Hated edge so much as a kid i wouldn’t watch him, going back now he’s an all time great heel. And makes his current baby face run sums up his career nicely
@@JohnSmith-er5gv I hated him too so much when I was a teen going up against Cena, now I love him & Orton and actually look back & laugh, both Edge & Orton were savages back in the day
Orton and Cena was so overdone..after the Feud involving Cenas dad it lost its touch..nothing was ever good after that..it was just constant switching titles
Edge Cena rivalry catapulted them both into a tippy top guy spot and without guys like Edge and Orton i dont see Cena being the last mega star WWE has produced.
Yes thats the thing, Cena had egde, jbl, orton, angle, but even when he defeated them, they didn't loae their credibility. But now look at Roman, he buries everyone so bad that everyone loses their credibility.
his feud with Taker in 2007 was one of the first feuds that i watched when i first got into wrestling as a kid and i remember crying so hard and wanting to slap the shit out of the tv whenever he beat Taker in a match.
I loved the Cena vs Edge rivalry. To me it was Cena’s best rivalry because the audience was always into it whether they would cheer Cena or boo Edge. No matter the matches, they were able to perform abd the audience loved it. I still wish Cena and Edge had a one on one matchup in Wrestlemania 25 but no Big Show had to be a part of it.
Cena's rivalry with Edge will forever be by far his best rivalry imo, either his rivalry with Edge or his rivalry with Punk, I legit hated Edge as a kid lol by far the heel I hated the most and now that I'm older that hate has turned into love and appreciation of just how truly great he was
Only kids would cheer for Cena, I remember Edge said in an interview that if there was one thing he failed to do in his feud with Cena is have fan cheer for him, people would boo Cena and cheer for Edge even in Cena's hometown back in 2006 lol
Why is he sitting out actually? First time I'm listening/watching the pod in a while. And only now do I realize how many times I've heard "Dave Meltzer called it/rated it" in the older ones...
If there is any segment that perfectly shows how much of an effective heel Edge was back in the day, go and watch his Cutting Edge promo with Michael Hayes and Sgt Slaughter. Absolutely stunning work
For me, Edge started to gain serious steam in 04-05 but I felt he really got hot and came into his own in 06 as a heel. He always shocked you and knew how to draw heat on a nuclear level, I loved his feud with Cena as they not only put on some great matches but had some very entertaining segments, their TLC match at Unforgiven was their best one
Edge was the heel who defined Cena, that was when he truly undeniably was the top guy, and they both brought the best out of each other. I don't feel like we've had a rivalry like that in wrestling in quite some time. We just haven't had a heel and babyface who were so perfectly diametrically opposed, where one was the perfect, natural foil for the other.
@@gtx3337 New. I hated Edge more. Especially because the stuff with Lita was real. Dramatized sure. But really had an affair. Randy was Kayfabe evil. Yet he at least made sense. It all went back to the betrayal from HHH in 04. If that hadn't happened, everything would be different. He'd be the face of WWE. He'd have reached New heights. And he was bitter about it. Randy I understood in a sick part of my psyche. Edge just did evil things because of pure selfishness.
that 05-06 edge made me into a edge head i loved everything about him.....he was the ultimate opportunist ill never forget being a 10 year old and watching him cash in the MITB on cena and spearing him over and over for the W
this is one of those guys who managed to be absolutely diabolical as a heel and extremely likeable as a babyface, it's a pretty rare talent to be good at both
it's so funny b/c i stopped watching wrestling regularly around 2004. Edge was MASSIVELY over as a babyface...kind of like the successor to guys like The Rock and Stone Cold. Cena was that shithead heel that was so good at drawing heel heat so when people tell me that Edge is one of the greatest heels in wwe history, i'm just even more in awe of his talent and abilities. to just switch from one to the other
Edges push and his heel turn was one of the most entertaining must-see tv ever. Edge and Cena was a fued or a rivalry that just sold. And the matches never disappointed either. Like it wasnt just segments, but it was classic matches
Singles matchups involving megastars against their respective nemesis we never got at WM: - Hogan v Piper - Austin v Mcmahon - Rock v HHH - Cena v Edge
He was the perfect counter to Cena. Love them both. Although I was team Cena all day during this time xD Cena V Edge for an upcoming WM would be amazing
Edge accomplished his goal of wanting to be hated when I was younger me and all of my friends absolutely despised Edge. Him and Randy Orton were two wrestlers I hated so much. Now they both are my two favorite wrestlers because I realized how great they are at being heels.
