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Nov 17, 2007 4:35:33 GMT -5
Post by ilggant on Nov 17, 2007 4:35:33 GMT -5
Just a question from someone who missed most of the Attitude Era, how did Edge and Christian become cool dudes from quasi-vampires (question 1) and how did they break the team up?
I was reading WWE magazine (then WWF magazine) from '99 and they were still in the ministry at the time. How did the transition happen?
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Nov 17, 2007 4:38:02 GMT -5
Post by Mozenrath on Nov 17, 2007 4:38:02 GMT -5
Seemed to be in the wake of their success in getting over with the Hardyz from their phenomenal Ladder match.
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Nov 17, 2007 4:50:35 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2007 4:50:35 GMT -5
I can't recall a certain moment where they 'changed'.
I mean, they left the Brood, then had the Ladder match with the Hardyz. After that, they just started talking more and the characters evolved from there.
It's hilarious to think back about Edge in 1998/9, when all he would say was "AHHHHHHH!"
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Nov 17, 2007 4:52:28 GMT -5
Post by Mozenrath on Nov 17, 2007 4:52:28 GMT -5
I can't recall a certain moment where they 'changed'. I mean, they left the Brood, then had the Ladder match with the Hardyz. After that, they just started talking more and the characters evolved from there. It's hilarious to think back about Edge in 1998/9, when all he would say was "AHHHHHHH!" I'm still not sure if he was supposed to a vampire hunter or something.
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Nov 17, 2007 4:54:08 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Nov 17, 2007 4:54:08 GMT -5
I can't recall a certain moment where they 'changed'. I mean, they left the Brood, then had the Ladder match with the Hardyz. After that, they just started talking more and the characters evolved from there. It's hilarious to think back about Edge in 1998/9, when all he would say was "AHHHHHHH!" I'm still not sure if he was supposed to a vampire hunter or something. He was a tortured soul, or something. Whatever that means.
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Nov 17, 2007 4:54:53 GMT -5
Post by Mozenrath on Nov 17, 2007 4:54:53 GMT -5
I'm still not sure if he was supposed to a vampire hunter or something. He was a tortured soul, or something. Whatever that means. Lends some credence to Raven's musing that it was a failed attempt at his character.
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Nov 17, 2007 11:13:38 GMT -5
Post by Lenny: Smooth like Keith Stone on Nov 17, 2007 11:13:38 GMT -5
Basically after E & C left Gangrel (the reason why escapes me), they joined King and JR for guest commentary. Up to that point, everyone had just known E & C to be somewhat quiet gothic types. But they surprised people when they started talking in "smark lingo" and were very funny about it. I remember a conversation went down something like this, and it was hilarious:
**** JR: Well we have just been joined here on commentary by Edge and Christian. Gentlemen, what are you doing here?
Edge: We're here to do what is known in the business as a "run in".
King: A run-in??
Christian: Yeah, we dont like the guy in the match here. So we are going to do some commentary and if it looks like he's about to win, we're gonna run in and attack him.
**** Anyway as the weeks went on, E & C talked more and more and became comedy heels. Then eventually I think the fans simply stopped booing them so they became faces by default.
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Nov 17, 2007 11:18:13 GMT -5
Post by Red 'n' Black Reggie on Nov 17, 2007 11:18:13 GMT -5
alright, on to question 2.
they broke up when edge won the king of the ring tourney. after this, the two competed in singles matches more often, most involving edge taking centre stage while christian accompanied him to the ring and held his trophy for him. then, one raw, edge was having his match (or it may have been a promo, i forget), when christian goes mental, hits him with the trophy and gives edge a one-man con-chair-to. after this, the two had a feud based on christian's jealousy of his brother.
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Nov 17, 2007 11:49:27 GMT -5
Post by krazysane on Nov 17, 2007 11:49:27 GMT -5
Gangrel left e an c, because he wanted younger prospects that feel the same way he does, he joined with the hardy boyz as the new brood. edge an christian didnt have the same beliefs as gangrel.
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Nov 17, 2007 16:38:23 GMT -5
Post by ilggant on Nov 17, 2007 16:38:23 GMT -5
thanks for the info. and that commentary sounds hilarious!
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Nov 17, 2007 17:41:09 GMT -5
Post by Da (No Sold) 7-1-3 Itch on Nov 17, 2007 17:41:09 GMT -5
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Nov 17, 2007 18:08:19 GMT -5
Post by crunkenstein on Nov 17, 2007 18:08:19 GMT -5
Didn't Edge's cameo in Highlander have something to do with it?
Or did that happen after the fact?
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Nov 17, 2007 18:28:06 GMT -5
Post by Moonwalkin' Capt. Crow on Nov 17, 2007 18:28:06 GMT -5
alright, on to question 2. they broke up when edge won the king of the ring tourney. after this, the two competed in singles matches more often, most involving edge taking centre stage while christian accompanied him to the ring and held his trophy for him. then, one raw, edge was having his match (or it may have been a promo, i forget), when christian goes mental, hits him with the trophy and gives edge a one-man con-chair-to. after this, the two had a feud based on christian's jealousy of his brother. Also in the midst of this was the Gooker Award Winning Invasion Angle. Edge sided with WWE and Christian sided with the Alliance
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Nov 17, 2007 18:36:38 GMT -5
Post by Widow's Peak on Nov 17, 2007 18:36:38 GMT -5
Didn't Edge's cameo in Highlander have something to do with it? Or did that happen after the fact? I remember that in honor of his role in Highlander, the five-second-pose was Edge accepting his Oscar. ;D If they ever do that Edge DVD, one whole disk has to be devoted to the old E&C promos!
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Nov 18, 2007 3:12:11 GMT -5
Post by s1mplemathematics on Nov 18, 2007 3:12:11 GMT -5
hahahaha that run-in thing just cracked me up. i miss those guys.
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