Imagine one of your homies getting in your girlfriends guts, you get fired because you expose them online, then get rehired because of the fans keep chanting you’re name, and then having to play fight with said friend. I wouldn’t be able to do that We would have to catch a real fade.
Think of it this way. Having a match with said, ex best friend would give you the perfect opportunity to give him a few "receipts" if ya know what I mean lol
Why do people act like that was a slam dunk from Heyman? For a guy known for his skills on the mic, I found that to be extremely weak. Did Edge get backstage heat for it or something? They made it a TV angle so it seems like Edge got his end wet then dipped out scot free
Crazy how that situation was the catalyst to Edge breaking out as a star he embraced the real life heat he got from Fans and became one of the greatest heels in history
Incorrect actually. Edge was already Mr. money in the bank by the time the scandal came out. He very much had a rocket strapped to his back already, the irl heat helped a lot, but to say that this scandal was the reason he broke out as a star is objectively false.
@@Shank5terBeing the holder of the briefcase doesn't make you a big star in the making. We have plenty of examples from the last few years. What made Edge the heel he became was that storyline with Matt and that's when he broke out as a star.
@AlexYBITW Sorry man, but he was right. Edge already had that rocket strapped to his back and this angle merely made his ascent that much faster. The disappointing thing, was that this was supposed to help Matt break through to the next level as a big star.. but, he dropped the ball.
@@danieljoseph9439 Edge had nothing strapped to his back. He even lost the title right after he won it and had to prove himself again that he was worth the main event scene. And Matt didn't drop anything, WWE did.
@AlexYBITW Edge feuded with Chris Benoit and Shawn Michaels, including getting a win over HBK at the RR, got paired with Lita, won the MITB, got a WHC title shot against Batista and feuded with Kane before Matt Hardy even came back to WWE. It's disingenuous to claim the Matt Hardy feud is what made him a main eventer. I even remember him telling Matt not make his return at his expensive and that, unlike him, he earned his main event stripes. The feud with Matt probably helped boost him further as a monster heel, but he was well on his way there without him.
Hardy Boyz and Edge & Christian will always be tied together. Like Bret and Shawn, Rock and Austin, Eddie and Benoit, Flair and Sting... it is the tagteam version of that.
#1 feud in wwe for me. I’ve never been so glued to a story line. From Matt calling Edge and Lita by their real names to the radio calls. The promos that were cut and punches thrown, ugh chefs kiss.
Became a fan more of Edge when he retired and met him at a signing. When he came back I was thrilled. Now, it's back to not caring anymore. Wish he just retired
It's funny to me how seemingly everyone that was actually involved with this has clearly moved on. Really now, the people that are the most invested are us fans. Like it was a shitty situation, but it was also almost 20 years ago and everybody involved has taken some form of accountability and moved on
I am always suspicious about comments like these. Always makes me think that the person posting (or saying) them is trying to reserve the right to be forgiven for any shtty thing they do in the future. Some of us haven't and don't plan on doing such things, so we don't need to re-assure ourselves about our own behaviour.
@@mshine7991 how Matt handled the situation publicly was wrong. He was obviously in an emotional state like everyone is during a break up. But there is a line where it should not have crossed -- that balance of separating one's private life and professional career faded away.
The biggest thing on this for me, is how matt accepted the feud, controled himself for not doing anything beyond just because of anger, and how he was able to trust edge again
They’re grown adults so they gotta move on with their own lives at some point. Sure they can be friends again, but not the closest, and priorities change.
With all due respect, Stealing your best friend's girl is Not a mistake; that is a Choice Regardless though, I'm glad they were able to bury the hatchet and move past all this
Vince just didn't want to push matt unfortunately, plus I don't think edge would be where he's at now. Think hardy should've got his revenge. When he returned at wm24 he should've just got the breficase the pop he got was insane. He should've cashed in on edge instead of punk and that could've been his ultimate revenge
@ifyouseekay1000 Why do you say that? Lita is a legend. She took her bumps, was great in the ring, and was a bit of a trail blazer. She brought a punk attitude to the ring and she was a high flyer, which was something we never saw from a woman wrestler before.
CVV is such a good interviewer. Hes relaxed, honest and so knowledgeable. And above all, he's respectful. Theres a lot of interviewers out there who spend 90% of the time talking and not lett the interviewee answer in any detail.
Dude I watched it on DVD back in the day and when Matt hits the top of the ring post you can instantly see the wound come in!!! No razors and he is busted open.
If Matt had wanted to hurt Adam. He would have hurt him to his face in the back. Parking lot, bar, or house. Matt is straight up with his emotions. I'm deeply glad that everyone involved. Has moved on and is better off in life.
I started watching WWE during that Edge, Lita and Matt Hardy stuff. That story which was influenced by real life events, is kinda what made me fall in love with wrestling. The Edge, Lita and Matt Hardy love triangle The OG Raw vs SmackDown story The Taker vs Orton feud The Eddie and Rey custody of Dominick The Cena and Edge feud The Mickie James vs Trish stalker story All of that made me fall in love with wrestling, at the age of 9 years old (now almost 28 years old)
@@ryandenwood76322005? Yes. 2004? Absolutely not. JBL performed terribly in terms of viewership as champion, even more than Eddie was those few months. For me, the hottest years were 2002 (to some extent), 2003, and 2005. Every other year is objective in my eyes, because you can tell 2003 and 2005 were WWE's best years in the Ruthless Aggression Era.
@@ryandenwood7632Not to mention, that abysmal turn with Babyface Orton which never took off. He was way better as a cocky heel before The Legend Killer took its strides in the Taker rivalry.
I have always been impressed by how professional, mature, and forgiving Matt was in this situation. Imagine working with a close friend who stole your girlfriend. But Adam was impressive too by how he just admitted that he messed up and faced the consequences head on.
Yeah but Matt saved himself from a bullet. If Lita did this when he was down & injured for a couple of Months she would have taken 1/2 of his possessions & Leave him hanging in the future.
