Edge Reveals His Reaction To ‘Greatest Wrestling Match Ever’ Tagline

Despite his upcoming Backlash match against Randy Orton being billed as ‘The Greastest Wrestling Match Ever’, Edge has said that there’s no such thing.

WWE is trying its best to make it happen though, as the match was pre-taped a week in advance yesterday so it can be as perfect as possible.

Speaking with ESPN, Edge said:

“I’ll preface all of this with saying there’s no such thing as the greatest match ever. You’re not going to be able to say definitively, what is the greatest song of all time? What is the greatest painting of all time? What is the greatest movie of all time? What is the greatest band of all time? It’s impossible, because there’s no general consensus — you can have great matches, but what is the greatest is going to be different to almost everybody.”

The 11-time World Champion went on to speak about his reaction to the moniker, saying:

“I just laughed because I didn’t think it was serious. Then I realized fairly quickly it was. Then my reaction was, is this wise, because anytime you say something the greatest ever beforehand, you’re setting yourself up for failure. And I don’t ever want to think that way. I need to think the opposite of that. I can’t control the court of public opinion. I need to do and be proud of the work that I put in.

“All I can do is take it as if this is all just a bonus and in a weird way, a compliment. Or it’s a giant rib. I don’t know.”

Edge will be appearing on tonight’s episode of Raw, joining his former tag team partner Christian on the ‘Peep Show’. WrestleTalk.com will have live coverage of the show tonight so stay tuned to see how it plays out.

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