BRIAN LUTZ: I�m going to start off by saying, "Go Leafs."
EDGE: Yeah, go Leafs. I am a Leafs fan, but the New Jersey Devils are my team. The Leafs run a close second. I catch a lot of heat for that in Toronto when I wear my Devils jersey around, but I�ve got to be me.
BL: Well, we�ll tell Carl DeMarco (President, WWF Canada) that you�re a Leafs fan.
EDGE: (laughing) Well, I am, but the Devils are No. 1.
BL: So, congratulations on the Intercontinental Title reign.
EDGE: Yeah, it was short-lived, but it was still fun. I did it at home in the SkyDome which was a really good time. A lot of the family, friends� everyone was there. It was definitely a good experience. One of those things as a kid that you actually dream about, and then when it comes true, it�s actually cool when it�s realized.
BL: Cool. So, what�s next? Are you and Christian going for the tag team gold?
EDGE: Yeah, it looks like Christian and I are aiming our sites on the tag team belts. We�ve come close� I mean, we�ve fought every set of Tag Team Champions over the last year, but we�re always the bridesmaids. I think eventually it�ll pay off.
BL: We�re here at Madison Square Garden, where you made your Pay-Per-View debut a year ago. Thoughts?
EDGE: You know, sometimes I look at it, and I�m like, "Wow, it�s already been a year." And then other times, that match seems like it was a long time ago, and it�s only been a year. So, in some respects it looks like it�s gone by like a flash, while other times I�ll think about certain aspects of the last year, and it seems like a long time ago.
That was my first Pay-Per-View. I�ve had a lot since, a lot of matches that I�ve been real happy with. Our last SummerSlam, when Christian and I did the marathon tag team match, I was real happy with that. There have been a lot of really good experiences, and that�s what I�ve always wanted. To be here, doing what I want to do, I can�t ask for anything else.
BL: Yeah, along with Shane�s match, a lot of people thought that your match stole the show. At least, that�s what the buzz was on the Internet.
EDGE: Hey, cool. I�m not exactly computer literate, so I�m never on the Internet. I don�t know if I�d have the time, actually! I want to make time eventually. If that�s what they�re saying, then great.
BL: You�re actually one of the favorites of the Internet. There seem to be a crew of guys that they�re really into, and you seem to be one of the heavy favorites.
EDGE: You know, it�s weird. I never really pictured guys getting into my character, or getting into Edge, and the fact is that really they have. When you do autograph sessions or personal appearances, it�s not just little girls. There are guys there, and usually they respect what you do in the ring, which is a really cool thing. Growing up, I watched guys like Shawn Michaels and Curt Hennig, guys like that that could really go in the ring. If people look at me in the same way, and I don�t know if they do, but that would be really nice if guys can say, "Hey, that guy can wrestle."
BL: You seem to have fit in well here. The WWF is the young company, and I�m not just spewing rhetoric here.
EDGE: It�s definitely true.
BL: On the Internet� in the arenas� the reaction that you�ve been getting is huge.
EDGE: At first, I don�t think people knew how to take me, or what my character was. I didn�t really know in the beginning either. It�s kind of been a work in progress. I think once someone gets comfortable with a character and how to act out there, and what feels right, I think the people realize that too and can react and relate.
BL: How do you think you�re developing now that your role in the Brood is done?
EDGE: I guess the old Brood is done, which was a little strange at first. You get used to coming up in a ring of fire and that really cool music. You get used to that, and all of a sudden it�s done. You have to get used to it, but you just roll with it, and try and make the best of what you�re doing, and I�m happy with what Christian and I are doing right now. I think the new Brood is a cool thing too. I think that they can take that to new heights.
BL: I think you all are going to have some really good matches.
EDGE: We�ve been working them now for about the last six months. Night in and night out, whether it be in Triple Threat or Four-Corner tag team matches, the Hardyz have always been in there for the most part. We have a good chemistry and a good connection with those guys.
We�re all in our early twenties, and all kind of started in the same way. We all watched wrestling growing up, and we�d go in the side yard, not that I can condone it, but I did it, and we�d just wrestle. The Hardyz did that with themselves, and Christian and I did that growing up. There are a lot of similarities there between the two teams.
BL: What brought about the spear?
EDGE: I don�t know. It was just one of those things. I did it when I first came in, just because I was always hitting the ring, attacking people. I figured that it was a good way to take somebody down really quick. Then it just kind of evolved to where the crowd was starting to react, so I thought, "if it ain�t broke, don�t fix it." So, I started using it in different parts of the matches where it would get a bigger reaction. It�s almost become my finisher, even though I prefer the Spiral, using the spear as a setup.
BL: Any last thoughts?
EDGE: It�ll be interesting to see where we�ll go, whether we stay a tag team ,Christian and I. Or, where we�ll go, whether the Tag Team Titles are in our future. I�m having a good time, and that�s really all that matters.
BL: Hockey season � who�s going to take it this year?
EDGE: Oooh... I can�t say Dallas. I don�t think Dallas will take it again. I�d like to say the Leafs or the Devils, but I don�t know if that�ll actually come true, but I�ll stick with the Leafs or the Devils, one of those two.
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