Hope one day Matt Hardy gets his flowers the same way Christian Cage is now. Very underrated performer, great mind for the business. His reinvention with the broken/woken matt stuff was excellent. Hopefully him going back to TNA can help some people see that.
It's weird to think this all happened nearly 30 years ago, and everyone has moved on except for fans. It's an interesting study in "celebrity" psychology, because you KNOW that to this day, Edge, Lita, AND Matt all still get shit for this. That feud has been dead long enough to buy a beer in the afterlife. Yet they probably still get people daily saying how "Lita is a h0e", "Matt is a cuck", "Edge is a homewrecker"- When honestly, those three probably couldn't care less, not because anything that was done then was justified, but because that's how aging and life is. You ain't gonna be the same person in five years, nevermind ten or twenty. Yet new fans are still seeing all that to this day like it just happen, and old fans can hold grudges because they don't actually know or care about any of these people.
There's a difference between a mistake and a bad decision. A mistake has unforseen and unintended consequences. A bad decision has known consequences, but you do it anyway.
I didnt forgive Edge until I was an adult lmao, for this and many more things(I was a super Cena fan as a kid) but now as an adult, I look back and really appreciate all the entertainment.
Both were equally at fault. I’ll never understand how some fans try to place majority of the blame on Lita because “she was the one in the relationship”, when Edge was literally married at the time. Edge cheated on his wife to be with Lita. Lita cheated on Matt to be with Edge. Both were unfaithful in their relationships.
I’d love to hear Matt side of the story on this, pretty sure it’s the same but big respect to both those guys for being professionals and figuring out a way to work through it. I get it. Pro wrestling is not like any other regular job, but they were definitely professionals about it. They kind of didn’t have a choice. The alternative was lose your job.
This situation showed Edge's true colours. Even though it was an aspect of his personal life; it eventually spilt over into his professional life, and has been and will continue to be a stain on his career.
But it was Lita who got the shortest end of the stick imo. Sure, she’s in the HOF now, but the fans really tore her apart in her final years. And she’s still single today.
Oh Shut the hell up. When it comes to messy celeb romantic relationships and infidelities I try to refrain from judgment because only know what actually happened, we don’t know the full dynamics and complexities of what actually happened and at the end of the day that’s their business and not ours.
@@kjd-s5bif she’s currently single right now then that has nothing to do with any of that. I’ve seen a lot of comments where people talk about how edge and Matt are married and have kids and how lita is alone and doesn’t have kids and that’s stupid because not everyone wants to get married and have kids and that’s fine.
But why? It was a shitty thing, they frankly have moved on from it. The only reason anyone cares is cause Vince is a little fucked and decided to make it a storyline
@@andregordon2599 It was actually Vince who told Matt Hardy to not go public the whole affair. Matt Hardy did so anyways, and was fired as a result. But the fans ended up rallying behind Matt Hardy. That's when it was turned into a storyline. At that point, the cat was out of the bag.
It’s so fun listen to these stories as an adult and remembering how you felt as a kid/teen… it’s almost like listening Santa Claus tell stories about your favorite gifts 😊
Him saying how they all moved on pretty quickly is kinda crazy. I'm sure him and Lita did. Matt, at that point in time, had a life with her and wanted to marry her. He was in love with her. Just because he wasn't pouring his heart out every moment after that doesn't mean he moved on quickly just because you two could still work professionally in the ring.
From what I understood Matt and Lita getting married was never going to work out. She was ready to settle down and retire while Matt wanted to prioritise his career. Her being at home with a career-threatening injury while Matt continued to remain on the road contributed to the loneliness that she felt which led to her infidelity. All-in-all they weren't compatible enough for marriage.
Matt didn't care about her. He never visited her while she was out injured. He said he wasn't that into her in his book. That's not love. He was a crap boyfriend and she traded up.
For a long time Edge was the biggest heel in the world and Matt to this day still caries a lot of sympathy from fans going all the way back to this situation, i've always cheered Matt on everywhere he went, you just wanted him to make it you know? That's why the Broken stuff was such a big deal to a lot of people when Matt reinvented himself and really pulled himself back up the cards again
Vince saw $$$$ in the situation and ran with it to make as much money off of it as he could. It was yet another example of Vince taking advantage of his workers and abusing them for his profit.
Let's be real, Lita got te worst of it when Edge was the one who cheated on his wife with one of his best friend's girlfriends. Lita wasn't right, but she hadnt taken a vow to ve faithful to one person for the rest of her life.
That steel cage match Matt and Edge had in Unforgiven 2005 is underrated when you talk about grudge matches. Straight personal and no punches held back. Not gonna lie, I hated Edge because of the real life triangle with him, Matt Hardy and Lita. Mainly because of the history those two made in the tag team division. But however if it wasn’t for that real life feud we probably would’ve never seen the birth of The Rated R Superstar and Edge’s Hall of Fame career. Big respect to him for acknowledging and taking accountability
Shows how ruthless Vince was, his first thought process is to make this an angle 🤣 must have taken a lot of restraint on Matt’s part. Anyone else would have ripped Edge’s head off
Amazing that Matt, Adam, Amy have all moved on with their lives but it's us fans still captivated by the real life love triangle that was turned into a WWE storyline!
@@ZebraEnt Lita is not single. She’s been with her boyfriend for years now. He doesn’t want to be in the spotlight. She said this in an interview a few years ago when she was promoting her project she was doing with Christy and Gail Kim.
@@ZebraEnt yes boyfriend and living her best life. Something you need to do. I’m assuming you’re a 30 year male with no life if you’re too busy worrying about what Amy is doing in her personal life.
@@Devin-m5hand even Lita is married. I meet her at an event. I asked her about in a private conversation. She said she regretted what she did and tells others don’t cheat just break up and end it. I told her a women after 4 years who I was so good to left me because she wasn’t happy and I’m going to keep trying to win her back. She told me it will hurt so much the more you try and your wasting time. Then she said even if I do win her back and marry her it will end badly
He was being a good neighbor. I mean Matt was busy working and taking care of his stupid brother. The bushes needed a mowing. Can’t help but feeling bad for Edge, he thought he was doing Matt a solid…😂
If there is anything, the true victim of this love triangle shit was Edge's second wife and his children. Edge was already a married man during the time when he cheated on Lita.
