10 Things We Learned From Edge And Christian On Talk Is Jericho

4. Brian Gewirtz Came Up With The Five Second Pose

Edge and Christian talk about their friendship with former head writer Brian Gewirtz, and the way they'd come up with ideas by simply sitting around and making one another laugh. The tag team even credit him with coming up with their infamous 'five second pose', perhaps the most beloved staple of their dorky heel shtick from the Attitude Era. They also discuss how a great deal of their respective personas arose from their own goofy personalities, reflecting the commonly-held view that the best gimmicks are those which reflect the actual character of the worker "with the volume turned up".