Edge

Adam Joseph Copeland (October 30, 1973) is a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Edge. He was best known for his time in the WWE, he retired on April 11, 2011.

=Origins= Copeland was trained by former professional wrestlers Sweet Daddy Siki and Ron Hutchinson. Throughout the 1990s, he wrestled in North American independent promotions early in his career. During his time in these promotions, he competed in singles and tag team competition, the latter with Christian Cage, his storyline brother. In 1997, Copeland signed a developmental deal with the WWF and began competing for the company the following year.

After signing with the WWF, he began competing under the ring name Edge. In June 1999, he won the WWF Intercontinental Championship, making it his first title reign with the company. In mid-1999, he and Cage, now going by just Christian, formed an alliance of their own, which led to them winning 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. The team, however, parted ways in 2001. Christian is often noticed as Edge's most successful tag-team partner, which as kayfabe brothers and real-life best friends.

=Fame= Edge overall, has won 31 championships in the WWE and is an 11-time world champion, having held the WWE Championship four times and World Heavyweight Championship seven times, Tag Team Championships 14 times ( 12 WWE World Tag Team Championships, 2 WWE Tag Team Championships ), a five-time Intercontinental Champion, and has held the WCW United States Championship once. He is the first-ever to unify the Intercontinental Championship and United States Championship. This also makes Copeland a Triple Crown Champion. Having won all active major titles from RAW and SmackDown!, this makes him one of the two only active wrestlers ( The other being Kurt Angle ) to have held every active male championship in the WWE. In addition to his championship accolades, Copeland won the 2001 King of the Ring tournament, the first-ever Money in the Bank ladder match in 2005, and the 2010 Royal Rumble. Aside from professional wrestling, Copeland has appeared in the 2000 fantasy film Highlander: Endgame and made guest appearances on television shows, including The Weakest Link, Mind of Mencia, Deal or No Deal, and MADtv.

=Career history in WWE=

The Brood & Ministry of Darknesss (1998-2000)
In 1998, Copeland was signed by the World Wrestling Federation and made his 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. His character's persona included him walking around the city streets aimlessly and beating up innocent pedestrians. His first televised match was against Jose Estrada Jr., which ended prematurely by countout when Edge performed a somersault senton from the ring to the outside, legitimately injuring Estrada's neck.

In his first pay-per-view match, SummerSlam 1998, he served as Sable's (Rena Mero) mystery tag team partner against Jacqueline (Jacqueline Moore) and Marc Mero, and bodyslammed Sable onto Mero in a pinning position to pick up the win.

Edge captured his first singles championship on July 24, 1999, defeating Jeff Jarrett for the Intercontinental Title at a house show in Toronto Ontario. He would lose the belt the next night to Jarrett at the Fully Loaded event in July.

Edge was then placed into a feud against the vampire wrestler Gangrel (David Heath). 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 stable known as The Brood. The Brood as a whole was later abducted by and converted into The Undertaker's (Mark Calaway) Ministry of Darkness. In May 1999, the Brood broke away from The Ministry after Christian was attacked by Ken Shamrock and forced to reveal the location of the captive Stephanie McMahon. The Undertaker chose to have Christian punished for his trespass, but Edge and Gangrel stood by him and turned against The Undertaker.

Edge and Christian / Tag Team Championships (1998-2001)
Following a short feud with the Ministry, they began a feud with The Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff Hardy). Soon, however, Gangrel turned on Edge and Christian and formed The New Brood with their enemies, The Hardy Boyz. Even after the New Brood split, Edge & Christian continued to feud with The Hardy Boyz. The two teams competed in a tag team ladder match at the 1999 No Mercy pay-per-view for the "managerial services" of Terri Runnels and $100,000, which the Hardy Boyz won. On April 2 at WrestleMania 2000, Edge and Christian defeated the Hardy Boyz and the Dudley Boyz to win their first WWF Tag Team Title in a triple threat Ladder match which birthed the Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match (TLC).

Following this victory, Edge and Christian found success as a heel duo, shifting their gimmick from borderline goth to a comedic pair of "cool dudes", winning the WWF Tag Team Title six more times (for a total of seven). During this time, their trademark became the "five second pose" where they performed a pose in the ring for five seconds "for the benefit of those with flash photography" to mock, insult, or otherwise amuse the fans. They also competed as a team in the first three Tables, Ladders, and Chairs matches, winning the first two over The Dudley Boyz and The Hardy Boyz, at SummerSlam 2000 and then again at WrestleMania X-Seven. At the 2001 Royal Rumble Edge and Christian were defeated by the Dudley Boyz and lost the World Tag Team title. They unsuccessfully attempted to regain their tag team title at No Way Out against the Dudley Boyz and the Brothers of Destruction, but they succeeded at WrestleMania X-Seven against the Dudley Boyz and The Hardyz in the second Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match.