She did deserve blame, but both her and Edge were equally at fault. I think the reason a lot of the blame was put on Lita was because she was the one in the relationship with Matt Hardy despite Edge being married to someone else at the time but because his wife wasn’t known to WWE fans most of the heat went on Lita.
Not a massive Copeland fan but he’s right - whatever happened, happened and if they can all move on so should the fans. Too much ownership over offences from public perspective when it’s issues to do with individuals involved.
That fued with Matt is what turned edge into a main eventer and gave birth to the rated R superstar. One of the top 3 heels of all time and one of the best of all time 🤘
Your comment makes no sense because AEW is making business out of a bad situation. That's how they got Perry back in the fold. They're literally doing what Adam is saying here. Lol
@@coke8045 It hasn't worked out well for AEW at all. They released the footage of the real life altercation in an effort to boost ratings and disparage CM Punk. But all they did was make CM Punk even more popular. If they really wanted to disparage Punk, they should have released the footage around the time of the incident. Not months after CM Punk was already settled in the WWE.
@@snakeshadows6993 It worked out great lol. Perry is way more over than he was. It's not even about Punk anymore. Perry's back, The Elite has taken a completely new shape since that footage. It was bold of them to do it, but it worked out better than expected. I get the criticism, sure, but hey... Cry me a river ;)
Can't exactly expect Adam to apologize forever but there's a distinct lack of ownership for why things went bad to begin with. He's talking like there's no one to blame or the blame is on them both equally, and if he felt that way, it'd be interesting to know why. He's answering questions without saying anything.
Can’t really disagree more, I think he’s tired of something that happened twenty years ago still casting a shadow over his life when he’s apologized for it ten fold and shown that he’s grown as a person, and people like you who still can’t seem to let it go are the reason for it
@@ThisIsMeAD Nobody said anything about not letting things go, he's being asked questions about his career and they're talking about one of the most high profile periods of his career. Again, the first thing I mentioned was not looking to see Adam apologize, but the mature thing to do is also not to gloss over the things you've done. Nobody is trying to villainize Edge, but a mistake is forgetting your wallet when you go to the grocery store, an affair is a chain of conscious choices. You say cast a shadow like he's some kind of victim, but both Adam (and Matt, to some extent) benefitted from controversy. Would have just been nice to hear something that even vaguely suggested it was on him to make things right with Matt.
Dude said "I made the bed." Also, in response to everyone makes mistakes "Mine happened to be on live television." He owns up to it, you're just one of those 'fans' who can't move on. Matt's past it. Edge is past it. Lita is past it. Yet here you are, still whinging like a kid who got shot in Call of Duty, screaming and crying like an idiot.
I had a wwe tryout at a raw once and was having a nice conversation with Bryan Danielson (who had just started and was in nexus). We were both "indy" wrestlers. Edge walked over, looked at me and pushed me out of the conversation. I felt disappointed but I was a little fish in a very big pond. Plus I chalked it up to maybe he was having a rough day. We all have those.
I feel kinda awful about how this thing propelled edge to the main event and pretty much ruined the rest of Lita's career (as well as Matt's, but he didn't retire the next year in the most humiliating fashion possiblr)
I think deep down I knew that the person who executes the big move off the top of the cage generally comes off worse, but I could have done without Edge telling me.
That’s not a mistake, it’s a choice. I was Edge would’ve had said “everyone makes poor decisions at some in their life and they learn from them”. And I hate how Lita was made the bad guy in all this
@@coldheart10301nah cause she still gets the blame even tho it was both Adam and her going behind their spouses backs. Yes Edge has a ex wife from 05 lita situation caused the divorce
Yes because I'm sure you've never made a mistake sir. It's the females fault for allowing it to happen. Men are men they're gonna fuck if they can It's in our DNA. It's the females that play the guys against eachother and use the guys to get what they want. Which is what Lita done. She seen Matt was as far up the card as he was going to get and she used edge to move up. She literally slept her way up the card. Which is why I find the way they fired her fitting.
Literally nothing in wrestling was ever as important to as an Edge and Christian vs Hardy match. Matt has always been my favorite ever, but all 4 of those guys were the literal backbone for nearly a decade.
At the time it never really crossed my mind that the feud he had with Matt had some legitimacy behind it. I likely just assumed that storyline was entirely something that WWE had cooked up i.e. made up. That feud was indeed insane and I absolutely loved it!
This situation became the birth of the Rated R Superstar, which of case led to his Hall of Fame worthy career. You can always turn a negative into a positive. Glad that everyone seems to have moved on!
The least copland could have done is let Matt go over in there last match instead you bury him and then he gets let go from the company the only one who got shit on in this was matt hardy
Pretty sure that wasn't his call to make. He doesn't book the matches. He just executes what is booked. Also, let's not forget, despite rehiring Matt, Vince was still punishing him for the very reason he fired Matt in the first place. Matt Hardy was being punished by Vince right up until he left the company.
I don’t think edge really cared about Matt like let’s be honest would he have done this to Christian no because you can tell he cares about him but with Matt it just looks like he likes him but not strong enough like with Christian. That’s just my opinion
Honestly, it seems like if it wasn't Edge, it would had been someone else. I think Matt was saved a lot more pain by what happened, when it happened. Look at the state of all 3 of them....sad but just how it is.
Watch the full interview with Adam Copeland on my main channel here: ua-cam.com/video/pRPcGnZ2K3Q/v-deo.html
Hey @CVVCLIPS I'm gonna need some kinda explanation on those Cena Head photos on around the gym lol
Imagine one of your homies getting in your girlfriends guts, you get fired because you expose them online, then get rehired because of the fans keep chanting you’re name, and then having to play fight with said friend. I wouldn’t be able to do that We would have to catch a real fade.
