A Quick Rant

So, I didn't get a chance to watch RAW tonight, but I just read the results and I have come to two conclusions.

First Conclusion: Women don't mean anything in the WWE.

Second Conclusion: Tag teams don't mean anything in the WWE.

Women

Take a good look at this picture. This is the last time you will see a legitimate woman hold the divas title in a long time. Now, I started writing this rant before I knew that Beth was injured during RAW tonight, but couldn't they have done something better than putting the title on Nikki Bella. I would have much rather had Kharma squash Beth on Smackdown. Then when she comes back she can have some vengeance and we can have the feud that we have all been waiting for. The other question going through my head is if this means the Bella Twins signed new contracts. I guess if she does not lose the title next week they are here to stay. Wouldn't it be weird if only one decided to sign?

Tag Team

Remember these guys? They are suppose to be your tag team champions. You know, the best tag team in the WWE. What's that you say? They lost to Big Show and Great Khali last week? They also lost to Santino Marella and Zack Ryder this week? They have not won a televised match since the preshow of Wrestlemania 28.

 

 

RAW Thoughts 4/16/12

Match 1: CM Punk vs. Mark Henry for the WWE Championship in a No DQ Match, Featuring Chris Jericho

 

Right when this match started I had two questions. Why is this match at the beginning of the show and why did Mark Henry get the jobber entrance? Right away you know that Mark Henry has no way of winning when he isn't even important enough to get his own entrance. I also really miss the falls count anywhere match. Why can't they just add that stipulation to no DQ matches? Once the match goes out of the ring it really starts to pick up. Those kicks from CM Punk to Henry's back sound like they really hurt. I would love to see another Mark Henry title reign, but I do not want him to beat Punk. Speaking of the other champion, Sheamus beat Mark Henry in under 3 minutes in February. Now it is taking CM Punk over 10 minutes. Another great thing is the crowd, they were really into everything that Punk was doing. The match ended fine, but I was disappointed that Punk did not pick Henry up into the GTS. It was also announced that CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho is going to be a Chicago Street Fight. I can't wait! This feud has great psychology. Also, according to Jericho, anyone who goes into a pub must be drinking. I like how CM Punk said this even after I put it into my notes on the match.

Segment 1: R-Truth, Theodore Long

 I find R-Truth hilarious! The music in the background during this segment was perfect. I wonder where they are going to go with the whole thing of R-Truth trying to find Teddy Long a job.

Match 2: Santino Marella vs. David Otunga for the United States Championship

  Santino taking off all those shirts at the beginning was really funny. I noticed that Otunga is imitating Chris Masters. He has the cape that he drops at the beginning of his entrance and he does all the flexing. I really enjoy that Santino is getting some credibility and bringing that credibility back to the United States Championship. He has defended the title way more than Jack Swagger ever did. It was a short match, but it ended with something great... The Trombone!

Segment 2: Lord Tensai, Sakamoto

I think that Lord Tensai stopped Sakamoto because he doesn't understand Japonese. I mean, Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler think it is important to tell us every week that he isn't from Japan, he just went there to hone his skills.

Segment 3: Brock Lesnar

 I still have a hard time taking him serious with his voice. Maybe that is why they always had Paul Heyman talking for him. He says that no WWE Superstar has ever had the accolades that he has. No one also never complained about travel like he did. He keeps bringing up UFC, but he always seems to let the NFL and Minnesota Vikings slip his mind.  I am really hoping Cena beats the crap out of him. I do not think this arrogance is him portraying a character. I legitimately think he believes everything he is saying. I really do not like Brock Lesnar.

Match 3: Zack Ryder vs. Kane

Someone needs to talk to Zack Ryder's doctors. He recovered from a broken back faster than anyone in the history of the world. I think that Kane should bring back Demolition with that mask he wears to the ring. Zack Ryder has really dropped in the pecking order. Michael Cole hurts my brain. He said, "Instead of Woo! Woo! Woo! Zack Ryder is saying Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!." Kane wins a quick match. 

Segment 4: Kofi Kingston, AJ, Daniel Bryan

  Daniel Bryan is quickly becoming one of my favorite heel personas. Changing the Lebell Lock to the Yes Lock was great. I wish I would have kept count how many times he said yes at the end of this segment. 

Segment 5: John Cena, John Laurinaitis

 Can't they just turn John Cena heel? The boos are not going to go away.  I like that they are showing more than just CM Punk mad at John Laurinaitis. I liked Cena's impression of Johnny. He had everything perfectly, including the raspy voice. I do like how they are going in a different direction with the Lesnar feud, than they did with The Rock feud. It is about time that Johnny got some theme music. His new music sounds so arrogant and it fits him perfectly. 

Segment 6: Hornswoggle

What was that?  I find it hard to believe that Hornswoggle has been with the company for 6 years now. It does not seem like that long since we were introduced to the Little Bastard.

