Christian Cage Bio

 Christian Cage Bio

Name                       :                    William Jason Reso

Ring Name              :                    Christian Cage

Birth Date               :                    30 Nov  1973

Birth Place              :                    Ontario, Canada 

   Mini Bio

William Jason "Jay" Reso (conceived November 30, 1973) is a Canadian performing artist and resigned proficient wrestler marked to WWE under the ring name Christian, an abbreviated adaptation of his unique ring name Christian Cage.

Reso was prepared by previous expert wrestlers Ron Hutchinson and Dory Funk Jr. what's more, made his wrestling debut in June 1995. Reso wrestled in Canadian free advancements from the get-go in his profession. Amid his time in these advancements, he contended in singles and label group rivalry with long time closest companion Adam Copeland. In 1998, Reso marked a formative manage the WWF and started vieing for the organization the next year as the storyline sibling of Copeland's WWF persona, Edge. In the wake of marking with the WWF, Reso made his introduction and caught his first title with the organization, the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship. He and Edge went ahead to win the WWF Tag Team Championship on seven distinct events. Amid this time, they picked up reputation in the label group division, somewhat because of their cooperation in Tables, Ladders, and Chairs matches. In 2001, the group went separate ways.

In 2005, Reso marked with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and resuscitated his Christian Cage ring name. There, he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, in February 2006. He recovered the title in January 2007 and set up Christian's Coalition, which disbanded a year later. Reso left TNA in late 2008 and re-marked with WWE. In April 2009, Reso won his first world title in the organization, the ECW Championship, which he would hold again that July. He turned into the longest-ruling ECW Champion inside WWE and went ahead to catch the World Heavyweight Championship twice in 2011.

Reso won 26 all out titles all through his profession, and is the twenty-third Triple Crown Champion and the twelfth Grand Slam Champion in WWE history.

Full Bio

Early life

Reso was conceived on November 30, 1973 in Kitchener, Ontario, the child of an American father and a Canadian mother. He played ice hockey and was a wrestling fan as a child. Reso lived in Huntsville and East Luther-Grand Valley, before moving to Orangeville; here, he met Adam Copeland, who might turn into his closest companion and label group partner. The two went to Orangeville District Secondary School together, from which Reso graduated.

Early profession

In September 1994, Reso selected in a wrestling school at Sully's Gym, keep running by Ron Hutchinson. One of Reso's initial ring names, Christian Cage, was a mix of the names of Christian Slater and Nicolas Cage. Christian's wrestling profession started in June 1995 in a match against Zakk Wyld, which brought about a draw. In 1997, he was a piece of Thug Life, a steady that included Joe E. Legend, Zakk Wyld, Rhino Richards, and Sexton Hardcastle (Copeland). As a label group on the Canadian autonomous circuit, Copeland and Reso were known as High Impact and later The Suicide Blondes. The pair held titles in various advancements, and contended in the United States and Japan. Reso won the East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA) Heavyweight Championship on July 18, 1998, which he held until October 15, 1999.

At the point when Copeland got a tryout match with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Reso ran with him. They went head to head in an untelevised tryout match, which Copeland was reserved to win. After the tryout, Copeland marked an agreement with the WWF. When Copeland was advanced from his formative status to visiting with the WWF, he put in a decent word for Reso and got him welcomed to the WWF-subsidiary Dory Funk, Jr's. Funking Conservatory preparing camp in 1998. Subsequent to finishing his preparation at the studio, Reso marked an agreement with the WWF to end up a full-time entertainer.

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment

The Brood

At the point when Reso went to the World Wrestling Federation, he abbreviated his ring name to Christian. He made his TV debut on September 27, 1998, at the Breakdown: In Your House pay-per-view (PPV) occasion, diverting Edge amid his match against Owen Hart to uncover his loyalty to Gangrel. He won the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship in his introduction match against Taka Michinoku on October 18, 1998, at the Judgment Day: In Your House PPV event.

Christian, given the character of a vampire, shaped a collusion with Gangrel and Edge, who (in storyline) was at long last convinced to join what got to be known as The Brood. At Rock Bottom: In Your House, The Brood crushed The J.O.B. Squad in a Six-man label group match, then they quickly quarreled with The Undertaker's Ministry of Darkness, later joining the group. After discovering that Christian was beaten into telling Ken Shamrock the whereabouts of Stephanie McMahon, The Undertaker rebuffed Christian by flagellating him. More faithful to The Brood than to The Ministry, Edge and Gangrel sold out The Undertaker and safeguarded Christian from penance later on.

Edge and Christian

In 1999, Christian and Edge went separate ways with Gangrel, who related himself with The Hardy Boyz (Jeff and Matt Hardy) to shape The New Brood; subsequently, they started quarreling with The Hardy Boyz, and went ahead to contend in a Ladder match at the No Mercy PPV occasion on October 17, 1999, for the administrative administrations of Terri Runnels and $100,000, which The Hardy Boyz won. At Survivor Series, Edge and Christian and The Hardy Boyz confronted Too Cool and The Hollys in a Four-on-four Survivor Series end match where they lost. At Armageddon, Edge and Christian contended in a 8-group fight imperial which was won by The Acolytes. At Royal Rumble, Christian contended in the Royal Rumble match where he was wiped out by Rikishi. At No Way Out, Edge and Christian vanquished The Hardy Boyz in a label group match to decide the main contenders to the WWF Tag Team Championship. On April 2, 2000, at WrestleMania 2000, Christian and Edge crushed The Hardy Boyz and The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) to win their first WWF Tag Team Championship in a Triple Threat Ladder match, which at last prompted the making of the Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match (TLC). At Backlash, Christian and Edge vanquished D-Generation X to hold titles. At Judgment Day, Edge and Christian and Kurt Angle lost a Six-man label group match to Rikishi and Too Cool. They lost the label titles to Too Cool before long, yet won them in a four corners end match at King of the Ring. At Fully Loaded they guarded the titles against The Acolytes Protection Agency (Faarooq and Bradshaw) where they got excluded yet held the titles.

