Edge Adam Joseph Copeland ( October 30 , 1973 ) is a Canadian actor and retired professional wrestler better known by his ring name Edge . He is best known for his time with WWE , formerly the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) for being the 2012 WWE Hall of Famer and the 11th time WWE World Heavyweight Champion . 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 match es . The team , however , parted ways in 2001 . Overall , Edge has won 31 Championships in WWE , including eleven World Championships ( four WWE Championship s and a record seven World Heavyweight Championships ) , five Intercontinental Championships , one United States Championship , 14 Tag Team Championships ( a record 12 World Tag Team Titles and two WWE Tag Team Championship s ) , and is one of only two wrestlers ( Kurt Angle being the other ) who has held every currently active male Championship in WWE . In addition to his Championship accolades , Copeland won the 2001 King of the Ring tournament , the inaugural Money in the Bank ladder match in 2005 , and the Royal Rumble match in 2010 making him the only wrestler in history to achieve all three of those accomplishments . 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 " . Early life . Copeland was born on October 30 , 1973 in Orangeville , Ontario , Canada , to Judy Copeland , a single mother , who worked two jobs to support her son . To this day , he has never met his father , nor seen a picture of him . At a young age , he became interested in professional wrestling . His favorite wrestlers included Mr . Perfect , Randy Savage , Hulk Hogan , Ricky Steamboat , Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart . When he was eighteen , Copeland won an essay contest , with Sully ' s Gym offering free wrestling training to whoever could write a good essay , explaining why they would want to become a professional wrestler . As the result of his win , he was trained by Sweet Daddy Siki and Ron Hutchinson in Toronto . Copeland put his wrestling aspirations aside , to help pay the bills . He held numerous jobs and decided to go to Humber College , where he graduated with a diploma in radio broadcasting . Professional wrestling career . Early career . Throughout the 1990s , Copeland wrestled on the independent circuit in Ontario and the Great Lakes region of the United States under the name Sexton Hardcastle . He became a part of the tag team Sex and Violence with Joe Legend . During 1997 , Sex and Violence became part of a larger stable known as Thug Life , made up of Legend , Hardcastle , Christian Cage ( Copeland ' s childhood friend Jason Reso ) , Bill Skullion , and Rhino Richards . During his independent career , he won the ICW / MWCW Midwest Unified Tag Title holder alongside Joe . The duo of Hardcastle and Cage were known as Hard Impact before changing their name to The Suicide Blondes . They also worked in Japan under the name the Canadian Rockers . Copeland also once wrestled under the name Damon Striker ( although Copeland writes it as Damien Stryker in his book ) on an episode of " WCW Pro " against Meng and Kevin Sullivan . In his autobiography , Copeland states that it was his worst ring name to date . Copeland was asked to wrestle in a World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) match in 1996 , now known as World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) . 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 as Sexton Hardcastle first wrestled for the WWF the night after Hart left the company . World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment ( 1998 – 2011 ) . Debut ; Edge and Christian ( 1998 – 2001 ) . In 1998 , Copeland made his WWF 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 aimlessly walking around the city streets and assaulting 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 at SummerSlam in August , he served as Sable ' s mystery tag team partner against Jacqueline and Marc Mero , and bodyslammed Sable onto Mero in a pinning position to pick up the win . Edge was then placed in a feud against the vampire wrestler Gangrel . During the feud , Gangrel introduced Christian Cage ( now going by just " Christian " ) , Edge ' s storyline brother , as his ally . Eventually , Gangrel and Christian convinced Edge to join them , and the three of them formed an alliance known as The Brood . The Brood as a whole was later abducted by and converted into The Undertaker ' s 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 betrayed The Undertaker leading to a brief feud with the Ministry . Edge captured his first singles championship , the WWF Intercontinental Championship , on July 24 , 1999 , defeating Jeff Jarrett at a house show in Toronto , Ontario . He lost the title the next night to Jarrett at Fully Loaded . Later in the year , he was placed in a storyline angle with The Hardy Boyz ( Matt and Jeff ) . Soon , however , Gangrel betrayed both Edge and Christian and formed The New Brood with their enemies , The Hardy Boyz . They feuded with the Hardy Boyz , as they went onto compete in a ladder match at No Mercy in October for the " managerial services " of Terri Runnels and $ 100 , 000 , which the Hardy Boyz won . At WrestleMania 2000 on April 2 , Edge and Christian defeated the Hardy Boyz and the Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray and D - Von ) to win the WWF Tag Team Championship in