Match 4: Kofi Kingston vs. Daniel Bryan

 YES! YES! YES! YES! I really enjoy watching both of these guys wrestle. It was nonstop action throughout the whole match. I really enjoy watching Bryan evolve into this heel and change his style of wrestling. On the outside, that turnbuckle spot was amazing. I like that Kofi actually got a chance to showcase his talent. Daniel Bryan wins! I think the WWE are fooling themselves if they think the yes chants are going to quit. YES! YES! YES! YES!

Match 5: Brodus Clay vs. Dolph Ziggler, Featuring Vickie Guerrero, Jack Swagger

 The only thing I hate about a Brodus Clay match is all of the dinosaur references Jerry Lawler and Michael Cole make. Speaking of dinosaurs... Here comes Vickie Guerrero! (Sorry, but I couldn't help myself.) At least Dolph Ziggler doesn't look like he is straight out of the Barbie section of a toy store this week. Another quick match. I knew it was too good to be true to expect an actual Brodus Clay singles match. 

 

Segment 7: John Laurinaitis, David Otunga, Eve

I hope this storyline with Eve is going somewhere. She is wasting TV time for valuable talent. 

Segment 8: R-Truth, Teddy Long

Can they just leave R-Truth out of matches and put him in strictly backstage segments.  I just want to hear him make his dolphin noise that he made during the debate before Elimination Chamber.

Match 6: Great Khali and Big Show vs. Epico and Primo, Featuring AW

Wow! I can't believe that the tag team champions are actually on television. Sometimes I even forget that there are tag team champions. This was nothing special. Just another short match and Big Show and Khali doing some sort of dance afterward. Why don't they just acknowledge that AW is Abraham Washington?

Match 7: John Cena vs. Lord Tensai in an Extreme Rules Match, Featuring Sakamoto, John Laurinaitis, David Otunga

 I hope that this starts a Lord Tensai vs. Cena feud. On commentary Michael Cole says that Tensai means distruction. I looked it up on Google Translate and I couldn't get anything for it. The closes meaning it gave me was reprint which kind of makes since. Lord Tensai is just a reprint of Albert and A-Train. I am still waiting for somebody to start a shave your back chant during a Lord Tensai match. Again, they make Cena look helpless. If you recall, this was the same person that everyone complained about because he never lost. Tensai's offense seem really stiff. Seeing the return of the mist is cool, but it is not as cool as when Tajiri would use it. Does anyone remember when Tajiri spit it into the face of Jonathan Coachman?

Overall Thoughts: Another good episode of RAW. They are really pushing the Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena match. I am a little worried because we only have three shows left until the Pay Per View and we only have three announced matches. I like that they did not have Lord Tensai squashing jobbers for months. *cough* Brodus Clay *cough* I hope after Daniel Bryan's feud is over with Sheamus that he does not just drop down the rankings. I want him to stay credible and enter into a new feud.

No Way Out

There is news that No Way Out is going to be centered around cage matches. This is really starting to annoy me. I am not a big fan of the gimmick pay per views. There is one simple reason why I do not like each pay per view having their own gimmick...

To better understand why I do not like the gimmick PPVs let's go back and look at Triple H vs. The Undertaker from Wrestlemania 28. This is a match where a gimmick was used to further along a storyline. Triple H vs. Undertaker was already done at Wrestlemania 27 and Wrestlemania 17. In order to make this match not feel like a remake of an old match they added the Hell in the Cell stipulation. That is how a gimmick should be used. To further along a feud. I feel like now when we are getting close to the Hell in the Cell Pay Per View it almost seems like, "Hey, let's have our match in a cell because we have to."

From 1997 to 2008 there were a total of 16 Hell in a Cell matches. From 2009 to the present there were 9 Hell in a cell matches. That is over half as many in three years than there was in eleven years. Out of those 9 matches, there were only two that were not at the Hell in a Cell Pay Per View. One was a RAW dark match so it wasn't even televised and the other was the Triple H vs. Undertaker match from Wrestlemania 28.

Even more ridiculous is the Elimination Chamber Pay Per View. There have been a total of 15 elimination chamber matches. A total of 5 of them have happened before they started becoming an annual event at the No Way Out PPV in February. It was eventually just named Elimination Chamber. Since 2008, the February PPV has had two elimination chambers on the card. I believe that this is a little overkill.

Gimmick matches do not have the same meaning if they become annual events. It used to be special if we got a chance to see a Hell in the Cell, TLC, or Elimination Chamber match. Now, we know we can expect these matches to happen every year. I was excited when they announced Undertaker vs. Triple H happening in Hell in a Cell. When October comes around and they announce the WWE Championship match in a Hell in a Cell I will not be nearly as excited

So, that is what I think about gimmick PPVs. Leave a comment and tell me what you think.

