By Aaron Williams
When Edge & Christian first won the World Wrestling Federation Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania XVI, few thought that they would remain atop the tag team division for long. Fifteen months and six title reigns later, the most photogenic tag team in Federation history must also be considered one of the greatest tag teams in Federation history.
As full-fledged international Superstars, Edge & Christian are constantly inundated with interview requests. This month, they were kind enough to share their time and some of their innermost thoughts with World Wrestling Federation Magazine. Despite their fame, fortune and moviestar looks, the two remain down to earth, thoughtful, and quite insightful. We hope you'll enjoy this inside look at what truly has become the E&C Phenomenon.
World Wrestling Federation Magazine: How tough is it to be Edge & Christian?
Edge: Being the flag bearers for all the tag teams here in the WWF, being seven-time Tag Team Champions, and being the most photogenic tag team ever, it does get pretty tough. There are a lot of tag teams nipping at our heels, but we tend to stay one step ahead of the pack.
Christian: Other people may perceive that it̓s difficult fo be Edge & Christian, but we've been Edge & Christian our whole lives, so we're used to the attention. We're used to people trying to touch us, wanting
to be like us, and taking our picture. We've become accustomed to it. It comes with the territory. It's a 24-hour-a-day job, but we handle it with the extreme grace and dignity that people have come to expect from us.
WWF: You've been Tag Team Champions seven times. Do you think your prowess in the ring gets overlooked because you're such mega-celebrities?
Edge: It does get tough with the throngs of fans who tend to gravitate towards Edge & Christian. Sometimes our skills do get overshadowed, but being consummate professionals, practitioners and technicians, we also show what we can do in the ring. The Ladder match being case and point number one. Like Christian always says, “If you want to fight, we'll fight you right now.”
Christian: Because we look so good, people don̓t expect us to be so tough and grilly as well as being the great technical wrestlers we are. Once they get past our beauty, they see we can go when it's time to go.
WWF: You two have added so many new words to the global lexicon. Where do you come up with your rather startling vocabulary?
Edge: Well you see, being the coolest cats this side of Tirnbuktu, we've come up with lingo that other people like to use. Some people look to certain Hollywood stars, some to athletes in other sports, but if you really want to know what's hip and what the kids are really saying, and as Kurt would say, “What's all that?” just look to E&C.
Christian: That's right. There are leaders in this world, and there are followers. We always lead by example. People hear us talk, and they want to be like us. So, they talk like us. We're trendsetters and that's just the way it is.
WWF: Has the E&C Phenomenon gone global, and is there anything you would like to say to your international fans?
Christian: I'd like to say something to all my fans in London, and I'd like to say it in English: “What̓s up?”
Edge: I know that we have a large fan base in Zimbabwe. To all the Zimbabweanions, I'd like to say that they too reek of awesomeness, lust like us.
Christian: And to all our fans in Deutschland, I'd like to say guttentag-o-licious
Edge: And keep wearing those wooden shoes, ‘cause they totally rule!
WWF: What do Edge & Christian like to do away from the ring?
Christian: I like to relax at home and watch Beverly Hills 90210 and other cool shows like that.
Edge: We just chill like megavillains, watch our favorite movies like Bill and Ted's Excellent
Adventure and Clueless with a bevy of beauties by our side.
WWF: Speaking of beauties, what do you look for in a woman?
Christian: She definitely has to be as good-looking as I am.
WWF: Is that possible?
Christian: I doubt it.
Edge: She definitely has to hold up her end of the bargain in the looks department. If she doesn't,
she is definitely out the door.
WWF: You guys have been associated with Angle, Austin and ‘Triple H. Are winners drawn to you?
Edge: think in all facets of life, winners are drawn to winners, and losers are drawn to losers. I mean the Dudley Boyz and Hardy Boyz ore drawn together, because, let's Face it, they're losers. Winners like Angle, Austin, Triple H, Rhyno and us, we're all drawn to each other because we're winners. Wouldn't you want to hang out with cool people if you were cool?
Christian: That's right. The cream always seems to rise the top, and Edge & Christian are definitely on top of their game with the aforementioned, and that's why they gravitate toward us.
