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Adam Joseph Copeland[5] (born October 30, 1973 in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada)[7] better known by his ring name Edge, is a Canadian professional wrestler who is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand, where he is the reigning WWE Champion. Copeland rose through the ranks as one half of the tag team Edge and Christian, alongside his real-life childhood friend and storyline brother Christian. He is noted for being one of the most decorated tag team champions in wrestling history, winning a record 12 tag team titles in WWE.[8]
Copeland is a seven-time World Champion, having won the WWE Championship four times and the World Heavyweight Championship three times.[9][10] In addition, he is the first and only wrestler as of yet to win all six major titles featured on Raw and SmackDown! (WWE, World Heavyweight, Intercontinental, United States, World Tag Team, and WWE Tag Team).[11]
Copeland also won the 2001 King of the Ring and the 2005 Money in the Bank ladder match.[12][13]
Aside from professional wrestling, Copeland has appeared in Highlander: Endgame and made guest appearances in television shows, including The Weakest Link, Deal or No Deal, MADtv, and Mind of Mencia.
Adam Joseph Copeland[5] (born October 30, 1973 in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada)[7] better known by his ring name Edge, is a Canadian professional wrestler who is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand, where he is the reigning WWE Champion. Copeland rose through the ranks as one half of the tag team Edge and Christian, alongside his real-life childhood friend and storyline brother Christian. He is noted for being one of the most decorated tag team champions in wrestling history, winning a record 12 tag team titles in WWE.[8]
Copeland is a seven-time World Champion, having won the WWE Championship four times and the World Heavyweight Championship three times.[9][10] In addition, he is the first and only wrestler as of yet to win all six major titles featured on Raw and SmackDown! (WWE, World Heavyweight, Intercontinental, United States, World Tag Team, and WWE Tag Team).[11]
Copeland also won the 2001 King of the Ring and the 2005 Money in the Bank ladder match.[12][13]
Aside from professional wrestling, Copeland has appeared in Highlander: Endgame and made guest appearances in television shows, including The Weakest Link, Deal or No Deal, MADtv, and Mind of Mencia.
On the October 2, 2006 episode of Raw, interference from D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels and Triple H) cost Edge his "final chance" at Cena's WWE Championship in a Steel cage match, though their interference was a response to the interference of Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch.[61] The following week on Raw, Edge used an edition of The Cutting Edge to join forces with Randy Orton to form Rated-RKO (although they did not use this name until several weeks later) and began a feud against DX. Edge cited Orton's lack of success after being kicked out of Evolution by Triple H and DX's "stale" antics "taking up TV time" as reasons to join forces.[62] The duo succeeded early in defeating DX at Cyber Sunday due to the vote-in guest referee Eric Bischoff favoring Rated-RKO.[63] The pair then won the World Tag Team Championship from Ric Flair and Roddy Piper on the November 13, 2006 Raw,[64][65] making Edge hold a record of 11 World Tag Team Championship title reigns in his WWE career.[65] The success halted at Survivor Series when Team Rated-RKO was defeated by Team DX in a clean sweep of 5-0.[66]
Orton and Edge as World Tag Team ChampionsThe feud with DX continued at New Year's Revolution 2007 where Edge and Orton were battered by DX to end the match in a no contest.[67] Edge and Orton, however, claimed victory on the grounds that Triple H legitimately tore his right quadriceps in the match. To Edge and Orton, this marked the end of DX. Shawn Michaels vowed to deal with Rated-RKO, and the next week on Raw he took out Orton with a con-chair-to while Edge looked on from the entrance ramp.[68] On the January 29, 2007 edition of Raw, Rated-RKO lost the World Tag Team Championship to Michaels and John Cena.[69]
In early February, Edge beat Rob Van Dam to qualify for the Money in the Bank ladder match, but suffered a legitimate broken jaw in the process. He remained on TV but avoided physical confrontations until WrestleMania 23. Meanwhile, his tag partner Orton also qualified for the Money in the bank match, which led to dissent between them. He failed to win at WrestleMania after Jeff Hardy removed them both from the match by performing a nearly 20 foot leg drop off a ladder onto Edge.[70] He then entered a feud, along with former partner Orton, with John Cena and Shawn Michaels. All four men were aiming for the WWE Championship, and at Backlash they competed in a Fatal Four Way match in which Cena successfully defended his title.[71]
Finishing moves
Downward Spiral (Leg hook reverse STO)[118] – 1998–1999
Edgecator (Kneeling inverted sharpshooter)[119] – 2002–2005
Edgecution[120] / Impaler DDT[121] (Lifting DDT)
Edge–O–Matic[119] (Sitout rear mat slam) – 1998–2002; Used as a regular move from 2003–present
One man con–chair–to[122] – In hardcore matches
Spear[4]
Signature moves
Big boot
Diving crossbody[118]
Electric chair facebuster[118]
Falling inverted DDT
Flapjack
Half nelson bulldog[118] – 2001–2004
Hurricanrana
Missile dropkick[118]
Russian legsweep
Seated chinlock
Spinning wheel kick
Copeland is a seven-time World Champion, having won the WWE Championship four times and the World Heavyweight Championship three times.[9][10] In addition, he is the first and only wrestler as of yet to win all six major titles featured on Raw and SmackDown! (WWE, World Heavyweight, Intercontinental, United States, World Tag Team, and WWE Tag Team).[11]
Copeland also won the 2001 King of the Ring and the 2005 Money in the Bank ladder match.[12][13]
Aside from professional wrestling, Copeland has appeared in Highlander: Endgame and made guest appearances in television shows, including The Weakest Link, Deal or No Deal, MADtv, and Mind of Mencia.
