Line #134 Wrestling/Christian


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6	William Jason "Jay" Reso, (born November 30, 1973[[note]]exactly one month after lifelong friend Edge[[/note]]) is a [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]] in Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling as Christian Cage but is likely best known for his time in Wrestling/{{WWE}} under the shortened name as Christian.
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8	His wrestling career started in 1995, and he originally wrestled under the full ring name of Christian Cage, tagging with childhood best friend [[Wrestling/EdgeWrestler Sexton Hardcastle]] (who would later gain fame as Edge) over the years on the independent circuit in the northern United States and their home nation of Canada, before both men eventually made it to the then-World Wrestling Federation in 1998.
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10	Christian first appeared in the WWF as a member of The Brood with [[Wrestling/DavidHeath Gangrel]] and Wrestling/{{Edge\|Wrestler}}, dropping the Cage surname in the process. Later on, Christian found superstardom breaking out of the Brood and teaming with Edge, and the team feuded against the Dudley Boyz and the Hardys for the latter half of the Wrestling/AttitudeEra in many memorable matches, chiefly Ladder Matches and TLC Matches. When the team broke up, Christian initially fell to the wayside while Edge [[BreakupBreakout found more immediate success]], though Christian remained incredibly popular among the fans. As he refined his persona with the moniker of "Captain Charisma", the WWE eventually recognized his popularity and raised him to the Upper-Midcard, though not enough to give him a title, and in 2005 he didn't renew his contract with the WWE, jumping ship to Wrestling/{{TNA}} where he wrestled as the full Christian Cage up until the end of 2008 when his contract expired. Christian re-signed with WWE in 2009, returning at ECW, where he would win the ECW Championship twice, holding the longest reign with the title under the WWE before the show was discontinued.
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12	A former [[Wrestling/NationalWrestlingAlliance NWA]] World Champion and Wrestling/{{ECW}} Champion, he finally won the WWE's World Heavyweight Championship at Extreme Rules 2011, only to lose it back to Randy Orton 2 days later (5 days later as recognized by WWE) on ''[=SmackDown=]''. He won it a second time shortly after and this time was able to hold it for around a month, but dropped it back to Orton.
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14	Christian retired in 2016 after his WWE contract expired, citing cumulative injuries over the course of his career. Following intensive rehab and recuperation following years away from the ring, he jumped back in with a surprise appearance in the 2021 Wrestling/RoyalRumble. The deal was a very short term "legends" contract that soon expired. A free agent and a hot ticket once more, he promptly signed a multi-year contract with Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling at ''AEW Revolution 2021''. He defeated Wrestling/KennyOmega at the first episode of AEW's "Rampage" television show to win the [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling Impact World championship]]. This marked the first time a major world title changed hands away from its home promotion in over twenty years and made Christian one of only three wrestlers[[labelnote:*]]The others being Wrestling/{{Sting}} and Wrestling/AJStyles[[/labelnote]] to have held both the Impact/TNA world titles and the NWA world title when it was held by TNA Wrestling. He is also a 2-time[[note]]he lost the Championship to [[Wrestling/EdgeWrestler Adam Copeland]] at ''Worlds End 2023'', only for his minion Killswitch to jump Copeland and beat him down before surrendering his contract for a guaranteed TNT title match at any time to Christian, which he used to immediately win the belt back again only 3 minutes after he'd lost it[[/note]] TNT Champion.
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16	!!"TROOOPES! TROOOPES! AT LAST, THE'YRE ON THEIR OOOOOOWN!":
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18	* AbusiveParents: PlayedForLaughs. At one point during ''Collision'' while he's cutting a promo, Christian's daughter asks him if she can wear the TNT Belt. Christian coldly refuses saying that she didn't win the belt ([[HypocriticalHumor even though Christian didn't win it at the time either]]) and tells her to go find her mother, immediately telling security to remove his daughter from the arena afterwards.
19	* TheAce: On WWECW, where the only competition portrayed anywhere close to his level was Wrestling/SheltonBenjamin. To illustrate that, Christian is the only two-time ECW Champion in the history of the show besides Wrestling/BobbyLashley, and much like Lashley, he never lost the title cleanly. The first time was a triple threat match involving Wrestling/TommyDreamer and Wrestling/JackSwagger (Dreamer won by pinning Swagger, only for Christian to regain the title one month or so later in a rematch), and the second time was against Ezekiel Jackson, in a match he only lost because ''every heel'' on WWECW's roster interfered to make sure he'd lose.