a Triangle Ladder match , which ultimately led to the creation of the Tables , Ladders , and Chairs match ( TLC ) . Following this victory , Edge and Christian found success as a villainous duo , shifting their in - ring personas 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 TLC matches , winning the first two over The Dudley Boyz and The Hardy Boyz , at SummerSlam in 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 the tag team title at No Way Out against the Dudley Boyz and the Brothers of Destruction ( The Undertaker and Kane ) , but they succeeded at WrestleMania X - Seven against the Dudley Boyz and The Hardyz in the second TLC match . Singles competition ( 2001 – 2004 ) . Edge went on to solidify himself as an emerging singles competitor by winning the King of the Ring tournament in 2001 . and the two feuded over Edge ' s Intercontinental Championship that Edge won at SummerSlam and later lost to Christian at Unforgiven , though , Edge captured the title later . Following this , Edge lost the Intercontinental title to Test and shortly afterwards won the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship from Kurt Angle . Edge defeated Test at Survivor Series to unify the Intercontinental Championship with the U . S . Championship . The following year , Edge was placed in a feud with William Regal for the Intercontinental Championship . Edge , however , came up short in the feud . At WrestleMania X8 , Edge found himself in a match with Booker T 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 . Upon arriving there , he began a feud with Kurt Angle , which culminated in Edge shaving Angle ' s head following a hair vs . hair match at Judgment Day in May . Two months later , he would end up winning the WWE Tag Team Championship ( later renamed the World Tag Team Championship ) alongside Hulk Hogan on July 4 , 2002 . He then formed a tag team with Rey Mysterio ; the two participated in a tournament for the newly created and SmackDown ! - exclusive WWE Tag Team Championship . They lost to Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit in the finals of the tournament at No Mercy , the match was voted match of the year by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter . After they failed in winning the title , Mysterio and Edge defeated Los Guerreros in a number one contender ' s match on the October 24 edition of " SmackDown ! " to earn a title shot . On the November 7 edition of " SmackDown ! " , they defeated Angle and Benoit in a two out of three falls match to win their first Tag Team Championship . They soon lost the tag titles to Los Guerreros in a Triple Threat Elimination match that also involved former champions Angle and Benoit at Survivor Series . After losing the title , Edge and Mysterio went their separate ways to focus on their singles careers . In February 2003 , Edge suffered a legitimate neck injury and had to undergo surgery with Dr . Lloyd Youngblood . Recovery kept him sidelined for almost a year . 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 episode 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 from Randy Orton . Following a legitimate groin injury in a non - televised match , Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff stripped Edge of the Intercontinental title . World Heavyweight Championship contender ( 2004 – 2005 ) . Upon his return , Edge began to show some villainous characteristics centering around his obsession for the World Heavyweight Championship . Edge , Chris Benoit , and Shawn Michaels received a title shot for Triple H ' s World Heavyweight Championship at Taboo Tuesday in October 2004 . Michaels won the audience vote to receive the title shot , giving Edge and Benoit a tag team 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 November 1 episode of " Raw " , Edge and Benoit lost the World Tag Team Championship with Edge once again abandoning Benoit and sitting in a chair and watching the match . After the conclusion of the match , Edge attacked Benoit . In a November episode of " Raw " , both Edge and Benoit competed in a number one contender ' s battle royal , but they eliminated each other simultaneously at the conclusion of the match , resulting in a draw . As a result , 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 following week on " Raw " . In January 2005 , Edge competed in his first Elimination Chamber match at New Year ' s Revolution for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship . Shawn Michaels ( acting as special guest referee ) performed a superkick on Edge , in retaliation for an accidental spear by Edge , causing Edge to be the first eliminated . This led to a match at the 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 . Even though he was already a villain , Edge faced even more scorn from the fans due to Copeland ' s adulterous affair with WWE Diva 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 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 betrayed her storyline husband Kane , which ended with a stretcher match that Edge won , but shortly before , Kane performed a tombstone piledriver on Lita . On the July 11 episode of " Raw " , Edge ' s match with Kane was interrupted when Matt Hardy made a surprising appearance . The situation was a real - life occurrence , 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 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 