Edge (wrestler)
Adam Joseph Copeland[1] (born October 30, 1973 in Orangeville, Ontario)[6] is a Canadian actor and retired professional wrestler. He is sign to WWE smackdown brand where he wrestled under the ring name Edge.
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Born | Orangeville, Ontario, Canada [1] | October 30, 1973
Lives in | Asheville, North Carolina |
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Adam Copeland Edge Adam Impact[2] Damon Stryker Adam Copeland[3] Sexton Hardcastle[4] |
Billed height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
Billed from | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Trained by | Ron Hutchison Sweet Daddy Siki Bret and Stu Hart Dory Funk, Jr. Tom Prichard Leo Burke |
Debut | 1992[5] |
Retired | 2011 |
He was forced into early retirement from professional wrestling due to a injury to his neck.[7] Copeland was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on March 31, 2012 by his best friend and tag team partner Christian.[8]
Since retiring, Copeland has regularly appeared on the Syfy series Haven where he plays the character Dwight Hendrickson. Edge make a shocking return to WWE January 26th 2020 in the royal rumble[9]
On the January 27 Episode Of Raw, Edge was attacked by his former tag team partner Randy Orton. He returned defeated Orton
ActingEdit
MoviesEdit
- Beyond the Mat - Himself (1999) (Uncredited)
- Highlander: Endgame - Lachlan (2000)
- Bending the Rules - Nick Blades (2012)
TelevisionEdit
- Weakest Link - Himself (2002)
- TV total - Himself (2003)
- Mind of Mencia - Himself (2006)
- Deal or No Deal - Himself (2007)
- MADtv - Himself (2007)
- Sanctuary - Thelo (2011)
- Haven - Dwight Hendrickson (2011–present)
- The Flash - Albert Rothstein / Atom Smasher (2015)
- Vikings - Kjetill Flatnose (2017 - 2020)
ChampionshipsEdit
- Canadian Wrestling Association
- CWA North American Championship (1 time)
- Insane Championship Wrestling
- ICW Street Fight Tag Team Championship (2 times) (with Christian Cage (1) and Joe E. Legend (1))[10]
- ICW/MWCW Mid-West Unified Tag Team Championship (1 time) (with Joe E. Legend)
- George Tragos/Lou Thesz International Wrestling Institute
- Lou Thesz Award (2013)[11]
- Outlaw Championship Wrestling
- OCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) (with Joe E. Legend)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI Comeback of the Year (2004)[12]
- PWI Feud of the Year (2005)[13] (with Lita vs. Matt Hardy)
- PWI Feud of the Year (2006)[13] (vs. John Cena)
- PWI Match of the Year (2000)[14] (with Christian vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz in a Triangle Ladder match at WrestleMania 2000)
- PWI Match of the Year (2001)[14] (with Christian vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match at WrestleMania X-Seven)
- PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2006)[15]
- PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (2001)[16]
- He was ranked #2 on the top PWI 500 singles wrestlers of 2007.[17]
- World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
- WWE Championship (4 times)[18][19][20][21]
- World Heavyweight Championship (7 times)[22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
- WCW United States Championship (1 time)1[29]
- WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (5 times)[30][31][32][33][34]
- World Tag Team Championship (12 times)[35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46] (with Christian (7), Hulk Hogan (1), Chris Benoit (2), Randy Orton (1) and Chris Jericho (1))
- WWE Tag Team Championship (2 times)[47][48] (with Rey Mysterio (1) and Chris Jericho (1))
- King of the Ring (2001)[49]
- Money in the Bank (2005)[50]
- Royal Rumble (2010)[51]
- Fourteenth Triple Crown Champion
- WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2012)[52]
- Slammy Award for Couple of the Year (2008) (with Vickie Guerrero)[53]
- Slammy Award for "Oh Snap" Meltdown of the Year (2010)[54]
- 2010 Bragging Rights Trophy (with Team SmackDown (Big Show, Rey Mysterio, Jack Swagger, Alberto Del Rio, Tyler Reks and Kofi Kingston))[55]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Match of the Year (2002) (with Rey Mysterio vs. Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit at No Mercy)[56]
- Tag Team of the Year (2000) (with Christian)[56]
- Worst Feud of the Year (2010) (vs. Kane)[56]
- Worst Worked Match of the Year (2008) (vs. Vladimir Kozlov and Triple H at Survivor Series)[56]
1Edge won the championship during the Invasion storyline.