Spring Cleaning Part 2

Here are the rest of the superstars who I think may have a chance to be future endeavored this year. Just like last time I will judge them based on the grading scale of safe or sorry.

Michael McGillicutty

To make sure that I didn't forget anybody, I was using WWE website's superstars section. To tell you the truth, I was still surprised he was a part of the roster. This is a toss up for me. On one hand he is a former WWE Tag Team Champion and could just be moved down to FCW and repackaged and brought back up to the main roster. On the other hand, he hasn't wrestled on live television in a long time. After further research, I did not realize he was on NXT Redemption, but that still does not count as live television since it is only available on the internet in the United States. After realizing he just had a current feud on NXT I will call him safe.

Tyler Reks

 Just like his tag team partner, Curt Hawkins, Tyler Reks is not used very much on television except for appearances on Superstars and NXT (which aren't shown in the United States on television). I will have to say sorry to Tyler Reks. Especially if you think about how Reks and Hawkins were drafted to NXT and none of the superstars on NXT are suppose to technically have a WWE contract since it is a "reality show". 

Jinder Mahal

 I wish I could just go ahead and say sorry right now, but I can't. I really hate this guy. He is boring and has done nothing since he ended his tag team with The Great Khali. I don not think he is going to be gone any time soon. With the rumor that Khali may be on his last legs, WWE wants to keep their India fanbase happy. So Jinder Mahal is safe.

Tyson Kidd and Justin Gabriel

The reason I put these two together is because they have a very similar story and were just recently thrown into a tag team. Ask me about them a month ago and I would have said that they were probably going to be released in the next group of releases. Now, that the WWE has thrown them together into a tag team, I believe that their chances to stay are pretty high, even with Justin Gabriel's injury. I am excited for this because I have been a fan of their work since they both debuted. On the New Hart Foundation I enjoyed watching Tyson Kidd way more than DH Smith and Justin Gabriel was always my favorite member of the original Nexus. I will say safe on both of them.

Trent Barreta

 Another person on the roster that is going nowhere, and going nowhere fast. His last feud was against Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks where they would play pranks on each other. This was in late 2011 and early 2012. To make a long story short (actually his story really isn't that long), Trent Barreta will be Sorry.

This is the end of my spring cleaning posts. What do you think? Do you agree with my predictions? Do you disagree? Leave a comment below!

 

RAW Thoughts 4/9/12

Segment 1: John Laurinaitis, David Otunga, Brock Lesnar, John Cena

 Was there even a point to Johnny and Otunga being out there? Lesnar could have easily came out himself after the video package (awesome video package, by the way) and be interrupted by Cena. I was surprised that the WWE acknowledged UFC when Michael Cole mentioned that  Lesnar was a former UFC Heavyweight Champion. I was also surprised when Cena provoked the attack by slapping Lesnar. Maybe this could be a slow heel turn? (Hey, I can dream can't I!) When the locker room empties out I noticed that Dolph Ziggler sticks out like a sore thumb in his all pink attire. I still cannot believe that they showed Cena bleeding. That shows how high he is up on the WWE's list. You can only be shown bleeding if your Cena. Maybe the PG era is coming to an end. (Another hopeful thought.) Overall I really liked this segment and it showed a fire in John Cena.

Match 1: Brodus Clay and Santino Marella vs. Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler

I think that Brodus and Santino make a great tag team. The beginning of the match was kind of boring with Santino and Ziggler going for pin attempts. This is the longest match that the Funkasaurus has ever been in and the first time he is knocked off his feet. Also, Lawler took a great shot at Cole saying if he was a dinosaur he would have reptile dysfunction. This goes way back to when Cole said Lawler couldn't make it because he had erectile dysfunction. I still was disappointed that Clay still squashed Ziggler when he was tagged in. Can we at least see him in a competitive match?

Segment 2: The Miz, John Laurinaitis, Teddy Long, John Cena

I am loving Cena's new attitude. I think he is becoming more intense even after his build up with his match with The Rock. He is now this guy who loves to fight and isn't the pacifist that he is sometimes portrayed to be.

Segment 3: Santino Marella, Curt Hawkins, Tyler Reks

Wow! Curt Hawkins and Tyler Reks are on  my TV. Sometimes I forget they are even on the roster. As usual, Santino is his hilarious self as he looks for the stooges.

Segment 4: Santino Marella, Kane

Santino is funny again. Obviously Kane doesn't want anything to do with him. I think Santino wet himself a little when he saw Kane. I hope they have big plans in store for Kane after this Randy Orton feud.

Match 2: R-Truth vs. Cody Rhodes, Featuring Big Show

I am really looking forward to Cody Rhodes getting moved to the main event. I have been a fan of his since he was in The Legacy with Ted DiBiase and Randy Orton. I like how they are having Big Show mess with Cody's head after the weeks of torment Cody gave him before Wrestlemania. I do hope that Big Show can get more embarrassing footage so he isn't showing the same stuff every week.

