page_title: Christian Cage
section_title: Championship reigns and The Un-Americans (2001–2003)
hierarchical_section_title: Christian Cage / Professional wrestling career / World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment / Championship reigns and The Un-Americans (2001–2003)
caption_attribution_description: English: en:The Un-Americans: en:Lance Storm and Christian as WWE Tag Team Champions en:September 1 en:2002 en:Allstate Arena en:Rosemont, Illinois.
context_page_description: William Jason Reso is a Canadian professional wrestler, actor and host. He is currently signed to WWE under the ring name Christian.
  Reso was trained by Ron Hutchison and Dory Funk Jr. and made his professional wrestling debut in June 1995. He wrestled in Canadian independent promotions early in his career, where he frequently competed in singles and tag team competition with longtime best friend, Adam Copeland. In 1998, Reso signed a developmental contract with the World Wrestling Federation and was rebranded as the storyline brother of Edge, Copeland's WWF persona. Reso made his debut the following year and immediately captured his first title in the company, the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship. Edge and Christian gained notoriety as a tag team for their participation in Tables, Ladders and Chairs matches and winning the WWF Tag Team Championship on seven occasions. The team parted ways in 2001, after which Christian held various singles titles, including the European Championship, the Hardcore Championship, and the Intercontinental Championship.
context_section_description: At Unforgiven on September 23, Christian defeated Edge to win his first Intercontinental Championship, but he lost it back to Edge in a ladder match at No Mercy on October 21. Christian won the European Championship from Bradshaw on the November 1 episode of SmackDown!. At Rebellion on November 3, Christian faced Edge in a steel cage match for the Intercontinental Championship, but he failed to win the title. At Survivor Series, Christian defeated Al Snow to retain the European Championship. At Vengeance on December 9, Christian and Test faced Albert and Scotty 2 Hotty in a losing effort. In January 2002, Christian lost the European title to Diamond Dallas Page. At the Royal Rumble on January 20, Christian entered the Royal Rumble match, but he was eliminated by Stone Cold Steve Austin.
  At No Way Out on February 17, Christian and Lance Storm entered a tag team turmoil match with the winners getting a WrestleMania tag team title shot which was won by The Acolytes Protection Agency. After a series of defeats, Christian announced he would quit the WWF, but Page persuaded him to reconsider and adopted him as his protégé. Christian betrayed Page and faced off against him for the European Championship at WrestleMania X8 on March 17, but he lost. Christian began throwing tantrums in his gimmick at the time whenever things did not go his way and during the same event defeated Mighty Molly to win the WWF Hardcore Championship, but lost the title to Maven later that night.
  Christian formed an alliance with fellow Canadian wrestler Lance Storm on the June 20 episode of SmackDown!, complaining that the WWE has a history of prejudice against Canadians, bringing up the Montreal Screwjob as an example. On the June 27 episode of SmackDown!, Test, another Canadian, joined their team, now called The Un-Americans. Christian and Storm won the WWE Tag Team Championship at Vengeance by defeating Edge and Hulk Hogan. The trio then defected from SmackDown! to Raw, appearing on the July 29 episode of Raw to attack The Undertaker. The Un-Americans teamed with Triple H, to defeat WWE Undisputed Champion The Rock, The Undertaker and Booker T and Goldust in an eight-man tag team match on the August 12 episode of Raw, after Test pinned Undertaker. At SummerSlam Christian and Storm retained the tag team titles against Booker T and Goldust, before interfering in Test's match with the Undertaker later in the night, only to be tossed out of the ring and for Undertaker to defeat Test. On the August 26 episode of Raw, the Un-Americans attempted to burn the American flag, but were stopped by Booker T, Goldust and a returning Kane. On the September 2 episode of Raw, William Regal joined the team. Regal, an Englishman, was the only member of the team not of Canadian nationality. At Unforgiven on September 22, The Un-Americans lost to Bubba Ray Dudley, Kane and Booker T and Goldust. The Un-Americans lost the titles the next night on Raw to the team of The Hurricane and Kane. On the September 30 episode of Raw, both Christian and Storm lost matches to Randy Orton, while Regal and Test lost to Rob Van Dam and Tommy Dreamer. This led to all four members attacking each other, thus disbanding the team.
  Christian formed a tag team with Chris Jericho and competed in a fatal four-way tag team TLC match for the WWE Tag Team Championship on the October 7 special episode of Raw Roulette, involving Kane, Jeff Hardy and Rob Van Dam and Bubba Ray and Spike Dudley. Despite Kane's partner the Hurricane being absent from the match, he still retained the title. Christian and Jericho won the titles the next week on  the October 14 episode of Raw. At Armageddon on December 15, Christian and Jericho lost the titles to Booker T and Goldust in a fatal four-way elimination match also involving the teams of The Dudley Boyz and Lance Storm and William Regal.
  On January 19, 2003, Christian entered the Royal Rumble match at the namesake event, however he was  eliminated by Jericho. After a short absence, Christian returned on the April 7  episode of Raw, self-proclaiming himself as the n
caption: Christian in 2002 as World Tag Team Champion alongside Lance Storm
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