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Old 07-06-2010, 08:05 PM   #1
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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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Old 07-06-2010, 08:11 PM   #2
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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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Old 07-06-2010, 08:15 PM   #3
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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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Old 07-06-2010, 08:20 PM   #4
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he's very one dimensional
How do you figure that?
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Old 07-06-2010, 08:24 PM   #5
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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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Old 07-06-2010, 10:34 PM   #6
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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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Old 07-06-2010, 10:40 PM   #7
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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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Old 07-06-2010, 10:54 PM   #8
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He's horrific as a face. All the greats could do both very well.
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Old 07-06-2010, 11:41 PM   #9
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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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Old 07-06-2010, 11:46 PM   #10
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Old 07-07-2010, 12:00 AM   #11
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He's horrific as a face. All the greats could do both very well.
He pulled off babyface very well in the early 2000s, but that stuff earlier this year was very...underwhelming.
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Old 07-07-2010, 07:43 AM   #12
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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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Old 07-07-2010, 07:52 AM   #13
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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.
Ricky Steamboat never played a heel, ever. Ricky Steamboat isn't "one of the greats"?
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He's horrific as a face. All the greats could do both very well.
This is what I was referring to Providence.
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Old 07-07-2010, 08:15 AM   #15
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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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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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Old 07-07-2010, 09:39 AM   #17
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Ricky Steamboat never played a heel, ever. Ricky Steamboat isn't "one of the greats"?
That's different. Steamboat was never given the opportunity. Edge was.
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Old 07-07-2010, 09:44 AM   #18
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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.
Don't leave Bret off that list, you dick.
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That's different. Steamboat was never given the opportunity. Edge was.
And as I already wrote, for a while (circa 2002 on Smackdown) he ran with it.
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Old 07-07-2010, 09:59 AM   #20
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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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Old 07-07-2010, 10:02 AM   #21
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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.
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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Old 07-07-2010, 10:11 AM   #22
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So did Hogan, but that doesn't mean I liked him.
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Old 07-07-2010, 10:12 AM   #23
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Old 07-07-2010, 10:14 AM   #24
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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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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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Old 07-07-2010, 10:41 AM   #27
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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"
But did he not have the ring psychology back then, or has he just been poorly booked?
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Old 07-07-2010, 10:43 AM   #28
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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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Old 07-07-2010, 10:43 AM   #29
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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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But did he not have the ring psychology back then, or has he just been poorly booked?
I'd say he was booked just fine. His problem was that he just kept getting injured at inopportune times.

His ring work today is leaps and bounds ahead of what it was back then.
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His problem was that he just kept getting injured at inopportune times.
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I know some people who would strongly disagree with this. They'd say his matches these days are hard to watch, and that he's better in gimmick matches. A friend of mine even thinks Edge's last truly great match happened several years ago (in an encounter with Orton). So, I guess it's all a matter of opinion.
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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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And as I already wrote, for a while (circa 2002 on Smackdown) he ran with it.
He has never been a long term success as a face.
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Old 07-07-2010, 11:52 AM   #34
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He has never been a long term success as a face.
You're right, I suppose, but is he entirely to blame for that, or does poor booking have something to do with it?
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Old 07-07-2010, 12:01 PM   #35
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I really like Edge, but I go on-and-off from "really" enjoying his stuff.

His feud with the Undertaker was one of my favorites ever. Everything was just perfectly set-up.
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Old 07-07-2010, 12:07 PM   #36
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You're right, I suppose, but is he entirely to blame for that, or does poor booking have something to do with it?
He's just not that interesting as a face.
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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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The problem with his last face run was that they never let him be "The Rated R Superstar" they changed him so much he became blander shoulda done they same for him as they did with Orton.
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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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He's just not that interesting as a face.
Hmmmmmmm.... Wasn't it not that long ago that wrestling fans on message boards everywhere where ready to suck Edge's dick? Of course he was more interesting and got more of a reaction when he was banging Matt Hardy's girlfriend and kissing on-screen Vickie Guerrero. But, it isn't Edge's fault that his return wasn't booked how it should have been.
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