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Regal vs Christian - Who will win?

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William Jason "Jay" Reso[6] (born November 30, 1973), is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. He is currently contracted with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestling on its ECW brand as Christian. He has also worked in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as Christian Cage, where he was a two time NWA World Heavyweight Champion, and was undefeated for 23 months.[citation needed]

In WWE, Reso is a three time Intercontinental Champion, a nine time World Tag Team Champion, seven of which were won with his storyline brother Edge, a one time European Champion, a one time Hardcore Champion and a one time Light Heavyweight Champion, with the latter being his first title in the promotion.

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Biography

The Brood:

Christian debuted in the WWE in late 1988. He was aligned with Gangrel (a gothic vampire like character), who at the time was feuding with his “brother” Edge. In his first official WWF match, he won the light heavyweight championship. Edge eventually joined The Brood which was led by Gangrel. They eventually spilt from Gangrel and dropped the gothic image.

Christian & Edge:

Christian and Edge parted ways with Gangrel, who associated himself with the Hardy Boyz (Matt and Jeff) to form the The New Brood. They began feuding with the Hardy Boyz, as they went onto compete in a ladder match at the 1999 No Mercy pay-per-view for the "managerial services" of Terri Runnels and $100,000, which the Hardy Boyz won. At WrestleMania 2000 on April 2, Edge and Christian defeated the Hardy Boyz and the Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) to win their first WWF Tag Team Title in a Triple Threat Ladder match, which ultimately led to the creation of the Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match (TLC).

Following their victory, Christian and Edge portrayed themselves as villains, shifting their gimmick from borderline goth to a comedic pair of "cool dudes", winning the WWF Tag Team Title six more times (for a total of seven). During this time, their trademark became the "five second pose" where they performed a pose in the ring for five seconds "for the benefit of those with flash photography" to mock, insult, or otherwise amuse the fans. At SummerSlam, the duo were scheduled to defend their titles in a TLC match against the Hardy Boyz and the Dudley Boyz, in which Christian and Edge were successful in winning the match. At the Royal Rumble in January 2001, Christian and Edge dropped the titles to the Dudley Boyz. The following month at No Way Out, they were unsuccessful in regaining the titles, but captured the titles at WrestleMania X-Seven in April 2001. Christian and Edge were booked to lose the titles to the Brothers of Destruction (The Undertaker and Kane) on the April 19, 2001 episode of SmackDown!.

After losing the tag team titles, friction arose within the team after Edge won the annual King of the Ring tournament in June 2001. It was also during this time that Edge was becoming a fan favorite during the Invasion storyline. The two were placed in a feud, which resulted in them competing for Edge's Intercontinental Championship, in which he had won in August 2001, for several months, with the title changing hands several times.

Singles Competition:

[iChristian began a singles career by winning the WWE European Championship from Bradshaw in October 2001,though he would later drop the title to Diamond Dallas Page in January 2002. After this, he became known for throwing tantrums in the ring when he was unable to gain a pinfall. As part of a storyline, in which Christian endured a series of losses, he announced that he was quiting the WWF. Page, however, persuaded Christian not to quit and adopted him as his protegé. Christian turned on Page and faced him for the European championship at WrestleMania X8, in which Page defeated him to retain.Following WrestleMania X8, Christian formed a stable with fellow Canadians Lance Storm and Test in which they called themselves The Un-Americans. He later became the sidekick of Chris Jericho, with whom he won the World Tag Team Championships on October 14, 2002. Christian and Jericho would lose the titles in a fatal four-way elimination match, involving the teams of the Dudley Boyz, Booker T, Goldust, and William Regal and Lance Storm, at Armageddon in December.

In 2003, Christian began using many of The Rock's mannerisms, which varied from calling his fans "The Peeps" (similar to The Rock calling his fans "The People" ) to using The Rock's one arm raised victory pose. He even called himself "The New People's Champion". He used his new found charisma to win a nine man over-the-top-rope battle royal at Judgment Day for the vacant WWE Intercontinental Championship. The following night on Raw, he appeared on Jericho's talk show segment, The Highlight Reel, sporting a new haircut and ring attire. Christian would later drop the Intercontinental title to Booker T on the July 7, 2003 episode of Raw.

