Edge reveals he initially laughed at Vince McMahon's 'greatest wrestling match ever' pitch

Edge recently revealed in an interview that he “laughed” when WWE CEO Vince McMahon and WWE RAW Executive Director Paul Heyman pitched him ' greatest wrestling match ever' idea for WWE Backlash. Edge said that he laughed for a couple of minutes, but soon realised that two were serious and were considering to this for his Backlash match. “n my reaction was, is this wise because anytime you say something greatest ever beforehand, you're setting yourself up for failure,” Edge said to ESPN.

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Edge said he eventually agreed to do storyline because he liked Vince McMahon’s pitch. He said he stopped thinking about failure and started focusing on delivering an impressive match. “I can't control court of public opinion. I need to do and be proud of work that I put in. All I can do is take it as if this is all just a bonus and in a weird way, a compliment. Or it's a giant rib. I don't kw," said Hall of Famer.

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Backlash 2020 schedule: Things to kw about upcoming PPV

WWE Backlash 2020 is scheduled to take place on June 14 (June 15, according to Indian timings) at WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida. night will be helined by Edge vs Randy Orton 2 and will also feature some incredible matches like Jeff Hardy vs Sheamus, Asuka vs Nia Jax, Drew McIntyre vs Bobby Lashley and ors. WWE could anunce a few more matches for WWE Backlash 2020 as PPV is still a couple of days away.

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Backlash 2020 schedule: Edge vs Randy Orton 2 could be 35 minutes long

According to various reports, Edge vs Randy Orton rematch was pre-recorded on June 7, and will reportedly be 35 minutes long. While talking on latest episode of Wrestling Observer Rio, Dave Meltzer claimed that Edge and Randy Orton really tried to make ir Backlash 2020 match ' greatest wrestling match ever'. re is speculation that WWE wanted Edge vs Randy Orton 2 to be perfect, which is why y pre-recorded match so that y could be able to rectify any mistakes later.  

“All I kw is that it's alrey been taped. I believe y went around 30-35 minutes. y tried very hard to actually have best wrestling that y can,” said Dave Meltzer.

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