Ring name(s) Edge, Adam Impact, Sexton Hardcastle, Conquistador Uno
Billed height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Billed weight 111 kg (245 lb)
Born October 30, 1973, Orangeville, Ontario
Resides Tampa, Florida
Billed from Toronto, Ontario
Trained by Ron Hutchison, Sweet Daddy Siki, Bret and Stu Hart, Dory Funk, Jr., Tom Prichard, Leo Burke
Debut July 1, 1992
Adam Joseph Copeland (born on October 30, 1973), is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name Edge. He is currently performing on the RAW brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Copeland initially rose through the ranks as one half of the tag team Edge and Christian, alongside his real-life best friends and kayfabe brother Christian. He is noted for being one of the most decorated tag team champions in wrestling history, winning a record 12 WWE tag team titles.
Throughout the 1990s Copeland wrestled for many independent promotions in Ontario as well in the Great Lakes region of the United States under the name Sexton Hardcastle. As Sexton Hardcastle he was managed by Johnny Bradford and Judd the Studd and would go on to become a part of the successful tag team Sex and Violence, with Joe Legend, in the Detroit area. During 1997, Sex and Violence were a part of a bigger stable known as Thug Life, made up of Legend, Hardcastle, childhood friend Christian Cage, Bloody Bill Skullion and Rhino Richards. In his Indy career, he also won the SSW Tag title and the ICW Street Fight Tag Title twice with Cage, in addition to a reign with ICW/MWCW Midwest Unified Tag Title alongside Joe. The duo of Copeland and Reso was known as Hard Impact, before changing their name to The Suicide Blondes. In his MySpace blog, he also recalls the duo being known as the Canadian Rockers.
In 1998 Copeland was signed by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and made his WWF television debut on the June 22, 1998 episode of RAW is WAR as Edge, a loner character who entered the arena through the crowd for his matches. His first character persona was that he would walk around the city streets aimlessly and beat up defenseless bystanders. His first televised match was against Jose Estrada, Jr. and ended prematurely, by count out, when Edge performed a somersault senton from the ring to the outside, (legitly) injuring Estrada's neck. In his first pay-per-view match with the company, SummerSlam 1998, he served as Sable's mystery tag team partner against Jacqueline and Marc Mero, and actually bodyslammed Sable on to Mero in a pinning position to pick up the win.
Edge was then placed into a feud against the vampire wrestler Gangrel. During the feud Gangrel introduced Christian, Edge's (kayfabe) brother as his ally. Eventually, Gangrel and Christian convinced Edge to join them and the three of them formed a faction known as The Brood. The Brood as a whole was later abducted by and converted into The Undertaker's Ministry of Darkness.
Billed height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Billed weight 111 kg (245 lb)
Born October 30, 1973, Orangeville, Ontario
Resides Tampa, Florida
Billed from Toronto, Ontario
Trained by Ron Hutchison, Sweet Daddy Siki, Bret and Stu Hart, Dory Funk, Jr., Tom Prichard, Leo Burke
Debut July 1, 1992
Adam Joseph Copeland (born on October 30, 1973), is a Canadian professional wrestler better known by his ring name Edge. He is currently performing on the RAW brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Copeland initially rose through the ranks as one half of the tag team Edge and Christian, alongside his real-life best friends and kayfabe brother Christian. He is noted for being one of the most decorated tag team champions in wrestling history, winning a record 12 WWE tag team titles.
Throughout the 1990s Copeland wrestled for many independent promotions in Ontario as well in the Great Lakes region of the United States under the name Sexton Hardcastle. As Sexton Hardcastle he was managed by Johnny Bradford and Judd the Studd and would go on to become a part of the successful tag team Sex and Violence, with Joe Legend, in the Detroit area. During 1997, Sex and Violence were a part of a bigger stable known as Thug Life, made up of Legend, Hardcastle, childhood friend Christian Cage, Bloody Bill Skullion and Rhino Richards. In his Indy career, he also won the SSW Tag title and the ICW Street Fight Tag Title twice with Cage, in addition to a reign with ICW/MWCW Midwest Unified Tag Title alongside Joe. The duo of Copeland and Reso was known as Hard Impact, before changing their name to The Suicide Blondes. In his MySpace blog, he also recalls the duo being known as the Canadian Rockers.
In 1998 Copeland was signed by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), and made his WWF television debut on the June 22, 1998 episode of RAW is WAR as Edge, a loner character who entered the arena through the crowd for his matches. His first character persona was that he would walk around the city streets aimlessly and beat up defenseless bystanders. His first televised match was against Jose Estrada, Jr. and ended prematurely, by count out, when Edge performed a somersault senton from the ring to the outside, (legitly) injuring Estrada's neck. In his first pay-per-view match with the company, SummerSlam 1998, he served as Sable's mystery tag team partner against Jacqueline and Marc Mero, and actually bodyslammed Sable on to Mero in a pinning position to pick up the win.
Edge was then placed into a feud against the vampire wrestler Gangrel. During the feud Gangrel introduced Christian, Edge's (kayfabe) brother as his ally. Eventually, Gangrel and Christian convinced Edge to join them and the three of them formed a faction known as The Brood. The Brood as a whole was later abducted by and converted into The Undertaker's Ministry of Darkness.
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