The Judgment Day is a villainous professional wrestling stable performing in WWE on the Raw brand . The group is composed of Finn Bálor , "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio , JD McDonagh , Carlito , Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez . Morgan is the reigning Women's World Champion in her first reign as a member of the group and second reign overall, while Bálor and McDonagh are the current World Tag Team Champions in their first reign as a team.
192-410: The stable was founded in 2022 by its original leader Edge at WrestleMania 38 with a supernatural /dark gothic theme ; Damian Priest was the first to join with Edge, followed by Rhea Ripley . Edge was then expelled from the group following Finn Bálor 's addition. Following Edge's removal, the supernatural elements aspect faded to more of a street thug/goth bully group, and a no leadership ideology
384-521: A No Disqualification tag team match pitting The Mysterios against Bálor and Priest was made official for SummerSlam. The pay-per-view opened with Bianca Belair defending the Raw Women's Championship against Becky Lynch. Early in the match, Belair accidentally legitimately dislocated Lynch's shoulder. Outside the ring, Lynch countered a Kiss of Death from Belair and attacked Belair near the timekeeper's area. Lynch performed Diamond Dust on Belair for
576-702: A Spanish Fly and the Kiss of Death on Lynch to retain the title. Following the match, Belair and Lynch shook hands and embraced each other. Bayley then made her return for the first time since July 2021 to confront Belair. She was accompanied by a returning Dakota Kai (who had been released from her WWE contract in April) and Io Shirai (who was billed under the new ring name "Iyo Sky", stylized in all caps), both making their main roster debuts. Sky and Kai turned into heels by siding with Bayley, who attempted to taunt Belair. Lynch then sided with Belair, thus Lynch turned face for
768-458: A WarGames match . On the following episode of Raw, The Judgment Day defeated The O.C. in an eight-person mixed tag team match to end their feud. On the January 9, 2023 episode of Raw, Bálor, Priest and Dominik won a tag team turmoil match to win a Raw Tag Team Championship match against The Usos ( Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso ). At Raw is XXX on January 23, Priest and Dominik failed to win
960-627: A hardcore match by Spearing him through a flaming table but suffered second degree burns , thanks to anti-flame material not being applied to the table, at both wrestlers' request. According to Copeland, the match with Foley proved him as a main eventer. After losing a triple threat match at Backlash for the WWE Championship, Edge teamed with Foley, pointing as Hardcore Champions . At ECW One Night Stand on June 11, Edge, Foley and Lita defeated Dreamer, Terry Funk and Beulah McGillicutty in an Extreme Rules tag team match. Later in
1152-575: A last chance match at Vengeance on June 24. Edge then began a feud with Kane after SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long announced Kane as the new number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship at The Great American Bash . Edge was forced to relinquish the World Heavyweight Championship due to a legitimately torn left pectoral muscle injury on the July 20 episode of SmackDown! following an attack by Kane
1344-412: A nearfall . Later, Belair performed a Kiss Of Death on Lynch outside the ring. Belair intended for a countout victory, however, Lynch rolled back in the ring at nine. Lynch pulled Belair, who was atop a turnbuckle, into the ring by the latter's braid and performed a Manhandle Slam for a nearfall. In the closing moments, as Lynch attempted a second Manhandle Slam from the middle rope, Belair countered into
1536-622: A road rage incident. Edge eventually began using The Cutting Edge as a soapbox to run down Flair until, after weeks of public mockery, Flair eventually showed up and attacked Edge. Edge and Flair formally met at the New Year's Revolution event on January 8, 2006, in a match for Flair's Intercontinental Championship , which resulted in Flair retaining after Edge was disqualified . Although Edge had lost his scheduled match at New Year's Revolution, that would not be his only match that evening as
1728-722: A two out-of-three falls match to win the WWE Tag Team Championship. They soon lost the tag titles to Los Guerreros in a triple threat elimination match that also involved former champions Angle and Benoit at Survivor Series on November 17. After losing the title, Edge and Mysterio went their separate ways to focus on their singles careers. At the Royal Rumble , Edge competed in the 30-man Royal Rumble match on January 19, 2003, where he had three eliminations before getting eliminated by Chris Jericho. Edge then teamed up with Chris Benoit, facing Team Angle in
1920-546: A Brass Knuckles on a Pole match. At WrestleMania X8 on March 17, Edge found himself in a match with Booker T that was the result of Edge beating out Booker T for a fictitious Japanese shampoo endorsement. Shortly after defeating Booker T at WrestleMania, Edge was drafted to the SmackDown! brand in the first WWF Draft Lottery . During this time, Edge also gained Never Gonna Stop (The Red Red Kroovy) by Rob Zombie as his new entrance theme. Upon arriving there, he began
2112-461: A Hell in a Cell match at SummerSlam . Edge then turned on La Familia during the August 8 episode of SmackDown , performing a one-man con-chair-to on Chavo Guerrero in the ring, and tossed Vickie out of her wheelchair, effectively disbanding the faction. At SummerSlam on August 17, The Undertaker defeated Edge, and after the match, The Undertaker chokeslammed Edge off the top of a ladder and through
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#17327930308712304-574: A No Disqualification match where Edge won, ending the feud. He then formed a tag team with Rey Mysterio , and the two participated in a tournament for the newly created and SmackDown!-exclusive WWE Tag Team Championship . They lost to Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit in the finals of the tournament at No Mercy on October 20; the match was voted Match of the Year by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter . After they failed in winning
2496-448: A No Disqualification tag team match. In the closing moments, former Judgment Day leader Edge made his return and performed a Spear on Priest and Bàlor. The Mysterios then performed a double 619 on Bàlor. Rey followed with a Frog Splash on Bálor to win the match. Next, Happy Corbin fought Pat McAfee. In the closing moments, as Corbin attempted End of Days on McAfee, McAfee performed a right hand on Corbin, who inadvertently incapacitated
2688-445: A Samoan Drop on Lesnar through a table set up at ringside, who stood up at seven. Reigns put Lesnar through another table, who stood up at seven. Reigns performed two Superman Punches and a spear on Lesnar, who stood up at seven. Lesnar attempted an F-5 on Reigns, however, Reigns countered and threw Lesnar out of the ring. Lesnar attacked Reigns with the steel steps and a broken piece of a table, who got up at nine. Lesnar threw Reigns in
2880-532: A San Juan street fight after interference from Savio Vega and Carlito . Balor and Priest participated in the tournament for the new World Heavyweight Championship , but they were both eliminated by the eventual champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins . At Night of Champions on May 27, Ripley defeated Natalya in 70 seconds to retain her title. On the June 12 episode of Raw, the SmackDown Women's Championship
3072-564: A Spear on Lesnar, who got up at nine. An irate Reigns attacked Lesnar with Theory's Money in the Bank briefcase, who still stood up at nine. Reigns then struck Lesnar with the WWE title belt, who stood up at nine. In the closing moments, Reigns attacked Lesnar, this time with the Universal title belt, and proceeded with The Usos to place pieces of the broken announce table, steel chairs and amplifier on
3264-600: A Tag Team Turmoil match which was won by Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit. Days later on the May 24 SmackDown! , Edge and Christian competed in a Fatal 4-Way Tag Team TLC Match for the WWF Tag Team Championship where Benoit and Jericho retained the titles. Edge solidified himself as an emerging singles competitor by winning the 2001 King of the Ring tournament and slowly becoming a fan favourite by siding with
3456-527: A Tag team turmoil match where they eliminated three teams: The Hardy Boyz, Mideon and Viscera, and Droz and Prince Albert before getting eliminated from the match by The Acolytes. At Unforgiven on September 26, Edge and Christian faced The New Age Outlaws for the WWF Tag Team Championship but failed to win the titles. Later in the year, he was placed in a storyline angle with The Hardy Boyz . Gangrel soon betrayed both Edge and Christian and formed The New Brood with their enemies, The Hardy Boyz. They feuded with
3648-471: A battered Lesnar and stood on the debris for the ten count. The event was met with positive reviews from critics, who welcomed the company's new creative direction and lauded the main event. WWE reported on the Raw after SummerSlam that it had surpassed 1.3 billion video views on social media for the event. Brent Brookhouse of CBS Sports praised the event and also gave his highest ratings of letter grade A to
3840-546: A chair and watching the match. After the conclusion of the match, Edge attacked Benoit, turning heel. Edge would then become cocky and brash, while also becoming more vicious and destructive than ever before. Edge would also gain a new entrance theme, Metalingus , performed by the then-newly established band, Alter Bridge . At Survivor Series on November 14, Edge was part of Team Triple H along with Triple H, Batista, and Gene Snitsky . They were defeated by Team Orton (Randy Orton, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, and Maven ). During
4032-528: A feud with The Mysterios ( Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio ) in an attempt to recruit Dominik into their ranks. On July 30, Bálor and Priest lost to the Mysterios at SummerSlam after interference from the returning Edge. At Clash at the Castle on September 3, Bálor and Priest lost to Edge and Rey. After the match, Dominik attacked Edge with a low blow, followed by a clothesline to Rey, turning heel for
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#17327930308714224-450: A feud with Kurt Angle. At Backlash on April 21, Angle defeated Edge which later culminated in Edge shaving Angle's head following a hair vs. hair match at Judgment Day on May 19. On the May 30 episode of SmackDown! , Edge defeated Angle in a steel cage match to end the feud. During the match, Edge speared Angle from the top rope, injuring his own arm and forcing himself out of action for
