Edge Biography

Edge Biography

Adam Copeland is a Canadian professional wrestler known as Edge (born October 30, 1973 in Orangeville, Ontario) who performs for World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand.

In late February 2005, Edge had a real-life adulterous affair with WWE Diva Lita, causing her and her long time boyfriend and WWE Superstar Matt Hardy to split, when Matt was contacted by Edge's wife. The fallout of this affair resulted in Matt Hardy being released from the WWE, although he was eventually rehired.


Statistics
Stage names
Sexton Hardcastle
Adam Impact
Conquistador Uno
Edge
Height 6'5" (196 cm)
Weight 250lbs (113 kg)
Born October 30, 1973
Hometown Orangeville, Ontario
Billed from Toronto, Ontario
Trained by Ron Hutchinson
Sweet Daddy Siki
Sully's Gym (Toronto)
Bret and Stu Hart
Dory Funk, Jr.
Tom Prichard
Debut 1993

Career
Throughout the 1990s he wrestled for many independent promotions in Ontario as well in the Great Lakes region of the United States under the name Sexton Hardcastle. His previous managers were Johnny Bradford and Judd the Studd. He showed much potential and was signed by the then-WWF in 1998.

Many thought that upon his arrival, he would be the next Shawn Michaels. So far, Copeland has found some success in WWE, but not to the magnitude as Michaels has found. He was at first introduced as an enigmatic character, who quickly was teamed with his former tag team partner and on-screen brother, from independent promotions, Christian. The two joined The Undertaker's Ministry of Darkness, and eventually found success as a heel comic duo of surfer dudes/teenyboppers, winning the WWE Tag-Titles 7 times. After with an on-screen feud, the team then dropped the storyline brotherhood gimmick when he and Christian broke out on their own. After the split of the team Edge continued with the character for the most part, only as a face.


Personal
During his high school years, he was voted, "the most likely to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship," which he has yet to do, though he was positioned as a title contender for the World Heavyweight Championship before that belt was moved to SmackDown!.

Edge's own autobiography, entitled "Adam Copeland On Edge" (The On Edge Book), tells of his own voyage in the wrestling industry and how he found success on the independent circuit and the WWE. It features details of his personal life before and after becoming a wrestler.

Edge has a tattoo of a sun on his upper bicep.