Bro Edge on everything in 05 when you were wildin out with Lita, Matt and John Cena I hated you but now as an adult I realize how important you were. You are Goated sir
I could listen to Edge talk all day. He's just so well-spoken and passionate about pro wrestling. If I could just sit down and have a conversation with him about wrestling, we'd go on for hours I'm sure.
Crazy to me that Edge only wanted to be a heel because I think his babyface run in the early 2000s is extremely underrated. Like I seriously thought it was World title worthy. He had my favorite version of his theme, had great midcard title runs, and the fanbase was 100% behind him. I’m glad he was able to realize his full potential with his heel run but that potential face run is my biggest wrestling what if.
And admittedly, he was in way better shape than the era where he'd end up winning the world title a few years later. I thought they should have pulled the trigger back then, too. He would have looked awesome in that era with his attire and undisputed wwe title design. Loved that rob zombie theme also.
He was a babyface in the early 2000s? I always hated edge from when he was with Christian and continued when he went solo. I never remembered him being babyface
Yup I totally agree with this comment. Edge was ready for a face title run at that point. Him coming out to Rob Zombie used to be so epic. Face Edge vs Heel Jericho at Mania 18 in Toronto would of been amazing and a much better storyline than HHH vs Jericho/Stephanie.
@@godawgs123 Yeah he was for a few months a solo babyface but then he got injured for a few months and he returned a heel. Around his babyface time he had a ppv match with heel Brock in 2002.
I was 7 during his feud with Cena, I wasn't even a big Cena fan at that point, but I HATED Edge and Lita so bad during that period. One of the reasons was because of what happened irl with Matt and second for just for the way how they acted on TV. I remember hating especially when Edge cheated to beat Cena at Summerslam that year. Edge is one of the greatest heels ever.
I was a huge Cena fan when I was 9. During his rapping phase up until like 09 and I hated Edge so much during that time, especially when he cashed in after the chamber 😂 but I respect Edge so much now.
Edge was actually the first heel that I liked as a child. He somehow reminded me of my older brother. Not that my brother was a sleazebag or a psycho or anything like that. Their faces just looked so similar to me.
Heels? You want to talk heels? Edge, Tripple H, but my goodness people seem to forget how much we all hated with all our existance Kurt Angle man and remember how much we hated King Booker! 😤 Best of the best right here these are.. A
@@PonySparkle69 he was so annoying! But he was believable. A big man, tough, looked like everything he did can actually kill you. Angle was just so intense and Egde was so annoying couldn't believe he was able to win. He achieved exactly what he mentioned here : look like he can beaten anytime
Nowadays it is really hard to be a heel. Not only because almost everyone aknowledge their roles and what they do, it's also because they barely bring any heat to the crowd. Only a few can do that, but either because some of them are veterans or because they critisize their lack of talent and work ethics. It just feels that it's not about being faces or heels anymore.
07-08 was edge's best years. The Cash in on undertaker, interrupting the Undertaker/Batista match, winning the Armageddon triple threat, Undertaker Wrestlemania match, Hell in a Cell Summerslam. He was the ultimate Opportunists. Great heel on Smackdown, always one step ahead.
I love it when you show a commercial right during a sentence. I actually really think I still was able to understand what Edge was talking about. Great job. Keep it up.
That is a very good point that Kurt makes about improvising. Nobody does this anymore. Nobody calls spots on the fly anymore. Everything is overly choreographed which is why wrestling is so hard to watch these days. I miss when wrestling was about grown men getting into a fight and not little kids doing dance routines.
I wish more of today’s heels had this mentality. It feels like today’s heels get a kick out of the audience cheering for them and don’t do things to be despised.
Wrestlers today, heel or face, are too concerned with doing spots and looking cool. Edge never evwn wanted the live band to play him to the ring at mania cause he felt that was a face thing to do
I was there at New Years Revolution 2006 in Albany. This was before the Cena Sucks chants. We were the first crowd to boo him. The crowd was so heated when Cena won the elimination chamber, then Edge cashed in his money in the bank and won the title. I was a few feet away when Edge climbed up on the ring post and held up the title. It was epic!
So crazy now as a fan in 2022. As a younger man I hated edge, despised the gimmick the mannerisms, everything. Now 16 years after that legendary John Cena fued, I appreciate this man so much. His character work was top level. Looking back educated more now. He was and still is an amazing performer. I’m lucky I grew up watching this man do his thing.
