. Old school in a good way” while Bully Ray praised the talent, adding that NWA Powerrr had “Good character development and storytelling.”

Even Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has given the show a chance, enjoying what he saw. He congratulated the team behind it, reflecting on his time growing up within the territory system as he pinpointed the show’s “cool vintage feel.”

“Congrats Jim, the boys, crew etc. Stumbled across this show last night and enjoyed it. I grew up in territories and started my career at channel 5 in Memphis so I have a lot of love/respect for small scale, crowd tv shows. Cool vintage feel. Keep working hard boys. Rock”

NWA Powerrr is available to watch every Tuesday via their official YouTube page. You can watch their most recent episode below:

Edge recently announced he was leaving his podcast, E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness. The former WWE World Heavyweight Champion took to Twitter to share his decision, writing:

“Now on @EandCPod it’s the final episode with E. That’s right I’m retiring…again. Enjoy the velvety tones one last time hosers. @Christian4Peeps fly on sweet bird, fly on. #Cawcaw”

This announcement, coinciding with Edge’s involvement at this year’s SummerSlam event where he speared Elias, has led to speculation that he may be returning to the ring.

According to Dave Meltzer via The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Edge successfully negotiated a major new deal with WWE by playing them against All Elite Wrestling. It was noted there had been private talks between WWE and Edge about him wrestling again, though it’s not known at the time of writing if he will be cleared to do so. Those in the WWE creative team are under the impression that Edge will not be cleared.

In a previous episode of his podcast, Edge shared that he felt healthy enough to wrestle a match. He added that WWE’s medical staff probably wouldn’t allow him to.

“To be perfectly honest, I think I could do a match tomorrow,” Edge said. “And I might be blown up, but I’d be okay. It’s just from what I know with the WWE medical staff, they won’t allow it.”

“Stone Cold” Steve Austin recently shared his belief that he could, “in theory,” wrestle one more match. Austin made the statement during an episode of his podcast, The Steve Austin Show.

Edge and Christian discussed the forthcoming Wednesday Night Wars between NXT and All Elite Wrestling (AEW) on an episode of their podcast, E&C’s Pod of Awesomeness. The two expressed their excitement, stating that everyone will be performing to the best of their ability to help their promotion pull ahead in the ratings.

“I really do think it ups everyone’s game. I think right now if you’re a [professional] wrestling fan, if you’re a performer, what an exciting time to be involved in the industry. So, you have RAW and SmackDown sure, but man, Wednesday nights are going to be the night now. I just think it’s fun,” Edge said.

“I think back to the Nitro and RAW stuff and everything. I’m not saying AEW is WCW. I don’t even know if AEW looks at this thing like a competition. I just think they want people to have a different option or another option, but now it’s coming to this because hey it’s Vince [McMahon] and WWE and if you start a promotion we are going to try to run you out of town. But I think that does up everyone’s game.”

Christian agreed, adding that competition is healthy as it keeps everybody on their toes. Ultimately, he believes the winners are fans of pro wrestling.

“It keeps everybody sharp. And the people that are going to win – I’ve said it in the past – the people that are going to win in all of this are the fans because they are going to get some really, really great content, as far as [professional] wrestling goes, going forward.

Two Hour NXT

Edge discussed that NXT’s move to USA Network makes it WWE’s third brand, rather than ‘developmental.’ He expressed that there will no longer be conversations about moving to the main roster. Instead, if Superstars were to move between brands, it could be considered a “lateral shift.”

They spoke about NXT extending to two hours, with Edge voicing concern over fans being able to concentrate for that amount of time.

“[…] to me, one of the things I loved about NXT was that it was an hour because if you’ve got that ADD, you can probably focus through that hour and it’s just enough time to not overexpose anything. You expose enough, and that to me is kind of the biggest question mark. My hope is that if there’s talent that’s spinning their wheels and can do so much more like an Apollo Crews, like a Cesaro, so many people, let them go to NXT, man. Let them shine there. That, to me, is how you can fill up those two hours. That, to me, is how you can use those guys to teach the younger folks, ‘okay, this is live TV – this is how this works.’ And I think that that’s the key.”

WWE NXT debuts on USA Network on September 18th. AEW’s first show on TNT airs two weeks later on October 2nd.

H/T to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.

With WWE’s roster being stacked with talent, several top-level Superstars aren’t getting the in-ring opportunities they might hope for. 

