You can find his full comments by clicking here. In September 2015, Edge and Christian were guests on the Stone Cold Steve Austin Podcast, which aired on the WWE Network. [226], Christian returned on the January 31, 2014 episode of SmackDown to defeat Jack Swagger in a qualifying match for the Elimination Chamber match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. [81] According to wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer, Reso was asked on the spot to sign a new contract, but he declined. [249] At Clash of Champions, Christian got revenge on Orton by attacking him during his ambulance match against Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship. You can read all about WWE salaries and earnings here. #christiancage #networth #wwe Christian Cage Height,Weight,Age,Wife, Children,Films,Profile,NetWorth,Salary,House,Wiki,BiographyName Christian CageNickname C. [278] On May 2, 2019, Hartmann filed for divorce from Reso. [195] On the August 26 episode of SmackDown, special guest General Manager Bret Hart announced that Christian would face Orton in a steel cage match on the August 30 episode of SmackDown for the title, which Christian lost to end their feud. Styles and Abyss) went on to lose to Team Angle (Angle, Joe, Rhino, Sting and Jeff Jarrett). (2001), WWF Road to WrestleMania (2001), WWF SmackDown! [115], Abyss was later kicked out of the group after he attacked Cage on the April 19 episode of Impact!. Christian retired in 2014 due to injuries, but managed to return to the ring at 2021 Royal Rumble, making a surprise entry in the match. [264] At the event on August 13, Cage defeated Omega to win the Impact World Championship. At Survivor Series, Christian defeated Al Snow to retain the European Championship. [271][272] At Bound for Glory on October 23, Cage lost the title to Josh Alexander.[273][274]. 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By Samantha Schipman. [25][26] At No Way Out on February 25, Edge and Christian were unsuccessful in regaining the tag team titles,[27] but they eventually recaptured them in the second ever TLC match at WrestleMania X-Seven on April 1. Despite having to retire due issues with a concussion in 2014, Christian Cage returned to action on January 31st 2021. [78] Following this, Christian, who had an encounter with SmackDown! Free shipping for many products! [10] As a tag team on the Canadian independent circuit, Reso and Copeland were known as High Impact and later The Suicide Blondes. At Fully Loaded on July 23, Edge and Christian lost to The Acolytes Protection Agency (Bradshaw and Faarooq) by disqualification, but they retained the titles. [91] The second aired on April 1, with Abyss, accompanied by Mitchell and Shelley, who was taping the segment with a camcorder like the previous video package, attacking Cage at his home in Tampa, Florida and nearly drowning Cage in his own pool. Christian did defeat Jungle Boy at the 2022 ALL OUT pay-per-view, but the match was not contested in a fair fight as Luchasaurus attacked his former tag partner and left him unconscious so Christian could get the easy victory. [3][17], Christian was given the character of a vampire and formed an alliance with Gangrel and Edge, who (in storyline) was finally persuaded to join what became known as The Brood. In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Christian Cage spoke about the contract discussions he had with WWE after his Royal Rumble return. He also worked for Impact Wrestling, then known as Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), from 2005 to 2008 and during a brief return in 2021. [53][54] At Armageddon on December 15, Christian and Jericho lost the World Tag Team Championship to Booker T and Goldust in a fatal four-way elimination match also involving the teams of The Dudley Boyz and Lance Storm and William Regal. [213] Later that week on SmackDown, Christian was attacked by The Shield while delivering a promo. He wrestled in Canadian independent promotions early in his career, where he competed in singles and tag team competition with his friend Edge. [86] He announced his intentions to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship held by Jeff Jarrett and rejected joining Scott D'Amore's faction, Team Canada. At 47, after seven years away from the ring, he is looking . by asking for forgiveness for doubting Sting's agenda by coming to TNA in January of that year. [177] In September 2010, Christian tore his pectoral muscle and was expected to be sidelined for approximately six months. [42] Christian and Storm won the WWE Tag Team Championship at Vengeance by defeating Edge and Hollywood Hulk Hogan. [3] Christian betrayed Page and faced off against him for the European Championship at WrestleMania X8 on March 17, but he lost. [128] Cage and Joe fought one more time on the October 18 episode of Impact!, with a spot in the 2007 Fight for the Right tournament to become number one contender to the TNA World Heavyweight Championship. [86], Cage would defeat Monty Brown at Turning Point to become number one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. [266], On November 13 at Full Gear, Cage, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus defeated Omega's allies Adam Cole and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) in a