| Christian Cage | |
|---|---|
_2.jpg) Cage in 2019 | |
| Birth name | William Jason Reso |
| Born | November 30, 1973 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada |
| Spouse(s) |
Denise Hartmann
(m. 2001; div. 2020) |
| Children | 2[1] |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Canadian Rage Captain Charisma[2] Christian[3] Christian Cage[4] Conquistador Dos[5] Male Nurse[6] |
| Billed height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)[3] |
| Billed weight | 212 lb (96 kg)[3] |
| Billed from | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Trained by | Dory Funk Jr. Ron Hutchison[4] |
| Debut | 1995 |
William Jason Reso (born November 30, 1973), better known by his ring name Christian Cage, is a Canadian professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the leader of The Patriarchy stable. He is widely known for his time with WWF/E, where he performed as Christian. He is also recognized for his tenure in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA).
Reso made his debut in 1995. He wrestled in Canadian independent promotions early in his career, where he competed in singles and tag team competition with his best friend Edge. In 1998, he signed a developmental contract with the then-World Wrestling Federation (WWF, renamed to WWE in 2002) and made his debut the same year, immediately capturing his first championship in the company, the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship, in his debut match. Edge and Christian formed a tag team and gained notoriety for their participation in Tables, Ladders, and Chairs matches. They won the promotion's World Tag Team Championship on seven occasions. They are considered one of the major teams that revived tag team wrestling during the Attitude Era.[7] The team parted ways in 2001, after which, Christian held various singles titles in WWE, including the European, Hardcore, and Intercontinental Championships.
In 2005, Reso departed WWE and signed with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under his Christian Cage ring name, after which, he won the NWA World Heavyweight Championship twice. He left TNA in late 2008 and re-signed with WWE in 2009, where he won the ECW Championship and the World Heavyweight Championship twice each until retiring in 2014 due to concussion issues. He was the 23rd Triple Crown Champion and 11th Grand Slam Champion in WWE history.
In March 2021, Cage made his debut for AEW, again reverting to his Christian Cage moniker, and officially resuming his in-ring wrestling career. Following this, he won the Impact World Championship on the first episode of AEW Rampage in 2021 (as AEW and Impact had a partnership at the time), and in 2023, he won his first title under the AEW banner in the AEW TNT Championship, which he has held twice. Additionally, he is a former one-time AEW World Trios Champion. In total, between WWE, AEW, and TNA, Cage has won 26 championships, including seven world championships and nine tag team titles. He has headlined multiple pay-per-view events between WWE, TNA and AEW, and was one of WWE's most prolific pay-per-view performers.[8]
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- ^ "Shelton Benjamin vs. Captain Charisma: Raw, December 6, 2004". WWE. Archived from the original on March 15, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
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- ^ Beaston, Erik. "Ranking the Best Tag Teams and Stables of WWE's Attitude Era". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
- ^ "Wrestlers with Most WWF/WWE PPV Appearances" (Christian is the 15th most prolific PPV performer in WWE history). The Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on February 6, 2009. Retrieved June 21, 2018.