On a recent episode of Edge & Christian’s Pod of Awesomeness, WWE Hall of Famer Edge discussed the idea of talent being underutilized. He suggested that more Superstars should follow Tyler Breeze and Fandango back to NXT. There was one Superstar, in particular, that Edge would love to see again on the black-and-gold brand.

“[Cesaro] going to NXT would be great. I think he’d really be allowed to flourish there. NXT is great for that. It’s kinda like ECW was. If there’s something they feel he’s lacking, whether it’s a promo or whatever, it can be hidden and worked on there and focus on his strengths. I see Fandango and [Tyler] Breeze down there, and I’m so happy for them. They get a chance to get in there and go. There’s quite a few on the roster where it would be great for them to go over [to NXT].”

More talent have been jumping between brands in recent months. NXT UK’s Pete Dunne recently returned to NXT, competing for the North American Championship. In turn, NXT’s Kassius Ohno has appeared multiple times for NXT UK.

Cesaro recently competed in a matchup against NXT UK Superstar Ilja Dragunov. Dragunov answered the former WWE United States Champion’s challenge, losing to Cesaro after a hard-fought match. 

H/T to Fightful for the transcription.

WWE 24/7 Champion Elias recently spoke with The Argus Leader to talk about a wide range of pro wrestling related topics and to promote Tuesday’s SmackDown Live TV event from Sioux Falls, SD.

During the interview, he brought up his segment with Edge at SummerSlam. This is where Elias noted that there’s a whole story behind the segment that will come out one day.

Elias talked about how he was all over the place at SummerSlam and anytime he can get involved in anything, he tries to make the best of it. 

“There’s a whole story to that’ll come out someday. But what a moment that was, the crowd began to go insane when he came out there. So that was really something to be a part of.”

Edge: “I Think I Could Do A Match Tomorrow”

Elias talked about how later in the show he was a special enforcer with the Shane McMahon and Kevin Owens match. He noted that he did everything he could to stop Owens but Owens just outsmarted everybody.

At the WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view event in Toronto, Ontario, Elias was doing a concert on the pre-show where he was interrupted by Edge. The hometown star hit Elias with a spear to end the segment. 

This was an interesting moment as it marked the first physical angle since Edge was forced to retire several years ago. 

Edge speared Elias on the SummerSlam Kickoff show on Sunday. He spoke about returning to Toronto and getting physical in the ring on the most recent episode of “Edge and Christian’s Pod of Awesomeness” released today. According to his comments, he feels healthy enough for one more match.

“To be perfectly honest, I think I could do a match tomorrow,” Edge said on the show. “I might be blown up but I’d be okay. It’s just from what I know with the WWE medical staff, they won’t allow. It is what it is, right?”

He also noted he received some good news from a doctor in regards to his neck recently.

“I did have a doctor tell me that he thinks they’ll be able to basically get my neck relatively healthy within 5 years,” Edge said.

“And then there’s stem cells which I’m also looking into,” he continued.

Edge would then say he could not return full-time but doing one more match is something he feels is possible.

“Just from the stuff I’ve experienced in the last eight years and the things I’ve done physically, it’s like ‘I could pull off one.’ I’m not saying I could pull of a year’s worth. I’m sure you could too,” he said to Christian.

Edge also pointed out that he does his own fighting scenes when acting and even delivered a Spear to former WWE Superstar Kurrgan during filming for the show Haven.

Edge on Returning To Toronto

Edge posted the following to his social media followers after his SummerSlam appearance in Toronto.

“This week was emotionally tumultuous. I hadn’t been back to Toronto since my mom’s funeral. I’d been putting off coming up here and taking care of some things. But when I heard Summerslam was in Toronto and I knew Beth had NXT work to do, I decided it was time to come home.

It was difficult. It was draining. It was therapeutic. It was cathartic. I saw some family. I saw some friends. Cried a little. Laughed A LOT. Found some things I thought were lost forever. Last night I had one of those ‘fairytale’ moments. I was also reminded that no matter what happens in life this will always be…home.”

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WWE Hall of Famer Edge shocked many fans by making a surprise appearance on the pre-show for WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view event. 

He did so by interrupting a segment with Elias, who was getting local heat by mocking fans in attendance and the city of Toronto. This led to Edge coming out and hitting a spear to Elias. 

The former WWE World Heavyweight Champion took to his official Instagram account where hours after the segment where he wrote a heartfelt post on the social media platform to detail his week, which was rough for him personally. 

Edge started out by noting how the week was emotionally tumultuous for him as he hadn’t been back to Toronto since the funeral for his mother who passed away. He had been putting it off to take care of some things. 

