During this week’s episode of SmackDown, Edge would appear on the screen while his SummerSlam opponent Seth Rollins was in the ring. Edge’s appearance was accompanied by red lights and The Brood’s theme music, which was the stable he was part of during the Attitude Era along with Christian and Gangrel. Edge would tell Rollins that the freaks come out at night, and then Rollins was drenched in a dark liquid meant to represent blood, in what WWE would refer to as a “Brood Bath.”
Fans on social media would enjoy the throwback to Edge’s past gimmick, and with so many talking about it, Gangrel would actually begin trending on Twitter. For those not familiar with Gangrel, he was a vampire character and the leader of The Brood. At one point, he was incredibly over, but after WWE had him turn on his stablemates to side with Matt and Jeff Hardy, he would find himself a regular on Jakked, a show for lower card wrestlers.
Many fans on social media are hoping The Brood reference could result in Gangrel showing up as part of Edge’s feud with Rollins. While a return to a WWE ring is highly doubtful, a one-off appearance is certainly possible. In fact, last year, he made a cameo for AEW at Full Gear during the Elite Deletion match between Matt Hardy and Sammy Guevara, which was a nod to when Hardy and he were aligned in WWE.
