The Edge’s return to the Royal Rumble 2021

The Edge: un champion de catch reconnu

He has won 32 World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Championships: 11 World Championships, 4 in WWE, 7 World Heavyweight Championships, and more. The Edge was already a wrestling legend, but he managed the feat of making history once again.

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10 away from the rings

In April 2011, the wrestler announced his retirement from the ring to pursue a career in film and television. His retirement ended on January 26, 2020, when he made a big and unexpected return to the Royal Rumble. The Edge, real name Adam Copeland, was one of the last three wrestlers in the Everyone vs. Everyone event, but he was eventually knocked out by Roman Reigns.

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‘You think you know me’

His entry song, one of the best in WWE history, opens with an elegant “You think you know me”, which precedes the hit “Metalingus”, sung by Alter Bridge, but which, from 2001 to 2004, was sung by Rob Zombie. When the song’s first chords sounded on January 26, 2020, the whole world shook at the screams of fans. It’s easy to relive the moment by finding one of the hundreds of current videos.

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One year to get the glory

A year later, on January 31, 2021, The Edge completed its comeback by winning the new edition of the Royal Rumble. And he did it in style, winning in front of 30 wrestlers, taking out two opponents along the way and beating his nemesis Randy Orton in an impressive final match.

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Multi-talented and with relevant roles

The return of The Edge, a wrestling legend, has been widely confirmed: now is the time for him to preserve his place on the throne he has just won. But along the way, he left behind a decade of series and films with more than respectable titles and, above all, some remarkable anecdotes.

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His screen debut? As a thief

“Highlander: Endgame” or “Highlander 4: The Last Insult” is the film which provided him with an alternative to wrestling in the year 2000. It was a very small role, that of a thief who appeared a few seconds away. ‘screen. But it was enough to keep Adam Copeland in mind the idea of ​​being an actor.

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Wrestlemania: a great soap opera in itself

However, many people consider the Wrestlemania wrestling tournament to be itself a soap opera, admittedly the most violent but also the oldest in American television, which has featured an impressive pool of actors for decades (The Rock, Dave Batista, John Cena, Gina Carano…).

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His first real role

It was in 2011 that, with the help of the series “The mysteries of Haven”, he took a real break. In fact, that’s when he decided to leave WWE and devote himself entirely to Dwight Hendrickson. His character was sort of a problem solver in the genre of the SyFy fantasy series. Dwight always wore a bulletproof vest because his problem was that he attracted bullets.

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Kjetill Flatonse

In “Bending the Rules” (2012) and “Interrogation” (2016), he played two policemen in banal stories that were of no great importance, but which were the prelude to his great role: Kjetill Flatonse.

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The greatest Viking

“Vikings”, one of the best series of the century, chose Adam Copeland for its last two seasons. His character, a violent and relentless warrior, will join Floki to establish a colony in Iceland. He appeared in 20 episodes of the series, or one-third of the total. It goes without saying that his Viking profile is terrifying, thanks to his 1.96 meters.

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His latest project: “Money Plane”

His latest film project, released in 2020, took him to share the screen with Kelsey Gramer (from the “Frasier” series). In the film, Adam Copeland plays Jack Reese, a professional thief who, to pay off a $ 40 million debt, will have to carry out a final heist: the robbery of a floating casino. The problem is, the casino is frequented by the most bloodthirsty criminals that man knows.

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Two stars reunited

On a personal level, Adam Copeland has been married to Beth Phoenix since 2016. Both have appeared on the hall of fame from WWE and had two daughters together.

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A champion and a great father

All the roughness he has in the ring, he doesn’t use it as a father, as we can see on his social networks. Could this be the wrestler’s secret to continue winning all his championships?

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