That changed once he heard Summerslam was in Toronto and his wife, Beth Phoenix, working the NXT TakeOver: Toronto II event for commentary. He decided it was time to come home but noted that it was difficult and draining while at the same time therapeutic. 

He brought up seeing family and friends while crying and laughing along the way. 

“Found some things I thought were lost forever. Last night I had one of those “fairy tale” moments. I was also reminded that no matter what happens in life this will always be…home.”

You can read the full post here: 

9 Takeaways From WWE SummerSlam 2019

Before SummerSlam, Edge was last seen on WWE television during a Cutting Edge segment with then-SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch on SmackDown 1000 in Washington, DC at the Capital One Arena. 

WWE Hall of Famer Edge discussed the positives and negatives of WWE scripting every promo by all of their stars on television.

This topic has surfaced due to the competition brought upon to WWE as WWE scripts promos while AEW plans to give bullet points to their talent, which is something that has happened for decades in the pro wrestling business.

The former WWE World Heavyweight Champion recently spoke about it on E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness. He started out with the positives, which is why WWE decided to do this.

He stated that after hearing both sides of the argument, he thinks both sides have valid reasons, ”because you’re a publicly traded company; it’s FOX; it’s USA[Network]; it’s all of these things, so I get that side of it.”

Edge also understands the aspect if things were so heavily scripted then you don’t get classic promos such as ”the Macho Man [Randy Savage] ‘cream of the crop’ promo, I don’t think. You wouldn’t get ‘Austin 3:16’, I don’t think.” Edge added, “I get both sides, I guess is what I’m saying.”

H/T to WrestlingInc.com for the quotes

During a recent episode of E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness, WWE Hall of Famer Edge and former WWE World Heavyweight Champion Christian spoke about a wide range of pro wrestling topics.

One topic was interesting as it was about WWE making changes to the main event of the Fastlane pay-per-view event. WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon announced on this week’s SmackDown Live that Kevin Owens would replace Kofi Kingston in the title match against WWE Champion Daniel Bryan at Fastlane.

Christian started out by stating that he thinks it’s another twist and a play off of what they did with Becky Lynch as it was another good surprise because nobody was expecting to see Owens back.

He also thinks that WWE did this to further build Kofi’s popularity and potential match at WrestleMania. “It was interesting and I didn’t see it coming. It makes sense to extend the feud to Mania.”

Edge chimed in by stating that they did this so fans didn’t have to see Kofi vs. Bryan three straight times on PPV. He thinks it is awesome and great to see Owens be thrown into the mix. “Him and Bryan will have a great match. It also allows Kofi to go to Mania and get an amazing moment.”

Former WWE World Heavyweight and Tag Team Champions Edge & Christian participated in a Q&A session as part of their Pod Of Awesomeness podcast. E&C discussed their favorite match stipulations, title designs and more.

When asked what their favorite match stipulation was, they agreed that the Iron Man match was the ‘most intriguing.’

Iron Man Matches

“I never got a chance to participate in one, but I wanted to be in an iron man match. I really just wanted to go in there and I remember pitching a couple of times too, and it wasn’t necessarily for an iron man match. But I wanted to just go out there for a full hour and just do a match.” Christian confirmed.

“I never got a chance, but I think that would have been my favorite stipulation just because it’s such a challenge to pace yourself and keep the audience engaged the entire length of that type of match.” Christian elaborated further, saying “there are so many things you could do with it, like nobody has a fall going into the last minute, or one guy is down a fall, or you could have a bunch of falls happen pretty quickly, whatever, or a few fall quickly toward the end and they’re trying to get that last pin. There [are] so many different ways you could go with it.”

Edge also commented on the stipulation, saying “I’ve never been in one of those either. I think that would have been a cool, fun one to try to wrap your brain around. Yeah, I’m going to agree. And here’s one thing, though, that I think I might have mentioned it in the history of this show, but why do they call it an iron man match still when it’s two women wrestling? It should be an iron woman match.” Edge continued, “that bugs me when I see that.”

Dream Opponents

When asked who they wished they could’ve faced in their careers Edge gave some interesting answers. Bret ‘Hitman’ Hart, WWE Superstars Samoa Joe, AJ Styles, and Shinsuke Nakamura and IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi. Christian said that he wishes he could’ve had a match with former IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega.

