Edge interview, On talkSPORT Options

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Edge interview on talkSPORT



by Stuart Wilson

By Stuart Wilson

On 1089 and 1053 AM…the UK’s biggest commercial radio station…talkSPORT!!!

The James Whale show is on the air and tonight’s special guest is “The
Edge.” Disappointment for all fans of U2 as it turns out to be wrestling
superstar Edge, rather than the guitarist from the Irish super group. Oh
well.

The interview begins with Whale stating that he thought all wrestlers were
over 45. A good start. The Edge informs us that wrestlers these days are, in
fact, an entirely younger bunch of better looking guys. They talk injuries
in the sport and The Edge tells the story of breaking his neck. Whale can’t
believe he’s back wrestling after an injury so serious so asks if it was for
the money but he says no, he always wanted to be a wrestler and that’s what
drove him to return.

Whale asks how much of the soap opera side of wrestling appeals to The Edge.
He says it’s part and parcel of what wrestling is these days but the main
part is still two guys getting in the ring and wrestling. Whale wonders if
fans will start to demand real blood before long. “It is real…” replies The
Edge. Oh dear. Whale asks if he’ll still be wrestling when he’s 50, but he
says no, he doesn’t want to become a shell of his former self and go on too
long.

They start talking about The Rock and movies. Whale asks if The Edge has
ever beaten Rock and if he gets paid more money when he beats him. Oh God.
He’s played a part in a movie before but found it very monotonous and wasn’t
crazy about it but has a lot of admiration for Rock and what he’s achieved.
We go to a commercial break with Whale proclaiming: “I know a lot of fans
want to call in and talk to The Edge.” I’ll wager 10 bucks that he gets put
straight during the ads.

Back from the break, we hear a sound clip of Hacksaw Jim Duggan from when he
was on the show screaming about “girls, high heels, stockings, high cut
teddies, lots of lipstick and too much perfume.” And oh wait, Whale now
refers to his guest as “Edge.” I win. Whale admits that he thought his guest
was going to be the U2 guitarist and not a wrestler. This is going great. He
asks if Edge’s real first name is actually Edge. We go to a caller to save
this.

Kerry from Catworth asks how Edge will fair on Sunday night against Randy
Orton. He says he’ll become a 5 time Intercontinental champion by the time
he comes out of Sunday and Whale says: “What are you doing on Sunday?” Edge
says he’s wrestling Orton for the IC Title, and Whale loses the plot
shouting: “That Randy Orton needs a good slap; he’s got a big mouth on him.”
Pot calling the kettle black, much? Whale asks Kerry the caller what she
loves about Edge and she says it’s his hair. Edge picks up on this and asks:
“So if I cut my hair you wouldn’t like me as much?” It’s coming dude, it’s
coming. Hey if Christian can chop his locks and pull Trish Stratus, ‘nuff
said. Kerry asks if Edge will become the World Champion before the end of
the year. Haha yeah right. Edge says maybe not before the end of the year
but definitely before he retires. I think he means after HHH retires, but
whatever. Edge then plugs that they’ll be doing a live RAW from Manchester
in October. Bring it on.

Daz from Birmingham is next up. He asks how often the wrestlers work out in
a gym. Edge says it all depends on the schedule but he trains six days a
week, doing weightlifting and cardio. Daz has a 10-year-old daughter who’s
madly in love with Randy Orton and asks if Edge can get Orton to blow this
girl a kiss on Sunday. If he does, I will mark for Orton as a true
gentleman.

“Lisa in Southport, you’re through to The Edge.” Dang! As the Americans
might say. Lisa asks about the TLC matches and if he would ever do one
again. Edge says no he wouldn’t because his neck couldn’t handle it again
and those matches were the main reason he busted his neck in the first
place. Lisa asks if Edge & Christian will ever wrestle again as a team and
Edge sounds very positive towards it and says maybe in the future, yes.

Danielle in Cumbria gets Edge to say happy birthday to her Dad. Aww cute.
She asks who Edge’s favourite wrestlers are past and present and from
growing up as a kid he lists Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels and Bret
Hart and right now he enjoys watching Christian, Orton, Rob Van Dam, Eddie
Guerrero, Rey Mysterio, Chris Benoit et al.

John in Dartford wants Edge to kick Orton’s ass and proceeds to label the
longest reigning IC champ in seven years as “a prick and a bitch.” Business
is about to pick up methinks. Whale loves it and asks what John hates most
about Orton and the fired up caller replies that Orton is way too cocky and
calls himself a legend killer when he really he’s nothing but a cheap shot
artist. John is now so excited that he forgot his question so Whale sends
him off and tells him to call back when he remembers it. Shame, that guy was
entertaining.

