Alfred Konuwa of Forbes recently interviewed Edge and Christian. The two talked about their podcast, Paige, and if the Broken Universe would work in WWE.
Another budding story could see The Hardy Boyz, longtime rivals of Edge and Christian in the Attitude Era, return to WWE as the promotion has reportedly made them an offer. Though WWE tends to bring in legends as nostalgia acts rather than newer incarnations developed outside of the promotion, like Bully Ray who was brought in strictly as Bubba Ray Dudley for his 2015-16 run in WWE, both Edge and Christian are fans of the Broken Universe and feel it can work in front of a mainstream crowd.
“Crazier things have worked on that mainstream of scale,” said Edge citing the success of The Undertaker whose gimmick of a human zombie is quite ridiculous when laid out on-paper.
“It’s all about reinventing yourself,” said Christian.
“You could probably be The Hardy Boyz, stick your two fingers up, make that ride from town to town and hope that people follow along with that nostalgia. Instead, they’ve taken the bull by the horns and reinvented themselves and stayed current, stayed fresh and keep people talking, and that’s what it’s all about.”
“You could probably be The Hardy Boyz, stick your two fingers up, make that ride from town to town and hope that people follow along with that nostalgia. Instead, they’ve taken the bull by the horns and reinvented themselves and stayed current, stayed fresh and keep people talking, and that’s what it’s all about.”
Edge concurred, saying “wrestling is all about reinvention, and if you don’t reinvent yourself, you’re going to get stagnant and people are going to get bored. I think back to when I came back from my first neck surgery and I came back as the babyface that I was when I left. I went in to my hometown of Toronto with the IC title against [Chris] Jericho and Batista and got booed.”
“Matt and Jeff are smart enough, particularly Matt—who is very hands-on with all of the incarnations of his character—to try stuff. I haven’t seen a whole lot of it, I’ve seen a couple of things and I thought it was hilarious and awesome.”
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