6 More Bizarre WWE Coincidences
"Anything can happen in WWE."
While Vince and company like to throw around that phrase "anything can happen in WWE" like it's 1998 and anything actually could happen, there's still some truth to those words two decades later. After all, Vince McMahon is in charge - no matter how stagnantly boring the product becomes, he'll always have some bizarre ace up his sleeve.
Well, sometimes he just has a weak pair of fours hiding up there, but you get the idea.
While typically the phrase is meant to represent WWE's supposed unpredictability, the most intriguing instances will almost always be coincidences outside of the booker's power. Now, Vince McMahon is to control what a determined toddler is to a cookie jar; no matter what it takes, he'll find a way to get every damn cookie out of that jar. Because of this, it may be somewhat terrifying to Vinnie Mac that some of the most intriguing facts about his own company had absolutely nothing to do with his input.
Also, considering how many hours of product the company puts together a week, it's pretty fascinating that only a handful of truly bizarre coincidences have taken place over the years.
But hey, scarcity increases value, right?
6. Edge's First Ever In-Ring Move Was A Spear
Adam Copeland debuted in the WWF with the moniker he’d keep for his entire thirteen-year career. While he’d eventually become Tony Chimmel’s favorite ‘Rated-R Superstar’, Edge starter out as a tortured soul with an imposing look and some fantastic facial expressions.
While the future Hall of Famer would sign his developmental contract in 1997 (and wrestle his first taped match against a young Christian Cage interestingly enough), his televised debut match didn’t take place until June of 1998 against Jose Estrada. While WWF had a few ideas in mind of where they wanted to take his character, nothing all that important or too character-defining had been set in stone yet - for example, his finishing move.
While the match didn't even end with a finisher, it did actually start off with one. Jose started off the match with some momentum, landing himself a few punches here and there, Edge torpedo'd himself out of the corner and hit a Spear onto Estrada - starting off his career with the exact same move that'd finish off most of his winning matches.