Love this so much edge and John Era was prime for me! Love the show guys Kurt keeping that "Ankle lock" 🔥 I did that move along with the "Spear" so much
@@jeremyfields9009 don't think so. He couldn't wrestle. He had more mic skills than Shield Roman Reigns, but that's because anything that came out of his mouth got heat because of him being the boss and everyone relating to that. Stone Cold was just the best wrestler in the game that could put Vince over.
Wow, hearing him basically admitting that he fucked up at 3:40 really shows you a lot about his character. He’s a stand up guy and I gained new respect for him.
the ironic thing is that Edge says he wanted 100% of the audience to hate him during his 05-06 heel run but I fuckin loved him after that.. easily my favorite wrestler of all time
What I really love about the Cena vs Edge rivalry is that they were next up and coming faces of the WWE after Kurt and Brock left the company. We can't forget Randy Orton vs John Cena rivalry too because they came from OVW and we can't forget Brock use to be at OVW. The Edge vs Undertaker I would say similar to Brock vs Undertaker also because Taker loved working with up and coming talent in the WWE. Let's talk about Batista, now he was that quote and quote " The Next Big Thing" but he up that age, I think Dave was like in his early or mid 30s when he was Heavyweight champion but he wasn't the face of company material. I love this podcast and I would love to hear more behind the curtain stories. Kurt is one of the best, and oh it's true and it's damn true!
Edge was the greatest heel in sports entertainment idc what anyone says he really had me wanting to fight him at like 10 years old .I hated his guts. now looking back his work speaks for itself. Edge is in my top 5 greatest wrestlers ever
John edge randy shawn tripe h batista all together in the same roster was just insane, their matches were awesome, second to none, great rivarlies and stories
i know john cena technically has more matches against randy, but i still think edge and cena are like rock and austin-i can’t think of one without thinking of the other
Yea the Cena edge war Cena Orton war edge Orton war was when wwe was at its best they had the great raw n smaccdown intros made u hype to get to the matches
That really shits on the name of the the rock & Austin, ratings plummeted during cena era year on year, look at what the rock & Austin were drawing ratings and ppv wise, a whole another stratosphere of wrestlers.
I didn't like Edge because I had a hard time forgiving him for the Lita incident. I respect what he has done for the WWE, but what he did to his wife, and Matt Hardy still bothers me.
Him and Cena did an excellent job. To redirect the image of Wwe when it was getting a little out of control after Benoit and Guerreo' s death aint easy. They still became Megastars when it was getting "PC". Good job.
Edge did his job I remember as a kid not liking him cause he was a bad evil guy haha now looking back I can’t thank him enough for all the memories and understood why he did what he did as the edge character one of the greatest ty edge and so glad ur back
Pretend Edge goes to AEW. One of their guys comes up to him and wants to plan out the Entire match. Imagine their face when Edge says “Let’s just see how the audience is reacting and call it in the right”.
Ironically I met edge in Chesapeake VA shortly before he won the money in the bank I shook his hand got a autograph that my sister has since destroyed and told him that I hope he won the title soon cause I could visibly see his growth in ring and character
I was one of those fans he couldn't get to boo him. Dude was a worker and I enjoyed his matches and promos too much. Plus his genuine joy at what he was doing was always so obvious. Hard to root against.
@1:53 You definitely were that guy pal. Always appreciated Edge for his long time rivalriy with my favorite childhood wrestler John cena lol. But man were those the days…
Hated edge so much as a kid i wouldn’t watch him, going back now he’s an all time great heel. And makes his current baby face run sums up his career nicely
That's how I felt with HHH
How could you hate Edge lol
@@JohnSmith-er5gv I hated him too so much when I was a teen going up against Cena, now I love him & Orton and actually look back & laugh, both Edge & Orton were savages back in the day
@@JohnSmith-er5gv he most likely watched late into the ruthless aggression era and into the pg era.
@@JohnSmith-er5gv i was a flippin mark at the time
Cena: You can’t see me!
Edge: On this day, I see clearly.
Edge is a perfect example of a heel on WWE but such a great person outside of WWE TV
thats the case for most pro wrestling heels tbh, most of them are sweethearts irl while the faces are the arrogant ones most of the time
He’s a face right now 😐
@@TheDragosdragos for example hulk hogan and ultimate warrior(may God rest his soul)
@@TheDragosdragos say that to Matt hardy
Triple h and randy orton batista too
Kurt over here getting the interviews and asking the questions that no one else has in the last 20+ years..SIMPLY AMAZING
Because the social media age has diluted the mystique of wrestling so why not?