4416-399: A leg drop, seemingly injuring both Edge and himself. The two were unable to continue the match and were removed from ringside on stretchers. After this Edge and Orton also became rivals in their goals of achieving the WWE Championship. Neither Edge nor Orton won the championship, and they lost their claims as number one contenders after a failed match with Cena at Backlash on April 29. On
4608-529: A legitimate groin injury in a non-televised match, Raw General Manager Eric Bischoff stripped Edge of the Intercontinental title on the September 6 episode of Raw . Upon his return, Edge began to pursue the World Heavyweight Championship. Edge, Chris Benoit, and Shawn Michaels received a title shot for Triple H 's World Heavyweight Championship at Taboo Tuesday on October 19. Michaels won
4800-577: A losing effort. At King of the Ring on June 27, The Hardy Boyz defeated Edge and Christian in a match to determine the number one contender to the WWF Tag Team Championship, after their first match on Sunday Night Heat ended in a no-contest. Edge captured his first singles championship, the WWF Intercontinental Championship , on July 24, 1999, defeating Jeff Jarrett at a house show in Toronto, Ontario. Interestingly,
4992-550: A losing effort. On Night 2 of WrestleMania XL, Priest successfully cashed in his Money in the Bank contract on Drew McIntyre to win the World Heavyweight Championship immediately after McIntyre won the title from Rollins. Eight days later, Ripley was forced to vacate the Women's World Championship due to a legitimate arm injury, ending her reign at 380 days, tying Bayley 's record for the longest reign in
5184-453: A match at Clash at the Castle, which was made official. After SummerSlam, The Mysterios (Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio) and Edge continued feuding with The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor, Damian Priest, and Rhea Ripley), leading to Edge and Rey teaming up to face Bálor and Priest at Clash at the Castle. At the event, Edge and Rey defeated Judgment Day, but after the match, Dominik turned on both Edge and Rey and joined The Judgment Day. On
5376-568: A match at SummerSlam. After Money in the Bank went off the air, Corbin attacked McAfee and subsequently accepted the challenge. At Money in the Bank, Bobby Lashley defeated Theory to win the United States Championship . On the following episode of Raw , Theory announced he was granted a rematch against Lashley for the title at SummerSlam. At Money in the Bank, The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) defeated The Street Profits ( Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford ) to retain
5568-564: A match between reigning champions The Colóns and Legacy . The win made Edge a record-setting 12 time World Tag Team Champion. On July 3, Edge suffered a torn Achilles tendon while competing at a live event in San Diego in a match against Jeff Hardy, and later underwent surgery. It was reported that he could be out of action for up to a year. During Edge's absence, Jericho replaced him with Big Show (forming Jeri-Show ) and Jericho began to speak badly of Edge, mocking him for his injury. At
5760-573: A match between the two teams for the following week, where Priest and Bálor attacked The Mysterios before the match began, but The Mysterios were still able to defeat Priest and Bálor with an Eddie Guerrero chair trick. The following week, Bálor and Priest confronted Dominik backstage, suggesting that he join The Judgment Day. This led to a match between Bálor and Rey, where Bálor won. On the July 18 episode, after Judgment Day again suggested Dominik join their group, Priest defeated Rey. After
5952-579: A match for the World Tag Team Championship by disqualification but did not win the titles. The team disbanded when Edge won the Intercontinental Championship at Vengeance on July 11 defeating Randy Orton , thus becoming a five time Intercontinental Champion. At SummerSlam on August 15, Edge defeated Chris Jericho and Batista in a triple threat match to retain the Intercontinental Championship. Following
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6144-546: A month. Two months later, he would end up winning the WWE Tag Team Championship alongside Hollywood Hulk Hogan on the July 4 episode of SmackDown! by defeating Billy and Chuck . Edge and Hogan lost the titles at Vengeance on July 21 to The Un-Americans ( Lance Storm and Christian), and at SummerSlam on August 25, Edge defeated Eddie Guerrero then lost to Guerrero at Unforgiven on September 22. They met one final time days later on SmackDown! in
6336-538: A necklace, he almost struck Maryse, who stood on the ring apron, however, Paul took advantage and performed a Skull Crushing Finale on Miz in the ring to win the match. After that, Bobby Lashley defended the United States Championship against Theory. During Lashley's entrance, Theory attacked Lashley with the Money in the Bank briefcase. Midway through the match, Theory attempted to walk away from
6528-421: A ring of fire onto the elevated stage floor, with Gangrel holding a chalice of "blood". Gangrel would typically take a sip from the chalice and sometimes share it with Edge or Christian before spitting it towards the crowd. One of their signature moves was giving their opponents a "blood bath" either before or after a match, where the lights would go out, followed by Gangrel's red flashing entrance lights, and then
6720-400: A series of losses to Cena and Michaels in the following months. Edge competed in the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 23 on April 1 in a losing effort. During the match, Matt Hardy threw him onto a ladder and encouraged Jeff Hardy, who was close to the winning briefcase, to finish him off. Hardy then leaped off the 20-foot-high (6.1 m) ladder, and drove him through the ladder with
6912-412: A series of singles and tag team matches. Prior to No Way Out , Edge suffered a legitimate neck injury, rendering him unable to compete in his scheduled match. The injury stemmed from a bump he took on a closed ladder on the September 26, 2002 edition of SmackDown! while wrestling Eddie Guerrero, who then frog-splashed him while he was still laying on the ladder. His arms would then numb more and more in
7104-551: A stipulation that stated if The Undertaker were to lose, he would be kayfabe banished from the WWE. At One Night Stand on June 1, Edge would defeat The Undertaker after interference from La Familia, Chavo Guerrero and Bam Neely , winning the World Heavyweight Championship for the third time. Since he lost, The Undertaker was also forced to leave the company. On June 29, Edge retained his championship against Batista at Night of Champions , after interference from La Familia. The next night on Raw , Edge appeared to gloat that two of
7296-441: A storyline began where Dominik was seduced by Liv Morgan . Dominik accidentally helped Morgan win the Women's World Championship from Becky Lynch on May 25 at King and Queen of the Ring , and accidentally helped her retain in a steel cage match two nights later on Raw . Morgan would also aid the group in their matches, helping Bálor and McDonagh win the World Tag Team Championship from The Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth) on
7488-477: A surprise attack on Jericho, turning face for the first time since 2004. At WrestleMania on March 28, Edge failed to win the title. Edge defeated Jericho in a steel cage match at Extreme Rules on April 25, ending their feud. On April 26, as part of 2010 WWE draft , Edge was drafted to the Raw brand, also costing Randy Orton a title shot, by spearing him in a triple threat match against Batista and Sheamus . On
7680-425: A week earlier. On November 18, at Survivor Series , Edge made his return, interfering in a World Heavyweight Championship Hell in a Cell match between Batista and The Undertaker, helping Batista win the match. The following SmackDown! show saw Edge and General Manager Vickie Guerrero make their relationship public, making his official in-ring return in a World Heavyweight Championship match against Batista on
7872-469: A wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown . At WrestleMania 38 in April, SmackDown's Universal Champion Roman Reigns defeated Raw's WWE Champion Brock Lesnar in a Winner Takes All match to become recognized as
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8064-522: A year, leading Edge to call himself the "most watched champion ever". On the January 16 episode of Raw , Edge defeated Ric Flair in a TLC match to retain the WWE Championship. At the Royal Rumble on January 29, Edge lost the WWE Championship back to Cena. Edge then lost a rematch on the February 16 episode of Raw and blamed special guest referee Mick Foley for his loss. They feuded until WrestleMania 22 on April 2, where Edge defeated Foley in
8256-541: A young age; his favorite wrestlers included Mr. Perfect , Randy Savage , Hulk Hogan , Ricky Steamboat , Shawn Michaels , and Bret Hart . He met fellow future wrestler Jason Reso , known by his ring-name Christian Cage, in Orangeville when he was 10 years old, and they would make the trip to Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto to watch their favourite wrestlers; at the age of 16, Copeland attended WrestleMania VI at
8448-483: Is a former two-time AEW TNT Champion . He is currently on hiatus due to injury. Copeland is best known for his 25-year tenure in WWE from 1998 to 2023, where he performed under the ring name Edge . Often regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time, Copeland made his professional wrestling debut in 1992, wrestling in various independent promotions and competing in singles and tag team competition,
8640-545: Is also heard describing who Edge's persona is and his characteristics, the same voice that would be used to say, "You think you know me?" in the opening of Edge's entrance themes throughout his career in WWE. Upon his debut, Edge would enter the arena through the crowd for his matches and would continue to do so until becoming a tag team with Christian. In a 2019 interview, Copeland described how "as much as it didn't make sense, I still knew that they [WWE] were trying to set me up as much as they could." Edge's first televised match
8832-530: The 2020 Women's Royal Rumble and defeated Ripley for the NXT Women's Championship at WrestleMania 36 . At Elimination Chamber on February 18, Bálor and Ripley lost to Edge and Phoenix in a mixed tag team match despite interference from Dominik, while Priest failed to win the United States Championship inside the namesake structure after he was eliminated by Montez Ford . At Night 1 of WrestleMania 39 on April 1, Dominik lost to Rey after interference from
9024-505: The 600th episode of SmackDown on February 18, acting General Manager Guerrero fired Edge in storyline, and awarded the World Heavyweight Championship to her on-screen boyfriend Ziggler. SmackDown General Manager Theodore Long returned later that night, and rehired Edge. Edge then defeated Ziggler to become the World Heavyweight Champion for the record seventh and final time, his 11th world championship overall. At