Segment 5: Santino Marella, Three Stooges

I am not looking forward to the new Three Stooges movie. I like their older stuff, but I do not think it fits will in 2012. All the jokes they did here just seemed to be outdated. One part I did really like is when Santino was teaching Moe how to do the cobra and Moe said that this is the Moebra.

Match 3: Lord Tensai vs. Yoshi Tatsu

Do you think Lord Tensai has to shave his back every week? I do like how this match actually has a storyline rather than random jobber A vs. random jobber B. Lord Tensai is a very stiff wrestler. I like how they are doing elongated squash matches rather than the one minute matches we were seeing from Brodus Clay. I also loved the Albert chants during the match.

 Segment 6: CM Punk, Chris Jericho

I love it when these two get on the microphone against each other.  I hope all the younger WWE fans are listening to Punk's message about the dangers of alcohol. I would love to see a CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan feud. It would be straight edge vs. vegan. Great psychology for this whole segment, especially when Punk said that he "smelled just like his father did." I'm interested to see what type of match they will have at Extreme Rules.

Match 4: CM Punk vs. Mark Henry, Featuring Chris Jericho

Another short match, but it told a story. I do not usually like DQ endings, but I feel like it was needed for this to show the mindset of Punk and what he is going through. With all this mentioning of alcohol, this would be a good introduction into a CM Punk and Stone Cold feud.  Interesting how they will censor bitch for Chris Jericho, but not for The Rock.

Match 5: Zack Ryder vs. Alberto Del Rio

The only reason I am happy that Del Rio is back is that Ricardo Rodriguez is back on my TV. I hope that Zack can move back up the card after this stupid storyline with Eve. Another quick match. This seems to be the theme for tonight.

Segment 7: Three Stooges, Kane

These stooges are very annoying. They are suppose to be promoting their new movie, it just makes me not want to see it. They are just not as funny as the originals. The fans had absolutely no reaction to them. I was surprised that they acknowledged Hulk Hogan on WWE TV, but that has got to be the deadest reaction I ever heard when Real American was played. On the plus side, Kane found the Stooges for Santino. And everyone thought he was a mean guy.

Segment 8: Mark Henry Interview

I cannot wait until the match next week. I am a fan of CM Punk and have jumped on the Mark Henry bandwagon ever since he introduced his Hall of Pain last year. I think, given the time, they will be able to put on a good match.

Segment 9: Brock Lesnar Interview

Is it just me, or does Brock Lesnar's voice not make him sound too much like a monster. He talks about leaving the company, but doesn't mention that he couldn't handle the traveling and that is why he left. First we have The Rock calling Cean Kung Pao Chicken and now Lesnar mentions Cena holding his jock strap.

Match 6: David Otunga vs. John Cena, Featuring Brock Lesnar

Maybe that is why Jericho is so angry all the time, Otunga stole all of his body oil. Does anyone remember when these two were the tag team champions? Otunga has turned from my least favorite member of Nexus, to an actually interesting character. I'm confused on whether they are trying to play Brock as a face or a heel.

Overall Thoughts: Today was a pretty good episode of RAW. They moved along the John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar and CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho feuds. The only problem I have is that all the matches were really short. They could have take away all this Three Stooges stuff and add more time to their matches. I am waiting for the time that John Cena gets the advantage of Brock Lesnar.

 

Spring Cleaning Part 1

It has been rumored that WWE is going to start cleaning up their roster soon. Here are my thoughts on who I think should start filling out some applications and who I think may possibly be safe. I will not highlight everyone on the roster. We know that people like John Cena, Beth Phoenix, and Randy Orton are safe, this is mainly about the lowest of the midcards. I will be grading them by calling them safe or sorry.

Alex Riley

  

A year ago he was Miz's right hand man. Now he is cannon fodder to the Lord Tensai and the first person  eliminated in this year's Royal Rumble. I do not think that he is completely safe from being future endeavored, but I am going to predict he is safe.

Aksana

Has she even amounted to anything since NXT? I quit watching NXT after season 2, but everyone ends up on the main roster anyway so it really doesn't matter. She is kind of a toss up. On one hand she did have an actual storyline, on the other hand it was as Teddy Long's girl. I am going to go on a limb here and say sorry.

Curt Hawkins

 Here is the Marty Jannetty of the Major Brothers/Edgeheads. He has not amounted to anything since Zack Ryder left him. The only thing he will beat Zack Ryder at is being future endeavored first. Sorry.

Ezekiel Jackson

 When Ezekiel won the Intercontinental Title I thought there were big things ahead for him. I still think that there may be something there for him. He fits the perfect build that Vince likes and I'm going to say safe. 