King of the Ring / Intercontinental & U.S Championships (2001-2003)
Edge went on to solidify himself as an emerging singles star by winning the 2001 King of the Ring tournament. Edge eventually became a face during the Invasion storyline. Christian turned on Edge shortly afterward, and the two feuded over Edge's Intercontinental Championship that Edge won the month before at SummerSlam 2001, which Edge lost to him Then, Edge lost the Intercontinental Title to Test and shortly afterward won the WCW United States Championship from Kurt Angle. Edge defeated Test at Survivor Series 2001 to unify the Intercontinental Championship with the U.S. Championship.

Throughout the winter months of 2001, Edge feuded with William Regal (Darren Matthews) for the Intercontinental Championship. Edge came up short in the feud. When WrestleMania X8 came around, Edge found himself in a match with Booker T (Booker Huffman) that was the result of Edge beating out Booker for a fictitious Japanese shampoo endorsement.

Shortly after defeating Booker T at WrestleMania, Edge was drafted to the SmackDown! brand in the first WWE Draft Lottery. Upon arriving there, he began a feud against Kurt Angle, which culminated in Edge shaving Kurt's head following a hair vs. hair match at Judgment Day. When Rey Mysterio made his SmackDown! debut, he and Edge formed a team and captured the WWE Tag Team Championship. He also received matches for the WWE Championship against title holders Brock Lesnar and (The) Big Show (Paul Wight). In February 2003, Edge suffered a legit neck injury and had to undergo surgery with Dr. Lloyd Youngblood. Recovery kept him sidelined for close to a year. He was scheduled to return to the ring in February 2004, but he suffered a legitimate broken hand just before his planned return, forcing him to stay out of the ring for an additional month. He was placed on the Raw brand in the WWE Draft after WrestleMania XX and returned to in-ring action shortly after that event. On the April 19, 2004 edition of Raw he and Chris Benoit won the World Tag Team Championship. They continued a close partnership even after losing the title, but it was disbanded when Edge won the Intercontinental Championship at Vengeance 2004 from Randy Orton. He then began to turn heel by cheating to keep the title and getting confrontational with ally Chris Jericho. Following a (legit) groin injury in a non-televised match, Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff stripped Edge of the Intercontinental title.

World Championship Pursuit & Mr. Money in the Bank (2004-2005)
Upon his return, Edge's character became that of a crazed heel with severe anger management problems centered around his obsession for the World Heavyweight Championship. Edge, Benoit, and Shawn Michaels received a chance for a title shot for Triple H's World Heavyweight Championship at Taboo Tuesday 2004. Michaels won the audience vote to receive the title shot, giving Edge and Benoit a Tag Title shot. During the match, Edge abandoned his partner (although Benoit managed to win the title on his own) and instead interfered in the main event, costing Michaels the championship. On the next night, Edge and Benoit lost the World Tag Team Championships while Edge abandoned Benoit again by sitting in a chair and just watching. After the match, Edge attacked Benoit.

In December, both Edge and Benoit competed in a #1 contender's battle royal, but eliminated each other simultaneously at the conclusion of the match, resulting in a draw. Due to this, the World Heavyweight Champion Triple H was forced to defend the title in a triple threat match. In the match, Benoit locked on the Crippler Crossface on Edge, who shifted his weight putting Benoit's shoulders on the mat for a pin. This match also ended in a draw for Benoit and Edge, as Benoit made Edge submit at the same time the referee counted a pinfall for Edge. As a result, the World Heavyweight Title was vacated the next week on Raw.

Edge competed in his first Elimination Chamber match at New Year's Revolution 2005 for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship. Shawn Michaels (acting as special guest referee) would hit Edge with a Sweet Chin Music in retaliation for an accidental Spear, causing Edge to be eliminated first. This led to a match at the 2005 Royal Rumble later in the month, in which Edge defeated Michaels. Subsequently, at WrestleMania 21, Edge won the first ever "Money in the Bank ladder match", gaining himself a contract that gave him a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship within one year.

Relationship with Lita ( 2005-2006 )
Even though he was already a heel, Edge faced even more scorn from the fans due to his adulterous affair with Amy Dumas, known on-screen as Lita. Dumas had been the girlfriend of Copeland's close real-life friend, Matt Hardy. When Dumas suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament, she was put out of action, and it was during this time that Copeland began an affair with her while she was still in a relationship with Hardy. Shortly after the incident became public knowledge, WWE had released Hardy resulting in even more backlash towards Copeland and Dumas. After Hardy returned, however, the real-life situation was translated into a storyline.

Edge was then paired with Lita in an angle where she turned on her storyline husband Kane, which ended with a strechter match Edge won but Kane tombstoned Lita. On the July 11 edition of Raw, Edge's match with Kane was interrupted when Matt Hardy made a surprising appearance. The situation was a worked shoot, with Hardy referring to Edge as "Adam" and issuing a threat to Lita as well. When Hardy was officially brought back to Raw, he and Edge continued their feud, including a match at SummerSlam 2005 where Edge defeated Hardy, causing Hardy to have "excessive blood loss."

