Edge

Wrestler, TV Personality

1973 –

95

Who is Edge?

Adam Joseph Copeland is a Retired Canadian professional wrestler and actor, best known for his time with WWE under the ring name Edge.

Copeland was trained by former professional wrestlers Sweet Daddy Siki and Ron Hutchinson. Throughout the 1990s, he wrestled in North American independent promotions. During his time in these promotions, he competed in singles and tag team competition, the latter with longtime friend Christian Cage. In 1997, Copeland signed a developmental deal with the WWF and began competing for the company later that year; he made his televised debut the following June under the ring name Edge. In July 1999, he won the WWF Intercontinental Championship at a house show in Toronto, making it his first title reign with the company. He and Christian, billed as brothers in WWF storylines, went on to win the WWF Tag Team Championship on seven different occasions. During this time, they gained notoriety in the tag team division, partly due to their participation in Tables, Ladders, and Chairs matches.

Overall, Edge won 31 championships in WWE, including eleven world championships, five Intercontinental Championships, one United States Championship, 14 world tag team championships. He also had an unofficial co-champion reign with Mick Foley as Hardcore Champion. He won the 2001 King of the Ring tournament, the first Mr. Money in the Bank in 2005 and 2007 when he defeated Mr. Kennedy, which he is also the winner of the match to reclaim and cash in the contract, thus becoming the first to cash in and win both world titles; and the Royal Rumble match in 2010, making him the only wrestler in history to achieve all three of those accomplishments. He headlined many major pay-per-view events for WWE, including WrestleMania XXIV.

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Born
Oct 30, 1973
Orangeville
Also known as
  • Rated-R Superstar
  • Mr. Money in the Bank
  • King Edge the Awesome
  • Adam Joseph Copeland
  • Damon Stryker
  • The Ultimate Opportunist
  • The Rated–R Superstar
  • Adam Impact
  • The Master Manipulator
  • Sexton Hardcastle
Parents
Spouses
Nationality
  • Canada
Profession
Education
  • Humber College
Employment
  • World Wrestling Entertainment
Lived in
  • Toronto
  • United States of America
  • North Carolina
  • Asheville

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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