Taking after their triumph, Christian and Edge depicted themselves as scalawags, moving their in-ring personas from marginal goth to a comedic pair of "cool fellows." During this time, their trademark turned into the "five second posture", where they played out a stance in the ring for five seconds "for the advantage of those with blaze photography" to taunt, affront, or interest the fans. At the SummerSlam PPV occasion on August 27, 2000, the couple effectively shielded the label group title in the first-historically speaking TLC match against The Hardy Boyz and The Dudley Boyz. At Unforgiven, Edge and Christian safeguarded the titles against The Hardy Boyz in a steel confine match where they lost the titles and were not permitted another title shot. At No Mercy, Edge and Christian under Masks of Los Conquistadores crushed The Hardys for the titles. The following night on Raw is War, The Hardy Boyz dressed as the Los Conquistadores and vanquished Edge in an impairment match after Christian was taken out backstage to recover the WWF Tag Team Championship. At Survivor Series, Edge and Christian cooperated with Right to Censor's Bull Buchanan and The Goodfather in a Four-on-four Survivor Series end match where they lost to The Dudleys and The Hardyz. They recaptured the label titles at Armageddon in a Fatal Four-Way coordinate however lost them 8 days after the fact to The Rock and The Undertaker yet won them back days after the fact on Smackdown because of uncommon visitor ref Kurt Angle. At the Royal Rumble PPV occasion on January 21, 2001, Christian and Edge lost the WWF Tag Team Championship to The Dudley Boyz. The next month on February 25, 2001 at the No Way Out PPV occasion, they were unsuccessful in recovering the titles, however in the long run recovered them on April 1, 2001 at the WrestleMania X-Seven PPV occasion in the second-since forever TLC match. Christian and Edge were vanquished by The Brothers of Destruction (Kane and The Undertaker) for the label group title on the April 19, 2001 scene of WWF SmackDown!. At Backlash, Christian was a piece of Triple risk match for the WWF European Championship which was won by Matt Hardy. At Judgment Day, Edge and Christian contended in a Tag group turmoil match which was won by Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit. Days after the fact, on the May 24, 2001 scene of Smackdown, Christian and Edge contended in a Fatal 4-Way Tag Team TLC Match for the WWF Tag Team Championship in which Benoit and Jericho held the titles.

In the wake of losing the label group titles, contact emerged inside the group after Edge won the 2001 King of the Ring competition on June 24 at the King of the Ring PPV event. It was additionally amid this time Edge was turning into a fan most loved amid "The Invasion" storyline. Christian turned on Edge in the blink of an eye afterward, bringing about the two fighting for Edge's WWF Intercontinental Championship for a few months. At Unforgiven, Christian vanquished Edge to win the Intercontinental Championship however lost it back to Edge a month later at No Mercy in a stepping stool match. Christian continued a singles profession by winning the WWF European Championship from Bradshaw in October 2001. On November 3 at Rebellion, Christian confronted Edge in a steel confine match for the Intercontinental Championship yet neglected to win the title. At Survivor Series, Christian crushed Al Snow to hold the European Championship. At Vengeance, Christian and Test confronted Scotty 2 Hotty and Albert In A Losing Effort.

Title rules

He lost the European title to Diamond Dallas Page in January 2002. At Royal Rumble, Christan entered the illustrious thunder match where he was dispensed with by Steve Austin. At No Way Out, Christian and Lance Storm entered a Tag Team Turmoil match with the victors getting a label title shot at Wrestlemania which was won by The APA. After a progression of annihilations, Christian declared he would stop the WWF, however Page induced him to reevaluate, and embraced him as his protégé. Christian deceived Page and went head to head against him for the European title at the WrestleMania X8 occasion on March 17, 2002, in which Page vanquished him. He would start having fits in his trick at the time at whatever point things didn't go his direction. Amid the same occasion, Christian crushed Mighty Molly to win the WWF Hardcore Championship, yet lost the title to Maven later that night.

Taking after WrestleMania X8, Christian framed an organization together with kindred Canadian wrestlers Lance Storm and Test in June 2002, calling themselves The Un-Americans. Together, Christian and Storm won the now named WWE Tag Team Championship, some time ago the WWF Tag Team Championship (which was renamed due to the WWF being compelled to rename itself "World Wrestling Entertainment"), on July 21, 2002 at the Vengeance pay-per-view occasion, however later lost it on the September 23, 2002 scene of WWE Raw to the group of The Hurricane and Kane. He later framed a label group with Chris Jericho, on October 7 WWE Raw Roulette, Christian and Chris Jericho contended in a Fatal 4-Way Tag Team TLC Match for the World Tag Team Championship yet neglected to win the titles, yet after a week they won the World Tag Team Championship, the renamed WWE Tag Team Championship, on October 14, 2002. Christian and Jericho lost the title in a deadly four-manner end match, including the groups of The Dudley Boyz, Booker T and Goldust, and William Regal and Lance Storm, on December 15, 2002 at the Armageddon PPV event.