They also competed in a Street Fight, which resulted in a no-contest when Hardy performed a Side Effect on Edge off the entrance ramp into the sound speakers and other electrical equipment. They also fought in a Steel cage match at Unforgiven 2005 that Matt won after a leg drop on Edge from the top of the cage. The feud culminated in a "Loser Leaves Raw Ladder Match" at WWE Homecoming, which Edge won after Lita trapped Matt in a crucifix, causing Hardy to move to SmackDown!.

Shortly after the Homecoming victory, Edge suffered a legitimate torn pectoral muscle that kept him shelved for several weeks. During his time off, he starred in his own talk show segment on Raw entitled The Cutting Edge, dubbing himself the "Rated-R Superstar". Edge used his talk show to start a feud with Ric Flair following Flair's well-publicized arrest in connection with a road rage incident. Edge eventually began using The Cutting Edge as a soapbox to run down Flair until, after weeks of public mockery, Flair eventually showed up and attacked Edge.

WWE Champion (2006)
Edge and Flair formally met at New Year's Revolution 2006 in a match for Flair's Intercontinental Championship where Edge was disqualified. Later that night, following the main event Elimination Chamber match, Vince McMahon appeared on stage and declared that John Cena would defend the WWE Championship he'd just retained. An already bloodied and fatigued Cena was forced into a match against Edge, who decided to cash in his Money in the Bank contract at that moment. Edge defeated Cena in less than two minutes after two spears to become WWE Champion for the first time, as well as a Triple Crown Champion.

In an interview conducted after New Year's Revolution on WWE.com, Edge announced that he and Lita would have "hot, nasty, sex in the middle of the ring on Raw the next night to celebrate his victory. On Raw, Edge held up to that promise by engaging in foreplay with Lita until they were interrupted by Ric Flair, who called Edge a disgrace and "dead in the bed." Flair, however, ended up on the receiving end of a con-chair-to on the announcers' table until John Cena came out to rescue Flair and deliver an FU to a half-naked Lita much to the surprise of Edge. The "Live Sex Celebration" segment earned Raw a 5.2 rating, the highest Raw rating in over a year, leading Edge to call himself the "most-watched WWE Champion in the last 5 years" due to the high ratings.

Three weeks later, at the 2006 Royal Rumble, Edge lost the WWE Championship back to Cena. He then lost a return match on a special Thursday edition of Raw held in February. Edge blamed special guest referee Mick Foley for his loss, claiming biased officiating and attacked him. At Saturday Night's Main Event, Foley got revenge on Edge by assaulting him with a Con-chair-to. They feuded until WrestleMania 22 in April, where Edge defeated Foley in a Hardcore match by spearing him through a flaming table.

Edge used his victory over Foley to once again challenge John Cena for his WWE Championship. Triple H was involved in a feud with Cena at the time, resulting in a Triple Threat match at Backlash 2006, where Cena pinned Triple H to retain the title. After Backlash, Edge continued his feud with Mick Foley as they entered a Triple Threat Hardcore Match. Foley, however, immediately attacked friend Tommy Dreamer with Edge's assistance. Edge and Foley then proclaimed that, because of their brutal match at WrestleMania, they were the true Hardcore Champions. At One Night Stand 2006, Edge, Foley, and Lita defeated Dreamer, Terry Funk, and Beulah McGillicutty in an "Extreme Rules" tag team match. Edge later interfered in a WWE Title match between champion John Cena and challenger Rob Van Dam, helping Van Dam win the title. Edge had been number one contender for the title at the time, and there appeared to be some sort of collusion between him and ECW. Edge was unable to win the title at Vengeance 2006.

Two weeks later on Raw, Edge pinned Van Dam in a Triple Threat No Disqualification Match, after blindsiding Cena with the title belt, to become WWE Champion for the second time. The match marked the first time the WWE Championship changed hands on Raw since October 8, 2001.

This re-ignited his feud with Cena, and Edge lost by disqualification at Saturday Night's Main Event XXXIII in order to retain his title. As a result of these tactics, Cena snapped and FU'ed him through the ECW announcers' table. Subsequently, a match was made for SummerSlam 2006 with the stipulation that if Edge was disqualified, he would not only lose the match, but also his title. At SummerSlam, Edge retained his title by pinning Cena after he hit him in the back of the head with brass knuckles while Lita distracted the referee.

The following night on Raw, Lita threw Cena's customized "spinner" belt into the Long Island Sound at Edge's command, who declared it the end of the "Cena era" in his life. Edge later unveiled the new "Rated R" version of the belt. Cena, however, interfered in Edge's match later that night, chased him down to the outside of the building, beat him down, and tossed him into the polluted Long Island Sound himself. The next week, Cena made a deal with Edge: if Edge could defeat him in a match for the WWE Championship, he would sign a contract to move to SmackDown!. Edge agreed, on the condition the match be a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match (TLC) held at September's Unforgiven in Edge's home town of Toronto. At the event, he lost the championship after Cena performed the FU on him, sending Edge crashing through two stacked tables from a ladder. At one point during the match, Cena locked in an STFU on Edge, who later said he was legitimately choked unconscious, the first time he had been knocked out in a match during his career.