9216-571: The Crippler Crossface on Edge, who shifted his weight putting Benoit's shoulders on the mat for a pin . This match also ended in a draw for Benoit and Edge, as Benoit made Edge submit at the same time the referee counted a pinfall for Edge. As a result, the World Heavyweight title was vacated the following week on Raw . On January 9, 2005, Edge competed in his first Elimination Chamber match at New Year's Revolution for
9408-645: The Dudley Boyz to win the WWF Tag Team Championship in a Triangle Ladder match , which ultimately led to the creation of the Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match . Following this victory, Edge & Christian began redefining themselves as a villainous duo of comedic, arrogant, surfer -styled teen idols . The two wrestlers no longer entered the arena through the crowd, instead engaging in various antics such as mocking their opponents and
9600-618: The Elimination Chamber pay-per-view on February 20, Edge successfully defended his World Heavyweight Championship in an Elimination Chamber match by finally pinning Rey Mysterio. After he won the match, he was attacked by Royal Rumble winner Alberto Del Rio, but was saved by the returning Christian. Edge and Christian briefly reunited to defeat Del Rio and his bodyguard Brodus Clay on the March 11 episode of SmackDown . At WrestleMania XXVII on April 3, Edge successfully defended
9792-535: The King of the Ring event in Boston . At Backlash on April 30, Edge and Christian defeated D-Generation X to retain the titles. At Judgment Day on May 21, Edge, Christian and Kurt Angle lost a six-man tag team match to Rikishi and Too Cool. Soon after, they lost the tag titles to Too Cool but won them back in a Four corners elimination match at King of the Ring on June 25. At Fully Loaded on July 23, they defended
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#17327930308719984-555: The Long Island Sound and he unveiled the new "Rated-R" version of the belt. Edge lost the title to Cena in a TLC match at Unforgiven , a PPV that took place in Edge's hometown of Toronto. On the October 2 episode of Raw , interference from the newly reformed D-Generation X (DX) (Triple H and Shawn Michaels) cost Edge his " final chance " at John Cena's WWE Championship in a Steel cage match , though their interference
10176-511: The Royal Rumble on January 21, 2001, Edge and Christian were defeated by the Dudley Boyz and lost the tag team titles. They unsuccessfully attempted to regain the tag team title at No Way Out on February 25 against the Dudley Boyz and The Brothers of Destruction , but they succeeded at WrestleMania X-Seven on April 1 against the Dudley Boyz and The Hardyz in the second TLC match. At Judgment Day on May 20, Edge and Christian competed in
10368-520: The Royal Rumble pay-per-view event on January 31, 2010, Edge returned from injury by entering the Royal Rumble match as the twenty-ninth surprise entrant, where he won the Royal Rumble match for the first time in his career, after last eliminating John Cena. At Elimination Chamber on February 21, after Chris Jericho won the World Heavyweight Championship , Edge challenged Jericho for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXVI after
10560-733: The Syfy series Haven (2011–2015), Ketill Flatnose in Vikings (2017–2020), and Ares in the Disney+ series Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023–present). Adam Joseph Copeland was born in Orangeville, Ontario , on October 30, 1973, the son of Judy Lynn Copeland, a single mother who worked two jobs to support him. He has said he never met his father, or even saw a picture of him. He became interested in professional wrestling at
10752-536: The Toronto SkyDome in 1990, sitting in the 11th row at ringside. He was cheering on WWF Champion Hulk Hogan against The Ultimate Warrior , and he credits this match with making him realize he wanted to be a wrestler. When he was 17, he won an essay writing contest hosted by his local gym, the prize for which was free wrestling training with Sweet Daddy Siki and Ron Hutchison in Toronto. However, he put his wrestling aspirations aside to help his mother pay
10944-624: The Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship , Liv Morgan defeated Ronda Rousey to retain her SmackDown Women's Championship in a conflicted ending, and in the opening bout, Bianca Belair defeated Becky Lynch to retain the Raw Women's Championship . The event also saw the returns of Bayley , Dakota Kai (who had been released from her WWE contract in April), Io Shirai , and Edge . The event received positive reviews from critics, who, along with fans, lauded
11136-487: The Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship . Following the match, replayed footage of the pinfall showed that Ford's shoulder was off the mat, thus the pinfall should not have been counted. A championship rematch was then subsequently scheduled for SummerSlam. On the July 15 episode of SmackDown , after Dawkins defeated Jimmy despite Jimmy's shoulder being off the mat, WWE official Adam Pearce announced that WWE Hall of Famer and Nashville area native Jeff Jarrett would be
11328-615: The Undisputed WWE Universal Champion . After Reigns retained the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship on the June 17 episode of SmackDown , he claimed there was no one left to face him. Lesnar then made a surprise return after a two-month hiatus and offered Reigns a handshake . As Reigns went to shake his hand, Lesnar attacked Reigns and then attacked The Usos ( Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso ), who had come to Reigns' aid. It
11520-591: The WWE Network in international markets. Tickets went on sale on April 22, with premium hospitality packages also available. It was also the first SummerSlam since 2011 to incorporate a new logo and the first since 2008 to not feature the Star background of the logo. Eight days before SummerSlam on July 22, WWE owner Vince McMahon announced his retirement from the company. He had served as chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) since 1982. The 2022 SummerSlam
11712-535: The WrestleMania moments in his career before issuing an open challenge for WrestleMania 38 . The following week, his challenge was accepted by AJ Styles , to which Edge responded by performing a low blow on Styles before hitting him with a one-man con-chair-to , turning heel for the first time since 2010. At the event on April 3, Edge defeated Styles following a distraction by Damian Priest . Following WrestleMania, Edge and Priest revealed The Judgment Day as
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#173279303087111904-517: The ring name Sexton Hardcastle. He became a part of the tag team Sex and Violence with Joe E. Legend. In the mid-1990s, he wrestled as Adam Impact for Tony Condello 's Winnipeg promotion. In 1997, Sex and Violence became part of a larger stable called Thug Life, joining Christian Cage , Zakk Wyld, Bill Skullion, and Rhino Richards . During his independent career, he won the MWCW Tag Team Championship twice with Legend and
12096-463: The special guest referee for the match. At Money in the Bank, Liv Morgan won the women's Money in the Bank ladder match to earn a contract for a women's championship match of her choosing. After Ronda Rousey retained the SmackDown Women's Championship later that same night, Morgan ran out and used the contract to cash in on Rousey and win the title. On the following SmackDown , it
12288-582: The "future is now". During this period, Edge would have seen significant popularity and stronger rivalries. Edge lost the Intercontinental Championship to Test on the November 5 episode of Raw and shortly afterwards won the WCW United States Championship from Kurt Angle on the November 12 episode of Raw . Edge defeated Test at Survivor Series on November 18 to regain the Intercontinental Championship which he unified with
12480-587: The 2022 event was the first to not be held during the month of August. Instead, the 35th SummerSlam was scheduled to take place on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at the Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee . It featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions , and in addition to airing on traditional pay-per-view, it was available to livestream on Peacock in the United States and
12672-534: The 24th Grand Slam Champion and The Judgment Day also became the second faction after The Bloodline to hold titles across all three brands. Ripley went on to retain the Women's World Championship against Raquel Rodriguez later that night. At NXT No Mercy on September 30, Dominik lost the NXT North American Championship to Trick Williams , ending his first reign at 74 days. However, following an ultimatum from Ripley, Dominik regained
12864-529: The April 30 episode of SmackDown , Edge said goodbye to the SmackDown fans. However, Edge turned on the fans by calling them "puppets" for chanting for him and later tried a sneak attack on his former tag team partner Christian, thus turning heel once again. Edge began a feud with Randy Orton, with both Edge and Orton gaining the upper hand over one another. Much of the antagonism stemmed of Orton's refusal to re-form Rated-RKO with Edge, as Edge wanted to pursue
13056-447: The August 29 episode of Raw , Edge and Hardy fought in a Street Fight , which resulted in a no contest when Hardy performed a side effect on Edge off the entrance ramp into the sound speakers and other electrical equipment. They also fought in a Steel cage match at Unforgiven on September 18 in which Hardy defeated Edge. The feud culminated in a Loser Leaves Raw ladder match on Raw Homecoming on October 3, which Edge won. After
13248-427: The Bank contract on The Undertaker. After one spear, Edge pinned The Undertaker for the victory and his first World Heavyweight Championship. As a result, Edge became a member of the SmackDown! roster. Edge then began a feud with Batista and successfully defended his championship title against him at Judgment Day on May 20, in a Steel Cage match at One Night Stand on June 3, and a third and final time by countout in
13440-466: The Bank ladder match at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view on July 18, but failed to win the briefcase, as it was won by The Miz . Edge then went on to participate in the main event of SummerSlam on August 15 in a seven-on-seven elimination tag team match against The Nexus . Although he was eliminated by Heath Slater , his team was victorious. On the 900th episode of Raw , Edge disqualified himself in
13632-485: The Gold Rush tournament finals match to determine the number-one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship on the May 16 episode of Raw . The next week, Edge received his World Heavyweight Championship match against Batista, which he lost. Edge started a feud with Kane leading to several matches between them including one at Vengeance on June 26, when Edge lost to Kane. After trading several victories on Raw ,