20	* AgentPeacock: Edge & Christian as a post-Brood heel tag team.
21	* AlliterativeName:
22	** "Captain Charisma" Christian Cage.
23	** And his stable in TNA, Christian's Coalition.
24	* ArchEnemy:
25	** Wrestling/TheDudleyBoys & the [[Wrestling/MattHardy Hardy]] [[Wrestling/JeffHardy Boyz]] whilst teaming with [=Edge=]
26	** Edge & Wrestling/ChrisJericho during his first solo run in the WWE. He saw Wrestling/JohnCena as this during his time as Captain Charisma, [[UnknownRival but it was fairly one-sided]].
27	*** Said rivalry with Edge, now going by his real name Adam Copeland, would be renewed when the latter arrived in AEW.
28	** Wrestling/KurtAngle & Wrestling/JeffJarrett during his time in TNA.
29	** During his second WWE run, Wrestling/JackSwagger, Wrestling/WilliamRegal, Wrestling/RandyOrton, Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} and Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio. In regards to Orton, Christian is considered the closest he had to a real rival.
30	** Wrestling/TheElite in AEW
31	** Apparently anyone with a dead father in AEW (Jack Perry, Wardlow, Nick Wayne, Adam Copeland, and Daniel Garcia) is a target for Christian. Or, in the case of Wayne, ''was'' before Wayne allied with him in late 2023.
32	* ArcFatigue: An in-universe example. Christian vs. Wrestling/RandyOrton for the WWE title has happened about [[strike:three or four]] five times and some of the announcers—not to mention other members of the roster and especially Randy Orton himself—ended up getting tired of him.
33	* AwesomeButImpractical: His finisher, The Unprettier/Killswitch, whilst impressive looking, is hard to hit. It requires a whole rotation of the opponent to pull off, giving opponents a large window to counter.
34	* BatmanGambit: How Christian won his second World Championship. Two weeks before the Money in the Bank PPV Christian had Randy Orton sign a contract with the stipulations that the title can change hands if Orton gets disqualified or if the referee makes a bad call. The following week Christian does things to piss Orton off like vandalizing his luxury bus, gambling his money away in a casino and costing him his match that night all in an effort to enrage him to make it easier for Orton to lose at PPV. At the PPV, in the match's climax, Christian spits at Orton's face, causing him to go off the deep end and deliver a GroinAttack on Christian, resulting in Orton losing his championship. This was followed by a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on Christian which ends in two maniacal [[FinishingMove RKOs]] on the announce table afterward. Pretty sure it was WorthIt, though.
35	* BattleCouple: With Wrestling/TrishStratus, firstly against Wrestling/SpikeDudley, then later against Wrestling/ChrisJericho, whom they betrayed.
36	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The {{Kayfabe}} reason why Wrestling/RandyOrton faced Christian on Smackdown and got his title? Because the WWE Universe wanted Randy to be Christian's first Title opponent. Oops.
37	** And the contrived method in which he won his second World Heavyweight Championship. Yes, he did piss Wrestling/RandyOrton enough for him to snap and get himself disqualified. His reward for this was taking a kick [[GroinAttack downstairs]] and then getting the crap beaten out of him, ending with him getting RKO'd on the non-SpanishAnnouncersTable. Twice.
38	* BeenThereShapedHistory: {{Parodied}}; during a ''Collision'' promo before ''Forbidden Door 2023'' in Toronto, Christian claims to have been responsible for Kawhi Leonard leaving the Toronto Raptors after winning the NBA Championship in his first and only year with the team back in 2019, saying Kawhi had to leave to be more successful like he did. Fittingly for a {{Heel}}, this would mean he sabotaged both his close friend and his own hometown with bad advice, as neither Kawhi nor the Raptors have sniffed a return to the NBA Finals since he signed with the LA Clippers.
39	* BigDamnHeroes: Returned from his pectoral injury at Elimination Chamber, saving [=Edge=] from Del Rio and reforming E&C.
40	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Christian in the brand extension era, a clean shaven high spirited pretty boy who bared his abs for all to see. Oh, and he came out to an inspirational theme sung by Waterproof Blonde. And he was an utter bastard.
41	* BlatantLies: Christian would have you know that his TNT Title win on the September 23, 2023 episode of ''Collision'' was just another title defense and that he has clearly been TNT champion since Wardlow lost it on the June 17 episode of ''Collision''.
