Saints competed in the 2026 King of the Ring tournament, with his first round bout airing on Raw. He faced Je'Von Evans, Seth Rollins, and Talla Tonga in the match. Evans emerged victorious by pinning Saints.
Before the bout, Byron Saxton interviewed Saints on stage and asked whether he felt he had an edge. Saints responded by telling Saxton not to talk to him about an edge. The edge portion of the line drew attention on social media.
During a recent interview appearance, Saints stated that he did not realize what he said until afterward.
You know what's so funny? I didn't realize that at the time that it was, no one will believe me so what's the point in even trying to defend myself but, I just thought that was funny that I was like, wow, I didn't even think of that. That is crazy…
While Saints was still with All Elite Wrestling, he had an in ring interaction with Adam Copeland, also known as Edge, on Collision, where the two exchanged multiple verbal jabs. Saints previously addressed that history in 2024.