Oh man you got a best believe that Matt throwing up some fist ✊👊
look up Chris Benoit and Kevin Sullivan…shit got real quickly.
Not homies you wasn't doing your job she found someone else
Think of it this way. Having a match with said, ex best friend would give you the perfect opportunity to give him a few "receipts" if ya know what I mean lol
@@BigDic-qz8su you think it's a guys fault when he gets cheated on ? You some kind of man hating feminist or something?
"Hide your wives..... It's Edge!" ~Paul Heyman, 2005 😉😉
MATT FREAKIN HARDY!
Why do people act like that was a slam dunk from Heyman? For a guy known for his skills on the mic, I found that to be extremely weak.
Did Edge get backstage heat for it or something? They made it a TV angle so it seems like Edge got his end wet then dipped out scot free
it was a slam dunk and the only who got heat from it was Matt lame ass @@Deffected
@@DeffectedFirst time they were allowed to bring backstage drama to tv
He was lame that's why he got played
Everyone DOES make mistakes.
But not every 'mistake' deserves 100% forgiveness and understanding.
Thanks Reverend...
Cheers boss. Anymore lessons? If Matt, Edge and Lita have all forgiven each other and moved on... Why can't you? Are you an incel?
@@Nat2025nowlita hasn’t moved on 😂
Quit your day job and become a preacher. You're really good at it, trust us.
People shouldn’t be forever punished unless it was some harsh stuff like killing or grape
Crazy how that situation was the catalyst to Edge breaking out as a star he embraced the real life heat he got from Fans and became one of the greatest heels in history
Incorrect actually. Edge was already Mr. money in the bank by the time the scandal came out. He very much had a rocket strapped to his back already, the irl heat helped a lot, but to say that this scandal was the reason he broke out as a star is objectively false.
@@Shank5terBeing the holder of the briefcase doesn't make you a big star in the making. We have plenty of examples from the last few years.
What made Edge the heel he became was that storyline with Matt and that's when he broke out as a star.
@AlexYBITW Sorry man, but he was right. Edge already had that rocket strapped to his back and this angle merely made his ascent that much faster. The disappointing thing, was that this was supposed to help Matt break through to the next level as a big star.. but, he dropped the ball.
@@danieljoseph9439 Edge had nothing strapped to his back. He even lost the title right after he won it and had to prove himself again that he was worth the main event scene.
And Matt didn't drop anything, WWE did.
@AlexYBITW Edge feuded with Chris Benoit and Shawn Michaels, including getting a win over HBK at the RR, got paired with Lita, won the MITB, got a WHC title shot against Batista and feuded with Kane before Matt Hardy even came back to WWE. It's disingenuous to claim the Matt Hardy feud is what made him a main eventer. I even remember him telling Matt not make his return at his expensive and that, unlike him, he earned his main event stripes.
The feud with Matt probably helped boost him further as a monster heel, but he was well on his way there without him.
Hardy Boyz and Edge & Christian will always be tied together.
Like Bret and Shawn, Rock and Austin, Eddie and Benoit, Flair and Sting... it is the tagteam version of that.
Cena and Punk
Hogan and andre
@@gregorymccann3223 That BS almost killed the company it was so bad.
@DanAD179 No it wasn't. Your head isn't the universe.
@@gregorymccann3223 Nah
#1 feud in wwe for me. I’ve never been so glued to a story line. From Matt calling Edge and Lita by their real names to the radio calls. The promos that were cut and punches thrown, ugh chefs kiss.
It was as real as wrestling gets. Enough to make adults think they might actually fight each other for real
Never been a huge fan of Matt Hardy or Edge, for that matter. But I give props to Hardy, for being a pro through that whole thing.
Became a fan more of Edge when he retired and met him at a signing. When he came back I was thrilled. Now, it's back to not caring anymore. Wish he just retired
No there was a time where Matt wanted to kill him
@@paulcarpenter7844yeah but he didn’t thats the point, Matt could’ve easily took liberties with Edge and didn’t
@@alesitercrimson24it’s because you’re a man child who hates because he’s in a different company
@@alesitercrimson24ok chooch
Matt Hardy: There was a point in time, when no one on planet earth, HATED Edge, more than I did
Who cares?
@@Cultofpersonality09129you cared to comment
@@Cultofpersonality09129 you
bro seeing edge just fuck over cena killed me as a kid😭
@@Cultofpersonality09129 You apparently do.
It's funny to me how seemingly everyone that was actually involved with this has clearly moved on. Really now, the people that are the most invested are us fans. Like it was a shitty situation, but it was also almost 20 years ago and everybody involved has taken some form of accountability and moved on
Matt hardy literally didn’t do anything wrong so how could everybody take accountability lmaooo. Only edge and lita should take accountability😂
Just because time passes doesn't mean you have to forget or forgive. Fans loved these guys.
Tf are you talking about.
I am always suspicious about comments like these.
Always makes me think that the person posting (or saying) them is trying to reserve the right to be forgiven for any shtty thing they do in the future.
Some of us haven't and don't plan on doing such things, so we don't need to re-assure ourselves about our own behaviour.
@@mshine7991 how Matt handled the situation publicly was wrong. He was obviously in an emotional state like everyone is during a break up. But there is a line where it should not have crossed -- that balance of separating one's private life and professional career faded away.
The biggest thing on this for me, is how matt accepted the feud, controled himself for not doing anything beyond just because of anger, and how he was able to trust edge again
amicable is the word i suspect
They’re grown adults so they gotta move on with their own lives at some point. Sure they can be friends again, but not the closest, and priorities change.
With all due respect, Stealing your best friend's girl is Not a mistake; that is a Choice
Regardless though, I'm glad they were able to bury the hatchet and move past all this
Exactly. No morals!
They adults Christian was his best friend not matt. Lame guys get they girl stole 😂
Don't think they were best friends, but you said it perfectly. That's not a mistake and ppl just make.
Huh? Mistakes are often choices people make. The wrong choice but a choice. You then learn from it and grow up.
