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Your Opinion of Edge
Look at his stats:
WWE Champion-4 Times World Champion-5 Times IC Champion-5 Times US Champion-1 Time World Tag Team Champion-11 Times WWE Tag Team Champion-1 Time Unified Tag Team Champion-1 Time 2010 Royal Rumble Winner 2001 King Of The Ring Winner Won the first ever MITB Won First Ever Tag Team Ladder Match Won First Ever Tag Team TLC Match Won First Ever Singles TLC Match Won Elimination Chamber Match Main Evented Wrestlemania XXIV Plus, add in his long career (coming up on 12 years), the fact that he was one half of one of the all time greatest WWE Tag Teams, and the fact that he had some of the greatest matches and feuds ever in the WWE - with The Hardys, Undertaker and Cena, to name a few. Now I ask you: What is your opinion of Edge? Is he in the Top 10 WWE Superstars of all time? |
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One who'll go down in the annuls of WWF/E history. Excellent tag team member, excellent singles competitor, great on the mic, enthralling to watch, mixed styles in the ring and funny to boot. Who can forget the classic 5 second poses?
He's just missing his old pants and the spinning Rated R belt (the only reason that belt is any good). It still looks stupid on HHH / Seamus etc. Bout time they made a new one. |
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Edge is a solid guy who is gonna go down with a lot of detractors, and rightly so. He plays the ego-maniacal heel very, very well( in fact, his current incarnation is my favorite ), but it can be easily argued that he's very one dimensional. That being said, you can't take away the title reigns, the Wrestlemania Main Event, and the RAW Live Sex Show.
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He is the Triple H (cira 99-05) of this era (2005-now). He is the best heel over the past 5 years, and can do it all.
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Edge has always been a top 3 favourite of mine. HBK, Bret and Edge in no particular order. FTR, HHH and Undertaker round out my top 5.
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the low Art Gloominati
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I liked him ever since he started with the Brood or whatever- even when I didn't watch WWE for 4 or 5 years- I thought he was a cool guy.
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He's horrific as a face. All the greats could do both very well.
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Edge makes a better heel for sure wether if it's in a serious or comedic role i'd almost wish he'd go back to it in a way one of the greatest Canadian wrestlers ever.
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Ball So Hard University
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EDGE IS LIKE MAYONAYESAB ON FRNCH FRY SMETIMEZ U SEE IT AND UR LIKE WTF BUT ITS NOT ENOUGH BIG DEAL 2 RLY CARE
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He never main evented as a face. That's what seperates him from the greats. Hogan, Rock, HHH, Flair, Austin, Angle pulled off both at a main event level. Edge hasn't shown that he can.
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Ricky Steamboat never played a heel, ever. Ricky Steamboat isn't "one of the greats"?
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Question: Are Edge and Christian still brothers?
![]() Anyway, the WWE has booked Edge horribly 2006, but I don't know why fans seem to forget the past or want to change it and say Edge can't be a face or play the part well. Do you guys remember how popular he was during his first singles run, especially in the feud with Kurt Angle? Do you remember that in 2002 he was one of the most "over" guys on Smackdown? Granted, he's better as a heel, his bony face makes him look like a 50 year old heroin addict, and he looks like he's been strung out on ham sandwiches for months, but none of that can change the fact that at one time he was hugely popular as a face. |
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I will say one thing about Edge though, before his first WWE Title, and maybe a little bit after it, the big thing with him was that people didn't "see him as a main eventer". He has certainly wiped his ass with that stigma.
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Cranky Kong
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I really can't stand Edge as a face (any of his face runs), but I've enjoyed a lot of his heel work.
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He is definitely a better heel than face - that's one of the few things upon which all of us here can agree. I just don't know why some try to ignore or forget the fact that he does have the ability to be "over" as a face and has proven that.
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I've always liked Edge and as much as I think he's great, I really couldn't stand his last run as a face against Jericho.