13824-598: The Hardy Boyz, as they went on to compete in a ladder match at No Mercy on October 17 for the " managerial services " of Terri Runnels and $ 100,000, which the Hardy Boyz won. The match was widely praised and described as the match of the year by various reviewers. At Survivor Series on November 14, Edge and Christian and The Hardy Boyz faced Too Cool and The Hollys in a four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match where they lost. At Armageddon on December 12, Edge and Christian competed in an 8-team battle royal which
14016-483: The Hell's Gate, which she previously banned. After winning a tournament to determine who would face The Undertaker for the vacant championship, the two met at Judgment Day , which ended in Edge losing via countout. However, since championships cannot change hands via countout, no champion was crowned. A rematch was scheduled for One Night Stand , in a TLC match . On the May 23 episode of SmackDown , Vickie Guerrero added
14208-553: The ICW Street Fight Tag Team Championship twice. The duo of Hardcastle and Cage were known as Hard Impact before changing their name to The Suicide Blondes. They also worked in Japan under the name The Canadian Rockers. Copeland also wrestled as Damon Striker against Meng on an episode of WCW Pro in February 1996. (Copeland stated in 2021 the name was intended to be "Damien Striker", but
14400-501: The June 22, 1998 episode of Raw as Edge. Copeland took the name Edge from an Albany radio station . Weeks before his WWE debut in 1998, vignettes were aired depicting Edge as a loner , mysteriously roaming across New York City in various locations such as on rooftops and the subway. The vignettes also depicted him, as Jim Ross described it on his debut as "some sort of a tortured soul", by showing an excessive amount of rage and beating up on innocent pedestrians. A female voice
14592-466: The June 24 episode of Raw . On the July 8 episode of Raw , Dominik teamed with Morgan to defeat Rey Mysterio and Zelina Vega after Dominik pinned his father. After the match, just as he was about to kiss Morgan, Ripley returned from injury and confronted Dominik. On August 3, at SummerSlam , Ripley failed to regain the Women's World Championship from Morgan following a distraction by Mysterio, who kissed Morgan and left with her afterwards, and Priest lost
14784-690: The May 13 episode of Raw, Carlito helped Bálor and McDonagh win a fatal four-way match to become the #1 contenders for the World Tag Team Championship . One week later, Bálor and McDonagh failed to win the titles from Awesome Truth (The Miz and R-Truth) after Braun Strowman prevented Carlito from interfering. In the main event of Clash at the Castle: Scotland on June 15, despite The Judgment Day being barred from ringside, Priest defeated McIntyre to retain his title after interference from CM Punk . During Ripley's absence,
14976-434: The May 7 episode of Raw , Edge interrupted an in-ring promo by the winner of the 2007 Money in the Bank contract, Mr. Kennedy . Kennedy had said for weeks that he would not cash in the contract until the following WrestleMania, but Edge decided to goad him into a match for his briefcase. Edge attacked Kennedy before the match even started, severely injuring his shoulder, and took advantage of the injury to beat Kennedy and take
15168-526: The Ministry after Christian was attacked by Ken Shamrock and forced to reveal the location of the captive Stephanie McMahon . The Undertaker chose to have Christian punished for his trespass, but Edge and Gangrel stood by him and betrayed The Undertaker, leading to a brief feud with the Ministry. At Backlash: In Your House on April 25, the Brood faced Ministry members Bradshaw , Faarooq , and Mideon in
15360-418: The November 30 episode of SmackDown! , a match that ended after The Undertaker interfered. At Armageddon , Edge won his second World Heavyweight Championship, after giving The Undertaker two chair shots and pinning the defending champion Batista (who had been Tombstoned by The Undertaker prior) in a Triple Threat match. During the match, Edge used two look-a-likes to distract Batista and The Undertaker. It
15552-540: The October 29 episode of SmackDown , Edge defeated Rey Mysterio and Alberto Del Rio to become the number one contender for the World Heavyweight Championship at Survivor Series . On the November 12 episode of SmackDown , Edge lost his match with David Otunga , thanks to Paul Bearer 's interference. Edge then kidnapped Bearer and used him to cost Kane his match with Big Show . The following week, Edge tortured Paul Bearer, forcing him to play dodgeball and force-feeding him, planning to wear down Kane. He then ambushed Kane in
15744-800: The Reigns vs. Lesnar main event match. Wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter rated the Raw Women's Championship bout and the Logan vs. Miz match 4 stars, the United States title match 1.5 stars, the No DQ tag team match and the Undisputed WWE Tag Team title match 3.5 stars, the McAfee-Corbin bout 3 stars, the SmackDown Women's Championship match 1 star (the lowest rated match on
15936-623: The SmackDown Tag Team Championship to A-Town Down Under ( Austin Theory and Grayson Waller ) and the Raw Tag Team Championship to The Awesome Truth ( The Miz and R-Truth ) respectively in a six-pack tag team ladder match , ending their second reign with the undisputed titles at 173 days. Dominik teamed up with Legado Del Fantasma 's Santos Escobar against his father, Rey, and Andrade in
16128-441: The SmackDown Women's Championship. The two would face each other again at WrestleMania 38, this time for Lynch's Raw Women's Championship , where Belair was victorious. Over the next few months, Lynch failed various attempts to regain the championship. On the July 11 episode of Raw , during Belair's title defense, Lynch caused Belair to lose via countout, but Belair retained the title. The following week, Lynch stated that whoever
16320-456: The Summer", it is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views (PPV), along with WrestleMania , Royal Rumble , and Survivor Series , originally dubbed the "Big Four", and as of August 2021, it is considered one of the "Big Five", along with Money in the Bank . Out of the five, it is considered WWE's second biggest event of the year behind WrestleMania. Announced on October 25, 2021,
16512-497: The Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship against The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford), with WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett as the special guest referee. In the end, The Usos performed the 1D on Dawkins to retain the titles. Following that, Matt Riddle came out and called out Seth "Freakin" Rollins ; they were originally scheduled to face each other at SummerSlam, however, Riddle
16704-419: The United States Championship. From there, Edge was placed in a feud with William Regal for the Intercontinental Championship. Edge first defeated Regal at Vengeance on December 9 to retain the championship: however, he would come up short in the new year, losing the title to Regal at the Royal Rumble on January 20, 2002, and then coming up short in his rematch against Regal at No Way Out on February 17 in
16896-532: The WWF during the Invasion storyline . Christian betrayed Edge shortly afterward, and the two feuded over Edge's Intercontinental Championship (which he won at SummerSlam on August 19) that he later lost to Christian at Unforgiven on September 23, though Edge later captured the title in a ladder match at No Mercy on October 21. Following this, Edge evolved as a determined and hungry competitor who claimed that
17088-522: The WWF without an official contract. The company also paid for his outstanding college debt, which was around $ 40,000. After a Grand Prix Wrestling tour in the summer of 1997, De Marco urged Copeland to go to Calgary , where Hart was informally training wrestlers while recovering from knee surgery. He spent his tour earnings on a plane ticket and landed with no money or place to stay. He called Johnny Smith , whom he met twice, and Smith agreed to give him food and shelter. Smith also drove Copeland to and from
17280-443: The Women's World Championship while The Judgment Day and McIntyre lost to Rhodes, Rollins, Uso, Zayn and the returning Randy Orton in a WarGames match after Rhodes pinned Priest. On December 9 at NXT Deadline , Dominik lost the NXT North American Championship to Dragon Lee , ending his second reign at 67 days. Over the next few weeks, the group began feuding with R-Truth over his efforts to join them. According to Bálor, he felt
17472-421: The World Heavyweight Championship against Del Rio. SummerSlam (2022) The 2022 SummerSlam was the 35th annual SummerSlam professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE . It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions . The event took place on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee , marking
17664-418: The World Heavyweight Championship for a record sixth time and making him a ten time World Champion. Edge then defended the World Heavyweight Championship against Kane in a winning effort in a Last Man Standing match on the January 7 episode of SmackDown , thus ending their feud. At the Royal Rumble on January 30, 2011, Edge successfully defended his World Heavyweight Championship against Dolph Ziggler . On
17856-496: The World Heavyweight Championship in a triple threat match against both Hardy and Punk, but was pinned by Punk. Edge won the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship (the unified version of the World Tag Team Championship from the Raw brand and the WWE Tag Team Championship from the SmackDown brand) with Chris Jericho at The Bash on June 28 after he and Jericho were inserted into what was originally
18048-454: The World Heavyweight Championship over Rey Mysterio at the Royal Rumble and again at No Way Out in February. Also that month, he proposed to Vickie, which she accepted. At WrestleMania XXIV in March, Edge lost the World Heavyweight Championship to The Undertaker when he tapped out to the Hell's Gate . The match was booked for Edge to retain and break the streak, but Edge refused to break
18240-475: The World Heavyweight Championship to Gunther after interference from Bálor. On the following episode of Raw , Ripley and Priest were removed from the group as Carlito and Morgan became official members. At Bad Blood on October 5, Morgan lost to Ripley by disqualification after the returning Raquel Rodriguez attacked Ripley, allowing Morgan to remain champion since titles do not change hands via countout or disqualification unless stipulated. Rodriguez also became
18432-443: The World Tag Team Championship a record 12 times, and the WWE Tag Team Championship twice. He is WWE's 14th Triple Crown Champion and 7th Grand Slam Champion . He won the 2001 King of the Ring tournament , the inaugural Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 21 in 2005, and the 2010 Royal Rumble match , making him the first wrestler to achieve all three. Copeland first retired in 2011 due to several neck injuries and
