| Name |
Edge |
| Height |
6 ft 5 in |
| Naionality |
Canadian |
| Date of Birth |
30-October-1973 |
| Place of Birth |
Orangeville, Ontario, Canada |
| Famous for |
Wrestler |
Edge 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 early in his career. During his time in these promotions, he competed in singles and tag team competition, the latter with Christian, his storyline brother.
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 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. Copeland was asked to wrestle in a World Wrestling Federation (WWF) match in 1996. 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. Coincidentally, Copeland made his WWF wrestling debut as Sexton Hardcastle on November 10, 1997, the night after Hart left the company. The following night, he faced Christian (then billed as Christian Cage) at a Shotgun taping, in a match that would be included on Copeland's 2008 WWE Home Video release, Edge: A Decade of Decadence.
Although Edge had lost his scheduled match at New Year's Revolution, that would not be his only match that evening. The main event of the pay-per-view saw John Cena, the reigning WWE Champion; defend his title in an Elimination Chamber match. After a bloody Cena won the match, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon announced there would be one final match to close out the evening because Edge was going to cash in his Money in the Bank contract to face Cena for the championship. After spearing Cena twice, Edge covered him for the pin and won his first world championship.
