The idea of Edge joining AEW is discussed by Chris Jericho.
In Edge’s hometown of Toronto, Ontario, Canada on August 18th, he competed in a singles match against Sheamus and that was the last match on his then-current WWE contract. Edge has since publicly spoken on the matter and said he had a new contract from WWE in his inbox but is unsure about what’s next.
The idea of Edge joining All Elite Wrestling was discussed by Chris Jericho and Josh Martinez on the Superstar Crossover podcast. Jericho stated that Edge may have done all he can in WWE.
Well I mean, who’s to say for sure (what Edge’s impact on the AEW locker room would be)? But, if you look at Chris Jericho for example, where I was in WWE, there really wasn’t much more that I could do there. You’re there for many years and you’ve wrestled everybody and it’s great. But, it’s always good to shock people and to show up with a new kind of mission. So I think somebody like Edge, there’s a lot of guys over there like this, they’ve kind of done everything they can do there and for him to come to AEW, he’d be a whole fresh, new coat of pain. Whole new roster of matches that he could have. Obviously a new name which would then, knowing him, knowing me, what I would do is a whole new look, a whole new mindset. So, you know, I mean, that’s the best thing about having AEW and us being as successful as we are is that there’s now a viable alternative. I don’t wanna say ‘competitor’ because it’s not that but you can now go to either company. That’s what was so great about WCW in the 90s was that you could switch and jump… So I think it’s exciting and whether he comes or not or anybody that comes from there to here or comes from here to there, I mean look at Cody (Rhodes), when he left AEW to go to WWE, it was a whole new world for him so, I think that that’s one of the most exciting things when you can have the guys going back and forth. It really does make it more exciting for the fans and it makes it better for the business.
Since 1997, Edge has been a part of WWE. When his ‘WWE 24’ documentary was released in 2020, he stated that there was interest from ‘another wrestling company’, who reached out after his in-ring segment with Elias at SummerSlam 2019.
He would go on to say that when he got the offer, he had a meeting with Vince McMahon which led to his new deal with WWE and his return plans being set in motion.
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