Guest Choken One Report post Posted February 1, 2004 We all know that Edge is shortly about to return to WWE Programing after recovering from a serious neck injury that put him out of commision for a year. He is said to be getting his release to return to the ring right at WM. This begs the question, Should Edge return at Mania and perhaps have a Match against Christian (his "brother) as a Homage to Bret/Owen from WMX, a revenge match against Rhyno for secrectly attacking him(they never really did reveal who it was anyways) or Perhaps, Christian can team with Matt Hardy and win the titles from The Dudley Boyz at some point and X, whom wants to prove that him and Matt are a better team then Vitamin C ever was challenges Jericho to a title match at Mania and Jericho can even choose his partner (but they assume since there is no real candiate left, Jericho will be forced to choose a lesser partner)...and then Edge makes his "surprise" mystery man return at Mania (ala Yokozuna in 1995)...And that would likely be a FUN FUN FUN tag team match... Or should Edge make his triumphant return the NIGHT after Mania ala XPac or Brock Lesnar(debut)... Obviously, I expect Edge, one of Vince's Golden Boys (ala Brock and Kurt) will likely get a good push, Apprently He's headed to Raw from what Edge has hinted at towards in his reports... He's even rumored to win the WWE/WORLD title at Summerslam which is in his Hometown of Toronto.... Another thing is this...He CERTAINTLY shouldn't return as "Goofy" Edge and I liked the way he looked with his beard(see pics of Steph's wedding) and believe that if he returned Seriously and added a little darkness into his character, he'd firmly establish himself as a MAIN EVENT player Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brocklock 0 Report post Posted February 1, 2004 For some reason I see Edge turning heel and feuding with Cena. I don't know if it's a good idea, but it gives Cena something to do for Mania and I don't really want Cena/Show to be a two month feud. The only other possibility for Cena would be RVD since seeds sort of were planted at The Rumble and RVD doesn't have anything going for Mania yet. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ghettoman Report post Posted February 1, 2004 I like the idea of him coming back to tag with Jericho against X and Matt. Build the fued as Jericho above Christian, so Christian needs to get Matt to help, which then becomes too much for Jericho, who after a couple beat downs declares he's had enough and is gonna take them both on at Wrestlemania. Matt and Christian agree, and at Mania you have Jericho get in the ring, look ready to go, and out comes Edge with a stick, back to help Jericho. Keep him as the hot tag man and let him and Jericho go over big, then work him into his first big singles role. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted February 1, 2004 What is the deal with HHH bringing in all the Canadians to Raw as jobbers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BX 0 Report post Posted February 1, 2004 Damn, I forgot about Edge. Bring him back with short black hair. Instant heel turn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slayer 0 Report post Posted February 1, 2004 Damn, I forgot about Edge. Bring him back with short black hair. Instant heel turn. Somewhere, CanadianChick is crying Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lightning Flik 0 Report post Posted February 1, 2004 Hm... Chris Benoit is slated to win the World Title sometime soon. Edge is coming back to possibly RAW. SummerSlam is in Toronto Canada... Are you pondering what I'm pondering? Edge vs. World Champion Chris Benoit? Now, I know that it is a long shot, considering Triple H wouldn't want to be out of the title scene for too long. However, Edge is pretty damn "fresh" for blood. So Chris Benoit loses his World title to Edge, then Benoit goes onto feuding with Evolution counterparts and Edge continually battles Triple H. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Coffey Report post Posted February 1, 2004 I'm really against the idea of either cutting his hair or a heel turn. Obviously, when Edge comes back, he's going to get a monsterous pop. WWE should capitilize on that. Turning him heel would sour him in the eyes of the fans. Besides, he's a "pretty boy," just like Chris Jericho or Shawn Michaels, so cutting his hair, I would hope, would be out of the question. They already made Bradshaw, Christian & Test cut their hair. Isn't that enough? Why make Edge look more like them? Edge having long hair seems to be more original in WWE now that everyone else has went under the scissors. I don't think people have to worry about Edge looking like Triple H either. As far as his return match goes. I'm hoping that Edge isn't back, at least in a wrestling compasity, at Wrestlemania XX. He would be outshined by everything else that would be going on. He deserves to get his own monsterous pop and a TV show based around his return. Just like Steve Austin & The Rock have got so many times in the past. I think it should be a surprise though. Don't announce that "Edge will be here tonight folks!" Just have his music hit, and the crowd will go "banana" as Pat Patterson would say. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lightning Flik 0 Report post Posted February 1, 2004 Wanna know what Edge should do when he comes back? Come out to "My Time". Just once and in front of Triple H. Why? Because it is his time to shine. He can come out to Never Gonna Stop after that, but come out to "My Time" and right during a Triple H promo just to say "Hi. I'm Edge. I'm better than you and its my time your running on. Not yours." Of course, this is assuming Triple H has the World Title when that happens. I still think that WWE would rather set up a Edge vs. Chris Benoit title match and have Edge win it with Hunter chasing Edge afterwards. Maybe I'm just naive, but I definitely can see it happening. