World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix, left, hands Finn Balor an energy bomb while opponent Rhea Ripley, right, Phoenix’s partner and real-life husband Edge, does the same during Saturday’s Elimination Chamber action at the Bell Center in Montreal night . Edge will be in Ottawa Monday night as he accepted an open challenge to face Austin Theory for his WWE United States Championship. Photo by Steve Argintaru /For Postmedia Network
MONTREAL — World Wrestling Entertainment and Orangeville, Ontario, the Edge native accepted an open challenge from US Champion Austin Theory in Ottawa on Monday as Monday Night Raw takes place at the Canadian Tire Center.
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In a post-show press conference following Saturday night’s Elimination Chamber show at the Bell Center, Theory told media that he would openly challenge anyone on the Raw roster to face him in Ottawa.
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Moments later, while speaking to the media with his wife and tag partner Beth Phoenix after their victory in the Elimination Chamber, Edge said he hadn’t fought in Ottawa in a while and wanted to take on the challenge.
Theory successfully defended his US Championship in Saturday’s Men’s Elimination Chamber Match in Montreal.
Edge and Phoenix, both WWE Hall of Famers, have come out of retirement in recent years and work sporadically for the company they both starred for in the 1990s and 2000s.
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