Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Christian Cage

Christian Cage

Born:
11/30/1973
,
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Birthname:
William Jason Reso
Height & Weight:
6'1"
,
212 Ib

Titles Won:

  • (WWE) World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  • NWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
  • Impact World Heavyweight Championship
  • ECW Championship (2 times)
  • WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (4 times)
  • World Tag Team Championship (9 times) – with Edge (7), Lance Storm (1) and Chris Jericho (1)
  • Twenty Third Triple Crown Champion
  • Eleventh Grand Slam Champion
  • AEW TNT Championship

Reso was trained by former professional wrestlers Ron Hutchinson, Dory Funk, Jr., and Tom Prichard, and made his wrestling debut in June 1995. Reso wrestled in Canadian independent promotions early in his career. During his time in these promotions, he competed in singles and tag team competition, with Edge, his storyline brother. In 1998, Reso signed a developmental deal with the WWF and began competing for the company the following year.

After signing with the WWF, Reso made his debut and captured his first title with the company, the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship. He and Edge 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. In 2001 the team parted ways and Reso signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in 2005.

Following his move to TNA, he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, in February 2006. He recaptured the title in January 2007 and established his Coalition, which disbanded a year later. Reso left TNA in late 2008 and re-signed with WWE. In April 2009, Reso won the ECW Championship, which he would win again that July. He became the longest reigning ECW Champion in the WWE era and later went to the SmackDown brand capturing the World Heavyweight Championship in May 2011, and again in July of that year.

After several years hiatus, Christian returned to the ring at WWE Royal Rumble 2021 and reunited with his tag team partner Edge. He disappeared from TV not so long after, as contract talks fell through and he decided to sign with All Elite Wrestling in March. Christian made his AEW debut at the Revolution PPV. On the first-ever episode of AEW Rampage, he made history by defeating Kenny Omega to become the Impact World Heavyweight Champion.

Aside from world titles, he is a one-time WWF Light Heavyweight Champion, one-time WWF Hardcore Champion, one-time WWF European Champion, four-time WWF/E Intercontinental Champion, and a nine-time World Tag Team Champion. In addition to these accolades, Reso is the twenty-third Triple Crown Champion and the eleventh Grand Slam Champion in WWE history.

Notable Matches

w/ Edge vs. The New Brood at No Mercy 1999

w/ Edge vs. The Hardy Boyz vs The Dudley Boyz at Wrestlemania X-7

vs. Randy Orton at Summerslam 2011

vs. Randy Orton at Over The Limit 2011

w/ Edge vs. The Hardy Boyz vs The Dudley Boyz at Summerslam 2000

w/ Edge vs. The Hardy Boyz vs The Dudley Boyz at Wrestlemania 2000

vs. Kaz at Genesis 2007

vs. Samoa Joe at Bound for Glory 2007

Notable Feuds

vs. The Hardy Boyz

vs. The Dudley Boyz

vs. Randy Orton

vs. Chris Jericho

vs. Jack Swagger

vs. Alberto Del Rio

vs. Samoa Joe

vs. Edge

Other Notable Achievements: WWF Light Heavyweight Championship, WWF European Championship, WWF Hardcore Championship, ECWA Heavyweight Championship, ICW Street Fight Tag Team Championship – with Sexton Hardcastle, IWA Tag Team Championship – with Earl The Orderly, PCW Heavyweight Championship