Edge has addressed the concern of friends and family regarding a recent report about his WWE status. His WWE contract expires next month, and there has been speculation about what he will do next as Edge worked the last match on his current WWE deal last Friday night on SmackDown with a win over Sheamus.
As previously reported by PWTorch, Edge presented WWE “what it would take to retain his services, but WWE declined to meet his request. This has sparked a belief within WWE that he is probably headed to AEW and knew at that time what AEW could offer him (based, perhaps, on conversations with other wrestlers of his star power about AEW pay).”
Edge took to Twitter to comment on the report:
“Morning, everybody. That’s how I look in the morning. It’s not pretty, but I need my coffee for this. So I woke up to a bunch of voicemails, texts, and everything from actual, like, friends and family, you know, wondering what’s going on and concerned and blah, blah, blah. So I just figured I better address it. There’s nothing going on. There’s no hard feelings between me and WWE. I love WWE. It’s my dream gig. It’s all I ever wanted to do. And I didn’t come at them with some crazy contract or anything, and they didn’t deny me. I have a contract extension sitting in my inbox. I just don’t know what to do. The first time I had to retire, it was forced, and this time, the choice in my lap. And it’s a lot harder. WWE gave me that night Friday night in Toronto, and it was the best night of my career. A lot of people will say you should retire at WrestleMania or this or that, but it’s not their career. That Friday night was really special for me. And I don’t know if that can be topped, to be perfectly honest. And if we think we can, then then great. But I need to sit with it and that whatever it is that I do, whether it’s Percy Jackson, which is coming up soon, or it’s wrestling, or it’s sitting in my rocking chair, it’s because I’m having fun and having fun at this stage of my life. And raising my kids are the two most important things.”
— Adam Copeland (@RatedRCope) August 24, 2023