18624-501: The World Tag Team Championship, making Edge a record eleven-time tag team champion. At Survivor Series on November 26, Rated-RKO teamed with Johnny Nitro , Mike Knox and Gregory Helms to face Team DX (Triple H, Shawn Michaels, CM Punk, Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy) in a Survivor Series match, but lost when all members of Team Rated-RKO were eliminated in a clean sweep. Also that month, Lita retired, and her on-screen relationship with Edge abruptly ended, with no explanation. As part of
18816-523: The WrestleMania 21 card altogether. However, he was talked into competing by the other participants like Jericho and Glenn Jacobs who said the match had the potential to be a big success. At Backlash on May 1, Edge defeated Chris Benoit in a Last Man Standing match to end the feud. Several weeks after, Edge was then paired with Lita , his real-life girlfriend at the time, in an angle in which she betrayed her storyline husband Kane, by costing him
19008-478: The arena lights coming back on to reveal their target covered in "blood". All three members of the group had long blond hair, with Gangrel and Christian wearing white shirts and dark pants, while Edge stuck to his long leather coat from his previous persona before joining The Brood. Copeland has mentioned feeling insecure about his previous character and welcomed the opportunity to join The Brood, feeling it gave him
19200-442: The attack by Batista, was easily pinned by Punk after a Go To Sleep , losing the World Heavyweight Championship. Due to this win, the championship became exclusive to the Raw brand. On the July 4 episode of SmackDown , Edge took his frustrations out on Vickie because he lost the title and told her the wedding was off. The following week, however, after Guerrero saved Edge from a con-chair-to by The Big Show , Edge re-proposed, and
19392-451: The audience vote to receive the title shot, giving Edge and Benoit a tag team title shot against La Résistance. They regained the titles. During the match, an angry Edge abandoned Benoit and instead interfered in the World Heavyweight Championship match, costing Michaels the championship. On the November 1 episode of Raw , Edge and Benoit lost the World Tag Team Championship back to La Résistance with Edge abandoning Benoit again and sitting in
19584-520: The bills, taking numerous jobs and then receiving a diploma in radio broadcasting from Humber College before resuming his wrestling training. Copeland made his professional wrestling debut on Canada Day 1992, in an event at Monarch Park Stadium in Toronto. Throughout the 1990s, Copeland wrestled on the independent circuit in Ontario and the Great Lakes region of the United States under
19776-491: The briefcase. Edge thus became the first person to gain the Money in the Bank contract twice and the first not to do so in the ladder match. On the May 11 episode of SmackDown! in Pittsburgh , World Heavyweight Champion The Undertaker retained his title against Batista in a steel cage match. Then, Mark Henry attacked The Undertaker. Despite being part of the Raw roster, Edge would appear and cash in his Money in
19968-490: The card), and the main event 4.5 stars. The 2022 SummerSlam would be the only SummerSlam to take place in July, as the following year's event returned to August. After SummerSlam, the trio of Bayley, Dakota Kai, and Iyo Sky would dub themselves as Damage CTRL , and they continued to target Raw Women's Champion Bianca Belair. This led to a six-woman tag team match at Clash at the Castle, where Damage CTRL defeated Belair's team in which Bayley pinned Belair. Due to pinning
20160-439: The champion, Bayley challenged Belair to a ladder match for the title at Extreme Rules , and Belair accepted. On the following Raw , Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai, and Iyo Sky) attacked Becky Lynch backstage. This was done to write Lynch off television due to her dislocated shoulder. Lynch made her return in November, and led her team in defeating Damage CTRL's team in a WarGames match at Survivor Series WarGames . Over
20352-412: The championship to John Cena in a Triple Threat match, which also included Big Show, but regained the championship for a fifth time at Backlash on April 26, when he defeated Cena in a Last Man Standing match , after interference by Big Show. After a successful defense against Jeff Hardy at Judgment Day on May 17, he lost the title to Hardy at Extreme Rules on June 7 in a ladder match. While Hardy
20544-478: The city they were in. They used unique phrases like "reek of awesomeness" and wore outrageous costumes. One of their trademark moves was the "five-second pose" where they would strike odd poses in the ring for fans to take photos, often ridiculing their opponents or aspects of the local pride to rile up the crowd. This included mocking Elvis Presley in Memphis or imitating Bill Buckner's 1986 World Series error at
20736-756: The company's most prolific PPV performers. After his WWE contract expired in September 2023, he joined rival promotion AEW the following month, debuting at the WrestleDream PPV. He went on to win the AEW TNT Championship twice. Aside from professional wrestling, Copeland has acted in the films Highlander: Endgame (2000), Bending the Rules (2012) and Money Plane (2020). He has made guest appearances on television shows such as Weakest Link , Mind of Mencia , Deal or No Deal , MADtv , and The Flash . He played Dwight Hendrickson on
20928-410: The confidence he needed at the time. At Rock Bottom: In Your House on December 13, The Brood defeated The J.O.B. Squad in a six-man tag team match. At the Royal Rumble on January 24, 1999, Edge competed in the 30-man Royal Rumble match and was eliminated by Road Dogg . The Brood was later abducted and converted into The Undertaker 's Ministry of Darkness . In May 1999, the Brood broke away from
21120-457: The event on October 8, Bálor defeated Edge. In the closing moments, Ripley positioned Edge's wife, Beth Phoenix , for a con-chair-to and Edge reluctantly submitted. After the match, Ripley still performed the con-chair-to on Phoenix. Around this time, The Judgment Day continued recruiting Styles, who turned down several offers to join the group. On the October 10 episode of Raw, Styles seemingly accepted their offer, but rejected it and introduced
21312-499: The event, Edge interfered in the WWE Championship match between John Cena and challenger Rob Van Dam , helping Van Dam win the title after he speared Cena through a table. While Edge lost a match for the WWE title at Vengeance , he won the championship on the July 3 episode of Raw during a triple threat match. This angle re-ignited Edge's feud with Cena, retaining the title against him at SummerSlam . The night after SummerSlam, Lita disposed of Cena's customized "spinner" belt into
21504-416: The event. At Backlash on April 18, Edge defeated Kane, and on the April 19 episode of Raw , he and World Heavyweight Champion Chris Benoit won the World Tag Team Championship from Batista and Ric Flair . They continued a close partnership even after losing the title; at Bad Blood on June 13, Edge and Benoit defeated La Résistance (who defeated them for the titles on the May 31 episode of Raw ) in
21696-521: The event. In the main event, Roman Reigns defeated Brock Lesnar in a Last Man Standing match to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship , which was billed as their final match against each other. In other prominent matches, Pat McAfee defeated Happy Corbin , Logan Paul defeated The Miz , The Usos ( Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso ) defeated The Street Profits ( Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford ) to retain
21888-399: The feud ended in a stretcher match on the July 25 episode of Raw that Edge won, but shortly after, Kane performed a tombstone piledriver on Lita and later abducted her in an ambulance. On the July 11 episode of Raw , Edge's match with Kane was interrupted when Matt Hardy made a surprise appearance. Hardy referred to Edge by his real name and issued a threat to Lita as well. When Hardy
22080-435: The feud, Gangrel introduced Christian, Edge's storyline brother, as his ally. Eventually, Gangrel and Christian convinced Edge to join them, and the three of them formed an alliance known as The Brood . The group's gimmick was that of a clan of vampires , although they were often merely described by announcers as living a " gothic lifestyle ". The trio would often make a dramatic entrance into arenas by emerging through
22272-447: The first and only SummerSlam to not be held during the month of August. This was also the first WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming event following the retirement of WWE owner Vince McMahon , who had served as chairman and chief executive officer of the company since 1982. McMahon announced his retirement on July 22, eight days before SummerSlam. However, he returned as Executive Chairman on January 10, 2023. Eight matches were contested at
22464-458: The first time in his career. Two days later on Raw , Dominik officially joined The Judgment Day by helping the group attack Edge and Rey. On the following episode of Raw , Dominik lost to Edge by disqualification after interference from The Judgment Day, who attacked Edge's leg with a steel chair after the match. On the September 26 episode of Raw , Edge returned and challenged Bálor to an "I Quit" match at Extreme Rules , which Bálor accepted. At
22656-445: The first time since May 2020. Bayley, Sky, and Kai then retreated while Lynch and Belair continued to show mutual respect to each other. Next, Logan Paul faced The Miz (accompanied by Maryse and Ciampa ). During the match, Paul applied the figure-four leglock on Miz, however, Miz reached the ropes to void the submission. Paul performed a Crossbody and standing moonsault on Miz for a nearfall. Ciampa attempted to attack Paul only for
22848-554: The following episode of Raw . In an backstage segment including Ripley, Dominik, and Bálor's longtime friend JD McDonagh , who advised Priest cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase soon so that he and Bálor get back on the same page. At Payback on September 2, Bálor and Priest defeated Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn to win the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship in a Pittsburgh Steel City Street Fight after interference from Dominik, Ripley and McDonagh. With this victory, Bálor became
23040-404: The following episode of SmackDown , Ronda Rousey was suspended for her actions at SummerSlam. Later that night, Shayna Baszler won a gauntlet match to become the number one contender for Liv Morgan's SmackDown Women's Championship at Clash at the Castle, where Morgan retained. After Rousey's suspension was lifted, she won a fatal five-way elimination match on the September 9 episode to earn
