Edge and Christian welcome Mike Elgin to the show.
Elgin says he’s very proud of his accomplishments in the wrestling business, going from the fat kid in high school to a successful professional wrestler. He did most of his early wrestling training in Ontario, Canada, and when he started touring as a wrestler around 8 years ago nobody could make a living off of wrestling alone. He points out that the business has changed dramatically since then and there are lots of indie wrestlers making a comfortable living.
Edge recalls training with Elgin and Tye Dillinger at their training facility in Ontario when he was recovering from an injury during his time in WWE. He was trying to shake off the rust before returning to WWE and he trained with Elgin and Dillinger because he didn’t trust any of the other local trainees.
Elgin believes that a big issue in the business today, is the wrestlers don’t know when to slow down or to speed up during their matches. They know they have to do it so they randomly insert those spots into their matches, but they don’t understand when they should be doing it or why they’re doing it.
Edge agrees and also says that everyone just wants to execute the newest, biggest move. The problem is, if you continue to randomly insert these huge spots into matches without any buildup or story, they just don’t mean anything.