42	* ByTheHair: He ''loved'' grabbing Wrestling/TrishStratus by her hair.
43	* CanonDiscontinuity: When Christian and [=Edge=] started in WWE they where referred to as brothers, this was however downplayed over the years, until they referred to each other as best friends.
44	* ChairmanOfTheBrawl: A signature of Edge and Christian.
45	* CharacterCatchphrase:
46	** Towards the end of his first WWE run (And early in his stint in TNA), he had "Because that's how I roll!"
47	** In TNA, he adopted "[[Music/TheNotoriousBIG If you don't know, now you know.]]"
48	** During his run with [=Edge=], the two would often end a conversation with [=Edge=] going "[[Place whatever here]] rules!" and Christian going, "YEAH, it does!"
49	** As a heel after losing the World Heavyweight Championship in 2011, he would often ask the [=SmackDown=] General Manager for the one thing that he deserves: "one more match".
50	** His entrance graphics in AEW has "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis Out. Work. Everyone.]]" After his heel turn in 2022, it was tweaked to "[[BaitTheDog Worked. Everyone.]]"
51	** As a heel in AEW he tells the crowd of whatever city he's in to "Shut up while I conduct my business."
52	** Constantly reminding everyone during his TNT Title run, that he ''is'' the TNT Champion (and the Face of TNT/AEW) "now and forever!"
53	* CharlieBrownFromOuttaTown: He and Edge revived the Conquistadores gimmick in 2000 as a way to get a shot at the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwe-world-t.html WWE World Tag Team Titles]]. At times, they would appear as themselves with two other guys in the costumes. Those guys, named "Rick" and "Sparky", were, respectively, Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels and Aaron "Jesus" Aguilera.
54	* CheapHeat: In his AEW heel run, he's made it a RunningGag to pick on anyone who has a dead father, from Wardlow to Jack Perry to Nick Wayne. It's gone absolutely {{Memetic\|Mutation}} with the fanbase, with jokes about Christian eagerly counting down the days until -1 (the son of the late beloved Wrestling/BrodieLee) becomes old enough to wrestle. Some people have gone much, much darker and brought up David Benoit.
55	* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Christian turned on pretty much EVERY partner he's ever had, until Wrestling/AJStyles & [[TheBrute Tomko]] turned on him to join the Angle Alliance and Christian underwent a HeelFaceTurn, which carried over to his second WWE run. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] early in his TNA run, as Jeff Jarrett pointed out to Wrestling/{{Sting}} that Christian couldn't be trusted, and Christian retorted that [=Edge=] & Wrestling/ChrisJericho would vouche for his loyalty; before immediately remembering that he ''did'' betray them and remarking that calling them wouldn't be a good idea.
56	** Subverted at ''Wrestlemania XXVII'': everyone and their mother was expecting Christian to turn on [=Edge=] during the match with Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio and yet amazingly, this wasn't even hinted at during the match. Christian never turned and pretty much everyone was rather surprised and happy with the MetaTwist.
57	* [[WeakButSkilled Comparatively Weak, but Skilled]]: Christian's no flyweight, but he tends more toward a speedy, elusive style with a few high-flying moves. He does have a couple of power moves in his arsenal, but he just doesn't use them very often.
58	* CostumePorn / InTheHood: The old Captain Charisma / Instant Classic jumpsuits he wore to the ring for six years. (Usually kept the hoods off for the Instant Classic ones.)
59	* CuteMute: A shy, long blond haired, silent 'pseudo-vampire' in the Brood.
60	* DeadpanSnarker: In WWECW, regarding Jack Thwagger and Bill Regal
61	* DemotedToExtra: He was unfortunately one of those guys that WWE doesn't seem to know how to use if he's not in a title feud. Consequently, often times he was left to do absolutely nothing.
62	* {{Determinator}}: Christian is ''quite'' determined to get one more match. A title match that is. Wrestling/TripleH and Teddy Long have used ExactWords on him and put him in matches against opponents he'd faced before, just not the current title holder.
63	** Generally, the guy is one of the more resilient and resourceful characters you'll see in wrestling. One of his strengths is how he can soldier through a lot of pain and then find a way to get the job done. Even as a heel, though he [[DirtyCoward he will bail]] if possible when he knows he can't win a fight, you can bet he'll come back later with an EvilPlan of some sort.