In 2003, in the wake of accepting counsel and support from The Rock, Christian self-declared himself as the new "Individuals' Champion", and started calling his fans "The Peeps". on May 5 release of Raw, Christian confronted Goldberg yet it finished in a no challenge when 3-Minute Warning got included which prompted a rematch on May 12 version of Raw, Christian confronted Bill Goldberg in a Steel Cage Match where he lost, He went ahead to win a nine-man over-the-top-rope fight illustrious at the Judgment Day pay-per-view occasion on May 18, 2003 for the empty WWE Intercontinental Championship, the renamed "WWF Intercontinental Championship". The next night on Raw, he showed up on Chris Jericho's syndicated program, The Highlight Reel, brandishing another hair style and ring attire. at Bad Blood, Booker T vanquished Christian by exclusion, Christian lost the Intercontinental Championship to Booker T on the July 7 scene of Raw. He recaptured the title at a house show on August 10, after Booker was really injured. at Unforgiven, Christian crushed Chris Jericho and Rob Van Dam to hold the title in a triple risk match. After a week on the September 29 version of Raw, Christian lost the Intercontinental Championship to Rob Van Dam in a stepping stool match. at Survivor Series, Christian was a piece of Team Bischoff going up against Team Austin amid the match Christian wiped out Bubba Ray Dudley and later on Christian was disposed of by Shawn Michaels; at last Team Bischoff won the five-on-five Survivor Series end match. After a month at Armageddon, Christian and Chris Jericho crushed Trish Stratus and Lita in an intergender label group match charged as the "Skirmish of the Sexes".

Additionally in 2003, Christian and Jericho started sentiments with WWE Divas Trish Stratus and Lita, individually. As a major aspect of the point, it was uncovered to be a wagered over who could lay down with their separate female to begin with, with a Canadian dollar at stake. Despite the wager, Jericho proceeded with his association with Stratus, which at last brought about Christian and Jericho turning on each other. At Royal Rumble, Christian contended in the Royal Rumble match where he was disposed of by Jericho, At the WrestleMania XX pay-per-view occasion on March 14, 2004, Christian confronted Jericho in a singles match with Stratus on Jericho's side. Stratus, be that as it may, unintentionally struck Jericho, permitting Christian to vanquish him. Stratus then united with Christian, turning into his on-screen sweetheart simultaneously. At Backlash, Christan and Stratus confronted Chris Jericho in an Intergender handicap match which Jericho won, During a steel confine match against Jericho on the May 10, 2004. scene of Raw, Christian endured a serious back harm, making him miss right around four months of in-ring action. He returned on the August 30 scene of Raw, continuing his quarrel with Jericho finishing in a stepping stool match for the empty Intercontinental Championship at Unforgiven.

Commander Charisma and takeoff

Christian's contrivance turned into that of an arrogant, unpalatable and careless scoundrel, naming himself "Skipper Charisma" in October 2004. At Survivor Series 2004, Christian appeared "Simply Close Your Eyes" by Waterproof Blonde as his signature tune. On December 6, 2004, he was compelled to wrestle as Captain Charisma, complete with a superhero outfit, by Chris Jericho, who was general chief for the night. Christian was frequently joined by Tyson Tomko, whom he called his "issue solver", and normally won his matches with impedance from Tomko. Christian was approximately matched with Edge again a few times in late 2004 and mid 2005. Notwithstanding being a scalawag, he gained a fanbase, who he alluded to as his "Peeps", "Peepulation" (a play on "population") or the "Christian Coalition". at New Year's Revolution, Christian and Tyson Tomko confronted Eugene and William Regal for World Tag Team Championship however neglected to win the titles, At the Royal Rumble Christian contended in the 30-man Royal Rumble match where he was dispensed with by Batista.

In April 2005, Christian partook in the first-since forever Money in the Bank step match at the WrestleMania 21 PPV occasion on April 3, 2005. Following this, Christian, who had an experience with SmackDown! hotshot John Cena toward the begin of the year, started remarking on Cena, guaranteeing he was a superior rapper than Cena and condemning him as "poseur". Christian was detectably cheered amid these segments. Soon after Cena, then-WWE Champion, was drafted to the Raw brand, where Cena effectively safeguarded the WWE Championship in a Triple Threat match against Christian and Jericho on June 26, 2005 at the Vengeance PPV event.

On the June 30 scene of SmackDown!, Christian was drafted to the SmackDown! brand in the 2005 WWE Draft Lottery. He supplanted The Big Show in a six-man end match for the recently made SmackDown! Title, and lost to John "Bradshaw" Layfield. Soon-after, he was given his own meeting section on SmackDown! called The Peep Show. On July 24 at The Great American Bash, Christian confronted Booker T in a losing exertion. On October 9 at No Mercy, Christian contended in a Fatal four-manner match for the WWE United States Championship which was won by Chris Benoit.

On October 31, 2005, Reso's agreement with WWE expired. According to wrestling columnist Dave Meltzer, he was requested that on the spot sign another agreement yet declined. His last match happened amid the recordings for the November 4 scene of SmackDown!. Despite his stopping, Christian showed up on the October 31 scene of Raw and at the Taboo Tuesday PPV occasion on November 1, 2005, satisfying his commitments to the organization, as he was one of five SmackDown! wrestlers qualified to be voted Snitsky and Chris Masters' rivals by the fans.

Before leaving WWE, Reso recorded to trademark the moniker of "Skipper Charisma", which permitted him to utilize it as Christian Cage in TNA. In any case, after WWE debated the trademark claim by refering to an arrangement in the terms of his old contract, Reso ceased authoritatively utilizing it on TNA programming by the mid year of 2006. From mid 2007 onwards, he started calling himself "The Instant Classic", in spite of the fact that he kept on being alluded to as "Skipper Charisma" in off-screen appearances and now and then wore his "Commander Charisma" passage jumpsuits to the ring at live events.

