Christian

SD (May 6, 2011)

**William Jason Reso** (born November 30, 1973) is a Canadian-American professor wrestler under the ring name **Christian**, a shortened version of his original ring name **Christian Cage**.

## Background

### Pre-WrestleMania

Christian made his television debut on September 27, 1998 at the Breakdown: In Your House pay-per-view (PPV) event, distracting Edge during his match against Owen Hart to reveal his allegiance to Gangrel.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ Frog splash – 2005–2008, 2012–2014; adopted from Eddie Guerrero
	+ *Impaler* (WWF)/*Killswitch* (WWE)/*Unprettier* (WWF/WWE/TNA) (Inverted double underhook facebuster, sometimes from an elevated position)
	+ Spear, with theatrics – 2011–2014; adopted from Edge
* **Signature moves**
	+ Cloverleaf – TNA
	+ Corner springboard plancha
	+ Diving crossbody, sometimes to the outside of the ring
	+ Diving headbutt
	+ Diving elbow drop to the opponent's back
	+ Fireman's carry facebuster
	+ Fisherman suplex
	+ *Flashpoint* (Diving European uppercut)
	+ Front facelock drop
	+ Hurricanrana, sometimes from the top rope
	+ Inverted facelock backbreaker
	+ Multiple DDT variations
		- Falling inverted
		- Lifting
		- Tornado, sometimes inverted
	+ Multiple kick variations
		- Back followed by a corner springboard sunset flip
		- Baseball slide
		- Drop, sometimes from the top rope
		- Pendulum overhead from out of the corner, as a counter to an oncoming opponent
	+ One-man con-chair-to – Innovated
	+ Reverse hangman
	+ Running forearm smash, sometimes while sliding
	+ Sitout reverse suplex slam
	+ Slingshots out of the ring and slaps the face of an opponent draped on the second rope
	+ Stands and pushes down the shoulders of an opponent draped on the second rope
* **With Edge**
	+ **Double team finishing moves**
		- Con-chair-to – Innovated
	+ **Double team signature moves**
		- Sidewalk slam (Edge) and falling inverted DDT (Christian) combination
* **Nicknames**
	+ "Creepy Little Bastard (CLB)"
	+ "The New People's Champion"
	+ **"Captain Charisma"**
	+ "The Champ"
	+ **"The Instant Classic"**
	+ "The Showstealer"
* **Managers**
	+ Gangrel
	+ Stephanie McMahon
	+ Terri Runnels
	+ Trish Stratus
	+ Tyson Tomko/Tomko
	+ Edge
* **Entrance themes**
	+ "Blood" by Jim Johnston (October 26, 1998 – July 12, 1999; used while a part of The Brood)
	+ "Project Gothic" by Jim Johnston (July 19, 1999 – December 20, 1999)
	+ "Blood Brother" by Jim Johnston (December 23, 1999 – February 6, 2000)
	+ "On the Edge" by Jim Johnston (April 2, 2000 – April 17, 2001)
	+ "At Last" by Jim Johnston (October 21, 2001–June 2003)
	+ "We Salute" by Jim Johnston (June 2002–September 23, 2002; used while a part of The Un-Americans)
	+ "My Peeps" by Jim Johnston (June 2003–November 2004)
	+ "Just Close Your Eyes" by Waterproof Blonde (November 14, 2004 – November 4, 2005)
	+ "Take Over" by Dale Oliver (November 13, 2005 – November 13, 2008, June 10, 2012)
	+ **"Just Close Your Eyes"** by Story of the Year (February 10, 2009 – present)
	+ **"Metalingus"** by Alter Bridge (used while appearing with Edge)

## Championships and accomplishments

* **World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment**
	+ ECW Championship (2 times)
	+ World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
	+ WWF European Championship (1 time)
	+ WWF Hardcore Championship (1 time)
	+ WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ WWF/E 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
	+ *Raw 10th Anniversary* - Raw Greatest Matches Award for Tables, Ladders and Chairs 4 from 2002