Rated-RKO (2006-2007)
On the October 2, 2006 episode of Raw, interference from D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels and Triple H) cost Edge his "final chance" at Cena's WWE Championship in a Steel cage match, though their interference was a response to the interference of Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch. The following week on Raw, Edge used an edition of The Cutting Edge to join forces with Randy Orton to form Rated-RKO (although they did not use this name until several weeks later) and began a feud against DX. Edge cited Orton's lack of success after being kicked out of Evolution by Triple H and DX's "stale" antics "taking up TV time" as reasons to join forces. The duo succeeded early in defeating DX at Cyber Sunday due to the vote-in guest referee Eric Bischoff favoring Rated-RKO. The pair then won the World Tag Team Championship from Ric Flair and Roddy Piper on the November 13, 2006 Raw, making Edge hold a record of 11 World Tag Team Championship title reigns in his WWE career.

The success halted at Survivor Series when Team Rated-RKO was defeated by Team DX in a clean sweep of 5-0. The feud with DX continued at New Year's Revolution where Edge and Orton were battered by DX to end the match in a no contest. Edge and Orton, however, claimed victory on the grounds that Triple H legitimately tore his right quadriceps in the match. To Edge and Orton, this marked the end of DX. Shawn Michaels vowed to deal with Rated-RKO, and the next week on Raw he took out Orton with a con-chair-to while Edge looked on from the entrance ramp. On the January 29, 2007 edition of Raw, Rated-RKO lost the World Tag Team Championship to Michaels and John Cena.

In early February, Edge beat Rob Van Dam to qualify for the Money in the Bank ladder match, but suffered a legitimate broken jaw in the process. He remained on TV but avoided physical confrontations until WrestleMania 23. Meanwhile, his tag partner Orton also qualified for the Money in the bank match, which led to dissent between them. He failed to win at WrestleMania after Jeff Hardy removed them both from the match by performing a nearly 20 foot leg drop off a ladder onto Edge. He then entered a feud, along with former partner Orton, with John Cena and Shawn Michaels. All four men were aiming for the WWE Championship, and at Backlash they competed in a Fatal Four Way match in which Cena successfully defended his title.

World Heavyweight Champion (2007)
On the May 7, 2007 edition of Raw, Edge defeated Mr. Kennedy to win his Money in the Bank title opportunity (Kennedy had suffered a legit injury prior to the match, plus Edge attacked Kennedy before the match), making Edge a two-time Money in the Bank holder. On the May 11, 2007 edition of SmackDown!, Edge cashed in his newly won contract. After a brutal Steel cage match between The Undertaker and Batista and a savage assault to The Undertaker by Mark Henry, Edge took advantage and defeated Undertaker with two Spears to win his first World Heavyweight Championship. As a result of this victory, Edge became a part of the SmackDown brand. He also became the first man to become a dual triple crown champion, as he was the first man to win both the RAW and Smackdown Heavyweight titles, both the RAW and Smackdown tag titles and both the Intercontinental and United States titles.

Edge then began a feud with Batista and successfully defended his championship title against him at Judgment Day, in a Steel Cage Match at One Night Stand, and a third and final time at a last chance match at Vengeance. Edge then began a feud with Kane after SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long announced Kane as the new number one contender for Edge's title. Edge was forced to relinquish his title due to a legit torn left pectoral muscle injury on the July 20, 2007 SmackDown! following an attack by Kane. Edge stated he would be out of action for about four months.

La Familia (2007-2008)
At Survivor Series, Edge made his return, interfering in a World Heavyweight Championship Hell in a Cell match between Batista and The Undertaker. The following SmackDown! show saw Edge and General Manager Vickie Guerrero make their relationship public, making his official in-ring return in a World Title match against Batista on November 30, a match that ended after The Undertaker interfered. At Armageddon, Edge regained the World Heavyweight Championship, after giving The Undertaker two chair shots, and pinning the defending champion Batista (who had been Tombstoned by Undertaker prior) in a Triple Threat match. During the match, Edge used two look-alikes to distract Batista and The Undertaker.

It was later revealed that these look-alikes were the Major Brothers, who were then repackaged as Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder, and aligned themselves with Edge as the 'Rated-R Entourage'.

The group also saw the inclusion of Chavo Guerrero, and on the January 22, 2008 broadcast of ECW on Sci Fi, Edge assisted Chavo in winning the ECW Championship from CM Punk, who had previously rebuffed Edge and allied himself with Rey Mysterio, Edge's scheduled opponent at the Royal Rumble 2008 pay-per-view. The group eventually came under the name of La Familia. At both the Rumble and No Way Out, Edge successfully retained the title after spearing Mysterio in mid-air. At WrestleMania XXIV, Edge lost the World Heavyweight Championship to The Undertaker when he tapped out to the gogoplata, handing Edge his first ever singles loss at WrestleMania. In a WrestleMania rematch, The Undertaker defeated Edge once again at Backlash to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. Following Backlash, The Undertaker was stripped of his championship by Vickie Guerrero and faced Edge for the title at Judgment Day and then again at One Night Stand in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match. The first match ended with a countout victory for The Undertaker but no champion was crowned due to the circumstances. The second match at One Night Stand saw Edge walk away champion, which also meant Undertaker was banished from the entire WWE.

