Real Name: Adam Copeland Height: 6'4" Weight: 240lbs. From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Finisher: The Downward Spiral (modified reverse russian legsweep) Years as Pro: 5 years Background Information: -Edge was trained at Sully's Gym by Ron Hutchison and Sweet Daddy Siki after winning a 1992 essay contest on "Why I wanted to be a pro-wrestler" conducted by myself and the Toronto Star. Sully's Gym is in Toronto but Adam is from Orangeville, Ont. His frequent tag team partners Joe E. Legend and Christian Cage are also Sully's Gym products, with both myself and Siki training Legend while Cage came to be trained at Sully's in Sept. 1994 after Siki had retired completely from the wrestling training business. -Wrestled his first WWF house show late last year in Canada as Hardcastle and caught the eye of WWF officials. -Took part in the WWF's "Funking Dojo" training camp shortly after signing with the WWF in January. Other camp members included Sean Morley (Val Venis) and Darren "Puke" Drozdov. -Wrestled in many house shows and RAW dark matches as Adam Copeland months before WrestleMania XIV. -Weeks after WM XIV, Copeland made his television debut in the WWF with promos of his new gimmick: Edge- a young, angry man who walked the streets of Toronto with a dark mood. -After weeks of airing promos of Edge, Copeland makes his TV wrestling debut on RAW where he accidentally injures the neck of Jose Estrada, Jr. with a somersault leap over the top rope to the floor. Copeland would win the match via count-out. -While he is not wrestling, Copeland can be found hanging in the stands of the arena; watching all that is around with blind rage. Credit: The Great Tengu with this information.
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