He’s one of us lol
Think Austin is pretty damn good at it.
Broken skull is pretty legit......and Hot Ones weirdly enough. (That taker interview was great)
It’s the respect that they all have for Kurt
A lot of people say that Orton is Cena's greatest rival. But Edge will always be for me. He only did it in two years.
I agree, I'd say Orton is more like a Vegeta to Cena's Goku, pardon the analogy
@@0101vegeta who would be Edge, Freiza?
I always said edge and punk edge brought the best promo out of cena punk the best matches
@@williebelcher9303 I loved their matches and it was an AMAZING time. But I didn't feel like Punk and Cena hated each other.
Orton and Cena was so overdone..after the Feud involving Cenas dad it lost its touch..nothing was ever good after that..it was just constant switching titles
Gotta give it to Edge…takes a lot of talent and skill to wrestle against an opponent that nobody can see
😂😂😂
People rave about the attitude era and yes it was awesome but 2005-2008 WWE was also up there for definite
😂😂😂😂😭😭
It's ok, On that Day, Edge Sees Clearly
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Edge Cena rivalry catapulted them both into a tippy top guy spot and without guys like Edge and Orton i dont see Cena being the last mega star WWE has produced.
cena isnt a megastar he sucks
Yes thats the thing, Cena had egde, jbl, orton, angle, but even when he defeated them, they didn't loae their credibility.
But now look at Roman, he buries everyone so bad that everyone loses their credibility.
@@raghuram8663 It's scripted
@@terrydogoo7087 OMG I didn't know that. Aren't the Avengers real too?
@@raghuram8663 "he buries everyone so bad that everyone loses their credibility".....Seems a bit for something that is scripted
him, Randy and JBL were probably the greatest heels of my childhood
JBL is t as great as a heel as Edge, Orton and Triple H.
Hated this man's guts as a kid, especially during his feud with Batista.
Bro he used to grind my gears 😂😂
Absoutlly me to but that was his job but what a rivarly that was john vs edge one of the best ever
Everytime he got one over on Undertaker or DX, I went to bed crying.
@@justaddressmeasking6625 i mean the character he portrayed was just a mastermind at calculating thats why i love him
I remember I threw his action figure in the trash that’s how bad I hated edge
Edge with a great nonchalant answer when Kurt asks him about Cena coming back lol
Right. That shit was smooth.
his feud with Taker in 2007 was one of the first feuds that i watched when i first got into wrestling as a kid and i remember crying so hard and wanting to slap the shit out of the tv whenever he beat Taker in a match.
My fav part of that was Michael Cole. It might be my fav line of his. It's when he goes" not this way, damnit." When edge cashes in.
I loved the Cena vs Edge rivalry. To me it was Cena’s best rivalry because the audience was always into it whether they would cheer Cena or boo Edge. No matter the matches, they were able to perform abd the audience loved it. I still wish Cena and Edge had a one on one matchup in Wrestlemania 25 but no Big Show had to be a part of it.
Cena's rivalry with Edge will forever be by far his best rivalry imo, either his rivalry with Edge or his rivalry with Punk, I legit hated Edge as a kid lol by far the heel I hated the most and now that I'm older that hate has turned into love and appreciation of just how truly great he was
Only kids would cheer for Cena, I remember Edge said in an interview that if there was one thing he failed to do in his feud with Cena is have fan cheer for him, people would boo Cena and cheer for Edge even in Cena's hometown back in 2006 lol
Thats what i thought too, like why tf was the Big Show part of that feud anyway?
Randy Orton too
2007-2008 smackdown edge was one of the best heel runs ever with vicki and chavo and Hawkins and Ryder
Wow a breath of fresh air not hearing meltzer referenced even once in a kurt angle show clip. maybe conrad should sit out more of these episodes lol
I was tempted to unsubscribe because of all the meltzer talk 😒
Hes a major reason i hate watching these clips
Why is he sitting out actually? First time I'm listening/watching the pod in a while. And only now do I realize how many times I've heard "Dave Meltzer called it/rated it" in the older ones...
