[Bfo4jd]

Edge Twitter Followers - 665,082

Sheamus Twitter Followers - 1,387,592

Kofi Kingston Twitter Followers - 1,323,160

Dolph Ziggler Twitter Followers - 1,195,941

R-Truth Twitter Followers - 1,032,184

Ryback Twitter Followers - 938,476

Santino Marella Twitter Followers - 925,770

John Morrison Twitter Followers - 864,367

Christian Twitter Followers - 843,902

Wade Barrett Twitter Followers - 840,915


A.J. Lee Twitter Followers - 1,344,556

Brie Bella Twitter Followers - 1,096,415

Eve Torres Twitter Followers - 968,221

Natalya Twitter Followers - 863,677

Layla Twitter Followers - 773,964

Kaitlyn Twitter Followers - 748,693


This is relatively so incredibly low for top star standards. This is the guy who was pushed as one of the main event acts for the better part of last decade. And he's been active on Twitter for over three years now. As you can see, he's behind mid carders like Kofi/Truth etc..Even the Divas seem to have more followers. Its almost he didn't exist in the main event scene and his stardom... noting more than Kayfabe hype by WWE.

 

[Λ Dandy Λ]

Because he's a bad actor of a terrible series and he's not been seriously involved with WWE for years.

 

[Rick_James]

Christian has more followers than Edge? lmao, I guess this means Christian has won!

I kid, I kid, but still, that's interesting to see.

 

[samizayn]

I don't know. When he was active, they didn't push Twitter. Then he left, and they started using it massively.

So essentially, everyone else on the list has had weekly exposure of their Twitter @address, and his hasn't. Plus it's hard to compare him to anyone because he's the only one of his generation in the position of retiree.

 

[Choke2Death]

He created his account well after being retired and away from the spotlight. Even Triple H only has 1,61 million followers, which is attributed to the fact he started using twitter rather late compared to most.

Surprised at R-Truth and Kofi having 1 million followers, though. Would say Ziggler too but at least he has been pushed to an extent and involved in some of the social media stuff over the years. The other two, though, have been completely irrelevant for the past 3 years.

 

[BORT]

Because as good as Edge was, he was never that big a superstar to begin with. He tends to get overrated on here when it comes to how popular he was.

Plus he hasn't been with the company since 2011.

 

[daemonicwanderer]

Edge wasn't in WWE when they really started pushing twitter and he joined fairly recently. Christian and others had apparently been working on him for years to join.

 

[Londrick]

Cause he never drew a dime. :trips2

 

[Bfo4jd]

Because he's a bad actor of a terrible series and he's not been seriously involved with WWE for years.

I'm not talking about his show, Haven or whatever its called. He was one of the major stars of the post attitude era in WWE, I'm just surprised to see how low his follower figure is, compared to other mid card acts. Its like he never truly connected with the fans as a star.

 

[Λ Dandy Λ]

Edge wasn't in WWE when they really started pushing twitter and he joined fairly recently.

And this.

And there's no point in comparing him with other wrestlers as most of his tweets about wrestling are either RTs of fans or links to podcasts...

 

[Blackbeard]

Out of sight, out of mind.

 

[dmccourt95]

People perceive Twitter to be more important than it is, half of the superstars wouldn't have been looked up and followed it would simply come up in their suggestions and people just click follow because they're WWE related, that'll be why R-Tuth and kofi have so many

 

[QWERTYOP]

Over half a million followers? Yeah, he's a real Billy no-mates.

 

[BORT]

Lol at people saying because he joined late or some bs. John Morrison has more followers than him. When was the last time he was ever that popular? And he's been away as long as Edge has.

 

[Λ Dandy Λ]

I'm not talking about his show, Haven or whatever its called. He was one of the major stars of the post attitude era in WWE, I'm just surprised to see how low his follower figure is, compared to other mid card acts. Its like he never truly connected with the fans as a star.

Read the post above.

And if I might add, 98% of the wrestling twitter audience are skinny fat teens using instagram and tumblr and possibly born after 1997, so they probably don't even know who the hell Edge is.

 

[KozmicLuis]

1- Created the account after his retirement.
2- Appears once or twice a year.
3- The newer generations might not even know he has twitter.
4- His tweets are mostly about a Cable show that, despite having decent ratings, isn't mainstream enough to gain him a copious amount of followers. Besides, he's a secondary character. And off topic, his work with the show is OK, I watch because I'm a huge Stephen King mark haha.

 

[Bfo4jd]

He created his account well after being retired and away from the spotlight. Even Triple H only has 1,61 million followers, which is attributed to the fact he started using twitter rather late compared to most.

Surprised at R-Truth and Kofi having 1 million followers, though. Would say Ziggler too but at least he has been pushed to an extent and involved in some of the social media stuff over the years. The other two, though, have been completely irrelevant for the past 3 years.

Triple H started his account only February of last year though, its just been a year. Edge has been active since late 2011(September apparently), he should be close to a million ATLEAST imo. Ryback started using Twitter AFTER Edge and he has close to million followers.

 

[samizayn]

People perceive Twitter to be more important than it is

Just came to my mind, Zack Ryder was like the 3rd or 4th wrestler after Cena, Orton and I think Punk to reach 1 million followers. Quickly checking Twitter tells me he has nearly double the amount of followers

So we know who the real stars are bama

Triple H started his account only February of last year though, its just been a year. Edge has been active since late 2011(September apparently), he should be close to a million ATLEAST imo. Ryback started using Twitter after Edge and he has close to million followers.

Triple H is a major player in the landscape of today's WWE. Edge isn't a factor.

Read the post above.

And if I might add, 98% of the wrestling twitter audience are skinny fat teens using instagram and tumblr and possibly born after 1997, so they probably don't even know who the hell Edge is.

What makes people come to vast, sweeping overgeneralisations like this, seriously?

 

[Bfo4jd]

People perceive Twitter to be more important than it is, half of the superstars wouldn't have been looked up and followed it would simply come up in their suggestions and people just click follow because they're WWE related, that'll be why R-Tuth and kofi have so many

True but the same goes for EDGE, unless you're suggesting Twitter algorithm purposely avoids Edge in the suggestions lol.

 

[Choke2Death]

Triple H started his account only February of last year though, its just been a year. Edge has been active since late 2011(September apparently), he should be close to a million ATLEAST imo. Ryback started using Twitter AFTER Edge and he has close to million followers.

September 2012 actually. (just google "Edge joins twitter" and there's a WWE.com article on it)

Ryback has been on TV nearly weekly for over two years and was a very popular face through 2012. Being on WWE TV benefits them as some people follow whoever is on TV, which Edge has barely been since retiring a year and a half before joining twitter.