Adam Joseph Copeland, popularly recognized as Edge, is one of the most celebrated expert wrestlers of all-time, having gained 31 WWE championships. He has outstandingly tremendous profession record, which consists of 4 WWE Championship titles, record-breaking seven World Heavyweight Championship titles, 5 Intercontinental Championships, one United States Championship, two WWE Tag Team Championships, and 12 WWF/World Tag Team Championships, His lengthy listing of achievements deservedly gave him a location at the prestigious WWE Hall of Fame. Edge’s long-tenured profession has been stringed with amazing highs. He started out off wrestling at a number US impartial promotions. It used to be in 1997 that he signed an improvement deal with WWF and made his debut in his first televised in-ring fit in 1998. A 12 months later, Edge gained his first ever title—the WWF Intercontinental Championship—thus beginning a legacy that grew to become him into a legendary wrestler of the cutting-edge times. Apart from his Championship victories, Edge is WWE’s 14th Triple Crown Champion and third Grand Slam Champion. He grew to be the first wrestler in the records of the game to win all three titles, namely, King of the Ring tournament, first Money in the Bank ladder suit and Royal Rumble.
Quick Facts About Edge.
- Canadian Celebrities Born In October
- Also Known as: Adam Joseph Copeland
- Age: 49 Years, 49 Year Old Males
- Family:
- Spouse/Ex-: Beth Phoenix (M. 2016), Alannah Morley (M. 2001–2004), Lisa Ortiz (M. 2004–2005)
- Mother: Judy Copeland
- Born Country: Canada
- Canadian Men Humber College
- Height: 6’5″ (196 cm), 6’5″ Males
- Ancestry: English Canadian
Childhood & Early Life
- Edge was born on October 30, 1973 in Orangeville, Ontario. He was once raised through his single mother, Judy Copeland, who labored tirelessly to aid her son.
- Edge’s tryst with expert wrestling commenced He was once a large fan of the game and its legendary gamers and observed it religiously. It was once this love that stimulated him to turn out to be a wrestler himself.
- His aspirations to come to be wrestler took a backseat due to economic He took up ordinary jobs for survival. He graduated from Humber College with a diploma in radio broadcasting. However, his love for the game did no longer subside and he began education for the duration of weekends.
- During the 1990s, he wrestled on the unbiased circuit underneath the identify Sexton Hard castle. He grew to be a phase of the tag crew Sex and Violence. His unbiased profession noticed him obtain many victories. Together with wrestler Cage, he was once recognized as The Suicide Blondes duo.
Career
- Edge’s first ever combating WWF was once on May 10, 1996 as Sexton Hardcastle. Later in 1997, he toured the Grand Prix, the place he acquired coaching from De Marco. Post training, he made his WWF tv debut on the June 1998 as Edge towards Jose Estrada Jr.
- Edge’s first singles title, the WWF Intercontinental Championship, got hereon July 1999, when he defeated Jeff Jarrett. However, he misplaced the title subsequent night time to Jarrett. He collaborated with Christian for WrestleMania 2000. The duo went on to win the WWF Tag Team Championship, a victory they replicated six extra However, they misplaced the tag titles to Hardy Boyz later.
- In 2001, Edge went on to make a identify for himself as an rising singles competitor by means of triumphing the King of the Ring tournament.
- During this time, his friendship with Christian went bitter and the two fought over Intercontinental Championship title, in which Edge defeated Christian. He, however, misplaced it to Test later. Edge made up for his loss via prevailing the WCW US Championship title from Kurt Angle.
- Edge collaborated with Hulk Hogan to win the World Tag Team Championship in July 2002. However, they may want tono longer hold the title for lengthy as they misplaced to Lance Storm and Christian. Edge’s feud with Christian in the end ended when he gained the SmackDown match.
- For the SmackDown! WWE Tag Team Championship, Edge shapeda tag group with Rey Mysterio. Though they misplaced to Kurt Angle and Christ Benoit, the healthy used to be voted as the ‘Match of the Year’. Later, Edge and Mysterio gained their first Tag Team Championship title solely to lose it to Los Guerreros later.
- Following the loss, Edge parted approaches with Mysterio, to center of attention on his singles career. In 2004, he was once positioned on the Raw company in the WWE draft lottery. Together with Benoit, he defeated Kane to win the World Tag Team Championship. The crew disbanded when Edge received the Intercontinental Championship at Vengeance defeating Randy Orton. However, in November, Edge and Benoit misplaced the World Tag Team Championship.
- When the World Heavyweight title used to be vacated in 2005, Edge competed in the first Elimination Chamber match, which he gained by using defeating Michaels. Simultaneously, at WrestleMania 21, he received his first ever Money in the Bank ladder in shape that took him straight to World Heavyweight Championship. His first ever World Heavyweight Championship healthy was once in opposition to Batista which he lost.