Whale talks about becoming a wrestler and how hard it is, and Edge says you
really have to go to North America in order to get spotted. Whale reckons it
will never take off in the UK (yeah that’s why WWE are about to explode on
to the UK scene, James). Edge says that the key is television time and that
the reaction they get when they come here is amazing and there is demand for
it.

-Commercial break-

We’re back and Whale says Edge is the David Beckham of WWE. (Yeah, only more
talented.) Edge says that at autograph signings a lot of young girls come up
and say they love Orton and John Cena but that their Moms love Edge. Whale
demands that Edge whacks Orton on Sunday. Again.

Next caller is…no wait it can’t be…it’s Aaron Barshack the “comedy
terrorist!!!” The backstory to this guy is that he dresses up as Osama Bin
Laden in drag and breached security to infiltrate a royal family birthday
party last year. Edge finds this hilarious. Barshack talks about some guy
who’s coming to the UK to preach about hating Jews and gays and that Edge
should go down and beat him up. There’s no point to this call. Edge is
amused, though.

-Commercial break-

Whale says Edge is here promoting the Vengeance PPV in October. Sigh. Edge
puts him straight and says he’s gonna kick Orton’s ass. Whale says that
Orton can’t be underestimated and is actually a talented wrestler. Yes,
Orton is now being pushed by James Whale. Forget Foley, this is REAL career
elevation. Whale says that cheating may be the way to go and that he should
bust up Orton’s pretty face because he’s always smiling with a stupid smile.
Wait, does Whale really watch wrestling afterall? Edge gets in the plug for
Vengeance and Whale says you can watch it on Sky. Actually you can’t, but
why let facts get in the way.

Caller is Raz in Burnley. He says he did backyard wrestling and hurt his
brother once. Edge gets serious and tells him to stop doing it because “it’s
idiotic.” Whale says there should be a TV show called “Smack Idol” where
wannabe wrestlers like Raz try out to become grapplers with Edge being on
the panel of judges. If Theodore R. Long was also a judge, this thing may
have potential.

Whale drops a bombshell by saying that Edge’s favourite TV show is
Emmerdale. This is an awful UK soap set on a farm (I think) and Edge says
that whenever he goes to his Mom’s in Canada, she’s watching Emmerdale,
Eastenders or CORONATION STREET!!! This man is a legend. Edge says he knows
all the theme tunes. Oh it just gets better.

Julie in Essex is on next and knows her stuff. She talks about his time in
The Brood. She asks what the highlights were in Edge’s career and he says
winning his first IC title in Toronto was huge and totally unexpected. The
first tag team title win with Christian yada yada yada but coming back from
the neck injury was probably the biggest highlight. Julie asks if Edge could
headline Wrestlemania against anyone past or present, who would it be? Edge
thinks hard and says Michaels, Hart or Hogan. He goes with Hart and says if
you gave them an hour long iron man match then it would be awesome. Whale
asks Julie if she would like to see Edge in the movies and she says no,
she’d rather see him headline Wrestlemania 21 in Hollywood. See I knew she
was smart.

Whale goes through emails and reads out one which asks how it felt for Edge
to be booed at recent UK house shows. Edge said it was due to facing Flair
who is a total legend. Edge said he turned on the fans at the end and found
it fun to do because it’s better to be a bad guy. All things come to those
who wait, Edge. Another email asks if it’s right for wrestling websites to
post spoilers. Edge says if you’re a real fan you’ll still watch the show no
matter if you know spoilers or not, and the internet has changed the
industry so much. Next email asks if Edge broke his neck due to a screw-up
from Eddie Guererro. Edge says no it was nothing to do with Eddie. An
emailer from Scotland (yay) asks how the injury has affected the style which
Edge wrestles. He says that basically he wrestles a little more mat based
and slower and doesn’t take the risks that he used to.

Whale then asks if any wrestlers smell. Well, I guess the quality of this
interview couldn’t be kept up for too long. Edge says he brushes his teeth
before he goes out but that he reckoned Vader never washed his ring gear.
Whale says that Canada is a lot like Scotland and Edge says that’s cool but
that he’s not been to Scotland yet. He asks if it’s a good thing that Canada
and Scotland are alike and Whale says “No.” Tosser.

-Commercial break-

Edge’s hour is up but Whale is enjoying it so much that he wants Edge to
stay a little longer. Edge agrees. So we’re going into overtime, kids.

