Edge and Christian welcome Rhyno to the show.
Edge notes that they came up in the business together and knew each other long before making it to WWE. Rhyno recalls debuting in WWE for the first time alongside Edge and Christian. He followed them out through the curtain and remembers thinking that he was watching himself on television. It was very cool to now be on the WWE’s grand stage with his two buddies.
Edge recalls being very impressed by Rhyno’s in-ring work when he first saw him. Rhyno was a big man but he could still move in the ring and he had a certain crispness to his work. Rhyno notes that he always tried to work crisp because whether fans are watching live in the arena or at home, a performer’s offence needs to look believable.
Eventually Rhyno caught the attention of Paul Heyman, who saw promise in him and decided to push him. Rhyno notes that Heyman couldn’t shove him down the fans’ throat because in that ECW environment the fans would have rejected him. He was with the company for a couple of months before working the ECW arena, and within a year and a half he was the ECW Heavyweight Champion.
Speaking about the death of ECW, Rhyno notes that the writing was on the wall for a while but it was still hard to believe. Eventually the business folded and Rhyno worked the indie scene for a while before making the jump to WWE.
