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Edge says he had to be talked into doing Money in the Bank

By Christopher Jeter

NEWARK, NJ - MAY 30: Former professional wrestler Adam "the Edge" Copeland attends the Los Angeles Kings vs the New Jersey Devils game one during the 2012 Stanley Cup final at the Prudential Center on May 30, 2012 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
NEWARK, NJ - MAY 30: Former professional wrestler Adam "the Edge" Copeland attends the Los Angeles Kings vs the New Jersey Devils game one during the 2012 Stanley Cup final at the Prudential Center on May 30, 2012 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images) /
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As an 11-time WWE and World Heavyweight Champion, Edge has been a mainstay in WWE’s main event scene since 2006, and it’s a spot he remained in when he surprisingly came out of retirement in 2020.

Of course, this Hall of Fame-level singles run started with “The Ultimate Opportunist” winning the inaugural Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 21, securing a guaranteed heavyweight championship match that he would cash in on then-WWE Champion John Cena at New Year’s Revolution 2005 to spark their lengthy rivalry.

However, if Edge would’ve had his way, all of those accolades may not have come his way (at least, not as quickly and probably not as many).

Edge discusses his trepidation with participating in the first Money in the Bank ladder match.

Appearing on The Bump, Edge talked about his hesitance in taking part in the historic ladder match, as he wanted to avoid being typecast into a certain role (h/t to Fightful’s Gisberto Guzzo for the transcription):

"“I wish I could say that I had this vision of how it would become its own PPV, and no, not at all. As a matter of fact, when they first told me that I’d be in this thing called the Money in the Bank match, I said, ‘Another ladder match? I don’t want to be the ladder match guy. I want to do more than that. I want a straight wrestling match where I can just get in there and go.’ I actually said, ‘Don’t put me in it. I’ll find my way on WrestleMania another way and if I’m not on this year I’ll make sure I’m on next year, but I’m tired of ladder matches. I don’t want to get pigeonholed for that.’ That was not very bright thinking.So finally, and this sounds so stupid, but I had to be talked into participating in the match. It wasn’t until about eight months in, holding this briefcase, carrying it with me on every plane because I had to take that thing everywhere — That’s when I started to realize. When I came out at New Year’s Revolution and I heard the crowd, that’s when I went, ‘Oh man, this is something, this is something very cool.’ Then to be involved in the next five year’s worth of cash-ins or — Either it was I cashed-in or it was cashed-in on me. Or I was in the match where it was cashed-in. It’s so amazing to sit back and think I was a huge part of Money in the Bank, which is now a PPV, and TLC, which is now a PPV. That’s really cool.”"

Edge would appear in two future Money in the Bank matches: at WrestleMania 23 in 2007 and at the inaugural Money in the Bank Pay-Per-View in 2010. He failed to win the briefcase in those matches, but he did take home one more Money in the Bank briefcase after defeating Mr. Kennedy in a traditional wrestling match, the first wrestler in history to do so.

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Fast forwarding to 2021, Edge is currently feuding with another former Money in the Bank winner: Seth Rollins. The two will likely face off at this year’s SummerSlam.

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