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How his WWE Relationship Has Changed with Retirement:
"I don't know. I mean I'm not in contact with them, really you know. And not in a bad way, just everybody's busy doing their thing. And you realize how busy it is when you're removed from it. And you don't take that personally at all. It's like it's, "Yes, they're doing their thing. They're in Boise, Idaho tonight, they're in Albuquerque tomorrow," or you know things like that. I keep in contact with the same people that I did while I was on the road. My friends are still my friends. But in respect to taking on another job, things like that, I think they understand that I just needed to get away. What I said in my retirement speech was true, I really did just have to take, you know, take a step away from it. And just kind of be away from the grind of it for a little bit and kind of come to terms with what life was going to be like now. And yes, so I don't think the relationship's really changed, it's just I don't see everybody every day."
His Mother's Reaction to his Retirement:
"Honestly I think for her it was relief. She knew I always wanted to do it. She knew that that's all I ever wanted to do. But I think she was relieved, because she also knew the pain that I was in. And at WrestleMania week, I was kind of walking around with an eye closed just because my neck was constantly aching, but I still didn't' assume it was what it was. But I think, she - you see someone like that, especially your son, and I think you go, "Man okay, how much more has he got in him?" So I think there's some relief there for her. "Okay that chapter's closed, I wonder what he's going to do next," which is kind of what I was thinking. It was like, "Okay, let's see what happens."
Whether He Has Found Peace in Retirement and Been Able to turn the wrestling part of his life "off."
"I've never really found it hard to turn that switch. I've always really tried to separate the two. I never wanted to be that guy who was - had to walk around and be Edge 24/7. I really made a point to not do that. So it was kind of easy honestly. Haven helped with that too though because within - this is kind of like the first week I've been home since I retired. So I haven't really felt retired totally. It really was one of those things where the schedule of WWE, it is 120 and segueing into Haven, it was kind going to like 60. And now I can kind of enjoy home, which I haven't been able to enjoy and get the stuff done that I really wanted to get done around here. And then if things pop up in the meantime, great. I have an appearance at Summer Slam, awesome. I think I'm going to be doing something in Toronto -- not on air, but just I'll be there. And that also coincides with a Pearl Jam concert the night before, so I can go to that. That was kind of my perk for saying yes. And then I'm going to Paris in October. So and in between things like that I want to just, enjoy stuff."
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