Edge
Edge's pals at Don
Bosco Secondary High knew he was destined for greatness, even writing in his
yearbook "Most Likely to Win the WWE World Championship." Yet they couldn't
predict he'd receive free wrestling training after winning an essay
contest in the Toronto
Star. Only his trainers, Sweet Daddy Siki and Ron Hutchison, and those training
with him in Sully's Gym, could truly appreciate juggling multiple odd-jobs while
wrestling on the independent circuit. But unless they were riding shotgun, they
couldn't begin to comprehend Edge's "winter death tours" across frozen north
Canadian lakes, or eating only canned tuna for days at a stretch, simply to
wrestle in poorly attended venues.
Much due-paying and a recommendation from fellow Canadian Bret "Hit Man" Hart
ultimately helped Edge make his
WWE debut in June 1998,
though few believed he would last. So he made his opponents believe, even if it
meant taking chairs to the head, falling off ladders and crashing through
tables. He's suffered a torn ACL, ruptured labra, a broken neck, a fractured
skull, metal rods in his teeth and countless stitches over the years, but not
without giving as good as he's received. Ask any man-or woman-who has gone
toe-to-toe with him; they'll tell you why he's called the Rated-R Superstar.
You think you know Edge? Think again.