Edge was so good as a heel that I couldn't stand him when I was a kid. His battles with John Cena were history making
If there is any segment that perfectly shows how much of an effective heel Edge was back in the day, go and watch his Cutting Edge promo with Michael Hayes and Sgt Slaughter. Absolutely stunning work
For me, Edge started to gain serious steam in 04-05 but I felt he really got hot and came into his own in 06 as a heel. He always shocked you and knew how to draw heat on a nuclear level, I loved his feud with Cena as they not only put on some great matches but had some very entertaining segments, their TLC match at Unforgiven was their best one
Edge was the heel who defined Cena, that was when he truly undeniably was the top guy, and they both brought the best out of each other.
I don't feel like we've had a rivalry like that in wrestling in quite some time. We just haven't had a heel and babyface who were so perfectly diametrically opposed, where one was the perfect, natural foil for the other.
Well, He did a great job, hated his guts when I was younger.
Same
I don't think I've hated a person more than edge in 05-08. Not even just a character. I hated him as a person!
@@Figs3 ever seen randy orton’s work?😂 i love him now obviously lol
@@gtx3337 Toss up between them but fuck edge I hated so much more looking back on his heel run.
@@gtx3337 New. I hated Edge more. Especially because the stuff with Lita was real. Dramatized sure. But really had an affair. Randy was Kayfabe evil. Yet he at least made sense. It all went back to the betrayal from HHH in 04. If that hadn't happened, everything would be different. He'd be the face of WWE. He'd have reached New heights. And he was bitter about it. Randy I understood in a sick part of my psyche. Edge just did evil things because of pure selfishness.
that 05-06 edge made me into a edge head i loved everything about him.....he was the ultimate opportunist ill never forget being a 10 year old and watching him cash in the MITB on cena and spearing him over and over for the W
this is one of those guys who managed to be absolutely diabolical as a heel and extremely likeable as a babyface, it's a pretty rare talent to be good at both
That's how you know somebody connects to the material. Not every performer seems to be able to do it.
Randy Orton, Seth Rollins, & Triple H are some great examples as well
it's so funny b/c i stopped watching wrestling regularly around 2004. Edge was MASSIVELY over as a babyface...kind of like the successor to guys like The Rock and Stone Cold. Cena was that shithead heel that was so good at drawing heel heat
so when people tell me that Edge is one of the greatest heels in wwe history, i'm just even more in awe of his talent and abilities. to just switch from one to the other
Edges push and his heel turn was one of the most entertaining must-see tv ever. Edge and Cena was a fued or a rivalry that just sold. And the matches never disappointed either. Like it wasnt just segments, but it was classic matches
Edge is so humble and it's good. Some people just don't sound grateful for their careers and opportunities they've had good or bad.
I still cheered edge during his heel run.
He was my favorite superstar even when he was messing with Cena I cheered them both
Me too. I loved that Rockstar Type Heel Persona. My fondest memories are watching Edge vs Cena in its entirety.
I never hated edge even do he was a heel I always thought he was cool for some reason 😂
You did it wrong lol
Yep. You wanted to hate him so much, but you couldn’t help but like him because he was so good as a heel
Edge really knows how to act a role out as good as anyone. Definitely the best of the best Rated R Superstar.
Singles matchups involving megastars against their respective nemesis we never got at WM:
- Hogan v Piper
- Austin v Mcmahon
- Rock v HHH
- Cena v Edge
Cena vs Punk too
We almost got HHH/Rock
@@DillonMurway it should’ve been at wrestlemania 2000. The McMahon in every corner concept looked good on paper but not in execution
He was the perfect counter to Cena. Love them both. Although I was team Cena all day during this time xD
Cena V Edge for an upcoming WM would be amazing
I feel like if Edge was going to retire for real, his last match should be against Cena, one last showdown.
@@knightshousegames agreed
It's a crime that they didn't have a one-on-one match at WrestleMania
Honestly edge is one of the best heels in history.
Edge accomplished his goal of wanting to be hated when I was younger me and all of my friends absolutely despised Edge. Him and Randy Orton were two wrestlers I hated so much. Now they both are my two favorite wrestlers because I realized how great they are at being heels.
Edge vs. John Cena is one of my favorite rivalries of all time.
EDGE VS CENA AT WM. PLEAAAAASE
They should’ve main event Mania 22. Vince dropped the ball going with the old guard HHH
Bro Edge on everything in 05 when you were wildin out with Lita, Matt and John Cena I hated you but now as an adult I realize how important you were. You are Goated sir
I could listen to Edge talk all day. He's just so well-spoken and passionate about pro wrestling. If I could just sit down and have a conversation with him about wrestling, we'd go on for hours I'm sure.