On the June 30, 2008 edition of Raw, Edge interrupted the farewell speech of Jim Ross, who had been drafted to SmackDown! the week before, and forced him to leave the ring. Edge then cut a promo mocking Raw's lack of a world champion, as WWE Champion Triple H had also been drafted to SmackDown! the previous week, and proceeded to leave. Batista, who was upset over his controversial loss to Edge at Night of Champions, however, stopped Edge from leaving and attacked him. CM Punk then took advantage of Edge's weakened stature, cashed in his Money in the Bank contract and defeated Edge to win the World Heavyweight Championship, thus ending Edge's third World Heavyweight Championship reign.

On the special July 4, 2008 edition of SmackDown!, Edge took his frustrations out on Vickie because he lost his title and told her the wedding was off. The following week, however, after Guerrero saved Edge from a Con-chair-to by The Big Show, Edge re-proposed, and the wedding was back on. On July 18, 2008 at the wedding reception, Triple H came out and showed a video of Edge cheating on Guerrero the day before with the wedding planner, Alicia Fox. The angle continued at The Great American Bash when Fox attempted to hand Edge the WWE Championship belt to use as weapon, but was stopped with a clothesline by Guerrero. Edge attempted to spear Triple H but hit Vicky Guerrero instead. Triple H used this distraction to recover and hit a Pedigree to retain his title. Edge would attempt to apologize to Vickie even though he was seen talking to Fox, where she revealed to him that she had rehired The Undertaker and that Edge would face him in a Hell in a Cell match at SummerSlam. Edge then turned on La Familia during the August 8 edition of SmackDown!, and delivered a One man con-chair-to on Chavo in the ring, and tossed Guerrero out of her wheelchair,effectively disbanding the stable. The next week Edge tortured Guerrero the entire night by in his words, taking her on a ride to hell. Around the end of the night, Edge forced Vickie to apologize to The Undertaker for what she did to him. He also mentioned to Guerrero, that it was because of her that La Familia suffered. Edge lost to The Undertaker in Hell in a Cell at SummerSlam, and after the match, Undertaker chokeslammed Edge off the top of a ladder and through the ring canvas, with flames rising from the hole.

Return & WWE/World Heavyweight Championship reigns (2008-2009)
On November 23 at Survivor Series, Edge returned to WWE after an introduction by SmackDown General Manager and his on-screen wife Vickie Guerrero, replacing Jeff Hardy in the Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship involving the champion Triple H and SmackDown newcomer Vladimir Kozlov. He pinned Triple H to become the WWE Champion for the third time in his career. This title reign was short lived as Edge lost the WWE Championship to Jeff Hardy at the 2008 Armageddon pay-per-view in a Triple Threat match, which also featured Triple H, making his third title reign an equal length to his first at 21 days.

Edge was granted a rematch against Jeff Hardy at Royal Rumble 2009. Edge was victorious in capturing his fourth WWE Championship (his 7th World Championship overall) after Matt Hardy betrayed his brother and cost him the championship. At No Way Out the following month, Edge would defend his WWE Championship against five men inside the SmackDown Elimination Chamber structure. Edge was one of the first participants in the contest, and in less than five minutes was pinned by Jeff Hardy, effectively ending his fourth WWE Championship reign. Later on in the night, as Kofi Kingston made his way to the ring for the RAW Elimination Chamber match, Edge came from behind and attacked him. Edge then inserted himself into one of the pods. Eventually, with no other alternative, the match was started by the officials. During the match, World Heavyweight Champion John Cena was pinned by Edge, effectively making Cena lose his championship. The final two participants were Edge and Rey Mysterio, as Edge would come out as winner, and won the World Heavyweight Championship for a fourth time (his 8th World Championship overall.) The following night on Raw, new interim GM of Raw recognized Edge as the World Heavyweight Champion, claiming that Edge had served as a substitute when Kofi Kingston had become "incapacitated." Cena had his rematch on the March 2 edition of Raw, but Edge retained his title due to DQ. Subsequently, Vickie Guerrero named Big Show the new number-one contender. In a contract signing on the March 6 edition of SmackDown held by Edge and Big Show, John Cena stormed into the ring and attacked both men, as well as whispering something into Vickie Guerrero's ear. On the March 9 of Raw, it was revealed that John Cena had been entered into the World Heavyweight Championship match set for WrestleMania XXV, making the contest a Triple Threat match. Cena also showed a revealing video of Vickie Guerrero kissing Big Show, as Edge stood in disbelief.

