Brian Myers will be ‘sad’ if Edge retires but he just hopes his friend is ‘at peace’.
The IMPACT Wrestling star, who rose to fame as Curt Hawkins on SmackDown after he and Matt Cardona (Zack Ryder) joined forces with the Hall of Famer as The Edgeheads as 2007, admitted he was ‘literally crushed’ when the Rated R Superstar first retired in 2011 due to a life threatening injury.
Reflecting on rumours the 49-year-old legend is close to calling it a day, Myers exclusively told Metro.co.uk: ‘Of course, I’d be sad – I was devastated the first time he retired, I was devastated to the point of tears. I was literally crushed to the point of tears.
‘So I think anything past that point where he thinks he was forced into retirement, I think this has just been icing on the cake if you will, to get some more Edge matches when you thought they were long gone.’
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Asked if he thinks the legendary wrestler could be retired, Myers added: ‘I don’t know what I think anymore, and I don’t think it matters.
‘I want him to be at piece and comfortable with his career and his accomplishments, and be happy with himself to walk away when it’s time to walk away – if it is time to walk away.’
Now, Myers is taking everything he learned from Edge and putting it into practice as a key force in IMPACT Wrestling – which is – after getting a unique introduction to life in the industry.
‘Matt and I, the experience that we got with Edge, I don’t think anyone in this business has ever had. I guess maybe you can count Cody [Rhodes] and Teddy [DiBiase Jr] when they were in Legacy as well because it was kind of like a mirrored experience,’ he said.
‘But to me, 2008, Edge, Adam Copeland is the best wrestler in the entire world and we literally followed him everywhere he went for a year, watched all of his matches from ringside, saw what it takes to be a top guy and a champion, day in and day out.
‘An instrumental, life changing, life altering learning experience that we’ll forever be grateful for.’
That early run was helped by the fact that Myers – who – and Cardona ‘were legit Edge super fans’, noting that ‘the gimmick was real’.
‘You can’t write this stuff,’ he admitted, before noting that bringing bits of reality into wrestling is where the performers really get a chance to shine.
Reflecting on his love for IMPACT, he explained: ‘I think the way it’s constructed allows people to be the best versions of themselves. I think wrestling is art, and that’s the way it should be. It should be a collaborative effort.’
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