I just found him to be really annoying and I just wanted his segments to be over and done with when they were on TV. The whole "Spear, Spear, Spear" thing was the worst part of it all. But overall, I think Edge is awesome and is one of the best heels since the switch from F to E. |
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So did Hogan, but that doesn't mean I liked him.
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If anybody's a victim of what you're talking about, it's John Cena.
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I gotcha Providence Peep, the guy was really over as a face back in 2001-early 2003. Only problem was that during 2003, he got just a tad bit annoying because he ALWAYS sided with Mysterio, Hogan, and The Rock..like he was that one guy that tag'd just to have a main event. But he did start the "You Suck" for Angle, had an awesome entrance and attire. I think if he were to have his same type of ring psycology that he has now back then, i would've probably been more of an "Edge-Head"
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His ring work today is leaps and bounds ahead of what it was back then. |
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needs more roids
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Loved Edge when he first debuted coming out of the crowd. He was hip and cool and mysterious.
I LOVED him in the Brood with Gangrel and Christian. I LOVED the Edge and Christian tag team incarnations. The tag, TLC, tables matches and feuds during this time really gave the tag division the chance to shine. I LOVED the 5 second poses and the big bug eye glasses. I LOVED when Christian left and Edge went full on heel. He really became the best heel in the company. His half-career long feud with John Cena is easily Cena's best work. I actually never mind seeing these 2 go at it. I liked the Edge/Vicki stuff for what it was but it wasn't my favorite. However, Since returning from injury we have seen the worst incarnations of Edge. Bland face & blander heel. I mean seriously this heel run has been totally shit. No conviction what so ever. So his career has been stellar and I have loved him from the beginning and I hope he gets his shit together and closes his career out on a higher note than what he is doing currently. |
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I don't know where he would rank overall in a 'greatest of all time' list, but he is possibly one of the WWE's most decorated stars today. And at least he hasn't been shagging the bosses daughter to get any of those titles (that we know of
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Oh yeah, and my personal opinion: I've always liked Edge since his debut, and he is easily one of the top ten wrestlers in the world today.
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Cranky Kong
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I think Edge's best "recent" in-ring work was with The Undertaker a couple years ago. He hasn't really had a chance to 'open up' since his return from his 40th injury, but I think he'll find his stride again soon.
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I have always liked Edge. His in ring work as been pretty colid, and he can cut a decent promo. But I just don't see him being included in my top 10 of all time.
Great talent, but there has been far greater over the years. |
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yes. yes. yes.
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I actually thought about this when he came out on Raw.
I think Edge has had his day. He's had an amazing career, but it seems that theres not much left for him apart from the crazy authority-marrying heel which he's done to death. He could do with working with some of the newer guys and losing like Jericho does, but whereas Jericho could lose 100 consecutive matches, win the title and still be believable, I don't think Edge could. |
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Around the time Evolution was having their run, Edge was the blandest face imaginable. His entire gimmick was, he didn't like Trips & the gang.
No one cared about him. One of my most vivid memories of the TPWW forums is being on here the night of Vengeance '04, and the sheer amount of hatred Edge was getting for taking the IC title from Orton in a hiccup win. "OMFG, THEY JUST JOBBED OUT THE GUY THAT'S THE FUTURE OF THE COMPANY TO A GUY THAT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A GIMMICK!?!?! I'M BOYCOTTING WWE FOREVER!!!" I beleieve Loose Cannon was on Suicide watch that night ![]() Still, no one cared. The news broke that he had the affiar with Lita. "OMFG GET THE WORLD TITLE ON THIS MAN RIGHT NOW, AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD KEEP IT ON HIM!!!!!!!" ![]() |
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I'ma gonna win
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Yea, injuries have been a bitch for him. He reminds me of Donovan McNabb in a way: He is a great player and has carried his team/company, but at his apex, an injury stops him.
That injury he got when he was injured in 2003 REALLY set back his momentum IMO and when he came back, he should've been just totally randomly taking people out with a spear on shows. ANYBODY he wanted. His reason: my injury set me back, so now im going to set YOU back. |
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