Edge On How He Came Up With His Ring Name

In the world of professional wrestling a good ring name can go a long way, and there’s no denying that Adam Copeland has achieved major success as Edge. The Rated R Superstar has captured numerous championships, faced some of the biggest names in the business, and he also solidified his career with a Hall of Fame induction.

However, if it was up to him he would have just used the name Adam Copeland in the ring, but the former WWE Champion recently explained to Fox News how he ended up with the name Edge.

“I actually came up with Edge. I would have preferred Adam Copeland, but that wasn’t the way it really worked then, right? I was doing dark matches, and Don Callis and I were driving and the radio station, it was in Albany and it was ‘Edge 1-0-something,’ and growing up in Toronto, Edge 102 was always one of my favorite stations.”

“I was like, ‘Hmm, that has a bit of a rock ‘n’ roll feel to it, Edge.’ They were tossing around names like Rage, Riot, and you know it was the late ‘90s, right? I just thought, ’Edge, I’ll throw that out there.’ At least that’s something I could relate to a little bit better. And it stuck.”

Edge made his return to WWE programming at the SummerSlam premium live event a few weeks ago. He’s currently set to face off against Damian Priest on Raw next week, and it’s expected that he’ll be facing off against The Judgement Day in some form at Clash at the Castle next month. Stay tuned for more updates as they become available.