Adam Joseph Copeland[5] (born October 30, 1973 in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada)[7] better known by his ring name Edge, is a Canadian professional wrestler who is currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand, where he is the reigning WWE Champion. Copeland rose through the ranks as one half of the tag team Edge and Christian, alongside his real-life childhood friend and storyline brother Christian. He is noted for being one of the most decorated tag team champions in wrestling history, winning a record 12 tag team titles in WWE.[8]
Copeland is a seven-time World Champion, having won the WWE Championship four times and the World Heavyweight Championship three times.[9][10] In addition, he is the first and only wrestler as of yet to win all six major titles featured on Raw and SmackDown! (WWE, World Heavyweight, Intercontinental, United States, World Tag Team, and WWE Tag Team).[11]
Copeland also won the 2001 King of the Ring and the 2005 Money in the Bank ladder match.[12][13]
Aside from professional wrestling, Copeland has appeared in Highlander: Endgame and made guest appearances in television shows, including The Weakest Link, Deal or No Deal, MADtv, and Mind of Mencia.
On the October 2, 2006 episode of Raw, interference from D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels and Triple H) cost Edge his "final chance" at Cena's WWE Championship in a Steel cage match, though their interference was a response to the interference of Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch.[61] The following week on Raw, Edge used an edition of The Cutting Edge to join forces with Randy Orton to form Rated-RKO (although they did not use this name until several weeks later) and began a feud against DX. Edge cited Orton's lack of success after being kicked out of Evolution by Triple H and DX's "stale" antics "taking up TV time" as reasons to join forces.[62] The duo succeeded early in defeating DX at Cyber Sunday due to the vote-in guest referee Eric Bischoff favoring Rated-RKO.[63] The pair then won the World Tag Team Championship from Ric Flair and Roddy Piper on the November 13, 2006 Raw,[64][65] making Edge hold a record of 11 World Tag Team Championship title reigns in his WWE career.[65] The success halted at Survivor Series when Team Rated-RKO was defeated by Team DX in a clean sweep of 5-0.[66]
Orton and Edge as World Tag Team ChampionsThe feud with DX continued at New Year's Revolution 2007 where Edge and Orton were battered by DX to end the match in a no contest.[67] Edge and Orton, however, claimed victory on the grounds that Triple H legitimately tore his right quadriceps in the match. To Edge and Orton, this marked the end of DX. Shawn Michaels vowed to deal with Rated-RKO, and the next week on Raw he took out Orton with a con-chair-to while Edge looked on from the entrance ramp.[68] On the January 29, 2007 edition of Raw, Rated-RKO lost the World Tag Team Championship to Michaels and John Cena.[69]
In early February, Edge beat Rob Van Dam to qualify for the Money in the Bank ladder match, but suffered a legitimate broken jaw in the process. He remained on TV but avoided physical confrontations until WrestleMania 23. Meanwhile, his tag partner Orton also qualified for the Money in the bank match, which led to dissent between them. He failed to win at WrestleMania after Jeff Hardy removed them both from the match by performing a nearly 20 foot leg drop off a ladder onto Edge.[70] He then entered a feud, along with former partner Orton, with John Cena and Shawn Michaels. All four men were aiming for the WWE Championship, and at Backlash they competed in a Fatal Four Way match in which Cena successfully defended his title.[71]
Finishing moves
Downward Spiral (Leg hook reverse STO)[118] – 1998–1999
Edgecator (Kneeling inverted sharpshooter)[119] – 2002–2005
Edgecution[120] / Impaler DDT[121] (Lifting DDT)
Edge–O–Matic[119] (Sitout rear mat slam) – 1998–2002; Used as a regular move from 2003–present
One man con–chair–to[122] – In hardcore matches
Spear[4]
Signature moves
Big boot
Diving crossbody[118]
Electric chair facebuster[118]
Falling inverted DDT
Flapjack
Half nelson bulldog[118] – 2001–2004
Hurricanrana
Missile dropkick[118]
Russian legsweep
Seated chinlock
Spinning wheel kick