You can check out the E&C Podcast here

H/T to WrestlingINC for the transcription

Tag team wrestling just isn’t what it used to be anymore. Today, tag team wrestling isn’t as big of a focus point for WWE as it used to be. In past generations, tag teams were some of WWE’s biggest stars. Names like The Rockers, Money Inc., The Steiners, The Dudley Boyz, The Hardy Boyz, Edge and Christian, and so many more come to mind. Today, however, there doesn’t seem to be any tag teams that really get fans pumped like they used to.

Much of that can be attributed to the lack of commitment WWE gives to helping the tag team division grow. This is why teams like The Revival are becoming frustrated with their position in the company, and requesting their release. Tag team legends Edge and Christian commented on this during their podcast, “E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness.”

Commitment To Tag Team Wrestling

During the show, WWE Hall Of Famer Edge questioned Vince McMahon’s commitment to tag team wrestling. He doesn’t believe “The Chairman Of The Board” sees money in the division:

“I don’t know how much Vince [McMahon] will ever focus on tag teams because I don’t think he sees money in it. There can be. We’ve proven there can be, and the Rock ‘N’ Roll Express has proven there can be, and the Dudleys and the Road Warriors.

“And there [are] a lot of instances proving that tag team wrestling, and I know that Steve Austin would be one to throw his hat into this ring. Tag team wrestling can be the best match on the show.” Edge said.

“I just don’t know if Vince is ever going that way. I think any time that tag team wrestling has made any kind of headway on the show it [has] almost been by accident without anybody realizing that it’s happening!”

What do you think about Edge’s comments on Vince McMahon’s commitment to tag team wrestling?

H/T Wrestling Inc. transcriptions

Recently, WWE Hall Of Famer and former World Champion Edge was interviewed by “Inside The Ropes.” With the Royal Rumble right around the corner, “The Rated-R Superstar” was asked about some of his favorite Rumble memories. Edge noted how the stories that develop during the course of the match is what helps make it so special. He also made a very interesting revelation.

Edge said that he would prefer to enter Royal Rumble matches early, as opposed to later on. He noted this was because he didn’t want to miss an opportunity to work with a surprise entrant, such as Jake “The Snake” or Booker T:

“I think that’s the key, if you’re one of the pieces of thread through the Rumble, then yeah, it makes for a more difficult, challenging night. But that’s what you want to be!

“I always loved if I was gonna get to be #2 and be in there at #22, because that means, at some point every talent is going to go through you and you’re basically going to be in there for the greatest hits as every character rolls through.

“And hopefully you’re in there when, I don’t know, Jake the Snake comes out, or something, and you can take the short arm clothesline, or Booker T, or take your pick. I always enjoyed the rumble from that aspect.”

Edge In WWE

The 45-year-old has a Royal Rumble victory under his belt. He was the winner of the 2010 Rumble and went on to challenge Chris Jericho for the World Heavyweight Title at WrestleMania 26.

Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to beat “Y2J” for the title that year. However, after 11 World Titles and being part of one of the greatest tag teams of all time, Edge was forced to retire in 2011. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame the following year.

What do you think about Edge preferring to enter Royal Rumble matches early?

H/T Wrestling Inc. for the transcriptions

While their experiences and reasons are not exactly similar, Edge knows the feeling of going out there in his prime and relinquishing a top championship due to severe health issues, much like Roman Reigns.

During his recent interview with Sports Illustrated, the Hall Of Famer talked about his SmackDown 1000 segment involving Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair and more.

While discussing Reigns’ battle with luekemia and him relinquishing the Universal Championship on Raw not too long ago, the Rated R Superstar said that the Shield Member handled it with class:

“I feel for him, but the best thing he can do is surround himself with his family, and that’s what he’s doing. As long as he gets healthy, who cares if he ever wrestles again? I watched him on Raw and thought that moment had to be really, really difficult, but he handled it with poise and class.”

Continuing on the topic, Edge also discussed how he only had to retire but in Roman’s case it’s a matter of life and death. He said you don’t expect this to hear from a guy who is in the prime of his career and looks like a superhero.

Apart from this, the WWE Legend also talked about how his recent visit to SmackDown made him realise that he no longer needs pro wrestling like he once did. You can check out his full interview here.

WWE Hall of Famer Edge recently spoke with Gamespot to promote the second season of his WWE Network series, The Edge and Christian Show That Totally Reeks of Awesomeness, that is set to premiere on Monday night. The former World Champion stated that this season will feature more than 100 special cameos and how it will be much different than the first season.