I love listening to guys like Edge and Kurt talk about Eddie and others from the Ruthless Aggression Era.
Crazy to me that Edge only wanted to be a heel because I think his babyface run in the early 2000s is extremely underrated. Like I seriously thought it was World title worthy. He had my favorite version of his theme, had great midcard title runs, and the fanbase was 100% behind him. I’m glad he was able to realize his full potential with his heel run but that potential face run is my biggest wrestling what if.
And admittedly, he was in way better shape than the era where he'd end up winning the world title a few years later. I thought they should have pulled the trigger back then, too. He would have looked awesome in that era with his attire and undisputed wwe title design. Loved that rob zombie theme also.
He was a babyface in the early 2000s? I always hated edge from when he was with Christian and continued when he went solo. I never remembered him being babyface
Yup I totally agree with this comment. Edge was ready for a face title run at that point. Him coming out to Rob Zombie used to be so epic.
Face Edge vs Heel Jericho at Mania 18 in Toronto would of been amazing and a much better storyline than HHH vs Jericho/Stephanie.
@@godawgs123 Yeah he was for a few months a solo babyface but then he got injured for a few months and he returned a heel. Around his babyface time he had a ppv match with heel Brock in 2002.
@@godawgs123 I mean his feud with Kurt Angle (the one that acknowledge "you suck" chant) was when he's babyface
I was 7 during his feud with Cena, I wasn't even a big Cena fan at that point, but I HATED Edge and Lita so bad during that period. One of the reasons was because of what happened irl with Matt and second for just for the way how they acted on TV. I remember hating especially when Edge cheated to beat Cena at Summerslam that year. Edge is one of the greatest heels ever.
Yes he is and i hated edge too but that was his job but what a rivalry that was one of the best rivarly of all time
i cried when edge cheated vs cena
so you were 7 but you understood what happened behind the scenes with lita edge and matt?
I was a huge Cena fan when I was 9. During his rapping phase up until like 09 and I hated Edge so much during that time, especially when he cashed in after the chamber 😂 but I respect Edge so much now.
Edge was and still is so great. His aged in the ring and on the mic like fine wine.
It's great he came out of retirement and still performing on a high level
Edge was actually the first heel that I liked as a child. He somehow reminded me of my older brother. Not that my brother was a sleazebag or a psycho or anything like that. Their faces just looked so similar to me.
Heels? You want to talk heels?
Edge, Tripple H, but my goodness people seem to forget how much we all hated with all our existance Kurt Angle man and remember how much we hated King Booker! 😤
Best of the best right here these are..
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What about JBL?
You forgot Randy Orton as well
@@lb_3rdg Duuude.. him vs Cena!
. Mad times I tell you 🤣
@@PonySparkle69 he was so annoying! But he was believable. A big man, tough, looked like everything he did can actually kill you.
Angle was just so intense and Egde was so annoying couldn't believe he was able to win. He achieved exactly what he mentioned here : look like he can beaten anytime
Nowadays it is really hard to be a heel. Not only because almost everyone aknowledge their roles and what they do, it's also because they barely bring any heat to the crowd. Only a few can do that, but either because some of them are veterans or because they critisize their lack of talent and work ethics. It just feels that it's not about being faces or heels anymore.
07-08 was edge's best years. The Cash in on undertaker, interrupting the Undertaker/Batista match, winning the Armageddon triple threat, Undertaker Wrestlemania match, Hell in a Cell Summerslam.
He was the ultimate Opportunists. Great heel on Smackdown, always one step ahead.
Edge is the man!! Loved him as a kid, always was a fan of the heel guys! Much respect to a legend!
The way he pinned and got the win on One Night Stand was epic... Loved his heel run ❣️
I love it when you show a commercial right during a sentence. I actually really think I still was able to understand what Edge was talking about. Great job. Keep it up.
Summerslam 2002 my first PPV ever that i got to watch live. I was like 5 years old, amazing influence on my sense of entertainment.
Cena vs Edge at WrestleMania for the Universal Championship... Or it could just be a 1 on 1. Either way I feel those 2 would steel the show
Should honestly be considered a retirement gig for both. I can’t imagine a better way. They’re the HBK v Taker 2.0. Otherwise only Punk left
Who remember him and Christian. 😮💨 that tag team was sick.