@@Deemo202 everyone was sleeping around they adults
My biggest issue with the feud is Matt didn’t win it in the end. To bring in a personal matter and have him not go over…that sucks
you can blame vince on that one
I think it was for the best considering real life was mix into it not everything has a happy ending shit every break up ends terrible
Vince just didn't want to push matt unfortunately, plus I don't think edge would be where he's at now. Think hardy should've got his revenge. When he returned at wm24 he should've just got the breficase the pop he got was insane. He should've cashed in on edge instead of punk and that could've been his ultimate revenge
@@whicker14 That would have caused a massive ratings drop.
We need darkside of the ring to cover the Matt/Lita/Edge love triangle id love to see that,
Id prefer not because then they'd have to pay Amy Dumas and she deserves absolutely nothing
@@ifyouseekay1000it was literally twenty years ago you need to get over it. People make mistakes she didn’t murder someone
@@ifyouseekay1000you're a very sad person
@@ifyouseekay1000 get over it
@ifyouseekay1000 Why do you say that? Lita is a legend. She took her bumps, was great in the ring, and was a bit of a trail blazer. She brought a punk attitude to the ring and she was a high flyer, which was something we never saw from a woman wrestler before.
CVV is such a good interviewer. Hes relaxed, honest and so knowledgeable. And above all, he's respectful. Theres a lot of interviewers out there who spend 90% of the time talking and not lett the interviewee answer in any detail.
Who's CVV
@@paulcowlishaw Acronym of this UA-cam channel.
@@paulcowlishaw Are you that much of an idiot
*Cough Conrad cough*
One of the greatest rivalry of 2005 in the ruthless aggressive era
I'll never forget Summerslam 2005 that was where Edge and Matt Hardy were just beating each other up you could tell each Punch and Kick was legit.
I mean it was a work but it looked good as edge said it was business
Ah yes the same summerslam shawn Michaels overselling every move in the match
@@WrestlingVHS Both Edge and Matt said they were hitting each other for real.
It looked real because they were hitting for real.
Dude I watched it on DVD back in the day and when Matt hits the top of the ring post you can instantly see the wound come in!!!
No razors and he is busted open.
If Matt had wanted to hurt Adam. He would have hurt him to his face in the back. Parking lot, bar, or house. Matt is straight up with his emotions. I'm deeply glad that everyone involved. Has moved on and is better off in life.
I started watching WWE during that Edge, Lita and Matt Hardy stuff.
That story which was influenced by real life events, is kinda what made me fall in love with wrestling.
The Edge, Lita and Matt Hardy love triangle
The OG Raw vs SmackDown story
The Taker vs Orton feud
The Eddie and Rey custody of Dominick
The Cena and Edge feud
The Mickie James vs Trish stalker story
All of that made me fall in love with wrestling, at the age of 9 years old (now almost 28 years old)
and that's how messed up wrestling can be. The best rivalry are always the ones which the fiction and real are blurred.
2004-2005 one of the best wrestling years of all time
@@ryandenwood76322005? Yes.
2004? Absolutely not. JBL performed terribly in terms of viewership as champion, even more than Eddie was those few months.
For me, the hottest years were 2002 (to some extent), 2003, and 2005. Every other year is objective in my eyes, because you can tell 2003 and 2005 were WWE's best years in the Ruthless Aggression Era.
@@ryandenwood7632Not to mention, that abysmal turn with Babyface Orton which never took off. He was way better as a cocky heel before The Legend Killer took its strides in the Taker rivalry.
Same bro same
I have always been impressed by how professional, mature, and forgiving Matt was in this situation. Imagine working with a close friend who stole your girlfriend.
But Adam was impressive too by how he just admitted that he messed up and faced the consequences head on.
can't really steal someone, when it is just your turn.
@Parlimant_Strifey it's called having a moral compass. I'd never do that to a friend!
@@Parlimant_Strifeysounds rapey
Yeap, you can't steal someone who doesn't want to be stolen. She also made the choice to cheat. Takes 2 to tango.
Smashing your friend’s ex finance is not a mistake 😂
Exactly fucking his girlfriend while Matt was injured
Yeah but Matt saved himself from a bullet. If Lita did this when he was down & injured for a couple of Months she would have taken 1/2 of his possessions & Leave him hanging in the future.
@@awee5816Took Matt awhile to realize this, but he, and Edge are in better places while Lita is for the streets.
It was so wholesome hearing both Hardy’s on the e&c podcast just all talking and laughing with each other despite what happened
Matt Hardy is a great example of someone who knows how to forgive.
“People don’t forget!” Jonah hill in Superbad
There over it
I forgot..... All about Jonah hill and that mediocre movie
@@Tullysplaytime bro, it’s rated 88% and 4 1/2 stars out of 5…
@@Maxx_d13 Im just playing with you man, I seen that movie, dozens of times at that.
@@Tullysplaytime they did shove it down our throats… i think it was funnier when it came out but now it’s “eh”
It was definitely a messy situation that got crazier due it being out in the public. Im just glad everyone is on somewhat good terms now.
Hope one day Matt Hardy gets his flowers the same way Christian Cage is now. Very underrated performer, great mind for the business. His reinvention with the broken/woken matt stuff was excellent. Hopefully him going back to TNA can help some people see that.
Edge was waiting for the opportunity to hit it 😂😂
basicly he watned to and found her vulnaruble,edge character was exposed as a fraud
Snake 🐍 vibes. What a friend 😂
Can we all agree that Lita was super hot during this heat ?
Not really.
@@Cultofpersonality09129 well you're blind then
She exposed herself as a cheating ho and that's not attractive
@@sirmj1059 Nah I agree with him, she was one of the least attractive Diva's on the roster.
Stinking attitude too, she did Matt wrong big time.
She’s still hot. But yes back during this feud she was smoking hot.
It's weird to think this all happened nearly 30 years ago, and everyone has moved on except for fans. It's an interesting study in "celebrity" psychology, because you KNOW that to this day, Edge, Lita, AND Matt all still get shit for this.