64	* ExactWords: Wrestling/TripleH used this against him during the September 26 episode of Raw, after he interrupted Triple H, wanting more one match. He got it. On that edition of Raw he had to face Wrestling/JohnCena, in a non title match, then he was booked on the following episode of Smackdown in a match against Wrestling/RandyOrton and then against Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} on the ''Hell in a Cell PPV''. Christian [[VillainousBreakdown wasn't pleased at all.]][[note]]For context, Christian wanted "one more match", in which he thought was for the World Heavyweight title.[[/note]]
65	* EyeTake: His crazy stare is not as good as [=Edge=]'s, but you don't see it as often, either. If and when you do, he is pissed, and whoever he's attacking is screwed.
66	* FanCommunityNickname: The Peepulation. The Christian Coalition was also this before becoming his stable name in TNA.
67	* FinishingMove: The Unprettier / Killswitch, his signature inverted double underhook facebuster.
68	** ShoutOut: He actually changed the name of the move (to Killswitch) because he's a fan of [[Music/KillswitchEngage the band.]]
69	** His former finisher was the Impaler. Or possibly the Implant DDT. Or possibly those are the same thing. The commentators never seemed to call it the same way twice. This became a RunningGag to the point that the original [[CollectibleCardGame CCG]] card for the Impaler just had a picture of Christian shrugging.
70	** He's now worked the Spear into his moveset to pay homage to his best friend [=Edge=] after Edge was forced to retire due to a GameBreakingInjury.
71	** If he's a face, he'll finish off a match with a [[Wrestling/EddieGuerrero Frog Splash]] on occasion.
72	** Sometimes - especially when facing a larger opponent - he'll use the Tornado DDT to finish them off.
73	* FiveMovesOfDoom: Since his return to WWECW.
74	* ForeignWrestlingHeel: The "Un-Americans", with Wrestling/LanceStorm.
75	* GameBreakingInjury: A torn pectoral muscle in 2011, and a concussion in 2013 was what lead to his first retirement.
76	* GlassCannon: Sadly became this by the end of his first run.
77	* GratuitousItalian: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvItr7ZR6nU His]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USuNB3kojyE themes]] when he and [=Edge=] broke up in 2001.
78	* GreenEyedMonster: Why he turned on Edge in 2001.
79	* GroinAttack: Was the victim of one by Wrestling/RandyOrton, which was [[WorthIt how he finally won the World Heavyweight Championship the second time.]]
80	* HateSink: Starting with his FaceHeelTurn in mid-2022. Christian has steadily evolved into the most despised man in Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling. Even overtaking Wrestling/{{MJF}} as the biggest heel in the company due to some of the fans sympathy towards Max's FriendlessBackground and his own HeelFaceTurn in 2023. Cage is just a vile, ruthless, man. Who insults and personally demeans everyone he faces, is a coward beyond the highest order in his matches, and is very openly using his disciples as a way to keep himself safe.
81	* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Maybe somewhat to be expected given the length of his career, but unlike a lot of wrestlers nowadays, he seems to turn fairly often. It's gotten to the point where it's actually ''{{discussed\|Trope}} [[http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/christian-con-job-on-wwe-universe in storyline.]]''
82	** HeelFaceReturn: Returned from a six-month absence at Over the Limit 2012, turning face and capturing the Intercontinental Championship in the process.
83	*** HeelRealization: When Cody questioned Christian on his seemingly odd HeelFaceTurn, Christian explained that it came to him in a "moment of clarity" when inducting [=Edge=] in the Hall of Fame, saying he'd rather try to build up a great career like his friend rather than be the whiner always asking for "one more match."
84	* HesBack: Christian was forced to retire by WWE back in 2016 due to concussion related issues. After years away from the ring as well as intensive rehab and recuperation. Christian shockingly returned to the ring at the 2021 Wrestling/RoyalRumble. However this was only the start, as it was revealed that Christian's contract with the Wrestling/{{WWE}} was already expired. Over a month later, Christian Cage was back and [[Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling All Elite!]]
85	* HeroicBSOD: When he lost the World Heavyweight Championship.
86	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Adam Copeland ([=Edge=]), former tag-team partner and best friend since childhood. To illustrate a point, they had their daughters within ''six weeks'' of each other, and Edge's mother asked them if there was ''anything'' they couldn't do together.
87	* HijackedByGanon: Christian carried WWECW during its last year of existence. Him, Shelton Benjamin, and (maybe) William Regal were the only reasons anyone watched the show by that point. If he hadn't, then wouldn't have had Wrestling/{{Sheamus}} or (however briefly) Wrestling/ZackRyder.