- After Edge misplaced his 2006 New Year’s Revolution fit to Flair, he challenged John Cena, the then reigning WWE Champion for the championship. Just after two spears, Edge defeated Cena to win his debut WWE Championship. It additionally marked his first world title win. Later, on January 16, 2006, he defeated Ric Flair in a TLC suit to keep the WWE Championship title. However, at the Royal Rumble, Edge misplaced the WWE Championship lower back to Cena.
- Edge’s 2dWWE Championship title got here when he defeated Van Dam in a Triple Threat healthy on Raw. He retained his title at the Summer Slam when he defeated Cena. The two met but once more on the ring at the Unforgiven match held in September 2006 the place Edge misplaced the championship to Cena.
- In October 2006, together with Randy Orton, Edge shaped the tag team, Rated RKO. Rated RKO was once the first to defeat Triple H and Shawn Michael’s DX. They quickly dominated the Raw brand’s tag group to turn out to be the tag group With this, Edge grew to be a report holder of eleven World Tag Team Championship title reigns in his WWE career. They misplaced their title when Michaels paired with Cena to defeat the Rated RKO duo.
- In May 2007, Edge grew to be the first character to reap the Money in the Bank contract twice. Meanwhile Undertaker took the World Heavyweight Championship title from Batista. Later, Edge speared Undertaker for his first World Heavyweight Championship title. He effectively defended his championship title in opposition to Batista at Judgment Day. However, he used to be pressured to relinquish the title following a loss towards
- In November 2007, Edge gained the World Heavyweight Championship at Armageddon. However, at WrestleMania XXIV, he misplaced the World Heavyweight Championship to Undertaker.
- Edge’s 1/3WWE Championship win of his profession got here in November 2008 when he pinned Triple H to emerge as the WWE Champion. The following month however, Edge misplaced the title to Hardy at Armageddon in a Triple Threat match. Interestingly, at the Royal Rumble, he regained the title in a no disqualification healthy however misplaced the title in February 2009 at the No Way Out match in Elimination chamber.
- Edge received his eighth World Championship, disposing of Rey Mysterio and taking the title over to SmackDown. At WrestleMania XXV, he misplaced the championship to John Cena in a Triple Threat match. He gained it but again solely to lose it to Jeff Hardy.
- Edge gained the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship with Chris Jericho at The Bash in 2009. The win made him a 12 time World Tag Team Champion. Later, Edge and Jericho’s relationship became sour, after Edge suffered from an injury.
- Edge back to the ring at the Royal Rumble, in 2010. Despite coming in after an injury, he went on to win the Royal Rumble for the first time in his career. He defeated John Cena in the remaining
- After his win at Royal Rumble, Edge used to be drafted again to Raw in WWE. At SmackDown and Rated RKO, he started out a feud with his former companions Christian and Randy Orton. He lower back to Money in the Bank ladder suit as nicely however failed to strike a win.
- In October 2010, at some stage in an episode of SmackDown, Edge defeated Dolph Ziggler to end up section of Team SmackDown at WWE’s Bragging Rights PPV event. He even received the cup for Team SmackDown.
- Following his victory for Team SmackDown, in December 2010, he defeated Kane, Rey Mysterio, and Alberto Del Rio in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs healthy at the TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs PPV tournament to win the World Heavyweight Championship for the sixth time. This made him a ten-time World Champion. Later, he correctly defended his Championship title towards
- In February 2011, Edge defeated Dolph Ziggler to grew to be the World Heavyweight Champion for the seventh time. It was once his eleventh World Championship title overall. He effectively defended his World Heavyweight Championship title in an Elimination Chamber suit with the aid of pinning down Rey Mysterio.
- Edge’s closing authentic in-ring healthy was once at the WrestleMania XXVII towards Alberto Del Rio. He pinned down Del Rio to grow to be efficiently protect his world title in the closing ever match. On April 15, 2011 in an episode of SmackDown, he gave up on his World Heavyweight Championship, formally retiring as a World Champion.
- Wrestling apart, Edge’s indulged in performing as well. He made cameo appearances in numerous films, tv collection and song videos, such as ‘Highlander: End Game’, ‘Mind of Mencia’, ‘Haven’, ‘The Flash’, ‘The Edge and Christian Show’ and ‘Bending the Rules’.
Awards & Achievements
- In March 2012, Edge was inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame.
Personal Life & Legacy
- Edge has been thrice married in his lifetime; his former two companions are Alannah Morley and Lisa Ortiz. He is presently married to Beth Phoenix. With her, he has two daughters, Lyric Rose Copeland and Ruby Ever Copeland.
- He resides in Asheville, North Carolina. He performed hockey with NHL and was once a fan of NHL’s Toronto Maple Leaf’s and New Jersey Devils.
