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Posted by Ashish on 03.22.2006
Adam Copeland a.k.a Edge appeared on The LAW: Live Audio Wrestling this past Sunday. Here are some highlights of the interview (to hear the entire unedited 20-minute interview go to http://www.liveaudiowrestling.com in the "Xtra" section):
*Edge says his pec has held up very well since coming back in January and avoiding surgery. He found a great doctor in Toronto to help him rehab the pec tear and separated shoulder. He was back within 2-months of what was a 6-month injury and feels great despite doing some crazy stuff since coming back. He said he's not fully back to where he would like to be in the ring but he's getting there.
*On the TLC match on January 16th, he didn't feel a TLC match should be done on free TV but looked at it as a challenge being that it was his first title defense and Ric Flair had never been in one and wanted to have a great match with Flair in a TLC match. He was leery about doing the match after just coming back from injury. He felt the effects but was really happy about doing it.
*He felt point blank that the WWE made a big mistake taking the title off of him when ratings and attendance went up when he had the title. He said that wasn't a knock against John Cena, but that the fans wanted to see Cena chase Edge. He thought he was the not the sole reason, but a major reason for ratings going up. He said there were a lot of people that doubted putting the title on him and had a mentality of proving them wrong. He said he didn't feel vindicated when ratings went down but he did acknowledge that he did make an impact and feels they will have confidence putting the title back on him down the road.
*He noted that the boys backstage were taking notice over house show attendance going up and that you could attribute that to "WrestleMania" season but with attendance up over January's of past years it has to be attributed to something else and it picked up right after "New Year's Revolution". Edge feels he is one of the few genuine heels and people will pay to see his ass get kicked and enjoys having Lita to play off of.
*He noted how it would have been great to have held the title at the same time as Christian but the fact that both held the titles is a feat in itself.
*On the crowd reactions to John Cena: He feels fans are very fickle and when anything becomes too cool, they rebel against it pointing to The Rock at "SummerSlam" with Brock Lesnar in 2002. He notes that Toronto tends to dictate what the rest of the world is going to do. He feels he and Lita were able to get people back behind Cena and allow ratings and attendance to go up because they wanted to see Cena chase the title. He also feels Cena is back to having that problem because with the exception of himself and JBL, there is not another universal heel in the WWE. He said in his matches with Cena only about 5-10% would boo Cena and Edge just worked on turning those people.
*Edge says he's been somewhat happy with the build for the match with Mick Foley for "WrestleMania 22". He feels more could have been done so far but it had to start slowly to get kick started at "Saturday Night's Main Event" because there was no issue to start with and now it's starting to build. He's always wanted to wrestle Mick and that he wrote the forward to his book. He's not looking forward to the physical stuff they have planned for ‘Mania because his body is at the point where he has to think twice. His sole purpose is to steal the show and have people talking about their match.
To hear the complete 20-minute interview with Edge, go to the "Xtra" section of http://www.liveaudiowrestling.com where Edge discusses a ton more including Bret Hart being used in an angle at ‘Mania, Saturday Night's Main Event and much more. To listen to The LAW, tune in every Sunday night at 11pm EST at http://www.liveaudiowrestling.com
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