88	* HonoraryUncle: Outside of {{Kayfabe}}, Edge's daughters apparently call him "Uncle Jay".
89	* HumiliationConga: At ''Wrestling/SummerSlam 2011'', Christian received one, first at the hands of [=Edge=], whom he expected to be in his corner for the No Holds Barred match against Randy Orton. Edge would tell Christian off for the winning the World title via DQ and called him a "whiny [[PrecisionFStrike bitch]]" before leaving the arena. Christian would then face Orton and would attempt to spite in Orton's face again, a CallBack to the spit that provoked Orton to get [=DQed=] and lose the title. For that, Christian would take many of Orton's signature moves with a twist. Orton would deliver the rope assisted DDT into a trash can and a snap powerslam into a table. Orton would then attempt his signature Garvin Stomps with Christian laying on the steps, but Christian would use a kendo stick to stun Orton. Christian would then spring off the second turnbuckle only to get [=RKOed=] in mid-air into the steps, another Call Back, this time to the finish in their first match in the series. This would cap off the Humiliation Conga of the slimy, cowardly Christian that tormented Orton for months over the World title.
90	* HypocriticalHumor: Lambasted Wrestling/CMPunk for carrying around the "Real World Title" in AEW by asking what kind of person is carrying around a belt that they didn't win. Meanwhile, Christian had Luchasaurus' TNT Championship on his own shoulder.
91	* IBangedYourMom:
92	** Or at least, "I'd ''Like'' to Bang Your Mom": after he betrayed Jungle Boy, Christian kept insulting every member of Jungle Boy's family (particularly his dead father, the late Creator/LukePerry) -- except for Jungle Boy's mom, who he hit on two weeks in a row.
93	** In 2023, he started to do the same to Nick Wayne's mom, regularly hitting on and objectifying her, only for Nick Wayne to ''side with Christian'' and screw over Darby Allin, with his mom in the front row watching on in shock. Ironically, after Shayna ended up siding with Christian in response to an enraged [[Wrestling/EdgeWrestler Adam Copeland]] hitting her son with a Con-chair-to, Christian heavily implied that they ''had'' banged.
94	* ImportantHairCut: In 2003, as his singles career started to take off. He's kept it short ever since.
95	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mostly apparent as a {{face}}, though it can show as a {{heel}} if he's got people he feels like showing his loyalty towards.
96	* KazoosMeanSilliness: During their tenure as a duo, he and Edge used kazoos for comedy bits. They started out playing their intro themes during a birthday party for Wrestling/StephanieMcMahon, then did Triple H's theme when he yelled at them to quit. They would bring out the kazoos for such bits later on, and in 2015, they even got Wrestling/SteveAustin to join in during his podcast, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJgietbNp9Y playing Austin's theme music on their kazoos while he joined them on a ukelele]].
97	* KindheartedCatLover: Has four cats.
98	* LineOfSightName: Took his original ring name from his two favorite actors, Creator/ChristianSlater and Creator/NicolasCage.
99	* LongHairedPrettyBoy: He was ADORABLE from his debut till the end of the E & C days with his long blond hair.
100	* ManipulativeBastard: Particularly as a heel.
101	* TheMentor: To Jurassic Express, and Jungle Boy in particular, in AEW. He guided the team to their first Tag Team Championship victory over the Wrestling/LuchaBrothers and helped Jungle Boy to [[TeachHimAnger develop the hard edge he'd need to survive in the business]] when he teamed with them in a Falls Count Anywhere against Wrestling/TheYoungBucks and Wrestling/AdamCole at ''Full Gear 2021''.
102	* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: The Brood defected from the Wrestling/MinistryOfDarkness for the sake of Christian, whom [=Edge=] and Gangrel were ordered to help nail to the "symbol" after he [[YouHaveFailedMe failed]] Wrestling/TheUndertaker.
103	* NamedWeapons: Christian named the dented folding chair The Rock had used to pummel Goldberg with "the people's steel chair" and took it for himself, believing it had some special quality.
104	* NeverMyFault: He blamed it on [=Edge=] that he lost the World Title at Wrestling/SummerSlam, after Edge called him out on all the stunts he played to get the title back, and thus lost focus during the match.
105	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: When his childhood friend, Adam Copeland arrived in AEW, Christian warned him not to interfere with his business, despite the former not wanting to fight him. However, when Christian tried to snap his neck and paralyze him on the 11/1/23 of ''Dynamite'', this wound up enraging Adam into aligning with Sting and Darby Allin, whom Christian had been feuding with, against him.
