Edge Discusses His Last Match, Haven, Dropping The Edge Name, More

Posted by Larry Csonka on 08.09.2011

The Rated R Superstar speaks…

- Edge recently spoke about his last match, Haven and more. Here are the highlights…

On Getting The Gig On Haven: "Well it was kind of a happy accident. I had just recently retired. I had done a European trip because I was advertised for the WWE and I couldn't perform anymore but I thought, "Well I've been advertised, I don't want to kind of leave the crowds hanging like that. So I went over there, got back from there -- it was a pretty exhausting trip -- and then two days later I got the call from the WWE and they said, "Would you be interested in flying out to Nova Scotia and filming an episode of Haven? And I went, "Yes. Yes, I think that'd be great. That'd be fun." It kind of helped with the retirement aspect, going from like 120 miles an hour with the WWE to kind of maybe, 70 miles an hour. So it was nice in that respect. And that's how it all worked out. And I think it was one episode, and we kind of - which airs Friday, and I think, I don't know for sure, but it one of those, "Okay, let's see how this goes, and maybe from there this character will be recurring." And thankfully that's the way it ended up."

On Returning To WWE TV: "I don't know. I haven't heard anything and I don't know if I'd really want to at this point. I mean I still think it's too soon. To me it's one of those deals, I never wanted to be one of those guys that retires and then you see him every week after that. Initially I stuck around for a little bit to kind of get the culmination of the story with Christian, with the way we had to do it with, you know, my injury and everything, to kind of get that off and running. But I just personally feel like it would be too soon. Unless it was something, an idea that came across and I was like, "Oh okay yes, that's perfect." But I think they also know that too. I just need a break from it."

Will He Drop The Edge name: "You know what? I'll never shed Edge, never want to. It's part of what got me to where I am now. That's how everyone knows me. But I have never introduced myself as Edge, to this day. I always introduce myself as Adam. That's never going to change, that's just always the way it's going to be. But I understand that that's how kind of a generation of people and kids have known me. So I think if a show has me on it, they would probably want to promote me as that. And I understand that and accept that. I guess I don't think you ever really shed something that's so ingrained with people. I don't think Rock will ever shed Rock. I think you know, Dwayne Johnson may be a part of it, but he's always going to be The Rock to people too. So that's kind of the way I look at it. And I'll have a working relationship with WWE, so I guess it works out for everybody really. It wasn't one of those things where I was trying to get away from wrestling to become an actor. I'd still be wrestling right now if my neck wouldn't cause a chance to be in a wheelchair. So it was one of those deals where it's like, "Okay, they're (unintelligible) and now acting opportunities are coming my way, "Okay cool, yes I'll do that." But that doesn't mean I'll ever be ashamed of Edge or ashamed of my career or try and shed that. I'm proud of that."

Would He Work Backstage With WWE?: "I don't think so. I don't think so. I think to be that close to it and not be able to do it, at this point anyway, it doesn't seem like something I would enjoy. Maybe 10 years down the road, 5 years down the road, when I've moved far enough away from the reactions and things like that then maybe I could do it. But I also don't know if I would want to because that would involve just as much travel as I had before. And when I've been able to kind of pigeonhole my neck pain down to when I travel, my neck hurts. And I don't feel like hitting a different town every day anymore."

On His Last Match: "Well even that day I wish it had been longer. But that's just from the wanting to tell the absolute best story that you can. We had a lot of business to take care of that day though with the car, the long entrance ways, all of those things, and at that point thought going forward that we had a whole storyline to culminate all of this in, kind of not realizing that this would be the culmination. It segued into Christian and where it went. It didn't really bother me too much, but I mean sure I would have liked to have taken even just an extra five minutes to really get across the story so that I've always been a big false finish guy, and like to really come up with some good false finishes. It's kind of been one of the things I've always done. So I would have liked to have had an opportunity to maybe get people a little more invested in them with more time. But I was still really happy with all of the reactions and everything. I don't sit there and - really I hadn't thought about it until just now."