At WrestleMania XXV, Edge lost the World Heavyweight Champion to John Cena in a Triple Threat match also involving Big Show. Edge was announced as the number-one contender by new GM of RAW, Vickie Guerrero. He would face John Cena at Backlash in a Last Man Standing match for the championship.He regained the championship at Backlash, when he defeated Cena in a Last Man Standing match, after interference by The Big Show. After a successful defense against Jeff Hardy at Judgment Day, he lost the title to Hardy at Extreme Rules in a ladder match, and afterwards said some disparaging things to his on-screen wife, Vickie Guerrero. The following night, Guerrero announced that she quit as the Raw General Manager due to being humiliated, and Edge came out to apologize. Instead, however, he claimed he married Guerrero because she had authoritative powers as the General Manager, and sought a divorce. He hope to recapture the World Heavyweight title in a triple treat match that consisted of world champion CM Punk and Jeff Hardy, which he failed at Raw's Three For All.

Unified Tag Champ & Injury (2009-2010)
Edge won his first Unified WWE Tag Team Championship with Chris Jericho at The Bash after being a late entry by Teddy Long.

On July 3, Edge suffered a torn Achilles tendon while competing at a live event in San Diego in a match against Jeff Hardy, and later underwent surgery. On the July 17th edition of Smackdown, Edge had a post-surgery interview segment with Jim Ross and Todd Grisham. During the interview, Chris Jericho interrupted him by coming out to the ring and scolding him about his past injuries. Jericho called him the weakest link of the Jericho/Edge tag-team alliance, stating he would find a better replacement for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship match at Night of Champions. Edge promised the fans and Jericho that he would return from injury and hinted at a face turn when he said he would return to face Jericho.

Royal Rumble Return and Championship Pursuits (2010)
At the Royal Rumble 2010 event on January 31, 2010, Edge returned from his injury by entering the Royal Rumble match as the twenty-ninth entrant. Ultimately, he won the match for the first time in his career after last eliminating John Cena, therefore earning Edge a championship opportunity at WrestleMania XXVI, which he would challenge Chris Jericho for the World Heavyweight Championship at the pay-per-view, which would turn him into a face.

However, Edge lost to Jericho in the match. The following Smackdown!, the championship was eventually taken out of the feud by newly won Money In The Bank winner, Jack Swagger. The following month, Edge beat Jericho in a Steel cage match at Extreme Rules. The following night at the 2010 WWE Draft, Edge was drafted to the Raw brand, also costing Randy Orton a title shot against John Cena by spearing him in a Triple Threat match against Batista and Sheamus.

Drafted To Raw & Heel Turn (2010)
On the April 30 episode of SmackDown, Edge turned on the fans by calling them puppets, thus becoming a villain, then instigating a sneak attack on Christian. Whilst on Raw, Edge has been in a feud with Randy Orton, with both Edge and Orton gaining the upper hand over one another. The two met in a match at May's WWE Over The Limit pay-per-view, with the match resulting in a double countout. Edge would then qualify for the Fatal 4-Way June pay-per-view after defeating John Cena and Chris Jericho in a Triple Threat match on Raw. Edge, Randy Orton, Sheamus, and then champion John Cena would square off for the WWE Championship at the event. However, Sheamus won the match due to interference from The Nexus. The following night, Edge continued his feud with Orton after Spearing him during a brawl with The Miz, notifying him of the upcoming July pay-per-view, Money in the Bank. Edge, along with Orton, would qualify for Raw's Money in the Bank ladder match. However, neither of them won the match and lost to The Miz himself. On the next Raw episode, Edge was defeated by Randy Orton in a Triple Threat match to challenge for the WWE Championship, which also involved Chris Jericho. Edge and Jericho argued afterwards, but were both eventually attacked by The Nexus. Later that night, Edge along with Jericho and other Raw Superstars alligned with John Cena to take down The Nexus in a 7-on-7 elimination tag team match at the August pay-per-view, SummerSlam. During the weeks leading to the event, The team was faced with several differences and miscommunications with each other. Edge eventually quit the team, and the very same night seemingy reformed his alliance with his past rival Chris Jericho (Who was forced to leave the team). The two however, re-joined the team after getting attacked by The Nexus during a tag match against team members John Cena and Bret Hart. Despite Edge and Jericho's miscommunication with John Cena during the match, the team still successfully defeated The Nexus. Shortly after that victory, Edge would be back in the chase of the WWE Championship, being placed into a "Six Pack Challenge" for Sheamus' title, at WWE's September pay-per-view, Night of Champions. His opponents consists of, Sheamus, Chris Jericho, Randy Orton, John Cena, and Wade Barrett. He lost the match after being eliminated by John Cena.