106	--> '''Adam Copeland:''' YOU WANNA SNAP MY NECK?! I'M GONNA BEAT YOUR ASS! It is on, you stupid little son of a bitch! (''turns to Sting'') Sting, you were right. You want a partner at Full Gear? (''to Darby'') Darby, you want a partner at Full Gear? I'm your man!
107	* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Got a ''nasty'' one from Wrestling/CMPunk (who was in full-on UnstoppableRage mode). He ate the announcer's table about a dozen times in a row, then took a GTS - except Punk abandoned his left knee in favor of ''the steel ring stairs.'' Then Punk put him in the Anaconda Vice for about 45 seconds.
108	* OhCrap: Christian's face on the 7/29/11 ''Smackdown'' when he watched Randy Orton RKO R-Truth into the announcers' table. Wrestling/TripleH had ordered Randy Orton's rematch at Summerslam to be [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown No Holds Barred]] - which pretty much means that Randy (whose recent loss has made him even more unhinged than he was already) can do anything he wants to Christian.
109	* OverlyLongGag: "One More Match."
110	* OvershadowedByAwesome: His 2011 feud with Wrestling/RandyOrton carried ''[=SmackDown!=]'' through the summer after Edge was forced to retire and produced several Match of the Year contenders, and effectively cemented Christian as Randy's one true rival throughout his career. It probably would've been Feud of the Year -- had it not happened in 2011, aka the same year as the "Summer of Punk II", which helped kickstart the legendary rivalry between Wrestling/JohnCena and Wrestling/CMPunk.
111	* PatrioticFervor: Its 2005, he's on Raw and he wants to go to Smackdown. Why? Because Smackdown has Americans, it has Mexicans, it has Japanese, it has Frenchmen, but it doesn't have one Canadian!
112	* PermaStubble: Overlaps mostly with BeardOfEvil.
113	* PowerTrio: The Brood, with Gangrel and [=Edge=] (1998 to 1999)
114	** Team ECK with Wrestling/KurtAngle and [=Edge=] (2000 to 2001)
115	** In TNA, he led the Christian Coalition, which featured [[TheComicallySerious Tomko]] & Wrestling/AJStyles (2007 to 2008)
116	* PrecisionFStrike: To Adam Copeland when they met up again in AEW.
117	--> '''Christian:''' "Go fuck yourself."
118	* PutOnABus: Alarmingly often. He's been hurt at points during the latter part of his career, but there have also been occasions where he's simply disappeared with no given explanation. Then there's going from WWE to TNA and back.
119	* TheQuietOne: His debut in the WWF during his time in the Brood. The first time someone put a microphone in his face, he merely stared at it with disdain. Nowadays, it's getting him to ''shut up'' that's the problem.
120	* RedBaron: Captain Charisma (WWE) and the Instant Classic (TNA).
121	* RedemptionPromotion: The page for this trope lists Christian as perhaps the ultimate example of it. After turning his back on the WWE fans, he simply got more and more pathetic and boring. In 2003, it seemed like he couldn't win a match clean if his life depended on it, even against 150 pound Spike Dudley. After returning to ECW, many new fans were shocked to see he could actually escape from an armbar and with the crowds behind him, tag teams had to cheat to beat Christian in two on one matches.
122	** A similar thing seems to be happening with his recent feud with Wrestling/RandyOrton, although not as dramatically.
123	* RedOniBlueOni: He was the blue oni to [=Edge=]'s red, especially when they teamed together. Christian was pushed as the more calculated and calmer of the two, while Edge...well, he often got by on just being [[AxCrazy batshit]] [[CrazyIsCool insane.]]
124	* RingOldies: In his late 40s, and still able to outwork everyone.
125	* TheRival: The Hardys and the Dudleys when he tagged with [=Edge=].
126	* RuleOfFunny: [=Edge=] and Christian circa 2000 ran on this.
127	* RunningGag:
128	** His lackluster rapping skills. They come up in a backstage skit at the 2005 Royal Rumble when he tries to rap-battle Wrestling/JohnCena, and again at Survivor Series 2009 as he tries to impress his black teammates.
129	** Mocking other wrestlers for their deceased fathers, and similarly, objectifying their single mothers.
130	* ShoutOut: Has started to use the Spear occasionally (usually in PPV matches) since [=Edge=] retired.
