Speaking about the development of the Edgeheads, Hawkins informs that he and Ryder were in a creative lull and were concerned about getting fired. They didn’t know what to do to get on television and Michael Hayes urged them to “show me something different”. They were both legitimate fans of Edge, so they decided to try their ‘Edge superfan’ gimmick for him.
Hayes seemed impressed by their presentation that day but they knew that nothing would happen until they got Edge’s personal approval. Hawkins asked Edge for his email address so he could send him some videos of their idea and Edge seemed to like it right away.
Edge loved how much confidence those guys had to propose this plan to WWE creative, because they were basically nobodies at the time who were pitching an idea to be in the main event of the upcoming PPV in a 6-man tag match against legends like The Undertaker & Batista. Somehow their pitch worked, and they interfered in Edge’s next Championship match, setting up a partnership with the Champion moving forward.
Hawkins thinks Edge’s WrestleMania 24 match against Undertaker was one of the greatest WrestleMania matches of all time. As more years go by, he thinks that match will garner much more praise. Edge recalls sitting down with Undertaker to plan out this match and Undertaker had no idea who Ryder & Hawkins were at that time. Edge believes that through their excellent execution in that match and throughout the entire feud, they were both able to earn Undertaker’s trust and respect.