Traded to Smackdown! & Face turn (2010)
The following weeks, Edge was having issues with the Anonomonyous Raw General Manager. He was traded back to Smackdown! After he wouldn't apologize for destroying the GM's laptop. This turned him face in the process, as he started confronting and attacking heels such as Jack Swagger on Smackdown! and Alberto Del Rio at the Hell In a Cell pay-per-view. Edge qualified for the Bragging Rights pay-per-view of October after defeating Dolph Ziggler in a qualifying match. Team Smackdown would win against Team Raw after Edge hit a spear on The Miz for the pinfall. He and Mysterio were the last survivors, and earned number one contendership matches along with Alberto Del Rio for Kane's World Heavyweight Championship after all 3 interrupted Kane's ceremonial funeral. Edge would be successful of gaining the title shot after hitting Del Rio with a spear to face Kane at the November Survivor Series pay-per-view. During the weeks leading to the pay-per-view, both were having issues with The Nexus. Edge and Kane teamed in a 5 on 5 tag team match against the renegade group. Despite Edge's miscommunication with Kane, he managed to win for Smackdown! by spearing David Otunga. This would result into a singles match with Otunga the following week in a Lumberjack match, with the stipulations of Otunga having to leave Nexus if defeated. Edge lost to Otunga, following interference from Kane. Edge would respond the same night by kidnapping Paul Bearer, tied him up with rope and duct tape, and placing him in a wheelchair. This would distract Kane, leading him to be defeated in his match with The Big Show. Edge continued to get inside the head of Kane using Bearer leading up to Survivor Series. Edge still however failed to get the World Championship, even with Paul Bearer's wheelchair at ringside as a mental advantage. The match ended in a tie, because both of their shoulders were down to the mat during the 3 count. On Smackdown!, Edge continued to mentally torture Kane using Paul Bearer, which persuade Kane to give Edge a rematch for the World Heavyweight Championship at 2010 December's TLC (Tables, Ladders, and Chairs.) Later on the same night the rematch was made, Edge ran over a fake Bearer in the wheelchair with a car, once again messing with Kane's mind. Edge and Kane would then battle on Smackdown! with the winner deciding the stipulation of their pay-per-view match. Edge managed to win the match with a Spear on Kane after distracting him with a tied up Paul Bearer on the titantron. He decided they were going to have a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match at TLC. After both men abandoned a scheduled tag team match, Edge's abduction of Paul Bearer would seemingly come to an end after Kane pushed him off of a ladder to his demise backstage, as he thought it was another dummy or trick of Edge. Christian would also present Edge with the "Oh Snap" 2010 Slammy Award on Monday Night Raw. Later Alberto Del Rio and Rey Mysterio would be added to the title match to make it a Fatal-4-Way TLC Match. Despite this, Edge managed to come out victorious, becoming a 10-time world champion.

10-time World Heavyweight Champion (2010-11)
Edge successfully defended his title against Kane in a rematch for the championship in a Last Man Standing match on Smackdown!'s first 2011 episode. The same night, Dolph Ziggler became the new number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship for the 2011 Royal Rumble. Edge would then host "The Cutting Edge" and invite the number one contender and his ex-wife, Vickie Guerrero. The talk show would end in chaos, with Ziggler gaining the upperhand on Edge by Zig-Zagging him into steel steps. Leading up to the pay-per-view, Vickie would gain full control of Smackdown authority and put Edge against a member of the newly formed faction, The Corre. Justin Gabriel battles Edge as the remaining members spectate around the ring, as well as Ziggler guest commentating at ringside. Edge would end up on the losing end to Gabriel due to involvement of Corre, and even getting attacked by them after the match. This beatdown would effect Edge leading into his Raw match with the WWE Champion, The Miz. The match however, is interrupted by Dolph Ziggler, who attacks Edge. Randy Orton intervernes and RKOs Ziggler and Miz's apprentice, Alex Riley. This makes a tag match on Smackdown! where Rated-RKO reunites to take on Dolph Ziggler and The Miz. The former tag champions win the match via Spear. The victory caused Vickie Guerrero to ban the Spear at the 2011 Royal Rumble. If used, Edge will be forced to surrender to world title to Dolph Ziggler. At the pay-per-view event, Edge is successful in defending his title using the Spear anyway. The referee was knocked out momentarily as well as Vickie Guerrero by Kelly Kelly.

After his pay-per-view title defense, Edge had to have another champion vs champion match against The Miz on Raw. The only different stipulation was there having to be a winner. Though while on Raw, he interrupted the new 2011 Royal Rumble winner, Alberto Del Rio and WWE Champion, the Miz. Del Rio decided to face the Rated-R Superstar for his World Heavyweight Championship at WrestlemaniaXXVII. Shortly after the reveal Edge attacks Del Rio. Havign his attention on Miz and Riley exiting the ring, Del Rio strikes Edge down with a guitar. Despite his altercation with Alberto, he managed to pin the WWE Champion in the rematch as he was distracted by John Cena. The same night, Vickie Guerrero revealed she created a match on Smackdown! where Edge tagged with Kelly Kelly to face Dolph Ziggler and Laycool with his world championship on the line. Guerrero once again banned the Spear usage from Edge, decreasing his chances of winning. Regardless, he still managed to win after Kelly Kelly speared Layla for the victory. The diva was unfortunately fired by Vickie Guerrero shortly after the match and announced she will special referee Edge's singles match next week against Ziggler for the World Heavyweight Championship. The spear ban was put on once more, but Edge hit Ziggler with the finisher twice and won the match ( a Green Bay Packer substituting as ref ) after Guerrero injured her ankle trying to Spear Edge himself. Edge shortly retaliates to Del Rio's attack on Raw but is interrupted by Guerrero announcing Edge would be stripped of the world title ( for usage of the Spear ) and fired ( for apparently attacking Teddy Long backstage ) on the following Smackdown!