“This one is a lot different than Season 1,” he said. “To me, in a much better way. We added in some elements, we had some graphic artist and do some amazing things that we wouldn’t have been able to, some of our visions just wouldn’t have been possible without this guy coming in and putting his magic touch on it. When you see it, you’ll be able to tell because it’s just, you know, the farting unicorns going by Hillbilly Jim while he’s moon farming.”

The WWE Legend continued by stating that the very first episode will feature a farting unicorn and how one scene will have the screen filled with special guests in front of a green screen as they try to recreate a “classic moment” from wrestling history.

Edge was last seen on WWE television during a Cutting Edge segment with SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch on SmackDown 1000 in Washington, DC at the Capital One Arena. The former WWE World Champion has posted the following clips, which are quite entertaining, of the new season that you can see here: 

After #RAWtonight the show many compare to the original Rocky, Rambo and Gone With The Wind. The show they said would never make it. But has, due to its sheer brilliance, stellar writing and epic cinematic scope. It’s The Edge & Christian Show Season 2! On ?@WWENetwork? pic.twitter.com/1CcecEOFeh

— Adam Copeland (@RatedRCope) November 26, 2018

THE EDGE AND CHRISTIAN SHOW THAT TOTALLY REEKS OF AWESOMENESS…

IS BACK! See you after #RAW TONIGHT on @WWENetwork… pic.twitter.com/kBkS2K3Y4V

— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) November 26, 2018

Tonight Immediately after #Raw it’s the show you’ve been (maybe) waiting for in all its glory. #TheECShow on @WWENetwork WE’RE BACK! pic.twitter.com/3j9IHvqKLN

— Jay 'Christian' Reso (@Christian4Peeps) November 26, 2018

Even though Hall of Famer Edge has retired from professional wrestling since 2011, he has been part of the WWE in one way or another, particularly with his podcast E&C Pod of Awesomeness. Recently he discussed the possibility of himself making an in-ring return and which current WWE superstars has caught his eye.

Speaking to The New York Post, Edge revealed what he thinks his comeback to the ring would look like. Since Shawn Michaels came out of retirement recently, Edge was asked whether he thinks of making a return at his age.

“Ah no. (Laugh.) Well, here’s the thing: People as much as they want it, it’s not going to be what they want. It’s very rare. Especially when you get performers into their 40s and 50s, it’s not an easy job. It’s a very, very difficult thing physically.”

“I personally think your body isn’t meant to do it past 40 years old. It’s just a really, really physically demanding, taxing thing. And I know people hop in and they do one-offs here and there, but I just think it’s a matter of time before eventually they are going to get hit with some kind of injury bullet, because it’s not normal to do to your body, especially once you start getting up in middle age.”

Edge also thinks that former WWE Champion AJ Styles and IC Champion Seth Rollins could have a classic match with him, but it simply isn’t possible anymore for him.

“So, hey, do I know A.J. Styles and I could have an amazing match, Seth Rollins and I could tear it down and have a classic, yeah, if it were me at 35, not me at 45. And not me at 45 not having stepped in a ring for eight years.”

Edge made his debut in the WWE in 1997 and went on to hold 31 championships in his decorated career in the company. He retired in April of 2011 due to cervical spinal stenosis as he was deemed unclear to ever compete. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2012.

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The Rated R Superstar also discussed about the current WWE stars Becky Lynch and Drew McIntyre who have grabbed his attention.

“I’ve been kind of touting Becky for a while, just from the kind of organic reaction she’s gotten from the audience. They want her as the focal point of the division, and it was very, very obvious and thankfully they listened and kind of allowed it to happen, which is real cool and fun to watch.

I really like watching McIntyre right now. I think he reinvented himself. I’ve always really liked Drew and it’s great to see him come back with the right mentality and get this opportunity because he’s has that right mentality.”

WWE Hall Of Famer Edge recently spoke with The Wrap to talk about various topics. During the interview, he spoke about why Hollywood loves working with wrestlers and the transition from the wrestling business to acting.

The former WWE World Heavyweight Champion stated that if you made it to the top with your promos as part of the package, it’s because you could speak and you made it sound like it wasn’t this rehearsed thing. He brought up how a lot of times there are wrestlers who have bullet points and talk where it starts when they feel an audience and react to what’s happening.

“I think it is good training to a set and having a script and going, ‘Right, OK, I can adapt on the fly if the director sees this scene happening a different way. I can adapt on the fly if the other actor takes it this direction’ because you are used to adapting on the fly live.”

Obviously, Edge has had a great wrestling career as he achieved many of the goals that he set out to accomplish once starting. However, he’s the first to say that wrestling is a very demanding thing because not only do you wrestle but your a manager, you book cars and hotels for yourself. 

