During the feud, Gangrel introduced Christian Cage (now going by just "Christian"), Edge's storyline brother, as his ally. In his first pay-per-view match at SummerSlam in August, he served as Sable's mystery tag team partner against Jacqueline and Marc Mero, and bodyslammed Sable onto Mero in a pinning position to pick up the win.Įdge was then placed in a feud against the vampire wrestler Gangrel. His first televised match was against Jose Estrada, Jr., which ended prematurely by count out when Edge performed a somersault senton from the ring to the outside, legitimately injuring Estrada's neck. His character's persona included him aimlessly walking around the city streets and assaulting innocent pedestrians. In 1998, Copeland made his WWF television debut on the June 22 episode of Raw is War as Edge, a loner character who entered the arena through the crowd for his matches. See also: The Brood, Ministry of Darkness, and Edge and Christian World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment Debut Edge and Christian (1998–2001) Coincidentally, Copeland as Sexton Hardcastle first wrestled for the WWF the night after Hart left the company. Canadian wrestler Bret Hart, who saw Copeland wrestle, put in a good word for Copeland, which ultimately resulted in Copeland receiving a developmental contract with the WWF in 1997. In his autobiography, Copeland states that it was his worst ring name to date.Ĭopeland was asked to wrestle in a World Wrestling Federation (WWF) match in 1996. Copeland also once wrestled under the name Damon Striker (although Copeland writes it as Damien Stryker in his book) on an episode of WCW Pro against Meng and Kevin Sullivan. They also worked in Japan under the name the Canadian Rockers. The duo of Hardcastle and Cage were known as Hard Impact before changing their name to The Suicide Blondes. During his independent career, he won the ICW/MWCW Midwest Unified Tag Title holder alongside Joe. During 1997, Sex and Violence became part of a larger stable known as Thug Life, made up of Legend, Hardcastle, Christian Cage (Copeland's childhood friend Jason Reso), Bill Skullion, and Rhino Richards. He became a part of the tag team Sex & Violence with Joe Legend. Throughout the 1990s, Copeland wrestled on the independent circuit in Ontario and the Great Lakes region of the United States under the name Sexton Hardcastle. Professional wrestling career Early career He held numerous jobs and decided to go to Humber College, where he graduated with a diploma in radio broadcasting. Copeland put his wrestling aspirations aside, to help pay the bills. As the result of his win, he was trained by Sweet Daddy Siki and Ron Hutchinson in Toronto. When he was eighteen, Copeland won an essay contest, with Sully's Gym offering free wrestling training to whoever could write a good essay, explaining why they would want to become a professional wrestler. Perfect, Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, Ricky Steamboat, Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart. At a young age, he became interested in professional wrestling. To this day, he has never met his father, nor seen a picture of him. 2.2.8 Return from retirement (2020–2023)Ĭopeland was born on Octoin Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, to Judy Copeland, a single mother, who worked two jobs to support her son.2.2.3 World Heavyweight Championship contender (2004–2005).2.2 World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment.We hope that it was not the last time we saw Edge compete in the ring. We also await an actual report from the WWE to know how serious it was. This past week on SmackDown he suffered an injury on his neck and was sent to hospital. No one expected to see Edge fight ever again but in 2020 he made his unexpected return. Edge is carried out of the ring after an attack by Seth Rollins (WWE) He later underwent a triple fusion neck surgery to fix his neck. He was medically uncleared to fight and if he did he could’ve risked getting lower body paralysis. In 2011 Edge was forced to retire because of his neck injury. His neck would never properly heal because he was putting it on the line so much. From then on he underwent surgery to fix his neck. His first injury dates back to 2003 when he fell through a ladder in a match. #SmackDown /wUvjvq61ir- WWE SeptemEdge’s history with neck injuriesĮdge has had a history with neck injuries. After a brutal matchup with is wheeled out of in a stretcher.
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