in September in which Hardy defeated Edge . The feud culminated in a " Loser Leaves Raw Ladder Match " at " WWE Homecoming " on October 3 , which Edge won , causing Hardy to move to the SmackDown ! brand . Shortly after the " Homecoming " victory , Edge suffered a legitimate torn pectoralis major 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 Ric Flair formally met at the New Year ' s Revolution event in 2006 in a match for Flair ' s Intercontinental Championship , which resulted in Flair retaining , after Edge was disqualified . Later that night , after the conclusion of the main event match , the Elimination Chamber , WWE Chairman Vince McMahon appeared on stage and declared that WWE Champion John Cena had to defend the WWE Championship , after he just retained . As a result , Cena was forced to defend the title against Edge , who cashed 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 . In an interview conducted after the event , on WWE . com , Edge announced that he and Lita would have " hot , nasty , sex " in the middle of the ring on " Raw " the following night to celebrate his victory . On " Raw " , Edge held up to that promise by engaging in foreplay with Lita until they were interrupted by Flair , who called Edge a disgrace and " that he was horrible in the sack . " Flair , however , ended up on the receiving end of a con - chair - to on the announcers ' table until Cena came out to Flair ' s aid and performed an FU on Lita . 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 champion ever " . Three weeks later , at the Royal Rumble , Edge lost the WWE Championship back to Cena . He then lost a return match on a special Thursday episode 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 but suffered second degree burns . Following his feud with Foley , Edge once again challenged John Cena for the WWE Championship . Triple H was involved in a feud with Cena at the time , resulting in a triple threat match at Backlash , 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 , betrayed his 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 June ' s pay - per - view event One Night Stand , Edge , Foley , and Lita defeated Dreamer , Terry Funk , and Beulah McGillicutty in an Extreme rules tag team match . Later in the event , Edge interfered in the WWE title match between John Cena and challenger Rob Van Dam , helping Van Dam win the title . Edge , who won a number one contender ' s match for the WWE title to face Van Dam , was unable to win the title at Vengeance . Two weeks later on " Raw " , Edge pinned Van Dam in a triple threat match , after blindsiding Cena with the title belt , to become WWE Champion for the second time . This angle re - ignited Edge ' s feud with Cena , and he lost by disqualification at " Saturday Night ' s Main Event " in order to retain the title . Subsequently , a match was made for the August event SummerSlam with the stipulation that if Edge disqualified himself , he would lose the title . At the event , Edge retained the title by pinning Cena after he hit him in the back of the head with a pair of brass knuckles , this occurred when the referee was not looking . The night after SummerSlam , Lita disposed of 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 with a returning Jeff Hardy later that night , chasing him down to the outside of the building , assaulting him down , and tossing Edge into the Long Island Sound . The following 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 accepted , on the condition the match be a TLC match held at September ' s Unforgiven event 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 the 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 ; World Heavyweight Champion ( 2006 – 2007 ) . On the October 2 , 2006 episode of " Raw " , interference from the newly reformed D - Generation X ( DX ) ( Triple H and Shawn Michaels ) cost Edge his " final chance " at John Cena ' s WWE Championship in a Steel cage match , though their interference was a response to the interference of Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch , led to Edge approaching Randy Orton and asking him to join forces to defeat DX , which Orton accepted and joined an alliance with Edge . The two formed the tag team Rated - RKO . Rated - RKO became the first to defeat DX since their reunion , and quickly dominated the Raw brand ' s tag team division to become tag team champions , making Edge a record holder of 11 World Tag Team Championship title reigns in his WWE career . As part of the storyline angle , Rated - RKO attacked Ric Flair with steel chairs to enrage DX on November 27 . At New Year ' s Revolution in January 2007 , Rated - RKO faced DX in a title defense , but the match was declared a no - contest when Triple H suffered a legitimate injury during the match . With Triple H out of action , the team continued their on - screen rivalry with remaining DX member Shawn Michaels . Michaels teamed with John Cena to defeat Rated - RKO for the tag team championship on January 29 , 2007 . Edge and Orton suffered a series of losses to Cena and Michaels in the following months , building hatred towards one another . Edge and Orton also became rivals in their goals of achieving the WWE Championship . Neither Edge nor Orton won the championship , and they lost their claims as number one contenders after a failed match with Cena at Backlash in April . On the May 7 , 2007 episode of " Raw " , Edge defeated Mr . Kennedy to win his Money in the Bank title opportunity ( Kennedy had suffered a legitimate injury prior to the match ) , making Edge a two - time Money in the Bank holder . On the May 11 episode of " SmackDown ! " , Edge cashed in his newly won contract against The Undertaker , following Undertaker ' s title match against Batista in a Steel cage match . Following the match , a returning Mark Henry assaulted The Undertaker . As Henry was leaving , Edge came to the ring with the briefcase and demanded to wrestle The Undertaker , and eventually pinned him after a Spear to win his first World Heavyweight Championship . As a result of this victory , Edge became a part of the SmackDown ! brand . 