“Your day begins as soon as you wake up and it ends when you get to bed. And it could be in a Motel 6 because there are no other hotels open and it’s 4 o’clock in the morning. That keeps you humble and it keeps you hungry.”

– Following this week’s episode of SmackDown LIVE, WWE.com announced that Edge would return to host a special edition of “The Cutting Edge” next Tuesday as part of SmackDown’s 1000th episode. It’s quite possible that the WWE Hall of Famer’s appearance has already been nixed since WWE.com is no longer advertising the talk show segment as taking place. The announcement now redirects to the “Shows” page.

Edge is not otherwise advertised for SmackDown 1000 by WWE.com or the official website of the Capital One Arena. WWE.com posted their preview for the show tonight and there’s no mention of Edge.

Here is WWE.com’s original announcement:

“The Rated-R Superstar is coming home.

“Edge is returning to host a special edition of his talk show “The Cutting Edge” next Tuesday as part of SmackDown’s historic 1000th episode.

“The WWE Hall of Famer was responsible for many of the blue brand’s greatest moments, whether it was stepping up as one of the SmackDown’s premiere Superstars after the initial brand split in 2002, his unforgettable Money in the Bank cash-in on The Undertaker or running roughshod over SmackDown with General Manager Vickie Guerrero in his corner.

“What will he have to say? Find out when “The Cutting Edge” returns during SmackDown 1000, next Tuesday at 8/7 C on USA Network!”

– A new episode of Table for 3 featuring Kevin Nash, Diamond Dallas Page, and Big Show will air this Monday night on the WWE Network immediately following Raw. The former WCW World Heavyweight Champions share untold tales and their most memorable moments from WCW Monday Nitro. Here is the synopsis:

“Legendary WCW ‘Big Boys’ Kevin Nash, DDP, and Big Show gather to share untold tales and their most memorable moments from WCW Monday Nitro!”

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WWE has confirmed that Edge will be appearing at next week’s big SmackDown 1000 special. The WWE Hall of Famer will host a special edition of his Cutting Edge talk show.

WWE is stacking the deck for SmackDown 1000. In addition to Edge, other legends confirmed to appear include The Undertaker, Batista, Ric Flair, Rey Mysterio, Michelle McCool, Torrie Wilson, Teddy Long and Vickie Guerrero.

As of this writing, the only match WWE has announced for SmackDown 1000 is Shinsuke Nakamura vs. the returning Rey Mysterio. The winner of this bout will qualify for the WWE World Cup tournament, which unfolds next month’s Crown Jewel event from Saudi Arabia.

While not yet acknowledged by WWE, the arena website is also advertising:

• AJ Styles & Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz and Samoa Joe
• Charlotte Flair, Asuka, & Naomi vs. Becky Lynch and The IIconics

SmackDown 1000 takes place next Tuesday from Washington, D.C. at the Capital One Arena. 

WWE is expected to go all out for next month’s SmackDown 1000 episode at the Capital One Arena in Washington DC. In addition to The Undertaker being advertised for the show, WWE Hall of Famer Edge is also booked to appear. No word yet on what Edge’s role will be, but there’s a good chance it will involve his former tag team partner Christian.

The last time that Edge and Christian were backstage at a WWE event was back in May for the Backlash pay-per-view in Newark, New Jersey. The former WWE tag team champions did not appear on camera, but were reportedly there working on the upcoming season of their WWE Network series, The Edge & Christian Show.

The belief is that WWE is planning to load up the show to the point where they will bring in several stars from the past and the show will be similar to RAW 1000 back in 2012.

As noted, the official website of the arena is currently advertising a ‘Triple Main Event’ for the episode. Those matches are:

• AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe
• Daniel Bryan vs The Miz
• Randy Orton vs Jeff Hardy

SmackDown 1,000 takes place on Tuesday, October 16th, 2018. 

The new NXT North American Champion was a guest on E&C Pod Of Awesomeness. Ricochet addressed many topics during the interview, even on his first encounter with Rey Mysterio and how emotional he got after their bout on Lucha Underground.

Konnan Starting Heat

Ricochet recalls first meeting Rey Mysterio and how Konnan was there as well trying to make a wedge between the two high flyers.

“I remember the first time really meeting him, I walked into the room, and Konnan’s like, ‘oh, here he is! This is the guy saying he’s better than you.’ And I was like, ‘what are you doing? Like, why would you say that?’ Because I didn’t know Rey. I didn’t know how cool he was. I was like, ‘why would you say that? He probably hates me now?’ But that’s just Konnan.” Ricochet noted, “but Rey is the coolest guy in the whole world and I’m his biggest fan.”