131	* SitcomArchNemesis: Apparently had one in real life; a loan officer by the name of Snooks who hounded him to repay college loans he had spent on wrestling school, who would mock his aspirations to become a wrestler.
132	* {{Slimeball}}: Increasingly became one during his Raw team up with Chris Jericho to the point Stone Cold Steve Austin dubbed him a CLB (creepy little bastard). Eventually he and Jericho had a falling out too.
133	* SmallNameBigEgo: His WWE character, from 2001 to 2005. Played for laughs.
134	** His TNA character, from 2006 to 2008. Taken more seriously.
135	* SpeakingIllOfTheDead: As a heel in AEW, he has no issue insulting the deceased relatives of his opponent.
136	* SmugSnake: Thrives as this whenever he's a heel.
137	* SpotlightStealingSquad: WWECW was practically a long, extended version of "The Peep Show" after Christian came back.
138	* TagTeam: [[Wrestling/ChrisCandido The Suicide Blondes]] with [[Wrestling/EdgeWrestler Sexton Hardcastle]], also known together as High Impact. Later just Edge and Christian in WWF/E.
139	* TalkShowWithFists:
140	** "The Peep Show" in WWE.
141	** He introduced "Chatting with the Champ" on the October 11, 2007 episode of ''TNA Impact.'' The set was a Tiki Bar, with AJ Styles as TheBartender, for guest Samoa Joe. Joe disapproved, and called AJ "Woody from ''Series/{{Cheers}}''."
142	* TantrumThrowing: Due to a long losing streak on Raw, along with things generally not going his way. Christian was on the verge of just quitting.
143	* TargetedToHurtTheHero: Got the crap beaten out of him by Wrestling/TheShield just to antagonize a returning [=Edge=] back in September. Hasn't been seen since.
144	* TechnicianPerformerTeamUp: He and Wrestling/{{Edge\|Wrestler}} fit this early in their careers, with Edge more of the charismatic "performer" (who'd go on to a much more successful singles career after, embracing the less-technical "main event style" popular in the WWE at the time) and Christian being the more technical "worker" in the ring (his catchphrase even being "Out Work Everyone"), famous as one of the best at "putting over" other wrestlers in the ring. As their careers went along, each evolved to include some traits of the other archetype.
145	* TerribleTrio: Christian's Coalition, oddly enough. Despite their major heel status, Christian, Styles, and Tomko's talking segments together came across as a comedic take on "the evil mastermind and his henchmen" shtick more often than not. It's actually part of the reason they were so over at the time.
146	* ThisCannotBe: Eddie Colon kicking out of the unprettier at ''WWC Aniversario 34'', it must have been an officiating mistake!
147	* TitleDrop: At ''Bound For Glory'' 2006's "8 Mile Street Fight", Christian hit Rhino with an 8 Mile street sign.
148	* TokenWhite: At ''Survivor Series'' 2009, Christian competed in a team featuring Wrestling/KofiKingston, [[Wrestling/MontelVontaviousPorter MVP]], [[Wrestling/RonKillings R-Truth]] and Wrestling/MarkHenry, each of them black. Initially subverted when Christian was initially nervous about teaming with them for being the only one in the team to be from ECW and Canada (R-Truth was on Smackdown, and Henry, Kingston, and MVP were on RAW at the time). Lampshaded when Christian then proceeded to rap:
149	-->'''Christian''': Team Kofi Kingston, looking for a fight. Four of us are black, and one of us is white! What's up? WHAT'S UP? ... [[DefensiveWhat What's up?]]
150	* TookALevelInBadass: By the end of his WWE run, he was treated by the company as a glorified midcard jobber act despite his soaring popularity. Then he came to TNA, became world heavyweight champion in three months and had an undefeated streak even longer than Wrestling/SamoaJoe's.
151	* TrueCompanions: Occasionally showed signs that he considered AJ Styles and Tomko this, such as his "I'm giving you the night off" motivational speech to focus on their #1 contender's match for the tag team titles at No Surrender 2007, the genuine hug with AJ at Final Resolution 1/2008, and applauding Tomko for refusing Kurt Angle's advances and being his own man in the lead up to the following month's Against All Odds. Unfortunately, betrayals ended up following each of those moments.
152	** A real life example is of course his relationship with Edge.
153	* {{Tuckerization}}: His kayfabe first name comes from Creator/ChristianSlater. His non-WWE last name, Cage, comes from Creator/NicolasCage.
