[191] On the June 3 episode of SmackDown, Christian was the special referee for a World Heavyweight Championship defence by Orton against Sheamus, which Orton won only to be hit by Christian after the match with the title belt, turning heel in the process. [190] At Over the Limit on May 22, Christian failed to regain the World Heavyweight Championship from Orton. [196], Christian then began feuding with Sheamus, leading to two matches between the two at the Hell in a Cell on October 2 and Vengeance on October 23, both of which Christian lost. [12], When Reso came to the WWF, he shortened his ring name to Christian. You can read all about WWE salaries and earnings here. Results - 1/14/06 (Christian & Rhino vs. AMW, Sting is heard)", Chris Jericho's Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea, Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christian_Cage&oldid=1141103190, Canadian expatriate professional wrestlers in the United States, ECW Heavyweight Champions/ECW World Heavyweight Champions, Expatriate professional wrestlers in Japan, TNA World Heavyweight/Impact World Champions, All Wikipedia articles written in Canadian English, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2018, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, ICW Street Fight Tag Team Championship (1 time) with, IWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) with Earl the Orderly, Ranked No. [181] On the March 4 episode of SmackDown, Christian saved Edge from another attack by Del Rio. [120] Cage, still holding the physical NWA world title belt, defended what was billed as the World Heavyweight Championship against Sting and Angle, who was the victor of said contest by making Sting submit (who had "technically" just pinned Cage at the very same moment) and was announced as the new World Heavyweight Champion. [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. Apart from offering wrestlers higher wages, All Elite Wrestling also provides wrestlers with a lighter schedule and more freedom. to Raw, appearing on the July 29 episode of Raw to attack The Undertaker. His first appearance was on March 4 at their All or Nothing: Night 1 event, where he defeated Rhino. [146], In 2012, Reso made a one night return to TNA at Slammiversary 10 under his old ring name Christian Cage to announce the number one moment in TNA history as voted by the TNA fans (Sting's 2006 return in the aforementioned Final Resolution tag team main event). [277] He also hosted a talk show segment called The Peep Show. [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. [239] He confirmed his status on the September 22, 2017 edition of E&C's Pod of Awesomeness, saying: "I had to retire, like, right around 40 'cause of the concussion stuff". [71] During a steel cage match against Jericho on the May 10 episode of Raw which he lost, Christian suffered a severe back injury, causing him to miss almost four months of in-ring action. [87] At Final Resolution on January 15, 2006, Cage teamed with Sting to defeat the team of Monty Brown and Jeff Jarrett. Raw (2004), WWE Day of Reckoning 2 (2005), WWE SmackDown! [82], On October 31, his contract with WWE expired. "[66], Also, Christian and Jericho began romances with Lita and Stratus, respectively; and 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. Christian Cage debuted 31st March 2021 & their last match was 04th September 2022 which was 161 days ago. [42] Christian and Storm won the WWE Tag Team Championship at Vengeance by defeating Edge and Hollywood Hulk Hogan. Christian Cage was last seen in AEW at All Out, taking part in a short match with "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry that was reportedly cut short due to a shoulder injury that Cage was dealing with. [143] Cage then went on to participate in another three-way match against Styles and Booker T at Bound for Glory IV on October 12, which Booker T won. [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. At Vengeance on December 9, Christian and Test faced Albert and Scotty 2 Hotty in a losing effort. Christian Cage entered the men's Royal Rumble match at number #24 and was in the ring for 18 minutes, while Edge started as the first entrant and won the match. 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 amuse the fans. Please only use it for a guidance and Christian Cage's actual income may vary a lot from the dollar amount shown above. [185] Christian was in the corner of Edge when he retained the World Heavyweight Championship against Del Rio at WrestleMania XXVII on April 3. 