23232-522: The following months before deciding to have the surgery, as he was gradually in more pain and did not want to risk dropping an opponent dangerously because of his numb arms. At No Way Out on February 23, Edge was written off television through a backstage attack. He then underwent surgery with Dr. Lloyd Youngblood and was sidelined for over a year. Edge was drafted to the Raw brand in the 2004 WWE draft lottery on March 22, 2004, where he speared Eric Bischoff and returned to in-ring action shortly after
23424-463: The front loader of the tractor and dumped Reigns back in the ring, after which, Lesnar performed German Suplexes on Reigns, who got up at eight. Lesnar then performed an F-5 on Reigns, who got up at nine. As Lesnar attempted another F-5 on Reigns, Reigns countered into the Guillotine, however, Lesnar countered into his own Guillotine on Reigns, who got up at nine. Lesnar then drove the tractor into
23616-417: The garage when he was a few feet from Paul Bearer and drove away with his hostage. At Survivor Series on November 21, Edge failed to win the title after the referee determined the match a draw, due to both men pinning each other at the same time. On December 19, 2010, Edge defeated Kane , Rey Mysterio , and Alberto Del Rio in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs to win
23808-475: The group as replacements following Priest and Ripley's expulsions from the group. Raquel Rodriguez subsequently joined the group at Bad Blood . The Judgment Day have achieved several championship milestones in WWE. They are the second stable (after The Bloodline ) to have simultaneously held titles across all three brands (Raw's Women's World Championship , the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships , and NXT's North American Championship ). Also as part of
24000-500: The group's leader (team captain) for that night only. After finishing their conversation, the group agreed that McDonagh should finally be added to their ranks after proving his loyalty and sacrifice for them. Priest officially added McDonagh to their ranks as a full fledge member on behalf of the group. Later that night, Priest and Bálor defeated Rhodes and Uso in a rematch to retain their titles after interference from McIntyre. At Survivor Series: WarGames , Ripley defeated Stark to retain
24192-427: The group's newest member. At Crown Jewel on November 2, Morgan defeated WWE Women's Champion Nia Jax to win the inaugural WWE Women's Crown Jewel Championship after interference from Dominik and Rodriguez. Edge (wrestler) Adam Joseph Copeland (born October 30, 1973) is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he performs under his real name and
24384-463: The gym and Hart's house, where he trained alongside Ken Shamrock , Test , Mark Henry and Kurrgan . Copeland returned to the Maritimes for another Grand Prix tour before going back to Hart's house, bringing Christian with him. After this camp, Hart was impressed enough to put in a good word for both men at the WWF. Copeland received a developmental contract with the WWF in 1997. His first match
24576-420: The kickoff show, stopped him and ran off with the briefcase before he could officially do so. Later that night, Ripley successfully defended the Women's World Championship against Nia Jax, Raquel Rodriguez, Shayna Baszler , and Zoey Stark in a fatal five-way match while Priest lost to Rhodes despite interference from Bálor, Dominik, and McDonagh. On the November 13 episode of Raw , Priest declared himself as
24768-683: The latter with long-time friend Christian Cage . In 1997, he signed a developmental deal with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, renamed WWE in 2002) and made his televised debut in 1998 under the ring name Edge. After winning the Intercontinental Championship in 1999, he formed a tag team with Christian , and the two won the World Tag Team Championship on seven occasions. During this time, they gained notoriety due to their participation in Tables, Ladders, and Chairs matches . They are considered one of
24960-439: The leader of the group in front of their WarGames opponents on the opening in-ring segment of the show. Later that night, during a backstage segment at their clubhouse, the group were on a brief disagreement with Priest about what he said earlier, until Ripley thought that it could be a good idea for their upcoming WarGames match, with rest of Judgment Day (Bálor and Mysterio) agreeing with Ripley's idea that he should be appointed as
25152-402: The longest in the match with a time of 44 minutes, eliminating 5 men and making it to the final 4 in the match before getting eliminated by Shawn Michaels. With Triple H out of action, the team continued their on-screen rivalry with remaining DX member Shawn Michaels. Michaels teamed with John Cena to defeat Rated-RKO for the World Tag Team Championship on January 29, 2007. Edge and Orton suffered
25344-475: The main event in a five-on-five elimination match against The Nexus. This saw him enter into a feud with the anonymous Raw General Manager , during which the general manager cost him several matches. At Night of Champions on September 19, Edge participated in a six-pack elimination challenge for the WWE Championship, but once again failed to win the title. At the Hell in a Cell pay-per-view on October 3, Edge defeated Jack Swagger . The next night on Raw , he
25536-568: The main event saw John Cena , the reigning WWE Champion, defend his title in an Elimination Chamber match . After a bloody Cena won the match, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon revealed that Edge was cashing in his Money in the Bank contract to face Cena for the championship immediately. After two spears, Edge quickly defeated Cena to win the WWE Championship , marking his first world title win. The following night on Raw , Edge decided to celebrate his victory by having "hot, unbridled sex" in
25728-496: The main event, and welcomed the new creative direction the company was taking. Praise was also directed to Logan Paul's performance and the Raw Women's Championship match, but criticism was directed at the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship match, the SmackDown Women's Championship match, and the United States Championship match. SummerSlam is an annual professional wrestling event that had previously been produced every August by WWE since 1988. Dubbed "The Biggest Party of
25920-459: The major teams that revived tag team wrestling during the Attitude Era . The team split in 2001 and Copeland embarked on a successful solo career. He won a total of 31 championships in WWE, holding the World Heavyweight Championship (2002–2013 version) a record seven times, the WWE Championship four times, the Intercontinental Championship five times, the United States Championship once,
26112-506: The match wasn't booked this way. Edge explained in an interview in 2021 with Loudwire: "During the match we did this thing where I pinned [Jeff Jarrett] and the crowd thought I won and then they were gonna reverse it, but then Jack Lanza, who was the road agent at the time, walked out and said, ‘Go get your belt.’ I went, ‘Whaaaa?’ We're calling an audible here!” He lost the title the next night to Jarrett at Fully Loaded on July 25. At SummerSlam on August 22, Edge and Christian competed in
26304-531: The match, Bálor suffered an injury after getting hit by a ladder thrown by Edge and was medically treated in the ring; the injury led to Bálor getting 14 staples in his head. On the Raw after WrestleMania, Priest confronted Bad Bunny for his involvement in Dominik's match against Rey, leading to Priest chokeslamming Bunny through the announce table. At Backlash on May 6, Ripley successfully defended her title against Zelina Vega , while Priest lost to Bad Bunny in
26496-409: The match, Edge eliminated both Benoit and Jericho before getting eliminated by Orton. On the November 29 episode of Raw , both Edge and Benoit competed in a number one contender's battle royal , but they eliminated each other simultaneously at the conclusion of the match, resulting in a draw. As a result, Triple H was forced to defend the title in a triple threat match . In the match, Benoit locked
26688-432: The match, Hardy left the Raw brand to go to the SmackDown! brand, while Edge suffered a legit torn pectoralis major muscle that kept him shelved for a couple of months. During his time off, he starred in his own talk show segment on Raw entitled The Cutting Edge , dubbing himself the " Rated-R Superstar". Edge used his talk show to start a feud with Ric Flair following Flair's well-publicized arrest in connection with
26880-432: The match, Morgan performed a Codebreaker on Rousey. As Morgan attempted an Ob-Livion on Rousey, Rousey countered and applied the armbar on Morgan only for Morgan to reach the ropes to void the submission. In the closing moments, as Rousey applied the armbar on Morgan once again, Rousey's shoulders were on the mat. The referee counted the pin, however, he did not notice Morgan tap out before the three count, thus Morgan retained
27072-402: The match, Priest and Bálor threatened Rey with a Con-chair-to , but Dominik made the save. On the final Raw before SummerSlam, in what was Rey's 20 year anniversary of his WWE debut, Rey and Dominik defeated Bálor and Priest. While they were celebrating backstage, however, Priest and Rhea Ripley , also from Judgment Day, attacked them, with Priest sending Rey through a table. Later that night,
27264-477: The match, however, Lashley intercepted him. Lashley performed a Running Powerslam on Theory. As Lashley attempted a spear on Theory, Theory leapt over Lashley. In the end, Lashley applied the Hurt Lock on Theory, who submitted, thus Lashley retained the title. The next match saw The Mysterios (Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio) face The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest, accompanied by Rhea Ripley) in
27456-499: The men's Royal Rumble match . They were eliminated by Bron Breakker , Sami Zayn, CM Punk and Jey Uso respectively. At Elimination Chamber: Perth on February 24, Bálor and Priest defeated New Catch Republic ( Pete Dunne and Tyler Bate ) to retain their titles while Ripley, in her home country of Australia, defeated Nia Jax in the main event to retain her title. At Night 1 of WrestleMania XL , Ripley successfully defended her title against Becky Lynch while Bálor and Priest lost
27648-417: The middle of the ring. He and Lita engaged in foreplay until they were interrupted by Flair, who called Edge a disgrace and "that he was horrible in the sack". Flair, however, ended up on the receiving end of a con-chair-to on the announcers' table until Cena came out to Flair's aid and performed an FU on Lita. The "Live Sex Celebration" segment earned Raw a 5.2 rating, the highest Raw rating in over