Add up to Nonstop Action Wrestling

Reso made his introduction in the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) advancement on November 13, 2005 at TNA's Genesis PPV occasion under his old ring name "Christian Cage". Reso then advanced the ring, where he snatched a mouthpiece and reported his aims, as his Cage character, to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship held by Jeff Jarrett, in the wake of taking a couple of shots at his previous employer. Coach Scott D'Amore and Bobby Roode of the despicable Team Canada collusion then advanced toward the ring. D'Amore then offered Cage a position in Team Canada (since Reso is Canadian) and notwithstanding giving him a Team Canada T-shirt and advising Cage to take as much time as is needed on making a decision. Later in the night after the headliner, a Six Man Tag Team match setting the group of Jarrett and America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris and James Storm) (AMW) against Rhino and Team 3D (Brother Ray and Brother Devon), Cage kept running down to the ring while Team Canada (D'Amore, Roode, Eric Young, and A-1), AMW, and Jarrett were ambushing Rhino and Team 3D. After Cage entered the ring, he evacuated the coat he was wearing to uncover the Team Canada T-shirt he was given before by D'Amore. D'Amore quickly cheered that Cage was apparently an individual from Team Canada until Cage turned on D'Amore and played out his Unprettier move; Cage's demonstration likewise set his character as a face. Cage, Rhino, and Team 3D assaulted AMW and Team Canada and tossed them out of the ring; they then constrained the rest of the Jarrett through a wooden table after Cage evacuated his Team Canada shirt to uncover a shrouded TNA T-shirt.

Confine showed up on TNA Impact! amid the November 19, 2005 scene by taking part in a verbal competing session with Monty Brown. This prompted a match against Brown to end up number one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship on December 11, 2005 at TNA's Turning Point PPV occasion, which Cage won. At TNA's Final Resolution PPV occasion on January 15, 2006, Cage took an interest in his first TNA PPV headliner by collaborating with Sting to overcome the group of Monty Brown and Jeff Jarrett. Cage went ahead to annihilation then-NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jarrett for the title on February 12, 2006 at TNA's Against All Odds PPV event.

Confine had his first title resistance against Brown on March 12, 2006 at TNA's Destination X PPV occasion; there Cage crushed Brown to hold the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. On the March 25 and April 2 separate Impact! scenes, Abyss, his supervisor Father James Mitchell, and Alex Shelley demonstrated two pre-taped video bundles that had been agreed in the weeks prior to the scenes. The in the first place, on March 25, delineated Mitchell stalking Cage's better half Denise, facing her, and notwithstanding undermining that "they were coming". The second publicized on April 2, with Abyss, joined by Mitchell and Shelley, who was taping the section with a camcorder like the past video bundle, assaulting Cage at his home in Tampa, Florida and about suffocating Cage in his own particular pool. This storyline prompted Cage confronting Abyss at TNA's Lockdown PPV occasion on April 23, 2006 in a Six Sides of Steel pen match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, with Cage winning. After the match, Cage endeavored to assault Mitchell and increase revenge for all his late fiendishness deeds against Cage and his family. Void, in any case, ceased him, took a steel chain, wrapped it around Cage's neck, and endeavored to hang him with it until he went out. Pit and Mitchell then stole the NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt and left the arena. The storyline amongst Abyss and Mitchell and Cage proceeded until TNA's Sacrifice PPV occasion on May 14, 2006, where Cage vanquished Abyss and recaptured the NWA Title belt under Full Metal Mayhem rules.

On June 18, 2006 at TNA's Slammiversary PPV occasion, Cage's NWA World Heavyweight Championship rule arrived at an end as he was crushed by Jeff Jarrett in a King of the Mountain match, which additionally included Abyss, Ron Killings, and Sting. Larry Zbyszko and official Earl Hebner mediated toward the end of the match by helping Jarrett win. The title was pronounced empty until TNA's primary power figure at the time, Management Director Jim Cornette, granted the title belt back to Jarrett on the June 29, 2006 scene of Impact! on the condition that he protect it against the champ of a four-route match at TNA's Victory Road PPV occasion on July 16, 2006 including Cage, Samoa Joe, Scott Steiner, and Sting. Jarrett consented to the condition, and at the occasion Sting turned into the new number one contender.

Different quarrels

After Victory Road, Cage become a close acquaintence with the new number one contender Sting on the July 27, 2006 scene of Impact!, by requesting absolution for questioning Sting's plan by coming to TNA in January of that year. He went ahead to say that he had asked Jim Cornette the prior week on the off chance that he could be in Sting's corner in his match with Jarrett for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at TNA's Hard Justice PPV occasion, however had let him know he required Sting's approval. Sting acknowledged Cage's offer, with questioner and intermittent ring host Jeremy Borash reporting Sting's choice in a backstage section on the August 3, 2006 scene of Impact!. On August 13, 2006, Cage was in Sting's corner at Hard Justice as he confronted Jarrett, with Scott Steiner in his corner, for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. Amid the challenge, Cage meddled to Sting win various times, as did Steiner for Jarrett, until Cage turned on Sting by taking Jarrett's mark guitar and bashing it over his head—changing his character from a face to a heel. He then permitted Jarrett to stick Sting and hold the title.

After the occasion, Cage started a fight with Rhino, whose genuine name is Terry Gerin, one of Reso's genuine great companions. On the August 17, 2006 scene of Impact!, Rhino addressed Cage on his activities at Hard Justice; Cage answered saying he did it for the benefit of TNA. He went ahead to clarify later in the scene, amid a sit-down meeting with TNA reporter Mike Tenay, that he assaulted Sting since he felt Sting did not demonstrate enough energy amid the experience to "take care of business" and win the title. The following week on Impact!, Cage came down to the ring where he tended to his assault on Sting further, until he was hindered by Rhino. After a little civil argument, Rhino assaulted Cage, beginning a fight between the two which arrived at an end after Cage laid Rhino's head on a steel seat, got another seat, and bashed it over the outside of Rhino's head playing out a one-man con-seat to in the process. This prompted a match against Rhino at TNA's No Surrender PPV occasion on September 24, 2006, which Cage won. A rematch was held at TNA's Bound for Glory PPV occasion on October 22, 2006, which Cage additionally won under 8 Mile Street Fight rules. They had their last session on the November 16, 2006 scene of Impact!, where Cage crushed Rhino in a Barbed Wire Six Sides of Steel enclosure match.