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 in 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 the World Heavyweight title . Edge was forced to relinquish the World title due to a legitimately torn left pectoral muscle injury on the July 20 episode of " SmackDown ! " following an attack by Kane . La Familia ( 2007 – 2009 ) . At November ' s pay - per - view event , 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 won 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 - a - likes to distract Batista and The Undertaker . It was later revealed that these look - a - likes were the Major Brothers , who were then repackaged as Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder . Edge also formed an alliance with Chavo Guerrero , nephew of Vickie Guerrero , and on the January 22 , 2008 broadcast of " ECW " , he assisted Chavo in winning the ECW Championship from CM Punk , even though Chavo previously rebuffed Edge and allied himself with Rey Mysterio , Edge ' s scheduled opponent at the Royal Rumble pay - per - view . The group eventually came under the name of La Familia . On the Valentine ' s Day episode of " SmackDown " , Edge proposed to Vickie , to which she accepted . At WrestleMania XXIV , Edge lost the World Heavyweight championship to The Undertaker when he tapped out to the gogoplata . 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 the World title by Vickie Guerrero and faced Edge for the title at Judgment Day in May and then again at One Night Stand in a TLC match in June . 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 forced to leave the company . On the June 30 , 2008 episode of " Raw " , Edge lost the World title to CM Punk , after Batista assaulted Edge and prompted Punk to cash in his Money in the Bank contract and defeated Edge to win the World Heavyweight championship . On the July 4 , 2008 episode of " SmackDown " , Edge took his frustrations out on Vickie because he lost the 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 in July , when Fox attempted to hand Edge the WWE Championship belt to use as weapon against Triple H , but was stopped by Guerrero . Edge attempted to spear Triple H but hit Guerrero instead , with the distraction , Triple H performed a Pedigree on Edge to retain the WWE title . Edge attempted to apologize to Guerrero , even though he was seen talking to Fox , but 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 episode of " SmackDown " , performing a one - man con - chair - to on Chavo in the ring , and tossed Guerrero out of her wheelchair , effectively disbanding the faction . The following week , Edge verbally assaulted Guerrero , before he forced her 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 . At SummerSlam , The Undertaker defeated Edge , and after the match , Undertaker chokeslammed Edge off the top of a ladder and through the ring canvas , with flames rising from the hole . On November 23 , 2008 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 champion Triple H and Vladimir Kozlov . He pinned Triple H to become the WWE Champion for the third time in his career . The following month , Edge lost the title to Hardy at Armageddon in a Triple Threat match , which also featured Triple H . At the Royal Rumble , however , Edge regained the title in a no disqualification match , following Matt Hardy ' s interference . At the February event No Way Out , Edge lost the WWE title in an Elimination Chamber after being pinned by Jeff Hardy , being the first to be eliminated , with the title eventually being won by Triple H . Later that night , Edge inserted himself into the World Championship Elimination Chamber match after attacking Kofi Kingston and barricading himself inside one of the Chamber ' s pods , proceeding to win his eighth World Championship , last eliminating Rey Mysterio and taking the title over to SmackDown . At WrestleMania XXV in April , Edge lost the championship to John Cena in a Triple Threat match , which also included The Big Show . Three weeks later 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 resigned 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 . In June , Edge won the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship ( the unified version of the World Tag Team Championship from the Raw brand and the WWE Tag Team Championship from the SmackDown brand ) with Chris Jericho at The Bash after he and Jericho were inserted into the match as late entries just prior . 