27840-436: The name of the team. At WrestleMania Backlash on May 8, despite Priest being barred from ringside, Edge defeated Styles again after interference from a masked individual, later revealed to be Rhea Ripley , who became the stable's newest member. At Hell in a Cell on June 5, The Judgment Day defeated Styles, Finn Bálor , and Liv Morgan in a six-person mixed tag team match . The next night on Raw , Edge introduced Bálor as
28032-462: The newest member of The Judgment Day, however, Bálor, Priest, and Ripley suddenly attacked Edge with his own signature con-chair-to move, kicking him out of the group. The following week, on the June 13 episode of Raw , Ripley, Priest and Bálor appeared on the titantron, interrupting Bianca Belair 's interview in the ring where they explained their actions and declared that the group would consist of equality with no leaders. The Judgment Day then began
28224-412: The newly reformed Latino World Order (LWO) and Bad Bunny . Later that night, Ripley defeated Flair to win the SmackDown Women's Championship in a critically acclaimed match, becoming the seventh Women's Triple Crown champion, the fifth Women's Grand Slam champion, and giving the group their first championship. On Night 2, Bàlor, under his Demon persona, lost to Edge in a Hell in a Cell match . During
28416-458: The next few weeks, Damage CTRL continued their feud with Lynch, and WWE Hall of Famers Lita and Trish Stratus would side with Lynch, leading to a six-woman tag team match at Night 1 of WrestleMania 39 , which was won by Lita, Stratus, and Lynch. On the August 15 episode of Raw , Matt Riddle revealed that he was medically cleared. Later that same night, Riddle engaged into another brawl with Seth "Freakin" Rollins before challenging him to
28608-701: The on-screen caption of the name was incorrectly written. ) In the summer of 1995, he worked a show in Ajax, Ontario , where Bret Hart 's business manager, Carl De Marco , was watching. Impressed, he suggested Copeland send an audition tape to the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). On May 10, 1996, Copeland replaced Bob Holly 's opponent on short notice in the opening match of a WWF house show as Sexton Hardcastle in Hamilton, Ontario . In 1996, Copeland initially made $ 210 per week while working for
28800-432: The referee to catch him. Although the referee sent Ciampa backstage, Ciampa refused to comply and obtained a steel chair to sit. AJ Styles then came out and attacked Ciampa from behind. Paul performed a Phenomenal Forearm on Miz for a nearfall. Paul then performed a Frog Splash on Miz through the announce table. In the end, as Paul attempted a pin on Miz, Maryse distracted the referee. As Miz attempted to attack Paul with
28992-442: The referee. McAfee performed a low blow and a Powerbomb on Corbin to win the match. Following that, Drew McIntyre came out to cut a promo where he spoke about his upcoming Undisputed WWE Universal Championship match at Clash at the Castle . McIntyre stated that it did not matter who won the main event that night as he would defeat them at Clash at the Castle to become champion. Next, The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) defended
29184-462: The returning Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson ; a brawl then ensued between the two teams. At Crown Jewel on November 5, Bálor, Priest, and Dominik defeated The O.C. (Styles, Anderson and Gallows) after interference from Ripley. On the following episode of Raw, The O.C. introduced the returning Mia Yim as their solution to counter Ripley. At Survivor Series WarGames on November 26, Bálor lost to Styles while Ripley's team lost to Team Belair in
29376-544: The ring canvas, with flames rising from the hole. On November 23, at Survivor Series , Edge returned to WWE after an introduction by SmackDown General Manager and his on-screen wife Vickie Guerrero, replacing Jeff Hardy in the Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship involving champion Triple H and Vladimir Kozlov . He pinned Triple H to become the WWE Champion for the third time in his career. Edge lost
29568-571: The ring, lifting the ring, toppling Reigns, who got up at nine. The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso) then came out to aid Reigns and attacked Lesnar, however, Lesnar took out The Usos. Heyman then taunted Lesnar with the titles, who responded by performing an F-5 on Heyman through the announce table. Reigns speared a distracted Lesnar and moments later, Austin Theory came out with his Money in the Bank briefcase and attempted to cash in, however, Lesnar intercepted Theory with an F-5. The Usos then performed superkicks on Lesnar, who got up at nine. Reigns performed
29760-731: The stable was "losing steam, but the storyline around R-Truth gave the act a new life. On the December 18 episode of Raw, McDonagh lost to R-Truth in a Loser Leaves Judgment Day Miracle on 34th Street Fight match. However, the stipulation was not official, and McDonagh remained part of the group. Later that night, Bálor and Priest successfully defended the tag team titles against the Creed Brothers while Ripley successfully defended her title against their Diamond Mine stablemate Ivy Nile at Raw : Day 1 . At Royal Rumble on January 27, Bálor, Priest, Dominik and McDonagh participated in
29952-415: The stable, Ripley won the 2023 women's Royal Rumble , ultimately winning the SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 39 , which was renamed to the Women's World Championship during her reign, whereas Priest won the 2023 men's Money in the Bank contract , ultimately winning the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XL . On the February 21, 2022, episode of Raw , Edge reflected on all
30144-430: The storyline angle, Rated-RKO attacked Ric Flair with steel chairs to enrage DX on the November 27 episode of Raw . At New Year's Revolution on January 7, 2007, Rated-RKO defended the World Tag Team Championship against DX, but the match was declared a no-contest when Triple H suffered a legitimate injury during the match. At the Royal Rumble on January 28, Edge competed in the 30-man Royal Rumble match where he lasted
30336-424: The streak, stating in an interview that it made zero sense, he was already a made man, and that he was already in the main event of WrestleMania and that was good enough for him. In a WrestleMania rematch, The Undertaker defeated Edge once again at Backlash to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. Following Backlash, The Undertaker was stripped of the World Heavyweight Championship by Vickie Guerrero for using
30528-559: The tag team titles he had been stripped of. Edge and Orton met in a match at the Over the Limit pay-per-view on May 23, with the match resulting in a double countout. At Fatal 4-Way on June 20, Edge participated in a fatal four-way match that also included Orton, John Cena, and Sheamus for the WWE Championship, though Edge failed to win the title. Edge then participated in the Raw Money in
30720-475: The tag titles at Armageddon on December 10 in a fatal four-way match, but lost them eight days later to The Rock and The Undertaker. They won them back three days later on SmackDown! thanks to special guest referee Kurt Angle. During Edge and Christian's run as a tag team, they also competed as a team in the first three TLC matches, winning the first two over The Dudley Boyz and The Hardy Boyz, at SummerSlam in 2000 and then again at WrestleMania X-Seven . At
30912-527: The title eventually being won by Triple H. Later that night, Edge inserted himself into the World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber match after attacking Kofi Kingston and barricading himself inside one of the chamber's pods, proceeding to win his fourth World Heavyweight Championship, last eliminating Rey Mysterio and taking the title over to SmackDown. At WrestleMania 25 on April 5, Edge lost
31104-483: The title in a rematch 3 days later on NXT. At Fastlane on October 7, Bálor and Priest lost the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship to Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso after McDonagh accidentally hit Priest's knee with the briefcase, ending their first reign at 35 days, but regained the titles in a rematch 9 days later. At Crown Jewel on November 4, Priest attempted to cash in on Rollins after his successful title defense against Drew McIntyre , but Zayn, who defeated McDonagh on
31296-422: The title to Hardy at Armageddon on December 14 in a triple threat match, which also featured Triple H. At the Royal Rumble on January 25, 2009, however, Edge regained the title in a no disqualification match, following Matt Hardy 's interference. At No Way Out on February 15, Edge lost the WWE Championship in an Elimination Chamber match after being pinned by Jeff Hardy, being the first to be eliminated, with
31488-478: The title's history. At Backlash France on May 4, Priest successfully defended the World Heavyweight Championship in his first title defense against Jey Uso after interference from Bálor and McDonagh despite Priest asking them not to interfere. Around this time, Carlito , after defecting from the LWO in April, began to insert himself into the group, but was kept at arm's length by Priest, citing their past conflict. On
31680-510: The title. Following the match, an irate Rousey attacked Morgan and the referee, turning heel for the first time since 2019. In the main event, Roman Reigns (accompanied by Paul Heyman ) defended the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Brock Lesnar in a Last Man Standing match. Lesnar drove a tractor towards the ring for his entrance. Lesnar jumped off the tractor onto Reigns and performed German Suplexes on Reigns at ringside. As Heyman distracted Lesnar, Reigns took advantage and performed
31872-438: The titles after Sami Zayn replaced an injured Jimmy Uso. At Royal Rumble on January 28, Dominik, Bálor, and Priest participated in the men's Royal Rumble match . Bálor and Priest were eliminated by Edge, while Dominik was eliminated by the eventual winner, Cody Rhodes . Ripley also appeared at ringside to assist Bálor, Priest, and Dominik in their attack on Edge, only to be attacked by Beth Phoenix. Later that night, Ripley won
32064-447: The titles against The Acolytes Protection Agency where they got disqualified but retained the titles. After retaining the titles at SummerSlam on August 27, at Unforgiven on September 24, Edge and Christian defended the titles against The Hardy Boyz in a steel cage match where they lost the titles and were not allowed another title shot. At No Mercy on October 22, Edge and Christian, masked as Los Conquistadores, defeated The Hardys for
32256-476: The titles, Mysterio and Edge defeated Los Guerreros in a number one contender's match on the October 24 episode of SmackDown! to earn a title shot. At the Rebellion pay-per-view on October 26, Edge faced Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman in a Handicap match for the WWE Championship where Lesnar retained the title after Lesnar pinned Edge. On the November 7 episode of SmackDown! , they defeated Angle and Benoit in
