Randy Orton On Being Edge’s First Opponent: ‘It’s The Greatest Compliment’

Randy Orton and Edge have been rivals for most of their careers. They have feuded in 2004, 2007, 2010, and now again in 2020. It is a pretty big responsibility to be Edge’s first opponent after nine years, but it is one Orton is not taking lightly.

On a recent episode of After The Bell with Corey Graves, Orton talked about his relationship with Edge. Here is the full quote, courtesy of Fightful:

“As far as who I was able to work with, he was able to wrestle. It couldn’t have got any better for me. Edge is one of the guys coming up that took me under his wing. And although the promos and the stuff that we’ve done, there is a lot of realism to it. The story I told Beth about when I was first brought backstage [and] Edge was the first guy that approached me and the first guy that wished me luck.

Like, all that is true and so I have a lot of history with Edge in the ring and out. We used to drive up and down the road together, that was true. But knowing that I was his top pick to come back and get into the ring after almost 10 years with all the injuries he’s had, including the neck surgery, that right there, you know that that’s probably the greatest compliment I could ever get.”

Orton also talked about how Edge considered him the safest guy he could work with.

“So, knowing Edge considered me to be the safest guy he could work with and also have a story with that. We could capitalize on that. That really made me feel quite well, to be honest with you, I was very honored that Edge wanted to work with me first to kind of see field things out for the first time after 10 years.”

The two will go to war once again at Backlash in what has been dubbed the Greatest Wrestling Match Ever.

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