That is a very good point that Kurt makes about improvising. Nobody does this anymore. Nobody calls spots on the fly anymore. Everything is overly choreographed which is why wrestling is so hard to watch these days. I miss when wrestling was about grown men getting into a fight and not little kids doing dance routines.
cena edge feud was one of the best feuds for cena. Cena's best feuds, Edge, Orton, CM Punk, and the Rock.
I wish more of today’s heels had this mentality. It feels like today’s heels get a kick out of the audience cheering for them and don’t do things to be despised.
Well we still have The Miz and Baron Corbin
@@JaeMinJung. miz isnt the same. You just wish miz would shut up, while you legit wanted edge to get his fucking ass kicked
Wrestlers today, heel or face, are too concerned with doing spots and looking cool. Edge never evwn wanted the live band to play him to the ring at mania cause he felt that was a face thing to do
Right the only real heels right now are Rollins, Corbin, Lashley, and reigns imo.
Mjf in aew is a fantastic heel.
Edge and Randy Orton are two of the greatest heels of all time
Edge starting to talk about Eddie and then suddenly an in-video roll for saving money is a little jarring ngl
I miss wwe from 2004-2010. And even a little before that in the attitude era
It’s so funny seeing in the comments seeing how we all hated Edge as a kid😭😭😭
Paul is such a breath of fresh air. I hope he does a lot more shows in the future.
His rivalry with Cena wow 🔥🔥🔥 I'll never forget the TLC match in Toronto watching that shit in Africa 🙌🏿🔥
I was there at New Years Revolution 2006 in Albany. This was before the Cena Sucks chants. We were the first crowd to boo him. The crowd was so heated when Cena won the elimination chamber, then Edge cashed in his money in the bank and won the title. I was a few feet away when Edge climbed up on the ring post and held up the title. It was epic!
That match with Eddie is on RUclips. I've seen it probably 20 times over. They are both do so good and the match is incredible
So crazy now as a fan in 2022. As a younger man I hated edge, despised the gimmick the mannerisms, everything. Now 16 years after that legendary John Cena fued, I appreciate this man so much. His character work was top level. Looking back educated more now. He was and still is an amazing performer. I’m lucky I grew up watching this man do his thing.
Love this so much edge and John Era was prime for me! Love the show guys Kurt keeping that "Ankle lock" 🔥 I did that move along with the "Spear" so much
When it comes to caring about nothing but the title, Triple H played that role to perfection.
triple h is my fav heel ever. he was hilarious during his time.
Nobody was a better heel in the 2000s than:
1. JBL
2. Edge
3. Triple H
Vince was better than all 3
You aren’t lying. These dudes was hated 🤣🤣
Thank you for putting JBL #1 because he was the best heel of all time.
@@shawnmichaels568 I despised that guy. Back then I disliked him. Now I give him credit for the job he did.
@@jeremyfields9009 don't think so. He couldn't wrestle. He had more mic skills than Shield Roman Reigns, but that's because anything that came out of his mouth got heat because of him being the boss and everyone relating to that. Stone Cold was just the best wrestler in the game that could put Vince over.
Wow, hearing him basically admitting that he fucked up at 3:40 really shows you a lot about his character. He’s a stand up guy and I gained new respect for him.
the ironic thing is that Edge says he wanted 100% of the audience to hate him during his 05-06 heel run but I fuckin loved him after that.. easily my favorite wrestler of all time
He was a cool heel. He did badass stuff
Edge is one of the best ever! Same goes for Kurt Angle! 👍👏👏
Kurt Angle is definitely legendary he was one of my favorites
They should have had their one on one at WrestleMania 25
Ruthless Agression Era
John cena- the main hero
Randy Orton - the anti hero
Edge - the villain
It was the best era now they way to pg
Such a big part of my childhood
I would say Triple H was the antihero the crowd love him though he was a heel but I can understand Randy Orton.
@@daveotieno1 i view HHH as the main villain of the attitude era..along with mcmahon.
What I really love about the Cena vs Edge rivalry is that they were next up and coming faces of the WWE after Kurt and Brock left the company. We can't forget Randy Orton vs John Cena rivalry too because they came from OVW and we can't forget Brock use to be at OVW. The Edge vs Undertaker I would say similar to Brock vs Undertaker also because Taker loved working with up and coming talent in the WWE. Let's talk about Batista, now he was that quote and quote " The Next Big Thing" but he up that age, I think Dave was like in his early or mid 30s when he was Heavyweight champion but he wasn't the face of company material. I love this podcast and I would love to hear more behind the curtain stories. Kurt is one of the best, and oh it's true and it's damn true!
