Schaben, Allen J. –– B58646663Z.1 LOS ANGELES, CA – AUGUST 16, 2010 Canadian professional wrestler Edge peers into a live video feed as he taunts his opponent during the Monday Night Raw event at the Staples Center. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
On the latest episode of E&C’s Pod Of Awesomeness, Edge revealed who he thought was the greatest WWE Superstar of all time:
“It feels like the end, the kind of end of an era in terms of, he’s the biggest star of the WWF/WWE ever. I mean, you can say ‘Stone Cold’ [Steve Austin] and you can say [Hulk] Hogan, but if you’re looking at MSG sellouts, if you’re looking at… I mean, Bruno, man, was champ I think you’re looking at, combined in two reigns, 11 years, like, 4,000 however many days. That doesn’t happen nowadays.”
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