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. [56] After a short absence, Christian returned on the April 7 episode of Raw, self-proclaiming himself as the new "People's Champion" and began calling his fans "The Peeps" after receiving advice and endorsement from The Rock. [111], On the March 8 episode of Impact!, Cage proclaimed that he, Tomko and Scott Steiner were an "inseparable family", which he called Christian's Coalition. [120] NWA Executive Director Robert K. Trobich stated the reason was that Cage refused to defend the NWA world title at NWA live events. Apart from the base salary and earnings from pay per view, Jon Moxley also receives VIP treatment from the promotion which includes travel and accommodation expenses. [90] On the March 25 and April 1 respective Impact! The announcers recognized his previous two NWA World Heavyweight Championship reigns, though this recent reign was his first under the Impact World Championship lineage. [131] Later in the night, Styles and Tomko helped Angle retain the TNA World Heavyweight Championship during the main event as Cage looked on from the ramp. [194] At SummerSlam on August 14, Christian lost the World Heavyweight Championship back to Orton in a No Holds Barred match. He had a match with Jungle Boy which he won after Luchasaurus jumped Jungle Boy during Jungle Boy's entrance. Since March 2017, Reso has hosted a podcast with Copeland called E&C's Pod of Awesomeness.[282]. While weve seen plenty of wrestling promotions over the years, none of these promotions has managed to send ripples throughout the wrestling world, like the way AEW has done. After being cleared to compete again, Christian Cage immediately became the hottest free agent in pro wrestling. [118] On the following episode of Impact!, Angle came to the ring with a new championship belt in-toe and announced he was the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion,[121] a championship that TNA had just introduced at Sacrifice. In 2019, Chris Jericho signed a full 3-year contract with AEW. [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. [81] According to wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer, Reso was asked on the spot to sign a new contract, but he declined. We would like to send you notifications for the latest news and updates. AEW star Christian Cage recently opened up about contract discussions with WWE before joining Tony Khan's promotion. He was the twenty-third Triple Crown Champion and eleventh Grand Slam Champion in WWE history. Like their counterparts in the WWE, AEW are contracted employees and thus receive their earnings after every two weeks. Get notification with the latest net worth updates for free. [179] The injury was put into a storyline with Alberto Del Rio attacking Christian backstage on the September 24 episode of SmackDown. You can also watch along with members of the Fightful community at Fightful Scraps. wrestler John Cena, began commenting on Cena, claiming he was a better rapper than Cena and denouncing him as "poseur" while being noticeably cheered during these segments. [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. Raw 2011 (2010), WWE '12 (2011), WWE WrestleFest (2012), WWE '13 (2012), WWE 2K14 (2013), WWE SuperCard (2014), WWE 2K15 (2014), WWE 2K17 (2016), WWE Champions (2017), WWE 2K18 (2017), WWE 2K19 (2018), WWE 2K20 (2019), and WWE 2K Battlegrounds (2020). He's a career wrestling professional who can help iron out the backstage kinks while putting over new talent. Nyla Rose is the other female wrestler who makes it into the companys top 10 highest-paid wrestlers list with an annual salary of $1.8 million. [171] Later, it was announced that he would be a Pro on NXT, mentoring NXT Rookie Heath Slater. [31] On the May 24 episode of SmackDown!, Edge and Christian competed in a fatal four-way tag team TLC match for the WWF Tag Team Championship in which Benoit and Jericho retained the tag team titles. [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. 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. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 2021 Upper Deck AEW Spectrum Christian Cage Gold Auto Autograph #1/1 at the best online prices at eBay! [119] At the event on May 13, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), the owners of the NWA World Heavyweight and the NWA World Tag Team Championships, stripped Cage and Team 3D of the titles. [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. 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. Team Kingston went on to win. [214] On the June 26 episode of Main Event, Christian took on Shield member Dean Ambrose, which resulted in a disqualification win for Christian following interference from Ambrose's stablemates, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns. [155] At Backlash on April 26, Christian defeated Swagger to win the ECW Championship. episodes, Abyss, his manager Father James Mitchell and Alex Shelley showed two pre-taped video packages that had been compiled in the weeks before the episodes, with first on March 25 depicting Mitchell stalking Cage's wife Denise, confronting her and even threatening that "they were coming". At the companys inaugural event, Chris Jericho took on Adam Page becoming the companys first-ever world champion. Perry was ready. He also appears in the TNA video game TNA iMPACT! [262], Due