Goals For NXT

While still a newcomer for the developmental territory, Ricochet mentioned that he intends to make NXT bigger than it is now.

“It’s my goal to, like… I don’t know how long I’m going to be here,” Ricochet continued, “like, if I’m here two or three years, that’s perfectly okay with me because I really honestly enjoy it here, so my goal is to make it as big as possible.”

Another goal of the famed high flyer is to get better on the mic. The Rock was one of Ricochet’s inspiration to get better at speaking as he mentioned that in The Rock’s debut back in’96 he wasn’t the famed charismatic speaker that he is today.

“I always say, ‘look at ’96, The Rock’s debut at the Survivor Series and I think he did a promo afterward, and it was, like, not good. And you look at him later on and he’s the best to do it ever,’ so, like, it’s all about, yeah, growth.”

You can listen to the interview in its entirety below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUhxXkG63HM

WWE Hall of Famer and former World Heavyweight Champion Edge will be heading to the UK and Ireland in late September/early October on a special Speaking Tour for Inside The Ropes. The Rated R Superstar will be heading to the following venues for the ‘Living on The Edge’ tour:

• September 29th – The Grand, London
• October 6th – The Limelight, Belfast
• October 7th – The Tivoli, Dublin
• October 21st – The Comedy Store, Manchester
• October 28th – The Garage, Glasgow

Edge’s accolades in his historic WWE career include winning the King of The Ring, the Royal Rumble, becoming an 11 time World Champion and headlining WrestleMania alongside the Undertaker at WrestleMania 24. Inside The Ropes have promised a special Meet & Greet for the events as well as a spoken word show hosted by Kenny McIntosh.

Edge sent out the following message confirming the upcoming engagements: “England, Scotland & Ireland I’m coming! Thanks to the fine folks @Inside_TheRopes I’ll be over to share stories, answer questions, have high tea with some killer raspberry scones and other offbeat shenanigans (sorry @LanceStorm).”

Tickets for the tour are now available to purchase through Inside The Ropes’ official site.

England, Scotland & Ireland I’m coming! Thanks to the fine folks @Inside_TheRopes I’ll be over to share stories, answer questions, have high tea with some killer raspberry scones and other offbeat shenanigans (sorry @LanceStorm ) Tix gon sale….Friday!(not today)

— Adam Copeland (@RatedRCope) July 4, 2018

Get ready UK and Ireland. For the benefit of those with Flash photography……we're doing a tour with none other than The Rated R Superstar….@EdgeRatedR We CANNOT WAIT! pic.twitter.com/L6Oa4TbGHb

— ITR Wrestling (@ITRWrestling_) July 1, 2018

In 2002, Hulk Hogan and Edge won the WWE World Tag Team Championships. They did so by defeating the team of Billy & Chuck on the July 2nd, 2002 Smackdown from the Fleet Center in Boston.

Hogan recently praised Edge on Twitter:

@EdgeRatedR is truly one of the greats in the @wwe. Only a neck injury stopped him from surpassing all of us. He knows the business’s inside and out brother. Only love4EDGE. HH#edge #ratedr #wwe #hulkhogan #hulkamania #wrestling #legend pic.twitter.com/XXtjMoGYsT

— Hulk Hogan (@HulkHogan) July 3, 2018

Edge is truly one of the greats in the WWE. Only a neck injury stopped him from surpassing all of us. He knows the business’s inside and out brother. Only love4EDGE. HH

Edge grew up a Hulk Hogan fan. He has spoken of attending WrestleMania VI in Toronto as a youngster frequently. Hogan has not had much luck at WrestleManias in Edge’s hometown, losing high-profile matches each time WrestleMania has been held in the city. Hogan lost to the Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania VI and again to the Rock at WrestleMania 18.

https://twitter.com/EdgeRatedR/status/1013961260688465923

“Coming from the brother brother who inspired me to be a wrestler, this type of compliment will resonate with me until I’m the old, surly, uncool grandpa who tells all the grandkids, back in my day I teamed with Hulk Hogan. And the people went banana! Although they actually did”

Johnny Gargano Grows Up an Edge Fan

Just as Edge grew up a fan of Hulk Hogan, there are Superstars active today who grew up fans of Edge. One of those Superstars is Johnny Gargano. Recently, Gargano posted a photo he took of himself as a kid posing with Edge.