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 . It was reported that he could be out of action for up to a year . During Edge ' s absence , Jericho replaced him with the Big show ( forming Jeri - Show ) and Jericho began to speak badly of Edge , mocking him for his injury . Return from injury and retirement ( 2010 – 2011 ) . At the Royal Rumble event on January 31 , 2010 , Edge returned from injury by entering the Royal Rumble match as the twenty ninth surprise entrant . He quickly eliminated Jericho who had been the 28th . Ultimately , he won the match for the first time in his career after last eliminating John Cena . After Jericho won the Heavyweight Championship from the Undertaker during Elimination Chamber 2010 , Edge went on to challenge Chris Jericho for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXVI . However , Edge lost to Jericho in the match . 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 back 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 . On the April 30 episode of " SmackDown " , Edge turned on the fans by calling them " puppets " and later tried a sneak attack on Christian , thus becoming a villain once again . After being drafted to the Raw brand , Edge began a feud with his former Rated - RKO tag team partner Randy Orton , with both Edge and Orton gaining the upper hand over one another . Much of the antagonism stemmed of Randy ' s refusal to re - form Rated - RKO with Edge , as Edge wanted to pursue the tag team titles he had been stripped of . The two met in a match at May ' s Over the Limit pay - per - view , with the match resulting in a double countout . At Fatal 4 - Way , Edge participated in a fatal four - way match that included Orton , Sheamus , and John Cena for the WWE Championship , though Edge failed to win the title . The following month Edge participated in the Raw Money in the Bank ladder match at the Money in the Bank pay per view but failed to win the briefcase . Edge then went on to participate in the main event of SummerSlam in which he and six teammates were victorious in a seven - on - seven elimination tag team match against The Nexus . On the 900th episode of " Raw " , he disqualified himself , in the main event in a five - on - five elimination match against The Nexus . This saw him enter into a feud with the anonymous GM of Raw , during which the GM cost him several matches . At Night of Champions , Edge participated in a six pack elimination challenge for Sheamus ' s WWE Championship but once again failed to win the title . At WWE ' s Hell in a Cell PPV event , Edge defeated Jack Swagger . The next night on " Raw " , it was announced that he had been traded to the Smackdown brand for SmackDown ' s CM Punk due to him destroying the Raw GM computer turning him face and ending the feud between the two . On his SmackDown return , he defeated Jack Swagger in his first match . On the October 15 , 2010 episode of " SmackDown " , he defeated Dolph Ziggler to become part of Team SmackDown at WWE ' s Bragging Rights PPV event . At the event , Edge won the cup for Team SmackDown alongside Rey Mysterio . Soon after that , he entered a feud with World Heavyweight Champion Kane . He defeated Mysterio and Alberto Del Rio to become the number one contender for Kane ' s World Championship at WWE ' s Survivor Series PPV event , which ended in a draw . On December 19 , 2010 Edge defeated Kane , Rey Mysterio , and Alberto Del Rio in a Tables , Ladders , and Chairs match at the PPV event to win the World Heavyweight Championship for a record sixth time and making him a ten time World Champion . After a successful title defense against Kane in a Last Man Standing Match , Edge would then feud with Dolph Ziggler and Vickie Guerrero up through the Royal Rumble and after . On the 600th episode of " Smackdown " on February 18 , acting GM Guerrero fired Edge , and awarded the World Title to her ( kayfabe ) boyfriend Ziggler . " Smackdown " GM Teddy Long returned later that night , and rehired Edge . Edge would then defeat Ziggler to win back the World Title for the seventh time , and his 11th World Championship overall . After the match , Teddy Long fired Dolph and Vicky . At the Elimination Chamber pay - per - view , Edge successfully defended his World Heavyweight Championship in an Elimination Chamber match by finally pinning Rey Mysterio . After he defended his championship , he was attacked by Alberto Del Rio , but was saved by the returning Christian . Edge and Christian briefly reunited to defeat Alberto and his NXT bodyguard Brodus Clay . At WrestleMania XXVII , ( In his last WWE in - ring match ) Edge successfully defended the World Title against Alberto Del Rio in the opening match . On the April 11 episode of " Raw " , Edge announced that he had been diagnosed with spinal stenosis and would therefore follow his doctor ' s advice and retire from professional wrestling . Leading up to this announcement , he had reflected upon his previous neck injury where his cervical vertebrae had been fused , and mentioned feeling numbness in his arms and losing feeling in them . This was diagnosed as cervical spinal stenosis . Later that same week on the April 15 edition of " SmackDown " , Edge officially relinquished the World Heavyweight Championship . Special Apperances . After his retirement from Wrestling , Edge had made several " special apperances " , the first being the week after retiring with Edge showing up at Alberto Del Rio ' s mock retirement party . The next would be at SummerSlam Fan Axcess with Edge discussing his future with WWE . At