Woo
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Post by Woo on Feb 13, 2019 18:40:06 GMT -5
Is anybody else still angry how they suddenly said around 2009 that Edge and Christian weren't brothers?
I get it, they aren't, and their reasoning was that they didn't want to lie to fans, but neither are the Dudley Boys. Neither are Taker or Kane but they've been flogging that angle for decades. Surely it was worse insulting long time fans who had been paying attention to your kayfabe storylines?
I just listened to the Attitude Era podcast were they discussed Christian pretending that their parents were involved in a car accident and got angry at the retcon all over again.
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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Feb 13, 2019 18:44:18 GMT -5
It was partially becuase Edge's book they were pushing came out and he flat out said they weren't brothers in it.
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Feb 13, 2019 18:55:32 GMT -5
Same thing happened with the Horsemen. They suddenly forgot Flair was supposed to be a cousin of the Andersons.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 13, 2019 19:10:14 GMT -5
I always figured they were brothers, as-in, friends forever and basically blood.
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Post by The Gallus Mark on Feb 13, 2019 19:28:47 GMT -5
I always figured they were brothers, as-in, friends forever and basically blood. Like they’ve done with the Shield. Pretty simple concept
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Post by romanstylesiii on Feb 13, 2019 19:37:36 GMT -5
It was partially becuase Edge's book they were pushing came out and he flat out said they weren't brothers in it. I remember during a segment in 2001 right before the broke up and the invasion, they were talking about the Hardy's and Christian said "unlike them (Hardy's), we're actually brothers"
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Post by Starshine on Feb 13, 2019 20:44:56 GMT -5
I always figured they were brothers, as-in, friends forever and basically blood. Like they’ve done with the Shield. Pretty simple concept Is it really? www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUgkQD-A6CkIt really isn't.
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Post by Woo on Feb 13, 2019 21:23:06 GMT -5
I always figured they were brothers, as-in, friends forever and basically blood. Like they’ve done with the Shield. Pretty simple concept Why did Edge and Christian have the same parents and Grand Parents then?
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on Feb 13, 2019 21:34:23 GMT -5
The WWF Smackdown Official Strategy Guide was where I found out they weren't brothers. It was in the trivia section for Edge, he rescued another kid who fell in the ice who became his lifelong best friend Christian. Or at least that's how I remember the store. Long lost that book.
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Post by zrowsdower on Feb 14, 2019 16:20:26 GMT -5
Just to double check, are Edge and Hogan still brothers?
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Post by Slanted and Enchanted on Feb 14, 2019 16:31:03 GMT -5
Like they’ve done with the Shield. Pretty simple concept Why did Edge and Christian have the same parents and Grand Parents then? Yeah, and I'm pretty sure during Christian's heel turn during the InVasion, he faked an accident involving their Grandma Edna to lure Edge into a trap where Christian and a bunch of Alliance guys jumped him. It was a terrible angle. And I have no idea why I even remember this lol.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 17:04:31 GMT -5
My favorite Edge and Christian as brothers moment is at SummerSlam 2001, after Edge won the IC title from Lance Storm when Christian was on the phone with their grandma and their grandma wanted to talk to Edge instead, lol.
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Post by Woo on Feb 14, 2019 18:04:50 GMT -5
Why did Edge and Christian have the same parents and Grand Parents then? Yeah, and I'm pretty sure during Christian's heel turn during the InVasion, he faked an accident involving their Grandma Edna to lure Edge into a trap where Christian and a bunch of Alliance guys jumped him. It was a terrible angle. And I have no idea why I even remember this lol. Yes, that's exactly what a happened. I thought it was a great angle. It was also linked earlier in the thread as proof that they were literally brothers not friends. Also as mentioned above they both spoke to Grandma Edna on the phone Rey Summerslam though she didn't care about Christian. The retcon was that they were just friends. It sucked.
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Post by krozor on Feb 14, 2019 19:00:06 GMT -5
It all makes sense as a story if you just assume that Edna was the vampire who sired Gangrel, who in turn sired both Edge and Christian. Once Edge and Christian were free of the vampiric thrall of the evil Gangrel, they were no longer brothers.
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Post by joey joe joe junior shabadoo on Feb 14, 2019 19:25:56 GMT -5
Kofi isn't Jamaican
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Post by fw91 on Feb 14, 2019 20:00:41 GMT -5
Blew my mind when I found out the Basham brothers weren't actually related.
And I probably just blew your mind by reminding you that they existed.
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Post by Starshine on Feb 14, 2019 20:27:33 GMT -5
Jamaican Mike upset!
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Post by edgestar on Feb 14, 2019 21:47:40 GMT -5
The WWF Smackdown Official Strategy Guide was where I found out they weren't brothers. It was in the trivia section for Edge, he rescued another kid who fell in the ice who became his lifelong best friend Christian. Or at least that's how I remember the store. Long lost that book. That sounds hilarious.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2019 22:00:04 GMT -5
Blew my mind when I found out the Basham brothers weren't actually related. And I probably just blew your mind by reminding you that they existed. I still can't believe Authors of Pain aren't brothers.
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Post by Xxcjb01xX [PIECE OF: SH-] on Feb 14, 2019 23:13:08 GMT -5
Thank god Taker and Kane are still brothers... right?
RIGHT??
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