Heath Slater

The one man rock band may be playing his final show. Out of all the members of the Nexus, he seemed to do the least after the storyline ended. I am going to say sorry.

The Usos

 
Ask me this a year ago and I would have said they were out the door. Now with the tag division dwindling and no one else to challenge Epico and Primo I think that they are safe.

JTG

I have always thought that JTG was the less talented of the two Cryme Tyme members and I was surprised when he lasted longer than Shad. Sorry.

These are my thoughts on a few of the people that I think should be watching their backs or they are going to be joining the future endeavored club. What do you think? Comment below!

Happy Easter!

To celebrate Easter I have decided to do a special Easter edition of a superstar profile. The Easter Bunny!

Stats:
Real Name: Aaron Haddad
Height: 6'4"
Weight: 252 Lbs.
Born: August 3, 1982
Debut: July 27, 2003
Retired: July 27, 2003


The Easter Bunny
The Easter Bunny's only  appearance was at Vengeance in 2003. He participated in a barroom brawl that also included Bradshaw, Danny Basham, Doug Basham, Brooklyn Brawler, Brother Love, Matt Cappotelli, Conquistador Uno, Conquistador Dos, Doink the Clown, Funaki, Matt Hardy, John Hennigan, Orlando Jordan, Kanyon, Shannon Moore, Nunzio, Sean O'Haire, Chuck Palumbo, Ron Simmons, Spanky, and Johnny Stamboli. The match was won by Bradshaw when he was the last man standing.

The Rated R Superstar

I will start my wrestler profiles by profiling my favorite superstar of all time and one of the newest inductees into the WWE Hall of Fame, The Rated R Superstar, Edge.

Stats:                                                                                          Signature Moves                     
Real Name: Adam Copeland                                                      Spear                                                   
Height: 6'5"                                                                                    Downward Spiral                    
Weight: 241 Lbs.                                                                           Edgecator                   
Birth: October 30, 1973                                                               Edgecution                   
Debuted: July 1, 1993                                                                   Con-Chair-To                   
Retired: April 11, 2011

Wrestling Accomplishments:

• 2 time ICW Street Fight Tag Team Champion (with Christian)
• 1 time NTPW Tag Team Champion (with Christian)
• 1 time SSW Tag Team Champion (with Christian Cage)
• 7 time World Heavyweight Champion
• 4 time WWE Champion
• 5 time WWE Intercontinental Champion
• 1 time WCW United States Champion
• 12 time WWE World Tag Team Champion (with Christian (7 times), Chris Benoit (2 times), Hulk Hogan (1 time), Randy Orton (1 time), and Chris Jericho (1 time))
• 2 time WWE Tag Team Champion (with Rey Mysterio and Chris Jericho)
• 2001 King of the Ring Winner
• 2005 Money in the Bank Winner
• 2010 Royal Rumble Winner
• 2012 WWE Hall of Fame Inductee

Pro Wrestling Illustrated Awards

• PWI Match of the Year (2000) (with Christian vs. Dudley Boys vs. The Hardy Boyz in a triangle ladder match at Wrestlemania 2000)
• PWI Match of the Year (2001) (with Christian vs. Dudley Boys vs. Hardy Boyz in Tables, Ladders and Chairs Match at Wrestlemania X-Seven)
• PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (2001)
• PWI Comeback of the Year (2004)
• PWI Feud of the Year (2005) (with Lita vs. Matt Hardy) 
• PWI Feud of the Year (2006) (vs. John Cena)
• PWI Most Hated Wrestler of the Year (2006)

Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards

• Tag team of the Year (2000) (with Christian)
• Match of the year (2002) (with Rey Mysterio vs. Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit at No Mercy)
• Worst Worked Match of the Year (2008) (vs. Vladmir Kozlov and Triple H at Survivor Series)
• Worst Feud of the Year (2010) (vs. Kane)

Early Life
Adam Copeland is from a single parent family. He has never met his father or seen a picture of him. When he was 18 he won an essay contest at Sully's Gym offering him free wrestling training. Copeland put his wrestling aspirations aside to help pay for the bills and got a degree in radio broadcasting from Humber College.


Early Career
Throughout the 1990s Copeland wrestled on the independent circuit under the name Sexton Hardcastle. He formed a stable called Sex and Violence with Joe Legend, Zakk Wyld, Bill Skullion, Rhino Richards, and his longtime childhood friend, Christian Cage.  He also had a short stint with World Championship Wrestling.

