WWE Hall of Famer Edge recently spoke with Forbes’ Brian Mazique about his recent acting roles, including on the new Amazon Kids’ series Bookaboo, his WWE career, ultimate Survivor Series team and much more. You can read a few excerpts below:
Edge talks about the inspiration behind the new Amazon Kids series Bookaboo:
The idea of the show is to encourage cracking open a book, whether that’s children reading to themselves, or parents reading to their children. There was a study done in 2013 showing of those polled, only one in three parents read to their child eight and under. That just doesn’t cut it in my opinion. If Bookaboo in some way helps that, mission accomplished.
Edge talks about the balance between comedic and serious wrestler, balancing the two with Christian:
While E&C (Edge and Christian) were comedic in our promos and some of our in ring stuff, most of our action in the ring was vicious. Think TLC or a conchairto.
We made a point to make sure that our promos could be comedic, but when it came time, you could believe we could hang with the Rock and Undertaker because we were smart and wrestled like a pack of wolves. Without that aspect, the transition to “serious” wrestler wouldn’t have worked I don’t think.
As long as current folks are making sure to find that balance, they can transition to anything at any given time.
Edge books his ultimate fantasy Survivor Series match:
(Roddy) Piper, (Hulk) Hogan, (Ric) Flair, Andre (the Giant), (Randy) Savage vs Bret (Hart), (Steve) Austin, HBK, The Undertaker, The Rock