“Hey @EdgeRatedR, Remember on the @EandCPod when I said that the first time we met was backstage at an indy show in 2015?.. A trip to my Mom’s house jogged my memory. That totally wasn’t the first time we met.. This was 2004!”

Hey @EdgeRatedR,

Remember on the @EandCPod when I said that the first time we met was backstage at an indy show in 2015?..

A trip to my Mom's house jogged my memory. That totally wasn't the first time we met..

This was 2004! ? pic.twitter.com/SmjNNJ7KuW

— Johnny Gargano (@JohnnyGargano) July 3, 2018

Edge simply responded with a Tweet which read, “Holy cupcakes and donuts this is awesome!”

WWE Hall Of Famer Edge and Christian discussed exchanging ring gear in a recent episode of their podcast, E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness. Christian first started things off by confessing that he never has been good at keeping memorabilia from his matches, and knows he’ll probably regret that one day:

“I have talked about this before, I have always been bad at saving memorabilia. I tried to get better at it my last two years,  have done it on a couple of occasions, but I know for you [Edge], like when you had your match against Undertaker, you were better at exchanging things and doing things like that than I have.

“I wished for some of the bigger moments and matches, looking back now someday I am going to regret not doing more of that.”

Edge then revealed that the only time he ever swapped gear with someone was after WrestleMania 24 with The Undertaker. Edge lost the World Heavyweight Championship to The Undertaker. Edge gave Taker his kick-pads and tights, while Undertaker gave him his gloves:

“The only time I have exchanged gear with someone was with The Undertaker at WrestleMania 24. I gave him my kick-pads and my tights from that and I got his gloves. It is pretty cool. I am glad I got that memory. I saved everything; all my gear over the years; my trench coats and stuff that I have saved.

“It is all packed away nicely and neatly in vacuum-sealed bags and all that stuff. One day if the girls decide they want to do something with it—whether they want to give it away to charity, or buy a slushy with it, I don’t know, but it’ll be there.”

You can listen to E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness by clicking this link here.

H/T IWNerd for the transcriptions

WWE Hall of Famer Edge has given some credit to fellow WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels for helping him.

During a Q&A session on a recent episode of E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness, Edge looked back on how working with Michaels back in 2005 helped him in his transition from a tag team competitor into a singles star through their storyline.

If you recall, back in late 2004, Edge turned heel for the first time since 2001 when he helped Triple H retain the World Title over Michaels at the Taboo Tuesday PPV, which led to a program between Edge and Michaels that ended at the 2005 Royal Rumble.

“I think that was coming off of the Cyber Sunday or Taboo Tuesday, or whatever that pay per view was where fans voted on who would face Triple H in the world title match. I think that is where the whole angle started. That was when I was first starting to turn heel and was purely focused on that world title. Everything for the character, and Shawn Michaels was the first guy that I worked against with the incarnation of the character.

I think we worked a Royal Rumble opener and had a lot of fun and then we had a Street Fight on Raw–I want to say it was in Rhode Island,” Edge said. “I obviously always enjoyed working against Shawn. We had a lot of house show matches throughout the years that were kind of thrown together. I remember one in Laredo, Texas, which is a hot arena, about a 8-10,000 seat arena, and I remember we just went out there and put out 35 minutes and had a lot of fun by going out there and having Shawn Michaels and I just wing it. It was always a lot of fun.”

Edge went on to say that the rivalry with the WWE Hall of Famer was crucial to his development into a main event superstar.

“I don’t know how much creative was put together with our angle with the exception of me being an angry guy pursuing the title, who felt he should be world champion, and I think that Shawn was given the challenge from creative to get this kid over, because if it doesn’t happen with you then it’s probably not going to happen,” Edge said. “Now I know that it was the challenge that he was given if this could work or not, so I guess he helped me prove that I could so thank you Shawn Michaels!”

H/T to Wrestling Inc for the transcript

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We now know why two former WWE World Heavyweight Champions were backstage at the Backlash pay-per-view event.

On Sunday afternoon (May 6, 2018), a report surfaced online that stated WWE Hall of Famer Edge and Christian were spotted in Newark, New Jersey, which was the site of the Backlash PPV event.

This led to speculation that they could appear on the broadcast. As seen by watching the show that was not the case.

According to a report by Mike Johnson of PWinsider, the reason they were in town but didn’t appear on the broadcast of the show is to prepare for production of the second season of The Edge & Christian Show on the WWE Network, which is set to begin filming on May 25.

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