11-time World Heavyweight Champion and Retirement
Vickie Guerrero stayed true to her words and fired Edge shortly after Smackdown began on February 18th, claiming she had proof he was the one who took out former acting General Smackdown, Theodore Long. Vickie would then award Ziggler the World Heavyweight Championship later the same night. Unfortunately for both Teddy Long returned as acting General Manager, accusing Vickie of his attack. This would cause her to spill the secret of Ziggler being the mastermind behind his attack, and Long rehiring Edge and giving him an immediate World Championship rematch against Ziggler. Edge defeated Ziggler with the now unbanned Spear to become an 11-time World Champion. Ziggler was immediately fired after the match by Teddy Long, and was mocked out by the champion. Edge would then go on to defend his world title at the February pay-per-view event, Elimination Chamber. Edge successfully won the Smackdown Chamber after pinning Mysterio via mid-air Spear. Alberto Del Rio would attck Edge shortly after the win, only for him to be attacked by a returning Christian. Edge would recover and finish Del Rio off with another Spear. The following Smackdown! Vickie Guerrero's job was also in jeopardy. She had to defend it by teaming with Drew Mcintyre against Edge and the recently rehired, Kelly Kelly. Edge was momentarily stalled in the match by Vickie, but Kelly Kelly intervened and Speared the consultant of Smackdown, along with Edge spearing Mcintyre for the victory. This resulted in Vickie being fired as consultant of Smackdown! by Teddy Long and being sung out of the building by Edge and fans.

On the April 11 episode of Monday Night Raw, he announced his retirement due to injuries from 8 years ago. It was implied he was vacating the title, leaving it up to question who Alberto Del Rio (the once-again number 1 contender) would be facing at the Extreme Rules 2011 ladder match to compete for it. Perhaps Christian.

Wrestling facts

 * Finishing moves
 * Spear
 * Edgecution / Impaler DDT (Lifting DDT, sometimes dropped into a sitout position)
 * Downward Spiral (Leg hook reverse STO) - 1998-1999
 * Edgecator (Inverted Sharpshooter)
 * One man con-chair-to - used in hardcore matches


 * Signature moves
 * Edge 'o' Matic
 * Big boot
 * Camel clutch
 * Diving crossbody
 * Electric Chair
 * Falling Reverse DDT
 * Flapjack
 * Half Nelson Bulldog
 * Hurracanrana
 * Missile Dropkick
 * Russian legsweep
 * Sleeper hold
 * Spinning wheel kick


 * Nicknames
 * "King Edge The Awesome"
 * "Mr. Money In The Bank"
 * "The Rated-R Superstar"
 * "The Ultimate Opportunist"
 * "The Master Manipulator"
 * "The Master Psychologist"


 * Tag teams and stables
 * Edge & Christian - with Christian
 * Rated-RKO - with Randy Orton
 * The Brood
 * La Familia
 * Ministry Of Darkness
 * Thug Life


 * Managers
 * Gangrel
 * Terri Runnels
 * Lita
 * Vickie Guerrero


 * Nickname for Fans
 * "Edgeheads"


 * Theme music
 * "Metalingus" by Alter Bridge (WWE) (2004-2011)
 * "Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy)" by Rob Zombie (WWE) (2001-2004)
 * "On The Edge" by Jim Johnson (WWE) ( 1999-2001, 2004)
 * "You Think You Know Me" by Jim Johnston (WWE) ( 1998-1999)

Championships and accomplishments

 * World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment
 * World Heavyweight Champion (7 times)
 * WWE Champion (4 times)
 * WWF/E Intercontinental Champion (5 times)
 * WCW United States Champion (1 time)
 * WWF/E World Tag Team Champion (11 times) - with Christian (7), Hulk Hogan (1), Chris Benoit (2), Randy Orton (1)
 * WWE Unified Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Chris Jericho (1)
 * WWE Tag Team Champion (2 times) - with Rey Mysterio
 * King of the Ring (2001)
 * Hair vs Hair match winner (2001)
 * Money in the Bank (2005, 2007)
 * 2008 Slammy Awards - Couple of the Year with Vickie Guerrero
 * 2010 Slammy Awards - "Oh Snap" Meltdown of the Year destroying the Raw GM’s computer
 * Royal Rumble (2010)
 * Forteenth Triple Crown Champion