WWF: What motivates you after all the success you've had?
Christian: I know some people are saying, “These guys have done everything.” But we're not happy just being quote the best tag team in the history of the World Wrestling Federation unquote. We want to be icons, we
want to be a dynasty, and that's what we are striving tc be. We're only 27 years old, and you can already put us in the Hall of Fame.
Edge: I think the Hall of Fame has a whole wing ready tc be dedicated to the E&C Dynasty..
WWF: Since you guys have done so much so soon...
Edge: Excuse me, I rule. Thank you.
Christian: Ditto.
WWF: Since you've done so much so soon and accomplished so many great things, have you given any though to going solo and competing as individuals?
Christian: Like as in Han Solo?
Edge: Chewbacca?
WWF: No, wrestling as individuals.
Edge: You know, Han Solo was a stud just like us. But, don't know about Chewy.
Christian: We've dominated the tag team scene for I don't know how many years now...
Edge: Three, four, eight, ten.. .whatever.
Christian: Anyway, pretty soon we'll have to branch something that very few tag teams can say and do. out and collect all the titles.
WWF: Any thought of branching out into music, movies, still being the Edge & Christian Dynasty, and that's television shows?
Christian: We get plenty of offers, but our grueling schedule tends to make us have to pick and choose.
Edge: Not to toot my own French horn here, but have had a role in Highlander: Endgame, and yes, music is a big staple in my life. I can belt out a tune every once in a while, and it can range anywhere from a nice little Frank Sinatra number to a. death metal number to on alternative number, or maybe even some opera. Opera could be in Edge & Christian's future.
WWF: Are Edge & Christian very cultured?
Edge: Broadway, opera, bring it all on.
Christian: Yeah, I've been approached to do Les Miserables.
Edge: I was actually approached to take Sebastian Bach's place in Jekyll & Hyde on Broadway
WWF: Since you guys are role models for so many, we̓re sure that all your fans are curious as to who your own role models were?
Christian: Edge was my role model.
Edge: Christian was mine.
Christian: Together, we admire Kurt.
Edge: And Rhyno. Well, maybe Rhyno's not really our role model; he's more like our lackey.
WWF: Hardy Boyz?
Christian: Dork chops.
Edge: Prime-cut dork chops.
WWF: Dudley Boyz?
Christian: Body odor.
Edge: Halitosis.
WWF: Raven?
Christian: Intellectual scumbag (I'm not talking to him).
Edge: Mental midget.
WWF: Kurt Angle?
Christian: The American Hero.
Edge: Friend.
WWF: William Regal?
Christian: The Besmirchinator
Edge: Besmircheriffic.
WWF: Kaientai?
Christian: Funny.
Edge: My favorite team in the Federation.. .besides Edge & Christian, of course.
WWF: Trish Stratus?
Christian: Not in our league
Edge: Ditto
WWF: Lita?
Christian: Hosebeast.
Edge: Guttersnipe.
WWF: Rhyno?
Christian: Gore-alicious.
Edge: Psycho.
WWF: Actor?
Christian: Nicolas Cage
Edge: Johnny Depp.
WWF: Actress?
Christian: Jennifer Aniston.
Edge: Tia Carrere.
WWF: Movie?
Christian: Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Edge: Point Break, The Crow, and What's Eating Gilbert Grape
WWF: Recording artist?
Christian: Right now, I am listening to a lot of Limp Bizkit and Lenny Kravitz.
Edge: Foo Fighters, Faith No More and Fear Factory, it's a whole “F” thing.
WWF: Place to go clubbing?
Edge: Any major metropolis Is where metropolitan guys like us go clubbing.
Christian: Wherever I go. Because, I am the partaaay.
WWF: Place to wrestle?
Edge: Toronto, Chicago, Tampa, Anaheim.
Christian: Chicago, Toronto, Denver.
WWF: Favorite sport besides wrestling?
Christian: Cockfighting.
Edge: Hopscotch.
WWF: Favorite Food?
Edge: Chocolate chip cookies and steak on the barbeque.
Christian: Steak.