falls count anywhere match. [5], While on tour with WWE in England, Reso met German model Denise Hartmann; they were married on May 25, 2001. Christian Cage defied expectations in 2021. that he had hired a special consultant to assist him in training for his bout with Angle. [279] The divorce was finalized in January 2020. At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs on December 13, Christian successfully defended the ECW Championship against Shelton Benjamin in a ladder match. Despite Kane's partner the Hurricane being absent from the match, he still retained the title. In addition, AEW wrestlers also earn commissions from merch sales. [114] At Lockdown on April 15, Team Cage (Cage, Tomko, Steiner, A.J. February 15, 2023. [109] This consultant was revealed on the February 8 episode of Impact!, who turned out to be Scott Steiner after he attacked Angle following a match pitting the team of Angle and Joe against Cage and A.J. [149], On January 4, 2008, Cage, while still under contract with TNA, made a one-time appearance for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) at the Wrestle Kingdom II event, teaming with fellow TNA wrestlers A.J. results 7/27/06 (Rhino vs. Samoa Joe, 4-Way Match, more)", "Caldwell's Impact report 8/3: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of show", "Cage turns on Sting at fiery Hard Justice", "Caldwell's Impact report 8/17: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of show", "Keller's Impact report 8/24: Styles & Daniels vs. LAX for tag titles, Christian-Rhino angle", "Impact: Hot show genesis of something bigger", "Samoa Joe finally tops Angle at Turning Point", "Cage, Angle on top after Final Resolution", "Caldwell's Impact report 1/18: Ongoing live coverage on Spike TV show", "Impact: Steiner revealed as Cage's consultant", "Christian retains belt Against All Odds", "Caldwell's Impact report 3/8: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Spike TV show", "Caldwell's Impact report 3/15: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Spike TV show", "Lockdown pulled down by gimmick matches", "Caldwell's Impact report 4/5: Ongoing virtual time coverage of Spike TV show", "Impact: Champions collide in main event", "World title picture muddied after good Sacrifice", "Impact! [256][257] At the Double or Nothing on May 30, Cage participated in the Casino Battle Royale, but he was the last competitor eliminated by the eventual winner Jungle Boy. [172], Christian was drafted back to the SmackDown brand by the WWE draft. Following this, he won the Impact World Championship at AEW Rampage, making his return to Impact Wrestling for the first time since Slammiversary 10 in 2012. snaps again, Rhodes-Sandow feud continues", "PWTorch.com - PARKS'S WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT 8/2: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Friday show, including Alberto Del Rio selecting his Summerslam opponent", "PWTorch.com - PARKS'S WWE SMACKDOWN REPORT 8/9: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Friday show, including Randy Orton vs. He also appears in the TNA video game TNA iMPACT! As he was going up the ramp after the match, the familiar music and countdown appeared on the screen. [102] The following week on Impact!, Cage came down to the ring where he addressed his attack on Sting further until he was interrupted by Rhino, who attacked after a small debate, starting a brawl between the two which came to an end after Cage laid Rhino's head on a steel chair, picked up another chair and bashed it over the outside of Rhino's head performing a one-man con-chair-to in the process. [73] The two had a ladder match for the vacant Intercontinental Championship at Unforgiven, which Christian lost, ending their feud. [187] After Edge's sudden retirement from wrestling on the April 15 episode of SmackDown, Christian won a 20-man battle royal to face Del Rio for the vacant World Heavyweight Championship at Extreme Rules,[188] where Christian defeated Del Rio in a ladder match to win the World Heavyweight Championship for the first time. [117] Steiner was the next to leave the group after he was attacked by Tomko following their NWA World Tag Team Championship match at Sacrifice. According to Sean Sapp behind Fightful's paywall, the real . [142] Cage was involved in a three-way match for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship against the champion Samoa Joe and Kurt Angle at No Surrender on September 13, but he failed to win the title. [99] On August 13, Cage was in Sting's corner at Hard Justice as he faced Jarrett (with Scott Steiner in his corner) and during the contest interfered to help Sting win numerous timesas did Steiner for Jarrettuntil Cage turned on Sting by taking Jarrett's signature guitar and bashing it over his headturning heel in the process. Christian formed an alliance with fellow Canadian wrestler Lance Storm on the June 20 episode of SmackDown!, complaining that the WWE[a] has a history of prejudice against Canadians, bringing up the Montreal Screwjob as an example. William Jason Reso (born November 30, 1973) is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. At the Royal Rumble on January 23, 2000, Christian competed in the Royal Rumble match, but he was eliminated by Rikishi. [19] 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, but