Lucha de Apuesta recordEdit
Wager | Winner | Loser | Location | Date | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hair | Edge | Kurt Angle | Nashville, Tennessee | May 19, 2002 | Hair vs. hair match at Judgment Day[57] |
ReferencesEdit
- Copeland, Adam (2004). Adam Copeland On Edge. World Wrestling Entertainment Books. ISBN 978-1-4165-0523-5.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "IGN: Edge (WWE) Biography". IGN. Retrieved 2008-01-01.
- ↑ Copeland, Adam. Adam Copeland On Edge (p.55)
- ↑ "Christian Cage bio at SLAM". SLAM sports. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
- ↑ Copeland, Adam. Adam Copeland On Edge (p.74)
- ↑ Copeland, Adam. Adam Copeland On Edge (p.51)
- ↑ Copeland, Adam. Adam Copeland On Edge (p.16)
- ↑ Richard Gray. "Citing Injury, Edge Announces His Retirement From Professional Wrestling". Wrestling News World. Archived from the original on 2011-04-13. Retrieved 2011-04-11.
- ↑ "Rated-R Hall of Famer - March 31, 2012". WWE. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
- ↑ "Ultimate Opportunist pursues new challenges". WWE. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
- ↑ "ICW Street Fight Tag Team Title". ProWrestlingHistory.com. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "News: Edge to join second Hall of Fame". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ Pro Wrestling Illustrated. 33 (3): 103. 2012. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2007". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "WWE Championship - Edge (January 08, 2006 - January 29, 2006)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "WWE Championship - Edge (July 03, 2006 - September 17, 2006)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "WWE Championship - Edge (November 23, 2008 - December 14, 2008)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "WWE Championship - Edge (January 25, 2009 - February 15, 2009)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "World Heavyweight Championship - Edge (May 08, 2007 - July 17, 2007)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "World Heavyweight Championship - Edge (December 16, 2007 - March 30, 2008)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "World Heavyweight Championship - Edge (June 01, 2008 - June 30, 2008)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "World Heavyweight Championship - Edge (February 15, 2009 - April 05, 2009)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "World Heavyweight Championship - Edge (April 26, 2009 - June 07, 2009)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "World Heavyweight Championship - Edge (December 19, 2010 - February 18, 2011)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "World Heavyweight Championship - Edge (February 18, 2011 - April 15, 2011)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "United States Championship - Edge (November 12, 2001 - November 18, 2001)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Edge (July 24, 1999 - July 25, 1999)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Edge (August 19, 2001 - September 23, 2001)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Edge (October 21, 2001 - November 05, 2001)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Edge (November 18, 2001 - January 20, 2002)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Edge (July 11, 2004 - September 06, 2004)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Edge & Christian (April 02, 2000 - May 29, 2000)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Edge & Christian (June 25, 2000 - September 24, 2000)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Edge & Christian (October 22, 2000 - October 23, 2000)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Edge & Christian (December 10, 2000 - December 18, 2000)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Edge & Christian (December 21, 2000 - January 21, 2001)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Edge & Christian (March 19, 2001 - March 19, 2001)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Edge & Christian (April 01, 2001 - April 19, 2001)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Hollywood Hogan & Edge (July 04, 2002 - July 21, 2002)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Chris Benoit & Edge (April 19, 2004 - May 31, 2004)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Chris Benoit & Edge (October 19, 2004 - November 01, 2004)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Edge & Randy Orton (November 13, 2006 - January 29, 2007)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Edge & Chris Jericho (June 28, 2009 - July 26, 2009)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "WWE Tag Team Championships - Edge & Rey Mysterio (November 07, 2002 - November 17, 2002)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "WWE Tag Team Championships - Edge & Chris Jericho (June 28, 2009 - July 26, 2009)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "Edge vs. Kurt Angle: King of the Ring 2001". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "Full WrestleMania 21 Results". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "Edge wins 30-Man Royal Rumble Match". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "Edge Gets Inducted Into WWE's Hall of Fame: April 2, 2012". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "Slam, bam, thank you ma'am!". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "Saluting the Slammys". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ "Team SmackDown def. Team Raw (WWE Bragging Rights Tag Team Elimination Match)". WWE. Retrieved 2014-10-29.
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 56.2 56.3 Meltzer, Dave (January 26, 2011). "Biggest issue of the year: The 2011 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards Issue". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Campbell, CA: 1–40. ISSN 1083-9593.
- ↑ Copeland, Adam. Adam Copeland On Edge (p.204)
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