Christian Cage

**William Jason Reso** (born November 30, 1973) is a Canadian professional wrestler, actor and host. He is currently signed to AEW under the ring name **Christian Cage**.

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 (WWF) 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.

In November 2005, Reso signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under his Christian Cage ring name, where he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship twice. He left TNA in late 2008 and re-signed with WWE, where he won the ECW Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship twice each. He is the twenty-third Triple Crown Champion and the eleventh Grand Slam Champion in WWE history. He has headlined multiple pay-per-view events for WWE and TNA.

## In wrestling

* **Finishing moves**
	+ Frog splash – tribute to Eddie Guerrero
	+ *Impaler / **Killswitch** / Unprettier* (Inverted double underhook facebuster)
	+ Spear, with theatrics – adopted from Edge

* **Signature moves**
	+ Cloverleaf
	+ 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
	+ Reverse hangman
	+ Running forearm smash
	+ Sitout reverse suplex slam

* **Nicknames**
	+ "Captain Charisma"
	+ "The Champ"
	+ "Creepy Little Bastard" (CLB)
	+ "The Instant Classic"
	+ "The New People's Champion"
	+ "The Showstealer"

* **Managers**
	+ Edge
	+ Gangrel
	+ Stephanie McMahon
	+ Terri Runnels
	+ Trish Stratus
	+ Tyson Tomko

* **Entrance themes**
	+ **World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment**
		- "Blood" by Jim Johnston (used as a member of The Brood)
		- "Blood Brother" by Jim Johnston
		- "At Last" by Jim Johnston
		- "Problem Solver" by Jim Johnston
		- "Just Close Your Eyes" by Waterproof Blonde
		- "Just Close Your Eyes" by Story of the Year
	+ **Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / IMPACT Wrestling**
		- "Take Over" by Dale Oliver
		- "Take Over" by Mikey Rukus
	+ **All Elite Wrestling**
		- **"Take Over"** by Mikey Rukus

## Championships and accomplishments

* **East Coast Wrestling Association**
	+ ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* **Insane Championship Wrestling**
	+ ICW Street Fight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Sexton Hardcastle
* **International Wrestling Alliance**
	+ IWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Earl the Orderly
* **Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling**
	+ PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
	+ Ranked **#454** of the top 500 greatest wrestlers in the *PWI Years* in 2003
	+ Ranked **#7** of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the *PWI 500* in 2007
	+ Match of the Year (2000) – Edge and Christian vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz (WrestleMania 2000)
	+ Match of the Year (2001) – Edge and Christian vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz (WrestleMania X-Seven)
* **Total Nonstop Action Wrestling / IMPACT Wrestling**
	+ NWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
	+ IMPACT World Championship (1 time)
	+ Gauntlet for the Gold (2008 – TNA World Heavyweight Championship)
	+ TNA Year End Awards
		- Memorable Moment of the Year (2005)
		- Who to Watch in 2006 (2005)
* **World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment**
	+ World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)
	+ ECW Championship (2 times)
	+ WWF European Championship (1 time)
	+ WWF Hardcore Championship (1 time)
	+ WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
	+ WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (4 times)
	+ 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
* ***Wrestling Observer Newsletter***
	+ Tag Team of the Year (2000) – with Edge
	+ Worst Worked Match of the Year (2006) – Reverse Battle Royal (*TNA iMPACT!*)