32448-518: The titles. The next night on Raw , the Hardy Boyz dressed as the Los Conquistadores and defeated Edge in a handicap match after Christian was taken out backstage to regain the WWF Tag Team Championship. At Survivor Series on November 19, Edge and Christian teamed with Right to Censor 's Bull Buchanan and The Goodfather in a four-on-four Survivor Series elimination match, where they lost to The Dudley Boyz and The Hardy Boyz, They regained
32640-461: The top championships were on SmackDown, as WWE Champion Triple H was drafted to SmackDown in the WWE draft earlier that week. A vengeful Batista then appeared and incapacitated Edge with the Batista Bomb . Just as Batista was leaving, CM Punk ran to the ring carrying his Money in the Bank briefcase, with referee in tow, who then cashed in the briefcase. Edge, who was still knocked down from
32832-399: The vacant World Heavyweight Championship. Special guest referee Shawn Michaels performed a superkick on Edge, in retaliation for an accidental spear by Edge, causing Edge to be the first eliminated. This led to a match at the Royal Rumble on January 30, in which Edge defeated Michaels. Edge also competed in the Royal Rumble match later that night, where he lasted until the final three but
33024-451: The wedding was back on. On the July 18 episode of SmackDown , at the wedding reception, Triple H came out and showed a video of Edge cheating on Guerrero the day before with the wedding planner, Alicia Fox . At The Great American Bash on July 20, Edge faced Triple H for the WWE Championship in a losing effort. Edge attempted to apologize to Guerrero, but she revealed to him that she had rehired The Undertaker and that Edge would face him in
33216-475: The win. At Breakdown: In Your House on September 27, Edge faced Owen Hart in a losing effort making it his first loss on WWF TV. On the October 11 edition of Sunday Night Heat , Edge defeated Vader in Vader's final televised WWF match and at WWF Capital Carnage on December 6, Edge faced Tiger Ali Singh in a losing effort. Edge was then placed in a feud against the vampire wrestler Gangrel . During
33408-442: The women's Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Liv Morgan . With this victory, Ripley became the fourth wrestler (after Shawn Michaels in 1995, Chris Benoit in 2004, and Edge in 2021) and the first female to win the Royal Rumble as the first entrant. On the following episode of Raw , Ripley declared that she would be challenging Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 39 . Flair previously won
33600-452: Was a response to the interference of Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch . It led to Edge approaching Randy Orton and asking him to join forces to defeat DX, which Orton accepted and joined an alliance with Edge. The two formed the tag team Rated-RKO . At Cyber Sunday on November 5, Rated-RKO defeated DX with Eric Bischoff as the special guest referee. On the November 13 episode of Raw , Rated-RKO defeated Ric Flair and Roddy Piper to win
33792-407: Was announced that Morgan would defend the title in a rematch against Rousey at SummerSlam. At WrestleMania 38, social media influencer Logan Paul teamed with The Miz in a tag team match in which they were victorious. However, displeased that Paul scored the pinfall, Miz turned on and attacked Paul. In June, photos began surfacing of Paul training for an in-ring return and then on June 30, it
33984-505: Was announced that Paul had officially signed with WWE. In a short video following the announcement, Paul said he was coming for The Miz. Paul then appeared on the July 18 episode of Raw to confront Miz and challenged him to a match at SummerSlam. Miz initially rejected, but after being goaded by Paul, Miz accepted. At the previous year's SummerSlam , Becky Lynch made a return from maternity leave and faced Bianca Belair in an impromptu match where she defeated Belair in 26 seconds to win
34176-592: Was celebrating, CM Punk cashed in his Money in the Bank and defeated Hardy to win the World Heavyweight Championship. The following night on Raw , Guerrero resigned as the Raw General Manager due to being humiliated, and Edge came out to apologize. Instead, however, he confessed he married Guerrero only because she had authoritative powers as the General Manager, and sought a divorce . On the June 15 episode of Raw , Edge received his rematch for
34368-410: Was eliminated by Batista and John Cena . At WrestleMania 21 on April 3, Edge won the first ever Money in the Bank ladder match , gaining a contract that gave him a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship within one year. According to a podcast interview with Chris Jericho, Copeland said that he did not initially like the idea of the ladder match and even told WWE management not to include him on
34560-497: Was implemented. Later that year, Dominik Mysterio betrayed his father to join the group after initially feuding against them. In 2023, Bálor worked to recruit his real-life student JD McDonagh , who officially joined the group in November. The following year at SummerSlam , Priest and Ripley lost championship matches following interferences from Bálor and Mysterio respectively. After unofficially associating themselves with The Judgment Day beforehand, Carlito and Liv Morgan joined
34752-591: Was in turn the first WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming event following his retirement. Stephanie McMahon and WWE President Nick Khan took over as co-CEOs, and the former also took over as Chairwoman of WWE. However, on January 10, 2023, Stephanie announced her resignation as co-CEO and chairwoman, with Nick Khan being the sole CEO and Vince returning as Executive Chairman. The event included matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes , villains , or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in
34944-612: Was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame the following year. Nine years after retiring, he returned to wrestling as a surprise entrant in the 2020 Royal Rumble match and won the next year's Royal Rumble , becoming the eighth man to win the Royal Rumble twice, the third to win it as the first entrant, and the first to win it after being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. He headlined multiple pay-per-view (PPV) events for WWE, including WrestleMania XXIV and WrestleMania 37 , being one of
35136-453: Was injured by Rollins on the Raw before the event, thus Riddle was not medically cleared. Rollins came out, however, WWE officials came out to warn Rollins. Rollins and Riddle eventually fought which ended with Rollins performing a Stomp on Riddle. It was later revealed that this match was canceled due to Riddle failing a drug test. In the penultimate match, Liv Morgan defended the SmackDown Women's Championship against Ronda Rousey. Early in
35328-577: Was later revealed that these look-a-likes were the Major Brothers , who were then repackaged as Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder . Edge also formed an alliance with Chavo Guerrero , nephew of Vickie Guerrero, and on the January 22, 2008 broadcast of ECW , he assisted Chavo in winning the ECW Championship from CM Punk . This group eventually came under the name of La Familia (Spanish for "The Family"). Edge then successfully defended
35520-421: Was officially brought back to Raw, he and Edge continued their feud, including a match at SummerSlam on August 21 where Edge defeated Hardy, causing Hardy to have excessive blood loss. A week later on Raw , after a match Hardy had with Rob Conway , Edge then appeared and overpowered Hardy. He then wedged Hardy's head between the steel steps and the ringpost, and then kicked the steel steps into Hardy's head. On
35712-422: Was on June 16 (aired June 22) against Jose Estrada Jr. , which ended prematurely by countout when Edge performed a somersault senton from the ring to the outside, legitimately injuring Estrada's neck. In his first pay-per-view match at SummerSlam on August 30, he served as Sable 's mystery tag team partner defeating Jacqueline and Marc Mero , and slammed Sable onto Mero in a pinning position to pick up
35904-560: Was on November 10, 1997, in Ottawa, Ontario losing to CFL football star Glen Kulka . The next day in Cornwall, Ontario , he faced and defeated Christian Cage at Shotgun taping in a dark match, this match is included on WWE Home Video 's 2008 retrospective, Edge: A Decade of Decadence . From March to June 1998, Copeland appeared in many house shows and dark matches. Upon completing his training, Copeland made his WWF television debut on
36096-645: Was renamed to the Women's World Championship and Ripley was presented a brand-new championship belt. At Money in the Bank on July 1, Priest won the Money in the Bank Ladder match. On July 18, Dominik defeated Wes Lee on NXT to win the NXT North American Championship , the first singles title in his wrestling career. At SummerSlam on August 5, Bálor failed to win the World Heavyweight Championship from Rollins despite interference from Priest, which Bálor and Priest argued about on
36288-600: Was subsequently announced that Reigns would defend the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Lesnar in a Last Man Standing match at SummerSlam, which WWE billed as their last match against each other. On the June 17 episode of SmackDown , after losing to Madcap Moss , Happy Corbin confronted commentator Pat McAfee —a former teammate when both played in the National Football League who consistently criticized Corbin on-air for his underhanded tactics. The following week, McAfee challenged Corbin to
36480-609: Was the champion by the end of the night would defend the title against her at SummerSlam. Lynch then attacked Belair, with the women's championship match occurring immediately afterwards. Belair again retained, keeping her as the defending champion heading into her match against Lynch at SummerSlam, with Belair vowing to rewrite what happened at SummerSlam the previous year. On the June 27 episode of Raw , The Mysterios ( Rey Mysterio and Dominik Mysterio were confronted backstage by Judgment Day members Damian Priest and Finn Bálor , who wanted Dominik to join their faction. This led to
36672-498: Was traded back to SmackDown for CM Punk, due to him destroying the Anonymous Raw General Manager's computer, turning face once again . On the October 15 episode of SmackDown , he defeated Dolph Ziggler to become part of Team SmackDown at Bragging Rights . At Bragging Rights on October 24, Edge won the match for Team SmackDown alongside Rey Mysterio , eliminating R-Truth, John Morrison and The Miz. On
36864-407: Was won by The Acolytes. At the Royal Rumble on January 23, 2000, Edge competed in the Royal Rumble match where he was eliminated by Al Snow and Val Venis. At No Way Out on February 27, Edge and Christian defeated The Hardy Boyz in a tag team match to determine the number one contenders to the WWF Tag Team Championship. At WrestleMania 2000 on April 2, Edge and Christian defeated the Hardy Boyz and
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