Adam Impact[2]
Conquistador Uno[3]
Damon Striker[4]
Edge[5]
Sexton Hardcastle[6]
Billed height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) - 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)[7]
Billed weight: 240 lb (110 kg) - 255 lb (116 kg)[5]
Born: October 30, 1973 (age 37)[7]
Orangeville, Ontario, Canada[7]
Resides: Asheville, North Carolina[8]
Billed from: Toronto, Ontario, Canada[5]
Trained by: Ron Hutchison[5]
History of Edge
According to Wikipedia info, a young Adam Copeland (Edge) watched WWF while he was growing up in Canada. Among his favorite WWE Superstars were Macho Man Randy Savage, Ricky Steamboat, Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart. He eventually put his passion into an essay contest which gave him the prize of being trained by Sweet Daddy Siki and Ron Hutchinson. He began to train and wrestle in the 90's as part of an independant wrestling circuit from Ontario and the US' Great Lakes region. During this time he met the guy who would become a later tag team partner, Christian Cage. The duo won titles early in independent wrestling circuits.
Adam Copeland broke into the WWF/WWE in 1998 as the character "Edge". He was shown as a loner type character who wandered the streets beating up defenseless bystanders in promo spots. He would make his entrance into the wrestling arenas randomly through the crowd. An early notable victory came when he acted as Sable's mystery tag team partner in a Summerslam 98' match against Marc Mero and Jacqueline. Edge slammed Sable onto Mero for the victory. The next year in 1999, Edge defeated Jeff Jarrett for the Intercontinental title, making for Edge's first ever singles title win. Edge's victory came at a house show and was short-lived as he lost the title the next night to Jarrett at the Fully Loaded PPV. From here, Edge began feuding with the vampire wrestler known as Gangrel. Gangrel's ally was the wrestler Christian Cage (Edge's former partner in independent wrestling). Eventually the two allies convinced Edge to join them as vampires, forming "The Brood" stable.
From 2000-2001 Edge partnered up with his Brood brother, Christian to form a famous tag team. After Gangrel turned on them, he took in the Hardys as his "New Brood". Even after Gangrel left the Hardys, Edge & Christian kept feuding with them. It was at Wrestlemania 2000 that Edge and Christian first won the WWE Tag Team titles, defeating the Hardys and the Dudleys in a TLC match. Edge & Christian as a tag team went on to win the WWF tag team titles a total of 7 times making a very impressive team.
From 2001-2003, Edge became a singles star in WWE, by first winning the Intercontinental belt, and then the 2001 King of the Ring. Christian turned on Edge and the two former partners began to fight over the IC title. Edge would lose the belt to superstar Test, but Edge soon defeated Kurt Angle for the United States Championship. Edge went on to defeat Test for the IC belt at the 2001 Survivor Series, giving Edge the IC title and US title at once. The titles became unified and Edge eventually lost his IC title to William Regal, unable to re-capture it. Edge was drafted to the Smackdown brand in 2002-03, but suffered an unfortunate injury in February of 03'. Edge suffered a neck injury that required about a year of recovery time. Just as Edge was about to return, he broke his hand, sidelining him 1 more month. Edge was soon drafted to the Raw brand, where he would win the WWF Tag Team titles with Chris Benoit, and eventually the Intercontinental title from Randy Orton. Edge was eventually stripped of the IC title by GM Eric Bischoff for "cheating to keep the title".
In 2004-05, Edge made waves by competing for the World Heavyweight title and also by "stealing Matt Hardy's girlfriend". Fans became upset over the fact that one time couple Matt Hardy and WWE Diva Lita were broken up due to Edge. It started in real life when Lita (Amy Dumas) was recovering from a legitimate ACL injury. Edge began a relationship in real life with the diva. Matt Hardy was eventually released from WWE due to anger over their relationship and issues with WWE. When Hardy returned, this was turned into a WWE story, where the angry Matt Hardy was after heel Edge for stealing his girl, Lita. Edge fought in several matches with title implications from 2004-05, such as the Elimination Chamber at New Year's Revolution 2005. Edge came up short when special guest referee Shawn Michaels used Sweet Chin Music on him in retaliation for an accidental Spear.
Edge first captured the WWE title in 2006. The scene was New Year's Revolution 2006. John Cena had just successfully defended his WWE title in an Elimination Chamber match, but was clearly bloody and beaten up. However, Edge was the winner of the "Money in the bank" contract from Wrestlemania, allowing him a title shot, anytime, anyplace. Edge cashed in by delivering two Spears on the fatigued Cena then pinning him for the WWE title. Cena gained revenge just 3 weeks later by winning the belt back from Edge at the 2006 Royal Rumble.
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