That feud has been dead long enough to buy a beer in the afterlife.
Yet they probably still get people daily saying how "Lita is a h0e", "Matt is a cuck", "Edge is a homewrecker"-
When honestly, those three probably couldn't care less, not because anything that was done then was justified, but because that's how aging and life is. You ain't gonna be the same person in five years, nevermind ten or twenty.
Yet new fans are still seeing all that to this day like it just happen, and old fans can hold grudges because they don't actually know or care about any of these people.
"I made the bed" Nice choice of words Edge 🤣
There's a difference between a mistake and a bad decision. A mistake has unforseen and unintended consequences. A bad decision has known consequences, but you do it anyway.
Edge walks in on Matt with Beth “Hey Everyone makes mistakes Dude”-Mattitude 😂
Reminds me of how a few years later, seeing Edge and Matt team, and I couldn't help but feel weird about it lol.
What was the match ?
@@AlexYBITW Punk, Jeff Hardy, Cena, Rey, Ricky Steamboat vs Jericho, Kane, Big Show, MATT HARDY, and EDGE.
I didnt forgive Edge until I was an adult lmao, for this and many more things(I was a super Cena fan as a kid) but now as an adult, I look back and really appreciate all the entertainment.
Both were equally at fault. I’ll never understand how some fans try to place majority of the blame on Lita because “she was the one in the relationship”, when Edge was literally married at the time.
Edge cheated on his wife to be with Lita. Lita cheated on Matt to be with Edge. Both were unfaithful in their relationships.
I'm glad we casually write off fucking around as "everybody makes mistakes "
I’d love to hear Matt side of the story on this, pretty sure it’s the same but big respect to both those guys for being professionals and figuring out a way to work through it. I get it. Pro wrestling is not like any other regular job, but they were definitely professionals about it. They kind of didn’t have a choice. The alternative was lose your job.
There's many interviews on this look it up it's pretty good stuff cuz you get the real truth from matt
Can’t believe he kept a straight face when saying “I made the bed”! Sure did bud, in a Raw ring!
This situation showed Edge's true colours.
Even though it was an aspect of his personal life; it eventually spilt over into his professional life, and has been and will continue to be a stain on his career.
But it was Lita who got the shortest end of the stick imo. Sure, she’s in the HOF now, but the fans really tore her apart in her final years. And she’s still single today.
Oh Shut the hell up. When it comes to messy celeb romantic relationships and infidelities I try to refrain from judgment because only know what actually happened, we don’t know the full dynamics and complexities of what actually happened and at the end of the day that’s their business and not ours.
@@kjd-s5bif she’s currently single right now then that has nothing to do with any of that. I’ve seen a lot of comments where people talk about how edge and Matt are married and have kids and how lita is alone and doesn’t have kids and that’s stupid because not everyone wants to get married and have kids and that’s fine.
But why? It was a shitty thing, they frankly have moved on from it. The only reason anyone cares is cause Vince is a little fucked and decided to make it a storyline
@@andregordon2599 It was actually Vince who told Matt Hardy to not go public the whole affair. Matt Hardy did so anyways, and was fired as a result. But the fans ended up rallying behind Matt Hardy. That's when it was turned into a storyline. At that point, the cat was out of the bag.
It’s so fun listen to these stories as an adult and remembering how you felt as a kid/teen… it’s almost like listening Santa Claus tell stories about your favorite gifts 😊
If edge got a fade in the back of his hair he would stop looking like he rolled out of bed lol
and then hed look like every other cringe white boy with the f boy haircut copying what black men started 2 decades ago
Yeah I don't understand why he insists on that haircut 😂
His wife probably likes it like that
Imagine if Edge got low taper faaaaaade
Some things are unforgivable. I even heard Matt call Edge "A piece of human garbage". Lita really hurt Matt, he didn't deserve that.
And man did they get something out of it
It might be the greatest feud in WWE and pro wrestling history.
Him saying how they all moved on pretty quickly is kinda crazy. I'm sure him and Lita did. Matt, at that point in time, had a life with her and wanted to marry her. He was in love with her. Just because he wasn't pouring his heart out every moment after that doesn't mean he moved on quickly just because you two could still work professionally in the ring.
I believe he meant the animosity between Matt and him specifically. I dont think Edge was reffering to Matts mental state in general.
From what I understood Matt and Lita getting married was never going to work out. She was ready to settle down and retire while Matt wanted to prioritise his career. Her being at home with a career-threatening injury while Matt continued to remain on the road contributed to the loneliness that she felt which led to her infidelity. All-in-all they weren't compatible enough for marriage.
@@whodatboi2567That makes sense
@@whodatboi2567 yeah but then she cheats with someone who most likely wasn't gonna settle down and be on the road as well so what about that?
Matt didn't care about her. He never visited her while she was out injured. He said he wasn't that into her in his book. That's not love. He was a crap boyfriend and she traded up.
Edge : everyone makes mistakes
Host: like your run in AEW 😂
Oh snap 😂😂😂
For a long time Edge was the biggest heel in the world and Matt to this day still caries a lot of sympathy from fans going all the way back to this situation, i've always cheered Matt on everywhere he went, you just wanted him to make it you know? That's why the Broken stuff was such a big deal to a lot of people when Matt reinvented himself and really pulled himself back up the cards again
What Adam did to Matt is why I stopped watching him wrestle. You don't do that to a friend.
that cage match is the greatest match of that era in my opinion
Vince saw $$$$ in the situation and ran with it to make as much money off of it as he could. It was yet another example of Vince taking advantage of his workers and abusing them for his profit.
That's what made Edge one of the most memorable heels!
Let's be real, Lita got te worst of it when Edge was the one who cheated on his wife with one of his best friend's girlfriends. Lita wasn't right, but she hadnt taken a vow to ve faithful to one person for the rest of her life.
100% she took the worst of it. Still to this day, when I see this subject being brought up, it’s always her name dragged through the mud.
The feud between Matt and Edge was by far the saddest feud of all time. I’m glad both guys were able to move past that period, and are still friends.
Forgiveness is powerful. Give Matt credit for all everything.
That steel cage match Matt and Edge had in Unforgiven 2005 is underrated when you talk about grudge matches. Straight personal and no punches held back. Not gonna lie, I hated Edge because of the real life triangle with him, Matt Hardy and Lita. Mainly because of the history those two made in the tag team division. But however if it wasn’t for that real life feud we probably would’ve never seen the birth of The Rated R Superstar and Edge’s Hall of Fame career. Big respect to him for acknowledging and taking accountability
O5 o6 was the Tlc with Cena
@@rickyaguilera2301 05 I meant I just realized that lol my bad
Shows how ruthless Vince was, his first thought process is to make this an angle 🤣 must have taken a lot of restraint on Matt’s part. Anyone else would have ripped Edge’s head off
Dope!! my favorite wrestler Jeff Hardy and Adam Copeland
Amazing that Matt, Adam, Amy have all moved on with their lives but it's us fans still captivated by the real life love triangle that was turned into a WWE storyline!
I find it hilarious that the cheating girlfriend is the one that ended up single as life moved on 🤣
@@ZebraEntU LOVE TO SEE IT
@@ZebraEnt Lita is not single. She’s been with her boyfriend for years now. He doesn’t want to be in the spotlight. She said this in an interview a few years ago when she was promoting her project she was doing with Christy and Gail Kim.
@@whitneyfan9019 boyfriend huh? Not husband? 🤔 Thanks for proving my point 🤣😂👍
@@ZebraEnt yes boyfriend and living her best life. Something you need to do. I’m assuming you’re a 30 year male with no life if you’re too busy worrying about what Amy is doing in her personal life.
This is what edge and lita should be forever remembered for in the world of wrestling.
The irony that they're both married and happy with families, and she's single with cats😂
*sad trombone*
That is a classy move from Adam calling his real life personal heat with Matt a lousy situation that is a class A act
i'm still mad at how poorly matt was booked in that feud
Tony Khan should have taken notes on what to do when you have guys that don’t like each other. Put them into a program and draw money.
Having an affair with someone's woman is pretty hard mistake to make.
Takes two to tango
Was all about money
They’re both married now both have kids people make mistakes 🤷🏽
@@Devin-m5hand even Lita is married. I meet her at an event. I asked her about in a private conversation. She said she regretted what she did and tells others don’t cheat just break up and end it. I told her a women after 4 years who I was so good to left me because she wasn’t happy and I’m going to keep trying to win her back. She told me it will hurt so much the more you try and your wasting time. Then she said even if I do win her back and marry her it will end badly
Yea it’s easy for him to call it a mistake. If someone took his wife let’s see how he takes it when they call it a mistake 😂
1 thing I've never understood during the whole timeline is when did Edge & Lita break up & why?
I’d imagine it was a guilt thing. They probably couldn’t stay together because of how it started and the heat they got from it.
He shouldn't have been mowing another man's lawn to begin with
He was being a good neighbor. I mean Matt was busy working and taking care of his stupid brother. The bushes needed a mowing. Can’t help but feeling bad for Edge, he thought he was doing Matt a solid…😂
I know there’s a such thing das getting old but what happened to Edges face i always wondered
Age and drugs.
the funniest part is that i think it took much longer for people to forgive lita than it did edge.
This honestly made me absolutely HATE Edge for like a decade. Really boosted his ascension into the "Rated R Superstar"
Weird how everyone criticizes Lita for being a cheater but not Edge
If there is anything, the true victim of this love triangle shit was Edge's second wife and his children. Edge was already a married man during the time when he cheated on Lita.
@@SheanWalsh46honestly both Edge and Lita deserved to be both equally criticized for it.
Edge did get Criticize what are you talking about that’s what made him one of the most hated heels of all time
... I don't think you're remembering correctly, my guy.
@@arkas2099compared to Lita, edge never got any real heat. But the majority of wrestling fans are dudes, so what do you expect…
Amazing that this is how Edge got to main event status
Glad Edge takes accountability for his actions. Everyone always wants to blame Lita.
And rightfully so. She deserves most of the blame. She made the conscious decision to cheat. She wasn't forced.
I blame both
I mean, of course she's the main one blamed, it was her decision to cheat on Matt.
She did deserve blame, but both her and Edge were equally at fault. I think the reason a lot of the blame was put on Lita was because she was the one in the relationship with Matt Hardy despite Edge being married to someone else at the time but because his wife wasn’t known to WWE fans most of the heat went on Lita.
I’m so glad Matt hardy has a great life after what lita did, she really isn’t a good person
Not a massive Copeland fan but he’s right - whatever happened, happened and if they can all move on so should the fans. Too much ownership over offences from public perspective when it’s issues to do with individuals involved.
That fued with Matt is what turned edge into a main eventer and gave birth to the rated R superstar. One of the top 3 heels of all time and one of the best of all time 🤘
top 3 heels of all time? stop it, lol. there is 2 people named mcmahon i am putting before edge on the list of greatest heels.
@@buschleaguers75*slaps Cena’s dad*
The Hardy Boyz vs Edge and Christian…
Easily one of the top tag rivalry’s ever.
The solo shyt just solidified that even more.
1:45 If only AEW could have learn this
Your comment makes no sense because AEW is making business out of a bad situation. That's how they got Perry back in the fold. They're literally doing what Adam is saying here. Lol
@Ysocdude Okay?
@@coke8045 It hasn't worked out well for AEW at all. They released the footage of the real life altercation in an effort to boost ratings and disparage CM Punk. But all they did was make CM Punk even more popular. If they really wanted to disparage Punk, they should have released the footage around the time of the incident. Not months after CM Punk was already settled in the WWE.
@@snakeshadows6993 It worked out great lol. Perry is way more over than he was. It's not even about Punk anymore. Perry's back, The Elite has taken a completely new shape since that footage. It was bold of them to do it, but it worked out better than expected. I get the criticism, sure, but hey... Cry me a river ;)
The bucks shouldn't have bailed on meeting either punk and squashing it. That would have been big business.