they lost. Prior to joining AEW, Chris Jericho was among the highest-paid wrestlers in the WWE, earning $900,000 a year. IMPACT Wrestling/NJPW Multiverse United: Only The Strong Survive. Christian Cage last had a match in AEW at All Out in September of 2022. [232][233][234] He then went on to host The Peep Show program with Chris Jericho at Night of Champions in September,[235] and with Dean Ambrose on the November 7 episode of SmackDown. He was the twenty-third Triple Crown Champion and eleventh Grand Slam Champion in WWE history. [90] On the March 25 and April 1 respective Impact! [130] However, Cage failed to win the tournament final the second time around at Genesis. With a net worth of $18 million, Chris Jericho is the richest AEW wrestler. [15][16] Christian won the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship in his debut match against Taka Michinoku at Judgment Day: In Your House on October 18. Last updated on June 19th, 2022 at 01:11 am. [8] He played ice hockey and was a wrestling fan as a child. One of the biggest stories coming out of this past weekend's AEW Revolution pay-per-view was the official signing of Christian Cage to the company. Booker T just voted in the Sportskeeda Wrestling Awards. And Matt Hardy & his family. [40] [94], At Slammiversary on June 18, Cage's NWA World Heavyweight Championship reign came to an end as he was defeated by Jeff Jarrett in a King of the Mountain match, which also involved Abyss, Ron Killings and Sting. Published 3rd February 2022. [3] Christian began throwing tantrums in his gimmick at the time whenever things did not go his way and during the same event defeated Mighty Molly to win the WWF Hardcore Championship, but lost the title to Maven later that night. [267] Cage would qualify for the "Face of the Revolution" ladder match on the March 4, 2022 edition of Rampage by defeating Ethan Page, but would fail to win the match at Revolution. results 6/14/07 (Final KOTM Qualifier, Slammiversary PPV)", "No Surrender delivers on Angles and a new TV deal", "Caldwell's TNA Impact report 10/18: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of two-hour show", "Caldwell's TNA Impact report 11/8: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of two-hour show", "Booker T the surprise, but Angle still champ after Genesis", "Impact results 12/20/07 (Christmas theme, & Final Resolution PPV)", "Styles sides with Angle costing Cage at Final Resolution", "Against All Odds: Angle still TNA champ", "Impact: Lethal Lockdown begins to take shape", "Sacrifice PPV results 5/11 Orlando, FL (New main event and more)", "Slammiversary PPV results 6/8 Southaven, MS (KOTM, AJ & Angle)", "Victory Road PPV Results 7/13 Houston, TX (Samoa Joe vs Booker)", "Hard Justice PPV results 8/10 Trenton, NJ (Joe vs. Booker T, more)", "No Surrender PPV results 9/14 Oshawa, ON (Joe vs Angle vs Cage)", "Impact results 11/13/08 Orlando, FL", "Backstage News On WWE Allowing Christian To Appear At TNA's Slammiversary PPV", "Wrestlemania 25: HBK-Undertaker steals the show", "Backlash: All 3 world titles change hands", "Extreme Rules sees many title changes, but fails to live up to its name", "Mysterio & Jericho save The Bash from wash-out", "Night of Champions: Punk loses title, but keeps star performer tag", "TLC Match and the return of a fan favorite liven up SummerSlam", "Montreal fans 'screwed' again in Breaking Point sham", "CALDWELL'S ECW TV REPORT 9/22: Complete coverage of Christian vs. Zack Ryder", "CALDWELL'S ECW TV REPORT 10/27: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of Christian vs. Yoshi ECW Title match", "Keller's WWE TLC PPV report 12/13: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live event", "Interesting stat on Christian/ECW Title", "The 2010 Royal Rumble is Rated R in Atlanta", "ECW: Extreme ending for Christian, what's NXT", "WWE News: Complete cast of the NXT show revealed including The Miz mentoring Bryan Danielson", "WWE SmackDown Report 5/7: Drew McIntyre stripped of IC Title, four-man tournament to crowd new champ, Swagger vs. Kane", "WWE SmackDown Report 5/14: McIntyre returns after Kofi beats Christian in IC Finals, Mysterio vs. For more than 30 years, Chris Jericho has been in the wrestling business, working with numerous promotions such as ECW, WCW, WWE, and NJPW. [115] A stipulation was added that the wrestler who got the pinfall would become number one contender for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and have their title shot at Sacrifice. [24] At Unforgiven on September 24, Edge and Christian lost the titles against The Hardy Boyz in a steel cage match and were not allowed another title shot. The odds of another wrestler being able to main event a WWE, AEW, and IMPACT Wrestling pay-per-view in the same year ever again seems like an impossible . [64] At Survivor Series, Christian was a part of Team Bischoff taking on Team Austin and during the match he eliminated Bubba Ray Dudley before he was eliminated by Shawn Michaels, though in the end Team Bischoff eventually won the match. [7] After appearing in the 2021 Royal Rumble match, Reso left WWE shortly after and signed with AEW, again reverting to his Christian Cage moniker, and officially resumed his in-ring wrestling career. 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