When Edge first retired in 2011 everyone assumed that he was hanging up the boots for good, but in 2020 the unthinkable happened when he returned to the ring during the men’s Royal Rumble match. The former WWE Champion has since kicked off a whole new chapter for his career and it sounds like he’s been doing his best to give back to the business.
During a recent episode of the After The Bell podcast Edge talked about where he’s at in his career right now, and he also discussed what he’s been doing to help the new generation of talent in the WWE locker room.
“Honestly, more than anything, I feel like the mentorship in the locker room. You know, I feel like the locker room knows I am a safe guy to go to, to pick my brain. I’m not sequestered in my own locker room. I change with everybody else. I put myself out there to say, ‘Hey, if you’re thinking of something, just come ask me. Whether you wanna try it after you ask me, that’s up to you.’ But again, like the other day, sitting there with Carmelo [Hayes] and [Mustafa] Ali, and we sat there and talked for an hour, and they just picked my brain, and I loved it. It was so much fun, and so nice to see these guys at that stage of their career.
“I remember being at that stage and being just oblivious as to what to do. ‘How do I get a foothold here? How do I make this work here? I mean, I can wrestle. I can do moves, but that’s not gonna cut it. So, what is it that I need to do?’ There wasn’t really anybody — I mean, I’m sure if you asked guys would’ve helped you, but the environment was a little different then. The locker room was a bunch of great whites, and it forced you to figure it out. But I feel like, why not try and give some helping hands if we can, right? And I love just being in there. And that was one of the things I missed, being away, was the locker room. And just sitting there, and having great conversations, and kvetching or making fun of each other, busting each other’s chops. But this layer of being able to maybe throw some pearls of — [chuckles] I don’t know if wisdom is what I have. But experience, at least, at this whole new era.”
Edge will be in action at WrestleMania 39 next month when he faces off against Finn Balor of The Judgment Day. Stay tuned for more updates as they become available.
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