154	* UnrelatedBrothers: Christian (Jason Reso) and [=Edge=] (Adam Copeland) were initially referred to as brothers when in WWE; after they stopped teaming (and feuding), this was dropped rather quickly.
155	** The fact that they are childhood best friends and have several photos together as kids surely helped a lot. The fact that their birthdays are exactly one month apart does not help as much[[labelnote:*]]Edge was born October 30th, and Christian on November 30th[[/labelnote]].
156	* UnstoppableRage: At ''Elimination Chamber 2011''. [=Edge=] had just won the chamber match and retained the World Heavyweight Championship in the Elimination Chamber match when [[ForeignWrestlingHeel Alberto Del Rio]], who was to face [=Edge=] for the title at Wrestlemania XXVII, ran into the chamber and started beating down on a tired and vulnerable [=Edge=]. Del Rio locks in the [[FinishingMove Cross]] [[GameBreakingInjury Arm Breaker]]. Cue [[BigWordShout loud "GO!"]] from out of nowhere. Cue [[SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound fan markout]]. Cue Christian, who (kayfabe) missed six months of action due to Del Rio using the same move on him, running down to the ring and handing Del Rio his ass on a platter.
157	* VillainousBreakdown: When he first went solo, he frequently threw tantrums. He teamed up with Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage to try to curb them, but it turned into a feud. He eventually grew out of them, but briefly teased one at the end of his initial WWE run--in a triple threat WWE Championship match with Jericho and Wrestling/JohnCena--before going to TNA.
158	* VillainousLegacy: He may have lost his feud with Jungle Boy but him teaching Perry to use his anger during their partnership in 2021 as well as his betrayal and corruption of Luchasaurs in 2022, Cage practically sow the seeds of Perry's FaceHeelTurn in 2023.
159	* WeUsedToBeFriends: When [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder you betray pretty much every tag team partner you have]], this is to be expected.
160	** Naturally, his first big feud after going solo was with [=Edge=]. Interestingly, this was a factor of their on-screen relationship for just over ''9 years'', with the pair reconciling when they were both face, and fittingly a few months before Edge's retirement.
161	** And then the start of his big solo run at the start of his "Captain Charisma" gimmick started off with a feud with the newly [[HeelFaceTurn face]] Wrestling/ChrisJericho.
162	** And his FaceHeelTurn in TNA started off with him betraying Wrestling/{{Sting}} & a violent feud with [[Wrestling/{{Rhyno}} Rhino]].
163	** And ''then'' his HeelFaceTurn in TNA saw this happen with long-time enforcer Tomko.
164	** And then his there's his betrayal of "Jungle Boy" Jack Perry that kicked off his FaceHeelTurn in AEW.
165	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Although he still works a full schedule, he tends to disappear for months at a time for no apparent reason, and sometimes with no setup.
166	* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: The Unamericans wore the stars and stripes upside down.
167	* WorthIt: Sure, he pissed off Randy and got the crap beaten out of him, but at least he was World Champion again!
168	* WorthyOpponent: When Christian was the ECW Champion, Wrestling/YoshiTatsu ([[{{Irony}} whom he said was going to be a future champion]]), Wrestling/TommyDreamer (the heart and soul and guts of ECW) and [[Wrestling/TheWorldsGreatestTagTeam Shelton Benjamin]] (who he challenged at the TLC pay per view after feeling WWECW was being overlooked and knew he could steal the show with)
169	* WouldHitAGirl:
170	** Defeated [[Wrestling/MollyHolly Mighty Molly]] for the [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/wwf-hc.html WWE Hardcore Title]] at ''WWE [[Wrestling/WrestleMania WrestleMania]] X-8''.
171	** After being booked in a match with Trish Stratus ({{Love Interest\|s}} of Christian's partner, Wrestling/ChrisJericho) in 2004, Christian told Trish he would [[BlatantLies just lie down for her, so she wouldn't get hurt]]. He proceeded to instigate a CurbStompBattle. But with the way the angle played out this was more of a gambit on Trish's part, as in the end [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys Trish turned]], they became the couple, and Jericho became a clear face.
172	** Jeff Jarrett's manager Wrestling/GailKim apparently forgot about this trope in TNA, but was quickly reminded of it when she tried to interfere with Christian's title shot.
173	* YouOweMe: Christian used this reasoning to try and force Wrestling/FrankieKazarian to team up with him and even the odds when the Angle Alliance turned on Christian. Christian was apparently so intimidating that his demands just sent Kaz running in fear.
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175	'''One More Trope!'''

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