Christian's old WWE implementer Tyson Tomko (now going essentially by Tomko) made his TNA debut on the November 23, 2006 scene of Impact! confining in a match against Sting. Cage, with Tomko next to him, set his sights on the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, now held by Abyss. At TNA's Turning Point PPV occasion on December 10, 2006, Cage battled Abyss and Sting threely match for the NWA Title. Confine neglected to win the match, as Abyss won to hold the title subsequent to sticking Sting.

Christian's Coalition

Confine battled for the NWA Championship at the end of the day at TNA's Final Resolution PPV occasion on January 14, 2007 against Abyss and Sting, this time threely Elimination match. Confine won this time around by sticking Sting after Abyss was at that point dispensed with to win the championship. After Final Resolution, Cage arranged for his title resistance against the new number one contender Kurt Angle, who had crushed Samoa Joe in a 30-minute Iron Man match at Final Resolution to pick up the opportunity. Heading into their experience at TNA's Against All Odds PPV occasion on February 11, 2007, Cage reported on the January 17, 2007 scene of Impact! that he had procured an uncommon expert to help him in preparing for his session with Angle. This advisor was uncovered on the February 8, 2007 scene of Impact!, who ended up being Scott Steiner after he assaulted Angle taking after a match setting the group of Angle and Joe against Cage and A.J. Styles. Cage went ahead to hold the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Angle at Against All Odds with Joe as the informal extraordinary outside enforcer.

On the March 8, 2007 scene of Impact!, Cage broadcasted that he, Tomko, and Steiner were an "indivisible family", which he called Christian's Coalition. After a short fight with Samoa Joe, coming full circle in a triumph for Cage at TNA's Destination X PPV occasion on March 11, 2007 for the NWA Title, Cage was reported as a commander of a five-man group for the Lethal Lockdown match at TNA's Lockdown PPV occasion on April 15, 2007 against Team Angle, drove by Kurt Angle, amid the March 15, 2007 scene of Impact!. Team Cage, comprising of Cage, Tomko, Steiner, A.J. Styles, and Abyss, went ahead to lose to Team Angle, comprising of Angle, Joe, Rhino, Sting, and Jeff Jarrett at Lockdown. A stipulation was included that the wrestler who got the pinfall would get to be number one contender for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and have their title shot on May 13 at Sacrifice. Sting was the person who picked up the pinfall triumph for Team Angle, and turned into the new number one contender.

Void was later kicked out of the gathering after he assaulted Cage on the April 19, 2007 scene of Impact!. Steiner was the alongside leave the gathering, after he was assaulted by Tomko taking after their label group title match at the Sacrifice PPV event. Cage was set to shield the NWA Championship against Sting at Sacrifice, be that as it may, on the May 3, 2007 scene of Impact! Edge was added to the match, making it a three way match. The day of the PPV, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), the proprietors of the NWA World Heavyweight and the NWA World Tag Team Championships, stripped Cage of the title and Team 3D of the label group titles. NWA Executive Director Robert K. Trobich expressed the reason was that Cage declined to shield the NWA Title at NWA live events. At the PPV occasion, Cage, as yet holding the physical NWA Championship belt, guarded what was charged as the "World Heavyweight Championship" against Angle and Sting. Point was the victor of said challenge by making Sting submit, who had "in fact" recently stuck Cage at the extremely same minute, and was reported as the new "World Heavyweight Champion". The Impact! taking after the occasion, Angle went to the ring with another title belt in-toe, and declared he was the new "TNA World Heavyweight Champion", a title that TNA had quite recently presented at Sacrifice. Afterwards, Cage and Sting went to the ring and the three started to contend over who was the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion. Because of the disputable completion to their match at Sacrifice, the title was proclaimed empty by Cornette. A competition was held for the title which finished in a King of the Mountain match at TNA's Slammiversary PPV occasion on June 17, 2007. Cage won passage into the match on the June 14, 2007 scene of Impact!, by vanquishing Abyss. Cage, nonetheless, neglected to crush the four other men (Styles, Joe, Angle, and Chris Harris) and win the title, as Angle hung the title belt to wind up the new and undisputed TNA World Heavyweight Champion.

Subsequent to crushing Harris at TNA's Victory Road PPV occasion on July 17, 2007 and Tomko, Styles, and he losing to the group of Andrew Martin, Sting, and Abyss at TNA's Hard Justice PPV occasion on August 12, 2007 in a Doomsday Chamber of Blood match to wind up number one contender to the TNA Title, Cage restarted his quarrel with Samoa Joe. The two met at TNA's No Surrender PPV occasion on September 9, 2007, where Cage crushed Joe by exclusion when Joe declined to discharge his Coquina Clutch accommodation hold he had applied. The two had a rematch on October 14, 2007 at TNA's Bound for Glory PPV occasion with Matt Morgan as the unique outside master. There, Joe vanquished Cage to end his 23-month-since quite a while ago undefeated streak by not formally being stuck nor made to submit. Cage and Joe battled once again on the October 18, 2007 scene of Impact!, with a spot in The 2007 Fight for the Right Tournament to end up number one contender to the TNA Championship. Cage crushed Joe to pick up entry. Cage made it the distance to the last round of the competition, where he battled Kaz on the November 8, 2007 scene of Impact!. Confine vanquished Kaz, yet because of impedance from Styles and Tomko for Cage's sake, the match was proclaimed a no challenge, with the finals being resolved on November 11, 2007 at TNA's Genesis PPV occasion in a stepping stool match. Cage, in any case, neglected to win the competition last the second time around at Genesis.

Later in the night, Styles and Tomko calculated hold the TNA title amid the headliner as Cage looked on from the ramp. Styles and Tomko were later reported as individuals from Angle's new gathering, The Angle Alliance, which prompted a title match between the two on January 6, 2008 at TNA's Final Resolution PPV occasion, furthermore transforming into a fan most loved in the process. On the January 3, 2008 scene of Impact!, Tomko left both Christian's Coalition and The Angle Alliance. Cage neglected to win the title at Final Resolution, as a consequence of Styles' deceiving and assaulting him amid the session, in this way completion Christian's Coalition. Cage got a rematch against Angle on February 10, 2008 at TNA's Against All Odds PPV occasion with Samoa Joe as the exceptional outside authority. He at the end of the day was crushed by Angle as this time Tomko meddled and cost Cage the match. Cage cooperated with Joe and Kevin Nash, known as The Unlikely Alliance, at TNA's Destination X PPV occasion on March 9, 2008 to overcome The Angle Alliance (Angle, Styles, and Tomko) in a six-man label group match. Cage, alongside Tomko, were reported as restricting group commanders for a Lethal Lockdown match at TNA's Lockdown PPV occasion, to be hung on April 13, 2008, on the March 13 scene of Impact!. Team (Cage, Rhino, Nash, Morgan, and Sting) went ahead to thrashing Team (Tomko, Styles, Brother Devon, Brother Ray, and James Storm) at the event. Afterwards, Cage and Rhino started rivalry as a normal label group, with the pair being included in The Deuce's Wild Tag Team Tournament for the empty TNA World Tag Team Championship. They, nonetheless, neglected to win the competition and the title on May 11, 2008 at TNA's Sacrifice PPV event. Cage and Rhino were included as single rivals in a King of the Mountain match for the TNA Championship at TNA's Slammiversary PPV occasion on June 8, 2008, however neglected to win the match. Cage and Rhino went ahead to group with Styles, who had presented appropriate reparations with Cage and Rhino, in a losing exertion against Angle, Brother Devon, and Brother Ray in a Full Metal Mayhem match at TNA's Victory Road PPV occasion on July 13, 2008. On August 10, 2008 at TNA's Hard Justice PPV occasion, Cage and Rhino vanquished Team 3D in a New Jersey Street Fight. Cage was included in a Three Ways to Glory match for the TNA Title against the champion, Joe, and Angle at TNA's No Surrender PPV occasion on September 13, 2008, yet neglected to wind up the new champion. Cage then went ahead to take an interest in a 3-Way War against Styles and Booker T at TNA's Bound for Glory IV PPV occasion on October 12, 2008, which Booker T won. Cage was crushed in his last TNA match on November 9, 2008 by Booker T for the recently settled Legends Championship at Turning Point, with the stipulation that if Cage lost, he would need to join the recently shaped Main Event Mafia. On the November 13, 2008 scene of Impact!, Cage had his last appearance in TNA before his agreement terminated. Amid the broadcast, Cage was to be drafted into The Main Event Mafia, however was assaulted and "harmed" by Angle, Booker T, Nash, and Scott Steiner after Angle discovered that Cage would backpedal to WWE when his agreement expired.

One Night Only

In 2012, Reso made a one-night come back to TNA at Slammiversary pay-per-view under his old ring name, Christian Cage, to declare the main crossroads in TNA history as voted by the TNA fans (Sting's 2006 return in the previously mentioned Final Resolution label group headliner). This was a piece of an arrangement, which, consequently, WWE could utilize Ric Flair in programming and accept him into the WWE Hall of Fame as an individual from the Four Horsemen stable.

Autonomous circuit

In March 2006, Reso contended as "Christian Cage" three times in the United Kingdom for the One Pro Wrestling (1PW) advancement. His first appearance was on March 4, 2006 at their All or Nothing: Night 1 occasion, where he crushed Rhino. His second appearance was at 1PW's Know Your Enemy: Night 1 occasion on May 26, 2006, vanquishing Steve Corino. At Know Your Enermy: Night 2 occasion on May 27, 2006, Reso battled against the champion, Abyss, and Corino for the 1PW World Heavyweight Championship threely move, yet neglected to win as Corino picked up the fall and the title.

In May 2006, Reso showed up for the Ring of Honor (ROH) advancement as "Christian Cage". His first appearance was on May 12, 2006 at ROH's How We Roll occasion in a label match with Colt Cabana against Bryan Danielson and Christopher Daniels, which Cabana and he won. His second appearance was a misfortune to Christopher Daniels at ROH's Generation Now occasion on July 29, 2006.

Come back to WWE

ECW Champion

Amid a meeting with TNA president Dixie Carter, she affirmed that Reso's agreement with TNA had terminated and that he had re-marked with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Reso did not show up for the advancement until the February 10, 2009 scene of ECW under his old ring name "Christian", as a face standing up to then ECW Champion Jack Swagger. Later that night, Christian crushed Swagger in his first match back with the organization. Christian confronted Swagger again on the February 24, 2009 scene of ECW, this time for the ECW title; nonetheless, he neglected to thrashing Swagger this time around and win the ECW Title. Christian won a tri-marked 15-man fight illustrious on the March 10, 2009 scene of ECW, picking up section into the Money in the Bank stepping stool match at the WrestleMania XXV PPV event. Christian, in any case, did not win the match on April 5, 2009 at WrestleMania, as CM Punk went ahead to recover the folder case that hung over the ring.