-Break for news and sports updates-

We come back with more promos for Vengeance and then on to a caller, Craig
in Chelmsford. He asks what Edge likes to do in his spare time. Edge says he
doesn’t have much spare time but he likes to read and write. He’s in the
middle of editing his book which is out this November and learned to play
guitar when he was injured. Edge is asked who he’s enjoyed working with.
Edge says he’d love to do a long program with HHH. Uh oh here we go. The
caller says there are rumours that Edge and Benoit will clash later this
year and Edge says that will be great because he and Benoit formed a close
bond having both suffered neck injuries and that Benoit was one of the first
people to call him when he got injured.

Rich in Birmingham asks what Edge’s best ever match was, other than kicking
Orton’s ass this Sunday. (Why does everyone hate Orton so much?) Edge says
any match with Angle has been great and the tag stuff with Mysterio was a
lot of fun. Whale asks if Edge would like to wrestle any of the women and
Edge replies: “…Not on TV” Funny guy. He says he’d be scared of hurting a
woman.

Dean in Chester says that Edge and Angle both had similar injuries but was
Edge glad that he took the route he did, rather than try to come back too
quickly like Angle. Edge said when he was told to take a year off; he
decided it had to be done. He said Angle called him and said he’d found a
surgeon in Pittsburgh who would do minimally invasive surgery that would
mean only missing two months and Edge was like ‘Wow I got screwed then!’ But
Edge talked to his surgeon about it and he said the surgery was an option if
you weren’t a wrestler but because of what he did to his body, it wasn’t
something they would do. If he was pushing pens around an office, then they
would have given him the surgery that Angle got. They don’t do it for people
who land on their heads for a living. Edge says Kurt will probably have to
get another surgery so it proves that he went down the right road.

Whale thanks Edge for coming and says that he must give Orton a slap from
all of us. Looks like the Legend Killer just stole this show. But Edge came
off really well, especially with the stupidity of Whale to deal with.

[CanadianChick]

Aw, poor Edge. He had to get interviewed by an idiot for an hour? Ouch.

Anyways, either than the interviewer, I liked it. "..not in the ring" line about wrestling girls was pretty funny.

This post has been edited by CanadianChick: Jul 9 2004, 12:44 PM

[deancoles]

He was on Sky Sports News as well, the highlight was the presenter talking about who Edge hasn't wrestled but would like to, Edge named the Undertaker and the presenter said "how old is he? he's got to be about 50".Edge also said that he wanted to use his real name in the ring in 98 and was a bit annoyed at having a gimmick name.

Edit:Apart from the Undertaker bit it was pretty good, the presenters treated Wrestling with respect.

This post has been edited by deancoles411: Jul 9 2004, 12:54 PM

[Brett Favre]

Glad to see Randy Orton is getting some heat.

Edge seems like he came off well. Funny he didn't mention liking to watch Triple H wrestle.

[Guest_Choken One_*]

The Whale will get hired by WWE sooner or later.

Stephanie: But Daddy! He knows like everything about wrestling! you gotta hire him!

three weeks later on LIVE PPV he goes to conduct a interview with John Cena

Cena walks up
Whale: Hello Mr. Walhburg it's nice to see you but i have to conduct a interview with this John Cena guy, so could you step pver to the left, I'm expecting this greasy haired old man to come through and it's important i ask him a question about his match tonight against *looks at card* Rene Dupree? He's wrestling a girl? Wow. Sick Bastard.
Cena: YOU CANT SEE ME!

good that edge managed to tolerate him.

[King Cucaracha]

SSN are usually pretty good about wrestling interviews. I remember the Regal one was retty good too a few years back. I guess Sky have a reason to be good about it though.

Sadly, there's a lot more of this stuff where that came from for Edge I bet. The programmes wrestlers end up going on in the UK don't usually have wrestling-friendly announcers.

Still, he handled it well.

[Zorin Industries]

James Whale? Theres a name I haven't heard in a long time. Used to stay up to watch hid late nite show on ITV

[Guest_Choken One_*]

I still want to know why he thought wrestlers were over 45.

I know Hogan looked old and all but c'mon!

Although I would say at wrestling first big boom the median age was 34-40. The second boom would been 26-34. Nowadays it's kind of shifting back with Most uppercarders being in the 30-38 range

(Benoit, Eddy, HHH, Taker, Eddy, Jericho) are there, Edge is 30 as is Christian who has to be around there...

But 45 is still a stupid number.

[Guest_Loss_*]

Maybe he was a WCW fan ...

[stahl]

Taker is actually in his early 40's. 42 I believe. This was in the last wrestling observer newsletter where pretty much the whole rosters ages were listed.

[Enigma]

Taker is actually in his early 40's. 42 I believe. This was in the last wrestling observer newsletter where pretty much the whole rosters ages were listed.