Also in 2003, Christian and Jericho began romances with WWE Divas' Trish Stratus and Lita. As part of the angle, it was revealed to be a bet over who could sleep with their respective female first, with a Canadian dollar at stake.Despite the bet, Jericho continued his relationship with Stratus, which ultimately resulted in Christian and Jericho turning on each other. At WrestleMania XX in March 2004, Christian faced off against Jericho in a singles match with Stratus' on Jericho's side. Stratus', however, turned on Jericho, allowing Christian to defeat him.Stratus' then joined forces with Christian, becoming his on-screen girlfriend in the process. During a steel cage match against Jericho on the May 10, 2004 episode of Raw, Christian suffered a severe back injury, causing him to miss almost four months of ring action.He returned on the August 30 episode of Raw, resuming his feud with Jericho.

Captain Charisma:
Christian's gimmick became that of a cocky, overconfident heel, although he was popular in Canada and the United Kingdom, dubbing himself "Captain Charisma". On December 6, 2004, he was forced to wrestle as Captain Charisma, complete with a superhero costume, by Chris Jericho, who was general manager for the night.He wrestled with The Hurricane as part of a tag team called "The Heroes," for one night, then faced The Hurricane the next week in a battle of the heroes. Christian was loosely paired with Edge again several times in late 2004 and early 2005. Despite being a heel, he acquired a fanbase, who he refers to as his "Peeps", "Peepulation"

At the 2005 Royal Rumble, Christian had an encounter with John Cena claiming he was a better rapper than Cena. Over the next months, Christian began cutting promos denouncing John Cena as a 'poser'. Christian was noticeably cheered during these segments and was thought to be finally becoming a main eventer. Soon after Cena went to Raw from SmackDown!, Cena went on to successfully defend the WWE Championship in a Triple Threat match between himself, Christian and Jericho at Vengeance.

Between the run-ins with Cena, Christian participated in the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania 21. He had a primary role in the parody trailer for Basic Instinct in connection with the "WrestleMania Goes Hollywood" theme at the event. On the June 30 episode of SmackDown!, Christian was the second-to-last man drafted to SmackDown! in the 2005 WWE Draft Lottery. He replaced The Big Show in a six-man elimination match for the new SmackDown! Championship, and lost to John "Bradshaw" Layfield. Christian had previously said in a promo that he hoped to be drafted to SmackDown! because the show needed a Canadian. Christian bragged about how he was on the main event of both Raw and SmackDown! in the same week. Christian was soon given his own interview segment on SmackDown! called "The Peep Show".

Departure:

On October 31, 2005, Reso's contract with WWE expired. His last match occurred during the tapings for the November 4 edition of SmackDown!.[30] Despite his quitting, Christian appeared on Raw and at Taboo Tuesday, fulfilling his obligations to the company, as he was one of five SmackDown! superstars eligible to be voted Edge and Chris Masters' opponents by the fans. In August 2006, WWE challenged Reso's attempts to trademark the name "Captain Charisma", saying that it would cause confusion in the marketplace because the persona was created while Reso was under contract to WWE. WWE argued that anything that Reso called himself in WWE belongs to WWE.

From early 2007 onwards, Reso began calling himself the Instant Classic, although he continued to be referred to as "Captain Charisma" in off-screen appearances and sometimes wore his "Captain Charisma" entrance jumpsuits to the ring at house shows.

TNA:

Reso debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling at Genesis under his original ring name, Christian Cage.[39] After teasing an alliance with longtime friend Scott D'Amore and Team Canada, he delivered an Unprettier to D'Amore and helped Team 3D drive Jeff Jarrett through a table.[39] Cage's debut coincided with the death of fellow wrestler Eddie Guerrero. As a tribute to Guerrero, Christian Cage started using the Frog Splash as part of his move set.

Cage made his TNA Impact! debut on November 19, engaging in a verbal sparring bout and then brawling with "The Alpha Male" Monty Brown. Cage's in-ring debut for TNA was a win against Team Canada's enforcer Bobby Roode. He defeated Brown at Turning Point to become the number one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.[40] At Final Resolution, Cage and the returning Sting defeated Monty Brown and Jeff Jarrett.[41][42] On February 12, 2006 at Against All Odds, Cage defeated Jarrett to win his first World Heavyweight Championship, the NWA World Heavyweight Championship.[43]

On April 2, Cage entered into a feud with Abyss after a series of kayfabe videos showing Abyss and his manager James Mitchell stalking Cage's wife and entering his house. They feuded until Lockdown where Cage successfully retained his title, but Abyss attacked him after the match and took the title belt.[44] They continued against each other until Sacrifice where Christian regained his belt in a Full Metal Mayhem match.