Who needs enemies when you have friends like this. No moral compass.. just pure selfish lust.
No loyalty with some men.
Can't exactly expect Adam to apologize forever but there's a distinct lack of ownership for why things went bad to begin with. He's talking like there's no one to blame or the blame is on them both equally, and if he felt that way, it'd be interesting to know why. He's answering questions without saying anything.
Can’t really disagree more, I think he’s tired of something that happened twenty years ago still casting a shadow over his life when he’s apologized for it ten fold and shown that he’s grown as a person, and people like you who still can’t seem to let it go are the reason for it
@@ThisIsMeAD Nobody said anything about not letting things go, he's being asked questions about his career and they're talking about one of the most high profile periods of his career. Again, the first thing I mentioned was not looking to see Adam apologize, but the mature thing to do is also not to gloss over the things you've done. Nobody is trying to villainize Edge, but a mistake is forgetting your wallet when you go to the grocery store, an affair is a chain of conscious choices. You say cast a shadow like he's some kind of victim, but both Adam (and Matt, to some extent) benefitted from controversy. Would have just been nice to hear something that even vaguely suggested it was on him to make things right with Matt.
"I made the bed" ... I have to lay in it.
That is distinctly taking ownership of the root issue.
He said "I made the bed" he knows it was all his fault
Dude said "I made the bed." Also, in response to everyone makes mistakes "Mine happened to be on live television."
He owns up to it, you're just one of those 'fans' who can't move on.
Matt's past it. Edge is past it. Lita is past it.
Yet here you are, still whinging like a kid who got shot in Call of Duty, screaming and crying like an idiot.
Lesser men would have let it ruin their careers, props to you both for your amazing professionalism
I had a wwe tryout at a raw once and was having a nice conversation with Bryan Danielson (who had just started and was in nexus). We were both "indy" wrestlers. Edge walked over, looked at me and pushed me out of the conversation. I felt disappointed but I was a little fish in a very big pond. Plus I chalked it up to maybe he was having a rough day. We all have those.
what was your name.
@@pottsie_era Mr Vagina
Sure lol
@@pottsie_eraThe Miz 😂😂😂
Glad to hear.
Nobody's perfect
I feel kinda awful about how this thing propelled edge to the main event and pretty much ruined the rest of Lita's career (as well as Matt's, but he didn't retire the next year in the most humiliating fashion possiblr)
I think deep down I knew that the person who executes the big move off the top of the cage generally comes off worse, but I could have done without Edge telling me.
IT'S STILL REAL TO YOU
That’s not a mistake, it’s a choice. I was Edge would’ve had said “everyone makes poor decisions at some in their life and they learn from them”. And I hate how Lita was made the bad guy in all this
because she was an innocent angel ? lol
@@coldheart10301nah cause she still gets the blame even tho it was both Adam and her going behind their spouses backs. Yes Edge has a ex wife from 05 lita situation caused the divorce
thats not a mistake edge, that showed your personality and who you are
Yes because I'm sure you've never made a mistake sir. It's the females fault for allowing it to happen. Men are men they're gonna fuck if they can It's in our DNA. It's the females that play the guys against eachother and use the guys to get what they want. Which is what Lita done. She seen Matt was as far up the card as he was going to get and she used edge to move up. She literally slept her way up the card. Which is why I find the way they fired her fitting.
Everyone makes mistakes, they also grow up and learn
Who he was*
People can change, people can do bad things and still be good people, it's not black and white.
@@stylepoints.180 no stealing someone else or talking to their girl is not a mistake
@@TheJpiscool bs he wouldmt do that now because je has wife and kids and has all he wants not because hje changed
Oh damn he's rocking an AIC shirt? Love him even MORE!
Literally nothing in wrestling was ever as important to as an Edge and Christian vs Hardy match. Matt has always been my favorite ever, but all 4 of those guys were the literal backbone for nearly a decade.
Just check that wall behind Edge.. ⭐️⭐️ hall of famer, legend
Always hated Edge after this cause I was a huge Hardy Boyz fan. Made his heel work better though
At the time it never really crossed my mind that the feud he had with Matt had some legitimacy behind it. I likely just assumed that storyline was entirely something that WWE had cooked up i.e. made up.
That feud was indeed insane and I absolutely loved it!
Pros before Hos
Vince really a nutter for running with this. Forcing all these people who hate each other to work together for entertainment sake haha
I took your girl, but let's make money off this angle is wild 😂
LMAO at Dom’s face on that floor decoration and the briefcase 😂😂😂
This situation became the birth of the Rated R Superstar, which of case led to his Hall of Fame worthy career. You can always turn a negative into a positive. Glad that everyone seems to have moved on!
The least copland could have done is let Matt go over in there last match instead you bury him and then he gets let go from the company the only one who got shit on in this was matt hardy
Pretty sure that wasn't his call to make. He doesn't book the matches. He just executes what is booked. Also, let's not forget, despite rehiring Matt, Vince was still punishing him for the very reason he fired Matt in the first place. Matt Hardy was being punished by Vince right up until he left the company.
Ah yes, the time Edge exposed himself in real life as a trash person. From there on out we knew what kind of human he really is
I mean, of course there was real heat between Matt and Edge and Lita.
Edge is no longer "Edge" to me...he is simply Adam and he is old & sucks.
Spoiler alert he's been Adam since 2020 royal rumble. He only put people over when the top brass told him to i.e Roman "need to really strong" reigns
Out of everyone involved, I really think Lita got the worst out of all of it.
I don’t think edge really cared about Matt like let’s be honest would he have done this to Christian no because you can tell he cares about him but with Matt it just looks like he likes him but not strong enough like with Christian. That’s just my opinion
Honestly, it seems like if it wasn't Edge, it would had been someone else.
I think Matt was saved a lot more pain by what happened, when it happened.
Look at the state of all 3 of them....sad but just how it is.