Edge admits that although he had a good run with The Edgeheads, he felt that it could have been more. For a good portion of a year Hawkins and Ryder were involved in basically all of his promo segments and his matches, but for some reason he has an underlying feeling that their partnership could have been more than it was.
Hawkins admits that it took a while for him and Ryder to gain the trust of the WWE locker room. For example, Shawn Michaels was absolutely terrified to work with them for a long period of time and Edge had to talk to Michaels to ensure him that they were easy to work with.
Hawkins informs that it was tough for him when he and Ryder split up and Ryder appeared to receive the bigger singles push. Christian sympathizes with Hawkins saying he had a similarly tough transition to singles wrestling when The Brood split up many years ago. He was very uncomfortable and had never even cut a promo at that point so he considers himself lucky that he and Edge were paired together to tag shortly after, and they both developed into successful singles performers from there.
WWE wasn’t really using Hawkins after he and Ryder split up and he didn’t want to sit home doing nothing. He reached out to WWE and insisted that he join FCW’s roster. He paid out of pocket to move to Florida and work in FCW and eventually worked his way back up to the main roster. Edge thinks that took a lot of guts and courage, and he praises Hawkins for that.
That sums up this week’s episode of E&C’s Pod of Awesomeness. You can listen to the show yourself anytime here, and I’ll catch ya next week for another recap!