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Coffey Report post Posted February 1, 2004 Well, if Edge was the champion, and Triple H was chasing him, that would mean Edge was a heel and Triple H was a babyface. No, please. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted February 1, 2004 I hate to ask this cause I like Edge...but what the hell has he done to deserve to be in the World title picture at all yet? If Jericho can't get into it, then why should Edge? I like Edge, I think he is extremely talented but why into the world title picture already? Put him into the IC title picture for awhile, let him feud with Orton and kick off the ring rust and see if the crowd on RAW reacts to him enough to put him into the world title picture. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted February 1, 2004 He is over and He is one of vince's golden boys. That gives him a advantage Jericho doesn't have. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ghettoman Report post Posted February 1, 2004 In the current WWE, does anyone aside from about 3 guys deserve to be main eventing according to the standards around here?! I like Edge, he's over and works hard, hopefully he adjusts his moveset so he's a bit more explosive and a little lighter on the selling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted February 1, 2004 Benoit, Eddy and Angle? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Coffey Report post Posted February 1, 2004 Well, if you will recall, Edge was mid-push when he got hurt. He even beat Kurt Angle in a feud. So, I'm guessing WWE is just going to go back to where they left off with him. He was mid Main Event push when he went down, so he'll prolly be thrown into a program when he gets back to work off any rust he'll have, and then get back to where he was. He has a good look, is capable of putting on good matches, and he is over. Not to mention he is marketable, has a good entrance and name. Not to mention name recognition & youth. The better question would be, why would you NOT push him into the main event? What has he done to get there? Uhh...did you miss all of his WWF TLC matches and whatnot? He has definitely gave everything he has for the company. He's also already been in the IC division, and he should be above it now. Edge is ready. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChick 0 Report post Posted February 1, 2004 As much as I would love to see him at WrestleMania, I got a feeling he'll get the post-WM push that Goldberg and Lesner have gotten in the last couple years. Question though: Will Edge still be traded to Raw? If Taker ends up there for his feud with Kane, and Benoit over there, would he just end up going to Smackdown still? Though I would be interested on how a HHH/Edge feud would work out. I really don't think it would be a typical HHH feud. From reading some interviews Trips has done in the past, he likes Edge, and Edge seems to want to feud with him. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lightning Flik 0 Report post Posted February 1, 2004 Though I would be interested on how a HHH/Edge feud would work out. I really don't think it would be a typical HHH feud. From reading some interviews Trips has done in the past, he likes Edge, and Edge seems to want to feud with him. Hence why I see him winning the title at SummerSlam against Benoit. Benoit then has to fight through Evolution to get his second title reign, while Edge gets his first. Now I say Edge vs. HHH will still be Edge as a face with Hunter as a heel. Why? Because when HHH wins it, THEN we'll have Randy saying he needs to kill off another "Legend". That being HHH. Then we'll have HHH going face and Randy being elevated to Main Event. Then we have Randy being the Main Event heel, winning the title and then Randy having a rematch against HHH, then probably a post-HHH feud with Benoit first (cause Benoit is JTTE), then probably another one with Michaels because Randy must squash Michaels to keep his Legend Killer gimmick in fine toon, and then I could see Randy going after Edge because Edge is a Legend of the TLC matches and we end up with a TLC World Title match by near end of the year. That's how I see it. If Edge goes to RAW that is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChick 0 Report post Posted February 1, 2004 No, no, no, no. Edge should NOT do a TLC match. When he goes into the main events, he will be past that part of his career. No need for anybody to kill themselves in a TLC match, especially a guy who just had neck surgery and another who is the future of the company. Nothing good can come from that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Coffey Report post Posted February 1, 2004 Very true. Main Eventer, at least in WWE, only need a gimmick match to blow off feuds. Even then, you only need a Cage or a Special Referee. Something along those lines. I could see Edge in a Hell in the Cell match, but without a big bump. Just like Brock/Taker's Cell match. That's about as far as I would risk it. No more tables or ladders, that's for sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lightning Flik 0 Report post Posted February 1, 2004 No, no, no, no. Edge should NOT do a TLC match. When he goes into the main events, he will be past that part of his career. No need for anybody to kill themselves in a TLC match, especially a guy who just had neck surgery and another who is the future of the company. Nothing good can come from that. For the reasons of Randy Orton's gimmick, I could see Orton facing Edge in a TLC match. Did I say I wanted that to happen? No. I'm just pointing out the distinct possibility of what could happen, because of Orton's gimmick. And frankly, because of that gimmick he has, that would be why he'd want to face Edge in a TLC match. Because that is Edge's "legacy" (current and a part of it) he'll leave behind when he finishes his career in the WWE. With Randy's gimmick, he'd have to have a reason to face off against Edge in a singles match. That would be it. As Edge is very successful in that match, both as a tag team member and a singles member. Hence, I could see it happening. I don't really care for it, but unless Randy's gimmick changes when there's no more legends around, I'm expecting it to happen. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vyce 0 Report post Posted February 1, 2004 Keep Edge on Smackdown. You want his career to move FORWARD. That doesn't mean moving to RAW to feud with one of the Hardys or with Christian again. It's played. Edit: Fuck Randy Orton. Edge legitimately IS the future of the WWE. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brocklock 0 Report post Posted February 1, 2004 Personally, I don't think they'll give him a main event push. If I can remember clearly weren't they depushing him before he got injured for not carrying A-Train to a good match. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewTS 0 Report post Posted February 1, 2004 I don't think they'll have Edge return until the night of Mania at least. If he returns soon, it would likely be at No Way Out, where his last match a year ago took place--but supposedly he's going to Raw. Even so, it doesn't seem right to build up a program for one month and blow it off at Mania. Then again, he could return next week and then they could probably squeeze in a program for Mania. Regardless, I figure they should at least have Edge go after whomever put him out of action originally (storylinewise). Who that is, we're not exactly sure. It would make the most sense to go with Angle, who was heel then, is heel now, and would have taken out Edge to get an advantage in the handicap match. However, Angle is doing the feud with Eddy (which is happening for absolutely no reason ) and Edge would probably end up spending a month or so in OVW to get in condition to wrestle again and knock the rust off. If Edge were capable and the storylines weren't conflicting, I'd say bring him back sooner, but right now I'd say make a non-wrestling Mania appearance or come back the week after Mania. Consider me in the "keep Edge on Smackdown!" crowd, though. If he's going to persue his attacker, he pretty much has to stay on Smackdown, unless that person was Benoit (would make no sense) or Matt Hardy (hmmm). That being said, I expect him to go to Raw, and Benoit would reveal that he attacked Edge, since that would make no sense at all and would kill Benoit's face turn. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChick 0 Report post Posted February 1, 2004 Personally, I don't think they'll give him a main event push. If I can remember clearly weren't they depushing him before he got injured for not carrying A-Train to a good match. They were never really de-pushing him. He was the #3 face on Smackdown when he was injured. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewTS 0 Report post Posted February 2, 2004 Personally, I don't think they'll give him a main event push. If I can remember clearly weren't they depushing him before he got injured for not carrying A-Train to a good match. They were never really de-pushing him. He was the #3 face on Smackdown when he was injured. They seemed to be pushing him as the main guy before then, maybe #2, weren't they? Of course, you could argue a program with A-Train is a de-push itself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted February 2, 2004 Actually it wasn't a de-push because Vince was dead set on getting A-Train over and thought Edge could get the job, which indicates he had good faith in Edge and even though edge naturally failed at that, Edge was easily the #2 face behind Lesnar and ahead of Benoit... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AlwaysPissedOff 0 Report post Posted February 2, 2004 Count me in with the "Keep Edge on SD" crowd. A move to RAW where he'd probably do nothing except for feud with Christian would be like 8 steps back for both men. Honestly, I think they should do Edge/Brock as a post WM feud and possibly blow it off at Vengeance since he's pretty much the last guy Brock hasn't feuded with aside from Eddy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChick 0 Report post Posted February 2, 2004 Actually it wasn't a de-push because Vince was dead set on getting A-Train over and thought Edge could get the job, which indicates he had good faith in Edge and even though edge naturally failed at that, Edge was easily the #2 face behind Lesnar and ahead of Benoit... Well, actually #3 behind that Hogan guy.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BX 0 Report post Posted February 2, 2004 No cut hair? Think about it. He could get it shorter, and jet black. Then they could spike his hair like Zach from Final Fantasy Seven. Give Edge a big ass sword, and let him stab the hosses. You Smarks would eat that shit up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vern Gagne 0 Report post Posted February 2, 2004 If Edge ends up on Raw. Does anyone but Spike Dudley, and Goldberg who is not likely to remain in the WWE after WM XX end up on Smackdown? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites