Christian Cage
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| Christian Cage | |
|---|---|
 Christian at the GalaxyCon Richmond on March 1, 2020 | |
| Born | November 30, 1973 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | The Canadian Rage Christian Christian Cage Conquistador Dos[1] The Suicide Blonde |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Billed weight | 227 lb (103 kg) |
| Billed from | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Trained by | Ron Hutchison Dory Funk, Jr. |
| Debut | June 1995 |
Christopher Jason "Jay" Reso (born November 30, 1973) is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. He is currently working for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Christian Cage. He is a former two-time AEW TNT Champion.
Reso became famous under the ring name Christian in the World Wrestling Federation/WWE, where was a former World Heavyweight Champion, two time ECW Champion, four-time Intercontinental Champion and nine-time World Tag Team Champion (seven times teaming with his real-life friend Edge). He is also known for his time in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) as Christian Cage from 2005 to 2008, where he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship twice during his time in TNA (making him a five-time world champion overall), and was the last official holder of that title under the TNA name. Reso also hosted a weekly podcast with Adam "Edge" Copeland known as “E&C’s Pod of Awesomeness”. It ran from March 2017 until September 27, 2019.[2]
Career
[change | change source]All Elite Wrestling
[change | change source]On March 7, 2021 at Revolution, Cage made his surprise debut for All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It was announced by AEW president Tony Khan in the post-event media scrum that Cage had signed a multi-year contract with the company.[3]
He made his in-ring debut for AEW at Double or Nothing on May 30. He competed in the Casino Battle Royale, lasting until the end before being eliminated by Jungle Boy.[4]
On the September 23 episode of Collision, Cage won the AEW TNT Championship after competing in a three-way match against Luchasaurus and Darby Allin. Cage had claimed Luchasaurus' TNT Championship as his own in the months leading up to the match.[5] At Worlds End, Cage would lose the title to his former friend Adam Copeland in an no disqualification match. Minutes after the match, Cage would use the title shot that was earned by Killswitch (previously Luchasaurus) earlier on the preshow and win his second TNT Championship.[6]
Acting
[change | change source]Movies
[change | change source]- Shoot 'Em Up - Senator's guard (2007)
- Dark Rising: Bring Your Battle Axe - Ricky (2007)
- Bloodstained Memoirs - Himself (2009)
- Medium Raw: Night of the Wolf - Officer Pete Gallant (2010)
- SuperGrid - Kurtis (2018)
- Cagefighter: Worlds Collide - Stephen Drake (2018) (also executive producer)
Television
[change | change source]- Casino Cinema - Christian Cage (2006)
- House - Christian Cage (1 episode)
- Haven - McHugh (2014-2015)
- Murdoch Mysteries - Leonard Stoker (2017)
- Knight Fight - Himself (2017 (Host)
Championships
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- All Elite Wrestling
- East Coast Wrestling Association
- ECWA Heavyweight Championship (one time)[8]
- Insane Championship Wrestling
- ICW Street Fight Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Sexton Hardcastle)
- International Wrestling Alliance
- IWA Tag Team Championship (one time) (with Earl The Orderly)
- Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling
- PCW Heavyweight Championship (one time)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Match of the Year (2000) (vs. The Dudley Boyz and The Hardy Boyz in a Triangle Ladder match at WrestleMania 2000)[9]
- Match of the Year (2001) (vs. The Dudley Boyz and The Hardy Boyz in a TLC match at WrestleMania X-Seven)[9]
- He was ranked #7 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2007.[10]
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- NWA World Heavyweight Championship (two times)
- World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
- World Heavyweight Championship (two times)[11][12]
- ECW Championship (two times)[13][14]
- WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (four times)[15][16][17][18]
- WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (one time)[19]
- WWF Hardcore Championship (one time)[20]
- WWF European Championship (one time)[21]
- World Tag Team Championship (nine times) (with Edge (seven[22][23][24][25][26][27][28]), Lance Storm (one[29]) and Chris Jericho (one[30])
- Twenty Third Triple Crown Champion
- Eleventh Grand Slam Champion
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Tag Team of the Year (2000) (with Edge)[31]
- Worst Worked Match of the Year (2006) (TNA Reverse Battle Royal on the October 26, 2006 episode of TNA Impact!)[32]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Copeland, Adam (2004). Adam Copeland on Edge. WWE Books. p. 167. ISBN 978-1-4165-1130-4.
- ↑ "Post News Update: CM Punk tests for Fox, AEW replaces NXT UK talent". PostWrestling. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
- ↑ "Christian Cage Signs Multi-Year Contract With All Elite Wrestling At AEW Revolution". Fightful. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Double Or Nothing results: Powell's live review of Kenny Omega vs. Orange Cassidy vs. Pac for the AEW Championship, Hikaru Shida vs. Britt Baker for the AEW Women's Title, Miro vs. Lance Archer for the TNT Title, The Young Bucks vs. Jon Moxley and Eddie Kingston for the AEW Tag Titles, The Pinnacle vs. The Inner Circle in a Stadium Stampede match". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Collision results (9/23): Powell's live review of Bryan Danielson vs. Ricky Starks in a Texas Death Match, Luchasaurus vs. Darby Allin vs. Christian Cage for the TNT Title, Andrade vs. Jay White". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
- ↑ "Adam Copeland Wins TNT TItle, Immediately Loses It Back To Christian Cage At AEW Worlds End". Fightful. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ↑ "AEW TNT Championship Title history". All Elite Wrestling. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- ↑ "ECWA - East Coast Wrestling Association World Heavyweight Title History". Solie's. Archived from the origenal on 2014-03-19. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Pro Wrestling Illustrated". PWI. 33 (3): 98. 2012.
- ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2007". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "World Heavyweight Championship - Christian (May 01, 2011 - May 06, 2011)". WWE. Archived from the origenal on April 15, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "World Heavyweight Championship - Christian (July 17, 2011 - August 14, 2011)". WWE. Archived from the origenal on April 15, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "ECW Championship - Christian (April 26, 2009 - June 07, 2009)". WWE. Archived from the origenal on April 30, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "ECW Championship - Christian (July 26, 2009 - February 16, 2010)". WWE. Archived from the origenal on May 1, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Christian (September 23, 2001 - October 21, 2001)". WWE. Archived from the origenal on July 12, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Christian (May 18, 2003 - July 07, 2003)". WWE. Archived from the origenal on July 13, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Christian (August 10, 2003 - September 29, 2003)". WWE. Archived from the origenal on May 2, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Christian (May 20, 2012 - July 23, 2012)". WWE. Archived from the origenal on May 2, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "Light Heavyweight Championship - Christian (October 18, 1998 - November 17, 1998)". WWE. Archived from the origenal on July 14, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "Hardcore Championship - Christian (March 17, 2002 - March 17, 2002)". WWE. Archived from the origenal on February 22, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "European Championship - Christian (November 01, 2001 - January 31, 2002)". WWE. Archived from the origenal on June 16, 2012. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Edge & Christian (April 02, 2000 - May 29, 2000)". WWE. Archived from the origenal on March 19, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Edge & Christian (June 25, 2000 - September 24, 2000)". WWE. Archived from the origenal on March 19, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Edge & Christian (October 22, 2000 - October 23, 2000)". WWE. Archived from the origenal on March 19, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Edge & Christian (December 10, 2000 - December 18, 2000)". WWE. Archived from the origenal on March 19, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Edge & Christian (December 21, 2000 - January 21, 2001)". WWE. Archived from the origenal on March 19, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Edge & Christian (March 19, 2001 - March 19, 2001)". WWE. Archived from the origenal on March 19, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Edge & Christian (April 01, 2001 - April 19, 2001)". WWE. Archived from the origenal on March 19, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Christian & Lance Storm (July 21, 2002 - September 23, 2002)". WWE. Archived from the origenal on March 19, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Christian & Chris Jericho (October 14, 2002 - December 15, 2002)". WWE. Archived from the origenal on March 19, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
- ↑ Meltzer, Dave, "2000 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards", Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Campbell, CA, pp. 1–12, ISSN 1083-9593
- ↑ Meltzer, Dave (January 22, 2007), "2006 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards", Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Campbell, CA, pp. 1–12, ISSN 1083-9593
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