Cage defended the NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Abyss, Ron "The Truth" Killings, Jeff Jarrett, and Sting in a King of the Mountain match at Slammiversary.[46] The match was declared unofficial due to Larry Zbyszko and referee Earl Hebner intervening at the end of the match when Zbyszko and Hebner snatched the belt and helped Jarrett win.[46] As a result of the finish, the belt was declared vacant until Jim Cornette held a "company meeting" on the June 29 Impact!, where Cornette awarded the belt back to Jarrett on the condition that he defend it against the winner of a Fatal four way match at Victory Road involving Cage, Samoa Joe, Scott Steiner, and Sting.

At Hard Justice, Cage watched the Sting versus Jeff Jarrett match from ringside, supposedly backing his friend Sting.[47] After numerous attempts to help Sting, he hit Sting with a guitar.[47] Immediately following his actions, Cage was questioned by Rhino. This eventually led to a confrontation between the two, as Cage claimed anger and betrayal at Rhino's questioning of his motives and loyalties, where Cage gave him the con-chair-to. Cage defeated Rhino at No Surrender after an Unprettier onto a steel chair.[48] At Bound for Glory, Cage earned another victory over Rhino in an 8 Mile Street Fight by using a con-chair-to with a ladder, a broken table, a street sign, and some chairs on top of Rhino.[49] On the Impact! prime time debut, Cage faced off against Rhino in the first–ever Barbed Wire Six Sides of Steel match. Cage won when Rhino Gored Cage with so much momentum, it sent Cage through the steel cage door and onto the floor.
Cage (right) with Tomko

The next week on Impact!, Cage was reunited with Tomko, who made his debut in TNA attacking Sting during Cage and Sting's match. It was shortly after this that he began referring to himself as "The Instant Classic". At Final Resolution, Cage captured his second NWA World Heavyweight Championship by defeating former champion Abyss and Sting in a Three Way Elimination Match.[50]

On the February 8 edition of Impact!, Scott Steiner attacked Kurt Angle, Samoa Joe and Rhino after a match between Angle and Joe against Cage and Styles, revealing himself as Cage's "special consultant" for his title defense against Angle at Against All Odds, the same PPV where he originally won the title a year ago. At the aforementioned PPV, Cage defeated Angle after interference from Tomko and Steiner and the assistance of a lead pipe to retain the World Title.[51] On the March 6 edition of Impact!, Cage had told Angle and Joe that Tomko and Steiner were his "family" which he called the Christian Coalition, here to prevent anyone from defeating him. At Destination X, despite the Coalition's absence from his side (Tomko went to Japan while Steiner fully focused on facing Angle), Cage pinned Samoa Joe by reversing his patented Coquina Clutch into a pin, using the ropes for leverage.[52] At Lockdown, Cage's expanded Coalition team of himself, Abyss, Tomko, Steiner, and Styles lost to the team of Angle, Sting, Joe, Rhino, and Jarrett when Sting gained the winning pinfall on Abyss.[53] After this PPV, Abyss would be forcibly kicked out while Steiner would leave to team with his brother, leaving the group to Cage, Styles, and Tomko. Due to acquiring the pinfall, Sting earned an NWA World Heavyweight Championship match at Sacrifice. On Impact! broadcast on May 3, Sting and Angle forced Styles to submit to a double ankle lock, setting up a three way for the NWA Title at Sacrifice. Due to a prematch stipulation, Jim Cornette gave both Angle and Sting the title shot.

On May 13, Cage was stripped of the NWA World Heavyweight Championship by NWA Executive Director Robert K. Trobich when the NWA ended its relationship with TNA. Despite this, Cage defended and lost the "NWA World Heavyweight Championship" status (using the NWA belt) against Sting and Kurt Angle at Sacrifice later that night, after Angle forced Sting to tap out to his Ankle Lock, as Sting was pinning Cage.[54] The following week on Impact! all three men claimed themselves champion, Christian's claim stemming from a (kayfabe) indecision bylaw in the NWA rulebook (this was the last NWA reference connected to current [at the time] world title status in TNA). Jim Cornette came to the ring and announced none of the men were champion and announced a King of the Mountain match for the new TNA World Heavyweight Championship. Cage qualified by defeating Abyss via disqualification. He went on to lose the match at Slammiversary when he was speared off the ladder by Chris Harris and started a feud with him.[55]

