Edge & Christian Edge and Christian ( E & C ) is a former tag team of on - screen brothers made of real life best friends Edge ( Adam Copeland ) and Christian ( William Reso , who normally uses his middle name of Jason ) , who wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation and the Canadian independent circuit . They won the WWF Tag Team Championship on seven occasions . History . Formerly known as " High Impact " and later " The Suicide Blondes " while on the independent circuit , in the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) the team was billed as " Edge and Christian " and re - imagined as brothers instead of just close friends . The duo held titles in numerous wrestling promotions before signing with the WWF . The words " Edge " and " Christian " are often associated with one another through their use in Christianity . Any part that may have actually played ( outside of coincidence ) in the origins of the two ring names still has not come to light , however . Adam " Edge " Copeland stated the following in an interview with Silvervision . co . uk when he was asked about any plans for a tag team name before they had settled with Edge and Christian : Independent circuit ( 1998 ) . Sexton Hardcastle and Christian Cage formed a tag team in the Canadian independent circuit after completing their training with Ron Hutchinson . Their tag team wrestled under several names , such as " High Impact " , " Suicide Blondes " , " Revolution X " , " Hard Impact " and " Canadian Rockers " . They were part of a faction dubbed " Thug LiFe " in 1997 . The stable consisted of Cage , Hardcastle , Joe E . Legend , Rhino Richards , Bloody Bill Skullion , Big Daddy Adams and Martin Kane . In 1998 , Sexton and Christian began teaming up in independent promotions such as Insane Championship Wrestling ( ICW ) and Southern States Wrestling ( SSW ) . The duo won the ICW Streetfight Tag Team Championship twice and SSW Tag Team Championship once during their time in the independent circuit . World Wrestling Federation ( 1998 – 2001 ) . The Brood ( 1998 ) . On the June 22 , 1998 episode of " Raw is War " , " Edge " ( Adam Copeland ) debuted in the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) against Jose Estrada , Jr . . He was a mysterious " loner " character , who would emerge from the crowd before his matches . Eventually , he started a feud with Gangrel . At , during a match pitting Edge against Owen Hart , an unknown person , looking similar to Edge , came out to the ring distracting him enough to allow Hart to get the win . It was later revealed that this person was " Christian " , Edge ' s storyline brother , and he was aligned with Gangrel as his vampire follower . After some confrontations between the two brothers ( both of whom appeared to be gothic and vampire - like ) , Edge was convinced to ' rejoin ' with Christian and Gangrel , and the three of them formed a stable known as " The Brood " ( the theory of Christianity word usage involvement in Copeland and Reso ' s WWE ring names is somewhat supported by the fact that both men had frequently worn cross necklaces on TV for some time since this beginning of their WWF careers ) . At In Your House : Rock Bottom , the Brood defeated J . O . B . Squad ( Al Snow , Bob Holly and Scorpio ) . The Brood briefly joined The Undertaker ' s Ministry of Darkness faction , but left after Christian was kayfabe thrown out of the group for revealing Stephanie McMahon ' s whereabouts to Ken Shamrock following an attack . Following a short feud with the Ministry , Gangrel turned on Edge and demanded that Christian do the same . He refused and both he and Edge broke with Gangrel turning them into fan favorites . From there , the gothic storyline enjoyed limited success , beginning their eventual tag team feud with The Hardy Boyz ( Matt and Jeff Hardy ) . At this point , the duo had rehashed Edge ' s pre - Brood gimmick as borderline gothic fan favorites most notable for a tendency to enter the ring through the audience . Terri Invitational Tournament ( 1999 ) . The tag team feud with the The Hardy Boyz intensified as Gangrel became Matt and Jeff ' s new manager , combining to form " The New Brood " , in the summer of 1999 . However , both teams were more interested in acquiring the managerial services of Terri Runnels for which ( along with $ 100 , 000 ) they would compete in a best - of - five series of matches known as the Terri Invitational Tournament . Edge and Christian won the first two matches , putting the Hardyz in sudden jeopardy . The Hardyz went on to win the next two matches , however , leading to a rubber match at No Mercy to determine which team would earn the services of Runnels . The rubber match would be a ladder match , in which Gangrel tried to interfere , only to get ejected . Matt and Jeff Hardy went on to win the match and the Terri Invitational Tournament . Comedic gimmick change and Tag Team Champions ( 2000 ) . At this point , Gangrel was completely out of the picture , and the Hardyz inevitably turned face . So in order to keep up and continue their own progression as a tag team ( as well as the feud in a natural course ) , Edge and Christian redefined themselves as a villainous duo of surfer / teen idols . The two engaged in various comedic antics including making fun of their opponents , using strange exclusive phrases ( the most notable being " reek of awesomeness " ) , and dressing in outlandish costumes . Other trademarks of theirs included the " five - second pose " where , " for the benefit of those with flash photography " , they would stand still in odd positions in the middle of the ring so fans could take pictures . These poses usually involved making fun of either their opponents or aspects of town pride ( for instance , making fun of Elvis Presley during a show in Memphis , Tennessee or imitating Bill Buckner in the 1986 World Series at an event in Boston ) to generate a negative reaction from the crowd . Edge and Christian were involved in several tag team matches with Hardy Boyz at Survivor Series and No Way Out . At WrestleMania 2000 , they defeated the tag champs , Dudley Boyz ( Bubba Ray and D - Von ) and Hardy Boyz in a Triangle ladder match for their first WWF Tag Team Championship . At Backlash , the duo retained their titles against D - Generation X ( X - Pac and Road Dogg ) . They began a feud with Too Cool ( Scotty 2 Hotty , Brian Christopher and Rikishi ) . On May 29 , 2000 edition of " Raw is War " , they dropped the titles to Scotty and Christopher . At the King of the Ring pay - per - view , the duo defeated Too Cool , Hardy Boyz and T & A ( Test and Albert ) in a Four Corners elimination match to win their second WWF Tag Team Championship . At SummerSlam , they defended their titles successfully against Dudleyz and Hardyz in the first - ever Tables , Ladders and Chairs match ( TLC match ) . Edge and Christian stated that instead of doing the " time - honored tradition " of shaking the hands of their opponents , they would instead do the time - honored tradition of mocking their opponents , and had four little people show up dressed as the Hardy Boyz and the Dudley Boyz , with toy ladders and tables , with a " 37 second pose " when the fake Hardys and Dudleys bowed to Edge and Christian , who stood on the table . In addition , they also became known for using the " con - chair - to " ( simultaneous chair shot ) . Los Conquistadores ( 2000 ) . At one time , they and the Hardyz had a tag team championship exchange in 2000 involving the masks of " Los Conquistadores " . This began after they lost the titles to Hardyz at Unforgiven , they had a final chance at the gold on the September 25 edition of " Raw is War " in a ladder match . They lost the match and now they could not get any chance at the gold ( as long as the Hardyz were champions ) . They started competing under the masks of Los Conquistadores . On the [ [ [ [ [ [ October 16 ] ] ] ] ] ] edition of " Raw Is War " , they defeated Dudley Boyz , and on the October 19 edition of " SmackDown ! " , they won a tag team battle royal to earn themselves a spot at the WWF Tag Team Championship . At WWE No Mercy , they got a title shot against Hardyz and they went on to win their third WWF Tag Team Championship . On the October 23 episode of " Raw is War " , Los Conquistadores were scheduled to defend the tag straps against Edge and Christian . Christian never made it to the ring , while Edge was worried . Los Conquistadores defeated Edge and Christian for the WWF Tag Team Championship . They ripped of the masks and revealed themselves as the Hardy Boyz . Edge and Christian surrendered the golden costumes of Los Conquistadores . Edge and Christian had wrestled with the costumes , and people had thought that the people behind the masks were Edge and Christian . They told the fans that they were not Los Conquistadores . In backstage segments , they congratulated Los Conquistadores . When Hardyz won the titles , however , they told that they had taken the masks and costumes from Edge and Christian ' s hired goons ( Christopher Daniels and Aaron Aguilera were Los Conquistadores in backstage segments ) in a backstage segment , thus ending the storyline of Los Conquistadores . Team RECK ( 2000 – 2001 ) . They eventually started to team with Kurt Angle , forming " Team ECK " , a group that was later joined by Rhyno when he came in from Extreme Championship Wrestling in early 2001 to make " Team RECK " . Edge and Christian won their fourth WWF Tag Team Championship at Armageddon in a Four Corners match which included the champions , Right to Censor ( Bull Buchanan and The Goodfather ) , Dudley Boyz and the makeshift team of Road Dogg and K - Kwik . Edge and Christian went on to win the match and their fourth WWF Tag Team Championship . A week later , they exchanged the WWF Tag Team Championship with The Undertaker and The Rock . At the Royal Rumble , they lost the titles to Dudleyz . They helped Hardyz defeat Dudleyz for the titles on March 5 , 2001 edition of " Raw is War " and then two weeks later , they defeated Hardyz themselves for their sixth WWF Tag Team Championship after replacing Dudleyz because it was Dudleyz ' shot . Later that night , they dropped the titles to Dudleyz . At " WrestleMania X - Seven " , they defeated the tag champs , Dudleyz and Hardyz in the second TLC match for their seventh and final WWF Tag Team Championship , but with help from their teammate Rhyno . On the April 19 episode of " SmackDown ! " , they lost the WWF Tag Team Championship to Brothers of Destruction ( Undertaker and Kane ) . Split and sporadic reunions . Friction arose between the team ( as well as the entire RECK faction ) at King of the Ring when Edge won the 2001 King of the Ring tournament ( all four members had made it to the semi finals ) . As a result , on the September 3 edition of " Raw is War " in their hometown of Toronto , Christian appeared to be jealous of his brother and insisted on carrying Edge ' s trophy to the ring . During the night , he assaulted Edge with a " one - man con - chair - to " and joined The Alliance . The former partners went on to feud over the WWF Intercontinental Championship for several months , causing the team to split . Edge and Christian had a one - night reunion at a " SmackDown ! " live event on October 13 , 2002 when they defeated Los Guerreros ( Eddie and Chavo ) . They reunited again on November 15 , 2004 edition of " Raw " but ended up losing to Chris Benoit and Shelton Benjamin . From there , they would become loosely united through Christian facing Edge ' s storyline rivals , leading to three more reunion tag team matches in 2005 . These reunions , officially or otherwise , also included a brand new third party in the form of Christian ' s acting problem solver at the time , Tyson Tomko . Aftermath . Christian left WWE on November 13 , 2005 . He debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) at its TNA Genesis pay - per - view under the ring name Christian Cage , which he used in Canadian independent circuit . Christian experienced immediate success in TNA , where he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship twice . Edge also achieved greater success in WWE since Christian ' s departure . He went on to win the first - ever Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 21 and cashed in his Money in the Bank contract at New Year ' s Revolution for his first of nine World Championship reigns . In 2009 , Christian returned to WWE , and at Backlash , won the ECW Championship . Following his title win , and prior to Edge ' s ninth world title win that same night , the duo interacted on television for the first time since Christian ' s return . In 2010 , Edge was drafted to Raw , and was confronted by Christian on his final night on Smackdown ! He exposed Edge ' s true colors , resulting in Edge turning back heel after a short - lived face - run . They brawled until Edge decided to flee .