The True Story Of How WWE Nearly F*cked Up Edge

Of course, Edge is hardly the first WWE wrestler that was nearly saddled with a sh*tty gimmick. In fact, several stars who made it actually were saddled with sh*tty gimmicks. In fact, very few WWE stars were actually presented and received as stars from the jump. The history of WWE, which is wild, considering the promotion once monopolised the entire game for two full decades, is basically one of trial and error.

They didn't f*ck Hulk Hogan up. When he returned from the AWA, he got strapped up immediately, because the WWF didn't have the luxury of mucking about. Other than Hogan, Warrior, Undertaker and Kurt Angle, WWE nearly f*cked up everybody else, or at least took a fair old time elevating them. They looked at Steve Austin and saw Bob Backlund before he went mental. They looked at The Rock and saw a hand-clapping goober. They looked at CM Punk and saw a skinny fat ass who didn't know how to work. They looked at Daniel Bryan and saw an administrative assistant who was quite handy with a hammerlock. They looked at Becky Lynch and made her do a jig, because that is just what Irish people do.

WWE frames this in documentaries - taking forever to see what is front of countless people - as the way these things go. It isn't. They're just luckier than they are good. But, nonetheless, being made to do a jig isn't necessarily a career death sentence.

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