SummerSlam , Edge would briefly turn heel again attacking Randy Orton before turning on Christian , turning face again calling Christian a " whiney little bitch " several times before walking out . Edge would again return to host " The Cutting Edge " with Randy Orton and Mark Henry as guests . Rumors have come out over the internet with Edge going to be re - signed to WWE full - time to become the new GM of Raw SuperShow . In early 2012 , Edge was announced to be inducted into the 2012 WWE Hall of Fame Other media . In 2000 , he made a cameo appearance in the fantasy movie " Highlander : Endgame " , credited as " Road Bandit " . During the appearance , actor Adrian Paul remarks " Looks like you ' ve lost your " edge " , lad " after defeating him in a sword fight . In March 2002 , Copeland alongside other WWE Superstars appeared on the quiz show , the " Weakest Link " . He was voted out in the first round , and the eventual winner was Kane . On the August 6 , 2006 episode of " Mind of Mencia " , Copeland appeared as Edge as a commentator for " The Royal Religious Rumble " . He punched out an actor playing L . Ron Hubbard to stop Scientology from ruling the world and then speared another actor playing Tom Cruise . In March 2007 he alongside Randy Orton , John Cena , and Bobby Lashley appeared on " Deal or No Deal " . Weeks later he appeared on the sketch comedy show " MADtv " . Copeland appeared in a Slim Jim commercial where his spicy side causes chaos in a DMV , a restaurant and a hotel . " Edge : a Decade of Decadence " , a DVD documentary of Copeland ' s life , was released in December 2008 . The DVD illustrates his wrestling career dating back to 1998 when he entered the WWF . Personal life . Copeland used to play hockey with National Hockey League ( NHL ) player Aaron Downey . He is a fan of the NHL ' s New Jersey Devils . As a teenager , Copeland attended WrestleMania VI sitting in the eleventh row at ringside . He was cheering on WWF Champion Hulk Hogan against The Ultimate Warrior , and he credits this match with making him realize he wanted to be a wrestler . Twelve years later Copeland returned to SkyDome as a competitor at WrestleMania X8 . Copeland has been married two times . His first marriage was to Alanah Morley , the sister of Val Venis , whom he wedded on November 8 , 2001 . They divorced after three years on March 10 , 2004 . His second marriage was to Lisa Ortiz on October 21 , 2004 , but they soon divorced on November 17 , 2005 . It was said he had a real life relationship with Amy Dumas ( aka Lita ) However , he claims it was nothing more than a very close friendship with a mutual attraction due to the failing marriage / relationships with Lisa and Matt Hardy respectively . Copeland now resides in North Carolina with fianceé Beth Phoenix and their daughter Lyric and new born Ruby . His autobiography , titled " Adam Copeland on Edge " , was published on November 4 , 2004 . Unlike most wrestlers who used " ghostwriters " to write their autobiographies , Copeland wrote the entire book himself , in longhand . Mick Foley wrote the foreword to his book . Copeland does not smoke . He claims he had his first cigarette when he was sixteen , hated it , and has not smoked since . Copeland has several tattoos . He has a tattoo of a red and black sun on his left upper biceps ( which covers a tattoo of a muscular shark which resembled the Street Sharks ) , a star on his right upper biceps with several smaller stars below it , two skulls wearing bandannas , adorned with flowers and hearts , below said star tattoo , along with a tattoo of a cross on his left forearm , and another tattoo of a scroll like piece of paper that adorns the words Rise Above . All of Copeland ' s tattoos represent a stage in his career : his sun , which Copeland got while recovering from his neck injury , represents " looking towards brighter days . " The cross tattoo represents his time with the Brood , and his star and skull tattoos represent his Rated R Superstar persona and his self - proclaimed status as the " Guns N ' Roses of wrestling " . Copeland can now be seen in the Original Syfy series of Heaven . Controversy . In March 2007 , Copeland became a key figure in an alleged steroid ring and drug investigation . On March 19 , " Sports Illustrated " posted an article on its website in its continuing series investigating a steroid and HGH ring used by a number of professional athletes in several sports . Then in a Sports Illustrated article rotated on August 30 , 2007 , Copeland was named one of 10 superstars found to have purchased steroids and other drugs from an online pharmacy . That article mentioned several current and former WWE wrestlers , including Copeland who was alleged to have obtained HGH . Copeland has previously admitted using steroids in April 2004 after neck surgery to see if , on the recommendation of a doctor , it would help him heal faster , on TSN ' s " Off The Record with Michael Landsberg " in January 2005 . He said he felt it slowed him down , so he quickly got off the substance . According to Copeland , he took HGH after returning from a spinal fusion neck surgery . He was told by doctors that it would help the bones grow back around the screws and plate that were inserted into his neck . He claims to have taken blood tests , consulted doctors , studied the drug , and got prescriptions before deciding to take them .