World Wrestling Federation and The Brood
Copeland was asked to wrestle in a WWF match by the legend, Bret Hart in 1996. He debuted on November 10, 1997 as Sexton Hardcastle. That was the night after Hart left the company. He officially mad his television debut on June 22 1998. He was portrayed as a loner character and entered the arena through the crowd. Edge began to feud with the vampire character known as Gangrel. During the feud Gangrel introduced Christian to the fans as Edge's brother. Eventually Edge joined Christian and Gangrel and they were known as The Brood. The brood would then join The Undertaker's Ministry of Darkeness, but in May 1999 they broke away after Christian was beat up by Ken Shamrock and forced to reveal the whereabouts of Stephanie McMahon. The Undertaker chose to punish Christian, but Edge and Gangrel stood by his side.

Edge won his first singles title on July 24, 1999 when he captured the Intercontinental title from Jeff Jarrett at a house show in Toronto. He lost it the next night at the Fully Loaded Pay Per View. Later in the year Edge and Christian were betrayed by Gangrel when he formed the New Brood with Matt and Jeff Hardy, also known as the Hardy Boyz. Edge and Christian (as they were now being called) won their first tag team championship when they beat The Hardy Boyz and the Dudley Boys in a triple threat ladder match at Wrestlemania 2000. They won the titles six more times after that. During this time they trademarked the five second pose. Along with the two previously mentioned teams, Edge and Christian competed in the first ever Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match at Summerslam 2000.

Intercontinental Champion
Edge won the King of the Ring tournament in June of 2001 and sided with the WWF during the Invasion angle. Out of jealousy, Christian betrayed Edge and the two feuded over the Intercontinental Championship. They traded the title back and forth a couple of times. Edge then lost the Intercontinental title to Test, but won the United States Title. At Survivor Series 2001, he beat Test to unify the two titles. 

At the beginning of 2002 Edge was put into a feud with William Regal where he came up short. He also feuded with Booker T over a Japanese shampoo endorsement. Edge was then drafted to Smackdown in the first ever WWE draft lottery. He started out on Smackdown with a feud against Kurt Angle where Angle was forced to get his head shaven in a hair vs. hair match. He also won the World Tag Team Championship with his childhood idol, Hulk Hogan. After No Way Out 2003, Edge had a neck injury and would be sidelined for about a year.

The Return of Edge
Edge was drafted by the RAW brand when he recovered from injury.  He had success and won the World Tag Team Championship with Chris Benoit and the Intercontinental Championship, but it was all short lived because he suffered a groin injury which made him vacate the title. Upon his return Edge started showing a more villainous side. He was one of the possible votes (along with Shawn Michaels and Chris Benoit) to be able to compete against Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship. Shawn Michaels won, so Benoit and Edge were put into the tag team championship match. During the match Edge walked out on his partner, but Benoit still managed to win the titles. Edge then interfered in Shawn Michaels match, costing him the championship.

On the November 1 RAW, Edge and Benoit lost the tag team titles when Edge just sat in a chair and watched Benoit get beat up. After the match Edge attacked Benoit. During a battle royal for the number one contender to the World Heavyweight Title Edge and Chris Benoit both eliminated each other from the match, making the world title match a triple threat. During the match Edge pinned Benoit at the same time Benoit got Triple H to submit to the Crippler Crossface. As a result, the title was vacated. In January 2005, Edge competed in his first ever elimination chamber at New Year's Revolution. Edge was the first eliminated after a Shawn Michaels Superkick. This resulted in a match at the Royal Rumble where Edge won.

Mr. Money In The Bank and Matt Hardy
At Wrestlemania 21, Edge won the first ever Money In the Bank Match. This gave him a contract for a World Heavyweight Championship match at some point during the year. During this time Copeland began an affair with Amy Dumas, also known as Lita. During the time that Copeland started the affair, Dumas was still dating Copeland's friend, Matt Hardy. Shortly after the incident, the WWE released Hardy resulting in a lot of backlash from the fans against Copeland.  Later in the year Hardy returned and the real life incident was created into a storyline.

During a match with Kane in July of 2005, Hardy returned and issued threats to Edge and Lita. Edge and Hardy had a match at Summerslam where Edge won and Hardy had a significant amount of blood loss. They fought a few more times and eventually they entered in a loser leaves RAW ladder match. Edge won and Hardy left RAW and headed to Smackdown. After this Edge suffered a torn pectoralis major muscle and was sidelined for a few weeks. During his time off from active competition he started his own talk show on RAW called The Cutting Edge and he started calling himself the Rated R Superstar.

Feud with John Cena
After the grueling elimination chamber match at New Years Revolution in 2006 where John Cena retained the WWE Championship, Edge decided it was time to cash in his money in the bank. Edge defeated Cena in less than two minutes and won his first ever WWE Championship. This resulted in one of the most heated moments in RAW history. Edge and his girlfriend Lita said that they were going to have a live sex show on that nights RAW. Before anything got underway they were interrupted by Ric Flair. Edge attacked Flair with a Con-Chair-To and John Cena came out to save him. At the Royal Rumble Edge lost the championship to Cena.

