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WWE News: Edge Considers Himself an Actor Now, Mustafa Ali Wants to Build 205 Live From The Ground Up

May 21, 2018 | Posted by Larry Csonka
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– During a recent edition of E&C’s Pod of Awesomeness (wrestlinginc.com), Edge stated that he now considers himself an actor…

“My [WWE] retirement speech was seen by an executive producer that was on Haven and they contacted WWE because they wanted a wrestling tie-in because SmackDown led into Haven, ‘can we get this guy? He just retired.’ And 42 episodes later, it’s like, ‘oh, I guess I’m an actor now. Okay. How does this work?’ And then, it just kind of snowballed from there. But, again, because wrestling was gone, it was like, ‘okay, well, now what?’ I had no idea. And it still fills that creative… or it keeps that creative river flowing for me, which is cool.” Edge added, “actor. I had to mentally make that switch because I kept saying, ‘well, I’m being self-deprecating about.'”

– Here is Mustafa Ali, talking about the current state of 205 Live, admitting that he will not stop in his mission to build 205 Live from the ground up.