In-Depth Look at the Rivalry between Orton and Edge

One of WWE’s next tasks on Raw over the course of these last four weeks before WrestleMania 36 will be to lay out Edge’s perspective in his storyline with Randy Orton (which now includes Beth Phoenix) as clearly as they did for Orton. I’m sure the company will do an excellent job of this because Paul Heyman, the Executive Director of Monday Night Raw, is an excellent storyteller; this obviously began on March 9.

Vince McMahon might want to strongly consider booking Edge and Randy Orton to open the show at Mania. This match has earned a prestigious place on the card because it’s the most prominent storyline on Monday Night Raw heading into the biggest show of the year. It’s a prestigious spot on the card given that the Universal Championship was defended to open the show last year, and Seth Rollins walked away as the new Universal Champion under a new moniker – The BeastSlayer.

Edge and Randy also have earned that spot because the WWE universe is emotionally invested in their storyline to a deep degree. That is in essence the entire point of sports entertainment – for superstars to present their story to the audience in a believable manner and they should be rewarded for this. Randy Orton has done the best work of his career.

This match would work so well in this spot because the WWE universe is invested in the story and would even entice casual fans to watch the rest of the show.