On Friday’s edition of WWE Smackdown, Roman Reigns gathered his special counsel, Paul Heyman into to the ring to ‘celebrate him’ after calling himself a ‘humble man’. Heyman would go on to discuss the amount of men that Reigns has defeated since coming back from WWE. Before Reigns would request for his cousin, Jimmy Uso to come down to the ring, Paul Heyman would state after Roman Reigns destroyed Edge at WrestleMania, we were ‘to never see Edge again. He would also say that he ‘caved’ in the head of Edge, explaining the reason he has been gone from Smackdown. This major Edge WWE Smackdown return update was revealed.
In a recent interview with Revolver Magazine, Edge discussed the influence that heavy metal music had on his career and for his character. Credit to WrestleZone for the below.
“Heavy metal and rock music was the bedrock for Edge — it’s where it all came from. Everything about creating that character in the beginning, metal was such a huge part of what I wanted to convey. There was a little bit of a Type O Negative vibe, some Nine Inch Nails in there. And then there was also Blade in there, and the Lost Boys. Then there’s the visuals: the circle of fire, and that’s something that you could see at a metal show. It became part of our presentation. I’m also wearing a PVC trench coat, we all got long hair and we’re spitting blood so there’s elements of KISS, Marilyn Manson and Bowie. Then when I look at what the genesis is of Edge and Christian, well, that’s sort of based off Bill & Ted. Which is so heavily influenced by the music, by the soundtracks. You think of the Bogus Journey soundtrack, it’s ridiculous. Faith No More, Megadeth, Kiss. It’s amazing! And really, heavy metal became a template for a lot of the decisions where to go.