Edge lost again on a special Thursday night episode of RAW. He blamed special referee Mick Foley for his loss and this resulted in a hardcore match at Wrestlemania 22. Edge won when he speared Foley through a flaming table and suffered second degree burns. After this feud Edge continued to challenge Cena for his championship. This resulted in a triple threat match at Backlash also involving Triple H that Cena won. After this match Edge continued to feud with Mick Foley until Foley betrayed his friend Tommy Dreamer and sided with Edge and they started calling each other the true hardcore champions. At One Night Stand Edge, Foley, and Lita defeated Tommy Dreamer, Terry Funk and Beulah McGillicutty. Later in the event Edge interfered in John Cena's and Rob Van Dam's championship match allowing RVD to win the title.

Edge won number one contenders match on RAW, but was unable to win the title from RVD at Vengeance. Two weeks later on RAW Edge pinned RVD in a triple threat match also involving Cena to win his second WWE Championship. Edge lost to Cena at Saturday Night's Main Event by disqualification so he would not lose his title. This resulted in a match at Summerslam where if Edge was disqualified he would lose his championship. Edge beat Cena after hitting him with brass knuckles when the referee was not looking. After this Edge disposed of Cena's spinner belt and revealed his new Rated R belt. Cena then made a deal with Edge that if he could not beat Edge for the title at Unforgiven in Edge's hometown of Toronto, Cena would move to Smackdown. Edge agreed and declared that it would be a TLC match. Cena won after giving Edge the FU of the ladder through two stacked tables.

Rated RKO
D Generation X cost Edge his final shot at John Cena's championship on October 2, 2006.  This resulted in Edge asking Randy Orton to join forces and defeat DX. Randy Orton accepted and the alliance, Rated RKO, was born. The two were the first to beat DX since their reunion and they even won the tag titles which was Edge's record breaking 11th. To enrage DX, Rated RKO attacked Ric Flair and this resulted in a match at New Years Revolution for Rated RKO's tag titles. The match was ruled a no contest after Triple H suffered a legitimate injury. They continued to feud with Shawn Michaels and lost the tag team titles to him and John Cena. Orton Edge started to get angry with each other when their own aspirations to become WWE Champion got in the way of their friendship.

La Familia
On May 7, 2007 Edge defeated Mr. Kennedy to win his Money in the Bank title opportunity. On May 11, Edge cashed in his contract against The Undertaker  after Undertaker just beat Batista in a steel cage match and was decimated by a returning Mark Henry. He beat Undertaker and won his first ever World Heavyweight Championship. As a result of his victory Edge became a member of the Smackdown brand. Edge entered a feud with Batista and beat him three times at Judgement Day, One Night Stand, and Vengeance. He then entered a feud with Kane. Edge was forced to vacate the World Title after a torn pectoral muscle injury.

At Survivor Series 2007 Edge made his return and interfered in a Hell in the Cell match between Undertaker and Batista. Edge announced on the following Smackdown that he was in a relationship with general manager, Vickie Guerrero. At Armageddon 2007, Edge  beat Undertaker and Batista in a triple threat match to again become champion. Edge used two look-alikes to distract Undertaker and Batista. These look-alikes were later revealed to be The Major Brothers, now named Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder. Edge also formed an alliance with Chavo Guerrero and assisted him in winning the ECW Championship from CM Punk. This group came to be known as La Familia. Edge proposed to Vickie on a Valentine's Day episode of Smackdown.

Edge lost the title to The Undertaker at Wrestlemania XXIV when he tapped out to the Hell's Gate. He again lost to Taker at Backlash. After Backlash the Undertaker was stripped of the World Title by Vickie Guerrero. Edge and Taker faced for the vacated title at Judgement Day. The Hell's Gate was band. This match resulted in a countout victory, so no champion was crowned. They met again at One Night Stand in a TLC match. Edge won and Undertaker was forced to leave the company.

On June 30, 2008 Edge lost the title to CM Punk after Edge was beaten up by Batista and Punk cashed in his Money in the Bank. Edge took his frustrations out on Vickie and told her that the wedding was canceled. A week later Vickie saved Edge from a con-chair-to from the Big Show and Edge proposed again and the wedding was back on. On July 18, 2008 Triple H came out during the wedding reception and showed a video of Edge cheating on Vickie with the wedding planner, Alicia Fox. At the Great American Bash Edge faced Triple H for the championship and was given the title to use as a weapon by Fox, but was foiled by Vickie. Edge hit the spear on Vickie and Triple H hit the pedigree and retained the title. Edge tried to apologize to Vickie, but she announced that she reinstated the Undertaker and he was facing Edge inside Hell in a Cell at Summerslam. Edge officially ended La Familia when he did the con-chair-to to Chavo and threw Vickie out of her wheelchair. At Summerslam, Undertaker defeated Edge.

