Edge & Christian
Edge & Christian (E&C) were a Canadian professional wrestling tag team best known for their time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), later renamed World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where they won the WWF Tag Team Championship on seven occasions. Initially, the two were portrayed as on-screen brothers, but the aspect was de-emphasized in the mid-2000s, and in 2010, the team was officially retconned as legitimate childhood friends. The team disbanded in 2001 but reunited briefly under the SmackDown brand in 2011. Edge, however, announced his retirement from professional wrestling due to neck injury on the April 11 episode of Monday Night Raw, which would ultimately end their final run together. Edge made his in-ring return in 2020, followed by Christian in 2021, as the two were both entrants in the 2021 Royal Rumble. Shortly after, Christian left WWE for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) using the ring name Christian Cage, and Edge would then join AEW in 2023 under his real name as the "Rated R Superstar" Adam Copeland.
| Edge & Christian | |
|---|---|
Edge (right) & Christian (left) in April 2018 | |
| Tag team | |
| Members | Edge Christian |
| Name(s) | Edge and Christian High Impact Suicide Blondes Revolution X Canadian Rockers Hard Istian E&C Team E&C / Team EC Los Conquistadores The Brood Team ECK Rocket Strappers |
| Billed heights | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) – Edge 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) – Christian (Cage) |
| Combined billed weight | 453 lb (205 kg) |
| Hometown | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Billed from | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Debut | 1998 (in-ring competition) |
| Years active | 1998–2001 2010–2011 2014–2021 (only reunions) |
| Trainer | Ron Hutchison |
In addition to their seven reigns as WWF Tag Team Champions, they each won singles titles during their run as a tag team. Edge and Christian are also noteworthy for their participation in the first three Tables, Ladders, and Chairs matches (TLC matches). They are considered one of the major teams that revived tag team wrestling during the Attitude Era. In 2012, WWE named them the greatest tag team in WWE history. The team's popularity propelled Edge & Christian to main event success, with both men becoming multiple-time world champions in their own right.