WWE Superstar Edge: The emerging actor

Adam Copeland, also formerly known as Edge, has stayed busy in the entertainment scene since leaving the WWE in 2011. He has starred in movies, TV shows and has even had his own program on the WWE Network. However, being Edge was a thrill for him and still is, but becoming a father again is the best thing in the world.

Adam took some time to talk with FanSided about his time after wrestling, his newest daughter, the WWE draft, and if the “Edge and Christian” show is coming back for a season 2.

So you became a daddy again a few weeks ago. With a two-and-a-half-year-old and now your newest daughter, has the thought of them becoming future wrestlers crossed the mine yet?

We had a discussion, there will be a point where they will find out what we did. Who knows how they will react. At least we can give them an informed opinion of the business. Here are the pros and cons. Because they are both females their mother can really say “OK this how it is for the women in the industry”. We aren’t going to push them towards it and we wouldn’t be too upset if they were doctors instead of wrestlers. Then they can take care of us when they grow up.

You have had some various acting roles before, both on television and the big screen. Your newest movie “Interrogation” which also stars WWE Diva Lana releases on September 20^th. How did this role come about and what was it like for you to work with Lana?

I just finished up doing “Haven.” The WWE asked me to do this and I said sure why not. For me it’s a lot of fun. The process is just enjoyable to me and I still can get my creative juices out for a lack of a better term. With wrestling it’s very creative but it’s also physical. When I retired in 2011, I didn’t miss the travel or the aches and pains but I did miss seeing how everything was put together. Acting helps fill that void.

So I read the script and it had dialogue, which I was definitely intrigued by. Even when I got into the WWE, I always made sure my character had layers which this role did.

Working with Lana was enjoyable. I actually met her once before at a Raw taping. We were there and we met the new crop coming up to the main roster at the time. By the time she came onto the set, she had only 5 days to work. So they crammed all her scenes into those days. It was pretty intense seeing that as she did her scenes and then went back on the road with the company.

The simple question is are we going to get an opportunity to see another season of the “Edge and Christian Show”?

You know, it got to be a fun process. Initially, everyone was trying to work out the kinks and see what this thing was.  By about the 6^th or 7^th episode the whole team got together and came to a consensus of what this thing was. It was a sketch comedy show and the humor is based around wrestling. That hasn’t been really done before. So we had a blank canvas, but that also can be confusing at first. It’s blank yes, but where do you start? I think the team was really trying to understand the inner workings of my mind along with Jay’s (Christian). After that, it took off.

I think if we can write everything beforehand a second season could happen. Writing it as you go like we did for this first season, was difficult at times.

You mentioned that you had to come up with many ideas as you go through each episode. Did you feel burned out when you finished the very last episode?

Like I said once we started clicking it wasn’t too hard to come up with ideas. With Jay and I we both were go “what if we did this or that”. We just started spit balling ideas. For example, we drove to the McGregor fight out in Vegas and we came up with 20 skits through that entire trip. I had my friend from college throw in some ideas as well as our buddy from Canada. By the end it was easier than the beginning. Nobody was sure what we were doing until we finished it.

With a 30 minute show you have to realize you aren’t going to have everyone laughing for the entire time. It’s a rollercoaster and you need to prepare the episode so you have the ride be fun but also keep your attention for the entire time.

With all these ideas you came up with, was there one skit that you wanted to do and either it was too over the top, or it just didn’t work with the episode you were working on at the time?

We really did have full creative control of this thing. So there wasn’t anything shot down. We would do some stuff and then say it’s not really working. There was one where I was dressed up as Daniel Bryan playing Tom Hanks in “Castaway.” The ball was named Brie instead of Wilson. And a lot of people have said I look like a bigger version of Daniel. Then I was doing it, I just wasn’t feeling it so we cut it.

We had over 15 like that, so we have extras we can throw out if we wanted to. You just didn’t know until it was fully played out.

There were some that you didn’t know were going to work and then it does and you’re like I didn’t see that one coming.

But this was a lot of work and I mean a lot of work. We did 3 episodes in 3 days and we noticed the product suffered a bit. So we took a step back adjusted accordingly and then things started to roll smoothly again.

There always has been the talk of the cross promotion of WWE wrestlers entering the Octagon and then you have MMA fighters wanting to enter the squared circle. Do you think it hurts their character if they attempt to cross over to either business?

I don’t think so no, not at all. Why not though? I think one going to the other is in for some surprises. If one is going to MMA they are going to have to get used to getting hit in the chin. Then you have the MMA fighter going to the WWE, that you are going to take 40 bumps at least a night and then drive to the next city being sore, 300 days a year. There would be some growing pains on both sides. They are two separate industries and I think both get that and they don’t fit anymore. They are both from the same tree but different branches.

The WWE Draft has happened and now both shows are live and each have their own separate roster. You were a part of the last draft in 2011. Do you think this is a good move business wise for the WWE?

The last one was great for the company. I was disappointed when the shows were merged together. I think RAW is just way too long being three hours. Last time I watched was when Shane returned and after that I said to myself, this is a long show. I got kids too, so goodnight! I think it gives people opportunities because they don’t have to book the main people for RAW. Personally, I like the idea because there’s no competition you have to build your own. That’s what it was last time when I was there and hopefully it’s the same this time around.