Cage defeated Harris at Victory Road with help from the returning Dustin Rhodes.[56] After Victory Road, Christian's Coalition restarted their rivalry with Abyss and Sting. This led to a tag team ladder match on Impact! of Cage & Styles versus Abyss and Sting, with the stipulation that if either Abyss or Sting would grab the contract on top of the ladder they would pick the match at Hard Justice. Cage and Styles lost after TNA debuting wrestler "The Punisher" Andrew Martin helped Abyss to grab the document. On TNA Today it was announced that Abyss choose a Doomsday Chamber of Blood match, in which Cage left the match and the steel cage before the match ended. The winner of the match was Abyss. On the August 16 Impact!, Cage got a shot to become the number one contender for the World Championship once again, after Abyss put his contendership on the line in a First Blood match. Thanks to Samoa Joe – who was infuriated, having overheard Cage claim himself "the real World Heavyweight Champion" just days after Joe had been played by Kurt Angle at Hard Justice – more than nullifying A.J. Styles' assistance to Cage, Abyss won the match as Cage was busted open from chair shots by Joe and Abyss.

Moving into a feud with Joe, Christian defeated him at No Surrender by disqualification due to Joe attacking the referee after not releasing the Coquina Clutch on Cage.[57] At Bound For Glory, Cage lost to Samoa Joe after tapping out to the Coquina Clutch.[58] This ended his 23½ month undefeated (defined as not being pinned or made to submit) streak in TNA, which is the longest in the companies history. During the Fight for the Right Tournament coming to a conclusion at Genesis, Cage was about to defeat Kaz in "his" ladder match when Styles and Tomko came out against his orders and distracted him, allowing Kaz to pick up the victory.[59] Minutes later, they helped Kurt Angle retain the TNA World Title against Kevin Nash, Sting, and the TNA-debuting Booker T, joining the Angle Alliance and marking the possible loss of Christian's Coalition. Christian teamed up with Robert Roode in a losing effort to the team of Booker T and Kaz at TNA's last PPV in 2007, Turning Point, claiming that Booker came from WWE to steal his spot in TNA.[60]

On the December 20 edition of Impact!, Cage came out of a present and attacked Kurt Angle. This led to Cage challenging Angle for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Final Resolution. The following week he demanded a response from A.J. Styles on whether he would choose to align himself with the Angle Alliance or Christian's Coalition. However, Impact! ran out of TV time before Styles could give a response - and after Impact! left the air, he ran away seeking out Tomko. On the January 3 edition of Impact!, Tomko quit both the Alliance and the Coalition, with Cage expressing no ill will towards the decision. He was defeated at Final Resolution by Angle after Styles interfered on Angle's behalf, helping him retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship.[61] Christian got another championship match against Kurt Angle at Against All Odds with both men's rival Samoa Joe as a Special Guest Enforcer. On the last Impact! before the pay-per-view, Cage was attacked by Angle and Styles, only for Tomko to run to the ring and make the save, letting Cage know that he had his back. At Against All Odds, with the referee down and Samoa Joe distracted with Styles, Tomko betrayed Cage for good by delivering a torture rack neckbreaker on him and costing him the championship.[62]

Following this, he joined Kevin Nash and Samoa Joe as the Unlikely Alliance, a group setup to take out the Angle Alliance (Angle, Styles, and Tomko). The Unlikely Alliance won a six-man tag between the two teams at Destination X.[63] Later on, Christian would lead a team including Matt Morgan, Kevin Nash and former allies Sting and Rhino, who Christian reconciled with in the weeks leading to the event, against Tomko and his team in the Lethal Lockdown match at Lockdown, a match Christian's team won.[64] At Sacrifice, Cage teamed up with Rhino once again in a Deuce's Wild Tournament for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, but lost to Team 3D in the semi-finals when Brother Devon hit Rhino with a kendo stick and covered him up for the win. Team 3D put Cage through a glass table on the June 26 edition of Impact!, as retaliation for Cage and Rhino aiding Styles in his ongoing feud with Angle. At Hard Justice Cage, along with Rhino, defeated Team 3D in a New Jersey Street Fight, thus ending their feud. Cage would then defeat Styles to get a title shot, in a match also containing the champion, Samoa Joe, Kurt Angle and Booker T. Due to Hurricane Ike, Booker could not make the event, but Joe retained the Championship anyway after some assistance from the returning Jeff Jarrett. At Bound for Glory IV Cage faced Styles and Booker in a 3 Way Dance match, which Booker won.[65] Christian again faced Booker T, this time at Turning Point, for the TNA Legends Title, but ended up losing and having to join The Main Event Mafia.[66] On the November 13, 2008 episode of Impact!, Cage was attacked by The Main Event Mafia and was scripted into an injury rendering him inactive. This would be his last appearance in TNA. Reso's contract with TNA expired and Cage's profile was removed from TNA's official website in early January 2009.[