Christian won an end pursue competition to wind up the main contender to the ECW Championship, with finals amongst Christian and Finlay occurring on the April 16, 2009 scene of Superstars, there-by picking up a title match at WWE's Backlash PPV occasion on April 26, 2009. At the occasion, Christian crushed Swagger to win the ECW Championship. At Judgment Day, Christian vanquished Jack Swagger to hold the title, Christian and Swagger then started a quarrel over the title that kept going until Tommy Dreamer crushed Christian and Swagger in a Triple Threat Hardcore match to end up the new ECW Champion at WWE's Extreme Rules PPV occasion on June 7, 2009.

Christian battled Dreamer for the ECW Championship on the June 15, 2009 scene of Raw yet neglected to recapture the title. After unsuccessfully trying for the ECW Championship at WWE's The Bash PPV occasion on June 28, 2009 in a Championship Scramble coordinate, that likewise included Swagger, Finlay, and Mark Henry, Christian recovered the ECW Title from Dreamer on July 26, 2009 at WWE's Night of Champions PPV event.

Christian went ahead to hold the ECW Championship in an Extreme Rules match against Dreamer on the August 4, 2009 scene of ECW. Christian then started a competition with William Regal over the ECW Championship. Their first experience occurred at WWE's SummerSlam PPV occasion on August 23, 2009, with Christian retaining. They battled again on September 13, 2009 at WWE's Breaking Point PPV occasion, where Christian additionally held the title. After a couple of months of protecting the ECW Championship on ECW just, holding the title against any semblance of Zack Ryder and Yoshi Tatsu, at Survivor Series Christian was a piece of Team Kingston in a Five-on-five Survivor Series end match where he dispensed with both Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes later on in the match Christian was wiped out by Randy Orton however Team Kingston still won the match, Christian effectively shielded the title against Shelton Benjamin in a stepping stool match on December 13, 2009 at the TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs PPV event. Christian turned into the longest reigning WWE-period ECW Champion in late-December 2009. At the Royal Rumble PPV occasion on January 31, 2010, Christian effectively guarded the ECW title against Ezekiel Jackson. On February 16, 2010, Christian dropped the ECW Championship in an Extreme Rules match to Jackson on the last scene of Extreme Championship Wrestling or "ECW".

Different fights and World Heavyweight Champion

On the February 22 scene of Raw, it was reported that Christian had re-marked with the Raw brand. Later that night, he vanquished Carlito to pick up section into the Money in the Bank stepping stool match at WrestleMania XXVI, which he neglected to win. Later, it was reported that he will be WWE Pro on the WWE NXT brand, coaching NXT Rookie, Heath Slater.

Christian was drafted back to the SmackDown! brand due the WWE Draft. On the May 7 scene of SmackDown, he was set in a WWE Intercontinental Championship competition, vanquishing Cody Rhodes to get to the finals, where he lost to Kofi Kingston. On the July 2 scene of SmackDown, it was declared that Christian would contend in the SmackDown! Cash in the Bank stepping stool match at the Money in the Bank pay per-view event., which he lost.

In September 2010, Christian tore his pectoral muscle and was relied upon to be sidelined for roughly six months. However, taking after surgery WWE discharged an announcement that uncovered he was required to just be sidelined for four months. The damage was put into a storyline with Alberto Del Rio assaulting Christian backstage, on the September 24, 2010 scene of SmackDown. On February 20, 2011 Christian made his arrival from harm at the Elimination Chamber pay per-view occasion, sparing Edge from an assault by Alberto Del Rio. On the March 4 scene SmackDown, he spared Edge from another assault by Del Rio. On the March 7 scene of Raw, Christian made his in-ring come back from harm against Del Rio's bodyguard, Brodus Clay, getting the victory. On the March 11 scene of SmackDown, Christian rejoined with Edge and crushed Alberto Del Rio and Brodus Clay in a label group match. The next week, Christian vanquished Del Rio in a steel confine match, yet was subsequently assaulted by both Del Rio and Clay. Christian was toward the edge of his closest companion Edge, the present World Heavyweight Champion, when Edge confronted Alberto del Rio at WrestleMania XXVII.

On the April 8 scene of SmackDown!, Christian was crushed by Alberto Del Rio in a main contender's match for the World Heavyweight Championship after a diversion from Brodus Clay. After Edge's sudden retirement from wrestling on the April 15 version of SmackDown, Christian won a 20-man fight illustrious to figure out who will confront Del Rio for the empty World Heavyweight Championship at Extreme Rules. At the compensation per-view, Christian vanquished Del Rio to win the World Heavyweight Championship interestingly. On May 6 release of SmackDown, only five days after Extreme Rules, Christian lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Randy Orton. At the Over The Limit pay-per-view occasion, he neglected to recapture the title from Orton. On the June 3 scene of SmackDown, Christian was Special Referee for a World Heavyweight Championship guard by Orton against Sheamus. Orton went ahead to effectively safeguard the title, however after the match, Christian hit Orton with the title belt, turning heel for the second time since 2005. At Capitol Punishment, Christian confronted Orton for the World Heavyweight title at the end of the day, notwithstanding he neglected to catch the title. At Money in the Bank, Christian won the World Heavyweight Championship, after Orton was excluded for kicking him in the crotch; the stipulation was if Orton was precluded or the ref made a terrible call, he would lose the title. At SummerSlam, Christian lost the World Heavyweight Championship to Orton in a No Holds Barred match. On the August 26 scene of SmackDown, exceptional visitor General Manager Bret Hart declared that Christian would confront Orton in a steel confine match on the August 30 scene of SmackDown for the title, in which Christian went ahead to lose the experience, in this manner finishing the feud. Christian then started quarreling with Sheamus, prompting a match between the two at the Hell in a Cell and Vengeance pay-per-sees, both of which Christian lost.