I don't recall that ever being in the newsletter.

[Mystery Eskimo]

Well, James Whale is just a regular radio guy, nothing to do with wrestling so you cant expect him to be an expert.

Speaking of wrestlers on UK shows, anyone see the Rock on the Jonathon Ross show tonight? Quite a fun interview, although Rock away from the WWE is so humble and subdued, its kinda weird.

This post has been edited by Mystery Eskimo: Jul 9 2004, 04:30 PM

[thuganomics]

Poor, poor Edge. Even Conan O'Brien knows more about wrestling than that.

[stahl]

I don't recall that ever being in the newsletter.

It was in the June 28 one actually, page 8..

I posted the age section on another board so I will copy and paste it here:

Wrestlers ages

As from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter:

A-Train - 31
Akio - 23
Kurt Angle - 35
Danny Basham - 26
Batista - 35
Shelton Benjamin - 28
Chris Benoit - 37
Big Show - 32
Eric Bischoff - 47
Booker T - 39
Garrison Cade - 24
Matt Cappotelli - 24
John Cena - 27
Christian - 30
Rob Conway - 29
Dawn Marie - 33
Bubba Ray Dudley - 32
D-Von Dudley - 31
Spike Dudley - 33
Rene Dupree - 20
Edge - 30
Eugene - 28
Ric Flair - 55
Mick Foley - 39
Funaki - 35
Sylvian Grenier - 27
Chavo Guerrero - 33
Eddy Guerrero - 36
Billy Gunn - 40
HHH - 35
Charlie Haas - 32
Matt Hardy - 29
Mark Henry - 33
Paul Heyman - 38
Bob Holly - 41
Molly Holly - 25
Scotti too Hotty - 31
Hurricane - 29
Ivory - 41
Miss Jackie - 22
Jazz - 27
Chris Jericho - 33
Mark Jindrak - 27
Kane - 37
Stacy Keibler - 24
Billy Kidman - 30
Gail Kim - 28
John Bradshaw Layfield - 37
Jerry Lawler - 54
Lita - 29
Paul London - 24
Rodney Mack - 32
Maven - 26
Vince Mcmahon - 58
Shane Mcmahon - 34
Stephanie Mcmahon - 27
Shawn Michaels - 38
Shannon Moore - 24
Mordecai - 27
Rey Mysterio - 29
Nidia - 25
Johnny Nitro - 24
Jamie Noble - 27
Nova - 32
Christopher Nowinski - 25
Nunzio - 32
Randy Orton - 24
Chuck Palumbo - 33
William Regal - 39
Luther Reigns - 32
Rhyno - 28
Steven Richards - 32
Rico - 42
Rikishi - 37
Rock - 32
Rosey - 34
Sable - 36
Sakoda - 29
Shaniqua - 24
Sgt Slaughter - 55
Al Snow - 40
Johnny Stamboli - 27
Scott Steiner - 41
Lance Storm - 35
Trish Stratus - 28
Kenzo Suzuki - 29
Tajiri - 33
Tazz - 36
Test - 29
Tyson Tomko - 29
Undertaker - 42
Rob Van Dam - 33
Val Venis - 33
Victoria - 33
Torrie Wilson - 28

[Mario Bros.]

Sable's only 36? That's a shocker, considering all the Internet rumors rambling about her current age.

[Guest_Choken One_*]

Thats because the Internet are pathetic people who know on their best day they couldn't nail Sable on her worst day.

These are the same people who think Stephanie McMahon is obese...when they can't seem to look in the mirror themselves.

[Guest_Choken One_*]

The shocker...

Batisia is 35? I had him down as 26-28.

Still the Pimpass Motherfucker

[Mario Bros.]

The shocker...

Batisia is 35? I had him down as 26-28.

Still the Pimpass Motherfucker

Yeah, and HHH is only 35, which means that we will unfortunately have to live through 5 more years of HHHussein, and his politics.

[Guest_Choken One_*]

How you figure Five More years?

Can he get to 17 that soon? He has about 8 more reigns to go right?

[Australian Pride]

I notice Linda McMahon is absent from the list. She must be a bit narky about her age. And Spike is actually the oldest of the brothers Dudley.

[Guest_Choken One_*]

She isn't a active member of the roster.

[stahl]

Actually I think Linda was originally on the list. When I reprinted it I left off some people like Linda who don't really matter as well as ones Metlzer didn't know. The one's he didn't know had a "?" next to them and figured it wasn't really worth adding.

[Australian Pride]

She isn't a active member of the roster.

She's been on TV more recently than both Shane and Stephanie, during the meetings to re-instate Stone Cold.