Randy Orton Reveals Why He Was Picked To Be Edge’s Opponent For His Return Match

Earlier this year Edge did the impossible when he came out of retirement and returned to the ring during the men’s Royal Rumble match back in January.

The next night Edge kicked off a feud with Randy Orton, and the two stars went on to face off in a Last Man Standing match at WrestleMania 36.

During a recent interview with Digital Spy The Viper explained that Edge needed to work with someone he knew he could trust to be safe.

“It’s a dance, there’s an art to it, but it’s also a brutal contest between two individuals. There’s a line where you can kick a guy so hard in the stomach that it looks like you killed him and with the right selling technique it looks like you killed them. But you don’t have to really kick him in the stomach. There’s an art to it.”

“Edge knew I wasn’t one of those guys that was going to kick him in the stomach, if that makes sense. Maybe I should be using his neck as the body part reference. But he had the neck surgery and he knew that I would do what I had to do to work around the possibility that his neck might not be ready for ring action.”

Edge unfortunately injured himself while taping The Greatest Wrestling Match Ever at Backlash, so he’ll be out of action for a while.

However, there’s speculation that the Orton vs. Edge feud will pick up right where it left off when he returns.