On the November 4 scene of SmackDown, Christian was chokeslammed by Big Show and got a storyline neck damage, keeping him from contending that night. Afterward, Christian wore a neck support. On November 9, amid the WWE European Tour, Christian harmed his lower leg, and was pulled from a Traditional Survivor Series Elimination Tag Team match at Survivor Series on November 20. In December, Christian quickly showed up at the Slammy Awards and WWE Tribute to the Troops.

Title interests and wounds

Christian came back from his damage on February 19, 2012 at Elimination Chamber to show support for John Laurinaitis. Christian returned on the March 16 scene of SmackDown, facilitating a scene of the 'Peep Show' and given a spot on Laurinaitis' group in a 12-man label match at WrestleMania XXVIII. On the March 26 scene of Raw, as a component of a storyline, Christian was harmed at the end of the day after (kayfabe) re-irritating his neck and shoulder in a match with CM Punk. This was to discount him at WrestleMania as it was later reported that Christian has not yet been completely restoratively cleared to contend because of a background marked by shoulder wounds. Regardless of the harm, Christian still showed up at the WWE Hall of Fame service to enlist long-term companion Edge.

Christian made his compensation per-view return at Over the Limit, where he won a Battle Royal to get a title match for either the Intercontinental or United States Championship. In spite of initially selecting to confront Santino Marella for the United States Championship he went ahead to annihilation Cody Rhodes later in the show to win his fourth Intercontinental Championship, turning face in the process interestingly since June 2011. Christian would later clarify his transform as accepting Edge into the Hall of Fame in 2012 made him understand that his profession could end at whatever time in a moment and needed to end his vocation with the fans bolster, needing to win numerous titles, and leave having a Hall of Fame vocation, much like his best friend. At No Way Out, Christian effectively protected the Intercontinental title against Rhodes in a rematch. On the June 29 scene of SmackDown, Christian and United States Champion Santino Marella crushed Rhodes and David Otunga to meet all requirements for spots in the World Heavyweight Championship Money in the Bank stepping stool match. However, at Money in the Bank, he was unsuccessful as the match was won by Dolph Ziggler. On July 23 at Raw 1000, Christian lost the Intercontinental Championship to The Miz. After four days on SmackDown, Christian neglected to recapture the title from Miz in a rematch. Christian by and by withdrew of nonappearance in mid-2012 due to a genuine exasperated shoulder damage.

In the wake of affliction his blackout, Christian showed up on pre-show dialog boards for WWE for occasions including NXT TakeOver, Money in the Bank and Battleground. In 2014, he went ahead to have the Peep Show program with Chris Jericho at Night of Champions in September and with Dean Ambrose on the November 7 scene of SmackDown.

Christian and Edge were the visitor has for the December 29 scene of Raw, where WWE analyst Jerry Lawler alluded to Christian as "resigned". PWInsider would hence validate Lawler's announcement, including that in view of various blackouts and different wounds, the organization now considers Christian resigned as a dynamic wrestler. On October 27, 2015, Christian's profile was moved to the graduated class segment at WWE.com, and noticed that he had left dynamic competition. On the March 2, 2016 release of Talk is Jericho, Christian said that while he has had no formal discourse with administration in regards to his retirement, he is unrealistic to wrestle again.

Beginning on February 21, 2016, Reso started showing up alongside Edge in the WWE Network elite, The Edge and Christian Show That Totally Reeks of Awesomeness.

In mid May 2016, it got to be realized that Reso had been discharged from his ability contract. On the June 22, 2016 Talk is Jericho podcast concentrating on the Chris Benoit catastrophe, Jericho said Christian for instance of current wrestlers who had needed to resign as the WWE would no more give them therapeutic clearances because of blackout related wounds. This was to a great extent as a result of the Benoit occurrence, and also better learning of unending traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and other blackout related risks.

Individual life

Reso presently lives in Tampa, Florida, with his significant other Denise, a German model whom he met while on visit in England. The couple wedded on May 25, 2001. On December 9, 2013, Reso declared on WWE.com that he had required significant investment off because of repeating post-concussive indications subsequent to being assaulted by The Shield and amid the time off his better half brought forth their first kid, a daughter.

Titles and achievements

East Coast Wrestling Association

ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Crazy Championship Wrestling

ICW Street Fight Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Sexton Hardcastle

Universal Wrestling Alliance

IWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Earl the Orderly

Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling

PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

Professional Wrestling Illustrated

Match of the Year (2000) versus The Dudley Boyz and The Hardy Boyz in a Triangle Ladder match at WrestleMania 2000

Match of the Year (2001) versus The Dudley Boyz and The Hardy Boyz in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match at WrestleMania X-Seven

Positioned #7 of the main 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2007

Add up to Nonstop Action Wrestling

NWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

Gauntlet for the Gold (2008 – Heavyweight)

World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment

ECW Championship (2 times)

World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)

WWF European Championship (1 time)

WWF Hardcore Championship (1 time)

WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)

WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (4 times)

WWF/E World Tag Team Championship (9 times) – with Edge (7), Lance Storm (1), and Chris Jericho (1)

Twenty Third Triple Crown Champion

Twelfth Grand Slam Champion

Wrestling Observer Newsletter

Label Team of the Year (2000) – with Edge

Most exceedingly bad Worked Match of the Year (2006) – TNA Reverse Battle Royal on the October 26, 2006 scene of TNA Impact!