Edge chats on TSN
May 28, 1998
from TSN
Wow, what a night. On Thursday May 28th, TSN held it's See It, Live It, fall launch party, and not only were the superstars of the sports world such as Guy Lafleur, Shayne Corson, and Kordell Stuart there, but the superstars of the World Wrestling Federation such as Edge, Kurrgan, Jackyl, The Quebecers, and The Fink were all on hand as well. hen opened the entire place up for everyone to see.
The best part of it all? I got to chat at length with some of our users online in the chatroom, and Kurrgan, Edge, Jackyl, and the Fink all answered questions at length.
Early in the night, I had a chance to speak with The Fink, Howard Finkel, and he had tons to say on subjects from John Tenta, to Brakkus. Part of that transcript is online now.
Later I had an opportunity to talk with Edge, Kurrgan and Jackyl. Jackyl in particular was hilarious, often saying things like "The Jackyl is so over right now that he could be intercontinental champion tomorrow if he wanted to." On the subject of Edge joining The Parade of Human Oddities, "Hell no, I spend too much time with the guy in our personal lives as is.", On Kurrgan, "He'd never fight in ECW, he's too much of a wussy." On Rick The Model Martel, "He was my tag team partner." and on the jewel on his forehead which seemed to annoy many viewers..."The jewel is over with the fans like nobody's business."
Kurrgan, a man of few words had some juicy nuggets for us none the less. "I will be debuting my new image soon." an image which is courtesy of Mick Foley and The Undertaker. "No I will not be joining Jackyl's Parade of Human Oddities" (Interesting side note here, Jackyl often told Kurrgan "Dance Giant" as the music played in the background). On Kane, "I could beat Kane in a minute, if Vince would give me the chance." On Brakkus, "He's highly overrated, and doesn't really have what it takes to make it in the WWF."
Edge, meanwhile, managed to get a few words in with us, in between chasing Playboy Playmates. On Val Venis; "I'd love to get a chance to work some matches with Val, I think we could do some great stuff." On his size, "6'4", 240lbs" (which by the way makes him a heavyweight). On his role in the WWF, a face, or heel...he said "I'm somewhere in between, in that Grey Area that Vince McMahon talks about." On Glenn Kulka, "Glenn's gotten even bigger if that's possible in his time off, when he makes his return, he's gonna be huge!" On his debut with the WWF: "My debut is set for June 15th on RAW." On where he trained, "I trained with Sweet Daddy Siki in Toronto Ontario at Sully's Gym." Who's the best worker in the biz? "There's just too many to name." Finally, there's a big rumour Edge wants to squash..."DX did NOT make me cut my hair!"
Finally, Kurrgan and Edge were talking about The Giant Silva, from Jackyl's parade of human oddities, they said he's a huge man from Brazil, and totally doesn't know his own strength. The guy came into training camp, having never trained before...and benched 400lbs on his first try!!