to his winning streak, Cage would be ranked as the number one competitor in the men's division, and was named as the number one contender for the AEW World Championship,[262] held by Kenny Omega. Main event wrestlers receive the highest base salary, with most of them earning $1 million or above. Unlike WWE wrestlers, all AEW wrestlers are entitled to the same privileges such as fully catered travel and accommodation packages. However, its important to note that because many injured wrestlers are not able to attend PPVs events, they will not receive commissions from these events. At the Royal Rumble on January 20, Christian entered the Royal Rumble match, but he was eliminated by Stone Cold Steve Austin. [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. He is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Christian Cage. Keep up with everything happening on AEW Revolution with Fightful's ongoing coverage. Free shipping for many products! Revealed as the 'Hall of Fame' worthy signing. And Matt Hardy & his family. [12] After the tryout, once Copeland was promoted from his developmental status to touring with the WWF, he put in a good word for Reso and got him invited to Dory Funk, Jr.'s WWF-affiliated Funking Conservatory training camp in 1998. Christian Cage is in AEW to do the work. [116] Sting was the individual who gained the pinfall victory for Team Angle and became the new number one contender. [251] During the match, he briefly reunited with Edge, who would eventually win by last eliminating Orton. [271][272] At Bound for Glory on October 23, Cage lost the title to Josh Alexander.[273][274]. Copyright 2023 Fightful, Inc. All Rights Reserved. [259] Cage would continue to stay undefeated in singles matches, beating the likes of Anglico,[260] Matt Hardy,[261] and The Blade. In addition to a lighter schedule and more pay, AEW also offers all the wrestlers additional benefits such as accommodation and travel expenses. "Conquistador Dos" redirects here. [132], On the January 3 episode of Impact!, Tomko left both Christian's Coalition and The Angle Alliance. [12] Reso won the East Coast Wrestling Association (ECWA) Heavyweight Championship on July 18, 1998, which he held until October 15, 1999. [133] Cage failed to win the title at Final Resolution as a result of Styles' betraying and attacking him during the bout, ending Christian's Coalition. [228] At Elimination Chamber on February 23, Christian eliminated Sheamus before being eliminated by Daniel Bryan. results 5/3/07 ('Sacrifice' main event announced and more)", "NWA/Trobich strips TNA/Cage/Team 3D of NWA branded Championships", "Caldwell's TNA Impact report 5/17: Angle-Rhino, Daniels-Raven, blood, Gore, and Stomper", "Impact! Many of the biggest names in AEW received multi-million contracts. Plus, check out the post-show podcast once the show ends for a full review of all the action. Christian Cage vs Kenny Omega | AEW Rampage Highlight #aew #christiancage #kennyomega #aewrampage #aewrampagehighlights AewAew rampagehighlights this weekada. In just its first few years in the market, AEW has not only managed to become a household name, but also a brand with millions of followers throughout the world. The team parted ways in 2001, after which, Christian held various singles titles, including the European Championship, the Hardcore Championship, and the Intercontinental Championship. [92] This storyline led to Cage facing Abyss at Lockdown on April 23 in a six sides of steel cage match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship, with Cage winning and attempting after the match to attack Mitchell and gain revenge for all his recent evil deeds against Cage and his family, but Abyss stopped him, took a steel chain, wrapped it around Cage's neck and attempted to hang him with it until he passed out, after which Abyss and Mitchell stole the title belt and left the arena. You can find his full comments by clicking here. The Lucha Bros in a cage match for the AEW Tag Titles, Kenny Omega vs. Christian Cage for the AEW Title, Britt Baker vs. Kris Statlander for the AEW Women's Title, Chris Jericho vs. MJF", "AEW Full Gear results: Barnett's live review of Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page for the AEW World Championship, Bryan Danielson vs. Miro in the eliminator tournament finals, Penta and Rey Fenix vs. FTR for the AEW Tag Titles, CM Punk vs. Eddie Kingston, Britt Baker vs. Tay Conti for the AEW Women's Title, Darby Allin vs. MJF", "We have our first two-time AEW Tag champs, and a heel Christian Cage", "Impact! [9] Soon after, then-WWE Champion Cena was drafted to Raw, where Cena successfully defended the WWE Championship in a triple threat match against Christian and Jericho at Vengeance on June 26. [225] Christian returned and appeared on the 2013 Slammy Awards, where he presented an award and appeared in a segment involving John Cena and Randy Orton. 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