Edge was the greatest heel in sports entertainment idc what anyone says he really had me wanting to fight him at like 10 years old .I hated his guts. now looking back his work speaks for itself. Edge is in my top 5 greatest wrestlers ever
It’s crazy John Cena never faced Edge or Randy Orton in a One-on-One match at WrestleMania
Unforgiven 2006 I think it was that year but the match John Cena and edge had was one of my favorites
It's a shame that Edge and Cena never had a one on one Wrestlemania match. The two of them just had amazing chemistry.
Yep. It’s no different to Orton never facing Cena in a one on one match at WrestleMania.
Edge & Lita were magic together 🔥
John edge randy shawn tripe h batista all together in the same roster was just insane, their matches were awesome, second to none, great rivarlies and stories
i know john cena technically has more matches against randy, but i still think edge and cena are like rock and austin-i can’t think of one without thinking of the other
Yea the Cena edge war Cena Orton war edge Orton war was when wwe was at its best they had the great raw n smaccdown intros made u hype to get to the matches
@@stunnauchiha5644 LMAO WWE was far better 5 years before any of that happened
@@philipwithers340 let ppl enjoy what they like lmao
That really shits on the name of the the rock & Austin, ratings plummeted during cena era year on year, look at what the rock & Austin were drawing ratings and ppv wise, a whole another stratosphere of wrestlers.
@@odedra01 I mean those were some of the best year of matches when John Cena was champ Al around
I didn't like Edge because I had a hard time forgiving him for the Lita incident.
I respect what he has done for the WWE, but what he did to his wife, and Matt Hardy still bothers me.
They had incredibly great chemistry.
Love their rivalry.
the matt, amy, and adam storyline was much like jeff, kurt, and karen storyline
Him and Cena did an excellent job. To redirect the image of Wwe when it was getting a little out of control after Benoit and Guerreo' s death aint easy. They still became Megastars when it was getting "PC". Good job.
“I didn’t want one person cheering me”. And here I was cheering for him over the Undertaker back in 07-08(?) at a house show haha
Edge and John Cena was one of my favorite Fueds during that time
If Adam ever doubts himself on how good he is, he needs to read all the comments stating how people hated him lol...he succeeded.
8 year old me not realising what a "heel" and "face" was, always wanting Cena to get the W. Edge was the ultimate performer, truly under appreciated
Edge in 05-09 and Randy Orton 07-09 best heels in that generation
That's all I ask for. Edge and Cena 1v1 at mania
Hated him as a kid but when he returned man I cheered n cry like a baby
Edge did his job I remember as a kid not liking him cause he was a bad evil guy haha now looking back I can’t thank him enough for all the memories and understood why he did what he did as the edge character one of the greatest ty edge and so glad ur back
Pretend Edge goes to AEW. One of their guys comes up to him and wants to plan out the Entire match. Imagine their face when Edge says “Let’s just see how the audience is reacting and call it in the right”.
I missed trinity rivalry among Cena, Edge and Orton era. I hope i can see in the future
As a kid i only bared edge on his entrance due to his song. As an adult is for his song and heel work. He aged lile wine better as i grow older.
I went to a live RAW during that time. I loved edge. I remember him giving me a death look when I was screaming and cheering him.
Ironically I met edge in Chesapeake VA shortly before he won the money in the bank I shook his hand got a autograph that my sister has since destroyed and told him that I hope he won the title soon cause I could visibly see his growth in ring and character
I was one of those fans he couldn't get to boo him. Dude was a worker and I enjoyed his matches and promos too much. Plus his genuine joy at what he was doing was always so obvious. Hard to root against.
I used to hate Edge to a passion and would get happy when he was gone for injury. That’s why Edge will be one of my favorite heels.
I loved both of them so much I knew I was supposed to not like Edge but he seemed so cool to me. Him and Cena was my childhood
We need Edge vs John Cena one final time. They could even market it as “Edge vs Cena, One Last Time”
@1:53 You definitely were that guy pal. Always appreciated Edge for his long time rivalriy with my favorite childhood wrestler John cena lol.
But man were those the days…
Edge by far the best heel in history he played that role perfect childhood memories
Would love to see Edge and Cena both have titles after Summer Slam. Then build for Wrestlemania on unifying the titles story
In hindsight thinking that the feud was only supposed to be those three weeks is wild
Was a big fan of Edge and Kurt Angles little feud back in the day. Hair vs Hair match haha.