Return to WWE
After Reso's contract expired with TNA, the president of the promotion Dixie Carter confirmed that Reso had re-signed with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).[69] On the February 10 episode of ECW on Sci Fi, Reso made his return to WWE as a fan favorite under his "Christian" ring name, where it was confirmed that he would be wrestling on its ECW brand. Later that night, Christian defeated ECW Champion Jack Swagger in a non-title match.[70]

On the February 24 episode of ECW on Sci Fi, Christian faced Jack Swagger for the ECW championship but failed to win the title.[71] On March 10, 2009 Christian won a tri-branded 15 man battle royal on ECW, putting him in the Money in the Bank ladder match at WrestleMania XXV; however, CM Punk went on to win the match.[72][73] After winning an "elimination chase" tournament,[74][75][76] Christian again became the number one contender to the ECW Championship, and at Backlash[77], he defeated Swagger to win the title. Christian retained the title against Swagger at Judgment Day.[78] Christian lost the Championship to Tommy Dreamer at Extreme Rules in a hardcore Triple Threat match that also involved Swagger.[79] Christian received his rematch on the Raw 3-For-All edition but was defeated by Dreamer.[80] Christian would then go onto The Bash and enter the Championship Scramble match for the ECW title, but in the end, lost the match.[81]
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Career Achievements

East Coast Wrestling Association
o ECWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[9]

Insane Championship Wrestling
o ICW Streetfight Tag Team Championship (2 times)[4] – with Sexton Hardcastle

New Tokyo Pro Wrestling
o NTPW Pro Tag Team Championship (1 time)[74] – with Sexton Hardcastle

Pennsylvania Championship Wrestling
o PCW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[75]

Pro Wrestling Illustrated
o PWI Match of the Year (2000) with Edge vs. the Hardy Boyz vs. the Dudley Boyz in a triangle ladder match at WrestleMania 2000[76]
o PWI Match of the Year (2001) with Edge vs. the Hardy Boyz vs. the Dudley Boys in TLC II at WrestleMania X-Seven[76]
o PWI ranked him # 7 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2007.[77]

Southern States Wrestling
o SSW Tag Team Championship (1 time)[4] – with Edge

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
o NWA World Heavyweight Championship (2 times)[78]

World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment
o ECW Championship (1 time, current)
o WWF European Championship (1 time)[26]
o WWF Hardcore Championship (1 time)[79]
o WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (3 times)[25]
o WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time)[13]
o WWF/E World Tag Team Championship (9 times)[28] – with Edge (7), Lance Storm (1) and Chris Jericho (1)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
o Tag Team of the Year (2000) with Edge

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And we areeee set heart

So people, lets discuss the one the only...CHRISTIANNNNN heart

[iAnacondaVice]

*marks out* xd

[BlissfulMisery]

Capt'n Charisma : D

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iAnacondaVice

*marks out* xd

heart xp

[lilhypa1]

Its Funny, I Still Call Him Christian Cage... xD

[ECW Sandman]

Christian is pretty good. Pity WWE doesn't use him to his fullest capicty. I would love to see him face CM Punk. I think those two would put on a great match.

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lilhypa1

Its Funny, I Still Call Him Christian Cage... xD

i call him that as well..and i didnt really watch tna rofl

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Wereameba

Christian is pretty good. Pity WWE doesn't use him to his fullest capicty. I would love to see him face CM Punk. I think those two would put on a great match.

that would be a good match 3nodding
maybe next week he gets drafted to Raw and has a couple match ups with Punk XP

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You do not deserve your own thread!!!

j/k j/k

I wonder when Vince will let him have the title?

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lilhypa1

Its Funny, I Still Call Him Christian Cage... xD

I never stopped calling him Christian, even when he was in TNA.


Christian rocks. I think he's either going to get moved in the draft and get the US or IC Title soon, or they'll send him after the ECW title again, this time having him win it.

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I was hoping Christian would get pinned tonight. I'm starting to think he won't get drafted after all.