Edge returned at Survivor Series to beat Triple H and Vladimir Kozlov in a triple threat match to win his third World Heavyweight Championship. Edge lost the title to Jeff Hardy at Armageddon, but won it again at the Royal Rumble. At No Way Out Edge lost the title in an elimination chamber after being the first one pinned. Later that night he attacked Kofi Kingston and entered himself in the chamber match for the WWE Championship. He won that match after last eliminating Rey Mysterio. At Wrestlemania XXV Edge lost the championship to John Cena in a triple threat match also involving Big Show. He got the title back three weeks later when he beat Cena in a last man standing match. After successfully defending the title against Jeff Hardy at Judgement Day, he lost it to him at Extreme Rules. The next night on RAW Edge admitted to Vickie that he only married her because she had authoritative power and that he wanted a divorce.

World Championship and Retirement
 In June Edge won the Unified WWE Tag Team Championships with Chris Jericho. On July 3 Edge suffered a torn Achilles Tendon and it was said that he would be out of action for up to a year. Jericho replaced Edge with Big Show as tag team champion. At the Royal Rumble in 2010 Edge entered as a surprise entrant at number 29 and won the rumble. Jericho won the World Heavyweight Championship at No Way Out and Edge challenged him for the title at Wrestlemania XXVI. Edge lost the match. During the 2010 WWE Draft, Edge was drafted back to the RAW brand. Edge entered a feud with Randy Orton because Orton did not want to get back together and form Rated RKO. Edge was part of Team WWE when they faced the Nexus at Summerslam. He then entered a feud against the anonymous RAW General Manager, where the GM cost him several matches.

At Night of Champions Edge failed to win the WWE Championship in a six pack challenge. At Hell in a Cell he beat Jack Swagger. The next night on RAW Edge was told he was traded to Smackdown for CM Punk after he destroyed the GM's computer. He joined Team Smackdown and helped them to win the trophy at Bragging Rights. After that he started a feud with World Heavyweight Champion, Kane. At TLC Edge defeated Kane, Rey Mysterio, and Alberto Del Rio in a TLC match to win the World Heavyweight Championship. After the Royal Rumble Alberto Del Rio announced that he would be challenging Edge for his championship. On February 18, Vickie Guerrero fired Edge and awarded the championship to her boyfriend, Dolph Ziggler. Teddy Long reinstated him and he beat Ziggler for his record breaking seventh World Heavyweight Championship and 11th World Championship in his career.

At Elimination Chamber Edge successfully defended his title in the Smackdown elimination chamber match. He was attacked by Alberto Del Rio, but Christian saved him. The next night on Smackdown, Edge and Christian reunited to defeat Alberto Del Rio and Brodus Clay. At Wrestlemania XXVII Edge successfully defended his title against Alberto Del Rio. On April 11, 2011 Edge announced that he was being forced to retire. He was suffering from cervical spinal stenosis and the doctors could not medically clear him to wrestle. He relinquished his World Title on April 15. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on March 31, 2012.

I hope you enjoyed this insight into the life of Adam Copeland. These take a lot of work, so I will try to do at least one a week. If you have any thoughts on who you want done next leave a comment.

The Next Big Thing Comes to WWE

To tell you the truth, I am very indifferent about Lesnar returning to the WWE. I was especially not happy with how he returned on this past Monday's episode of RAW. John Cena just got beaten by The Rock and I felt that having Lesnar come and F5 him was like pouring salt in the wound. I understand that the WWE is ecstatic to have been able to make this deal, but I do not think that they should have Lesnar run around like he owns the place. Lesnar debuted on WWE television on March 18, 2002. His last match was on March 14, 2004. That is only two years that he was with the company! He shouldn't run around like he runs the place when there are people like The Undertaker who have been working for the company for 21 years. Even the Rock was with the company for seven years before he decided to give Hollywood a try. The guy he F5ed, John Cena, has been with the company five times longer than he ever was.

That leads me to my next topic. There is a rumor going around that they want The Rock vs. Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania 29 in New Jersey. I think that is a stupid idea. Why would you take the championship from a younger, more deserving person and put it on someone who just wrestled their first singles match in nine years? I feel like that match can get enough draws without the championship having to be on the line. There are many more deserving people of the championship than The Rock. The WWE keep saying that they want to move towards younger guys, but keep bringing back all of these past employees. Don't get me wrong, I love seeing The Rock on my TV and I about jumped out of my seat when Lesnar's music hit, but do not let them crowd the main event scene. Let them have feuds that are not about the title.

Hi, first of all I should introduce myself. I am a wrestling fan and enthusiast since the end of the attitude era. This is my first time at trying a blog and I thought that the best idea would be to do it in something I am very proficient in, and that is wrestling, or for the most part WWE. Throughout this blog I plan on giving my thoughts on wrestling news, events, and I may try profiling a wrestler now and then.