[1][2] Initially, the two were portrayed as on-screen brothers,[1] but the aspect was de-emphasized in the mid-2000s, and in 2010, the team was officially retconned as legitimate childhood friends.

Edge, however, announced his retirement from professional wrestling due to neck injury on the April 11 episode of Monday Night Raw, which would ultimately end their final run together.

[4] The team's popularity propelled Edge & Christian to main event success, with both men becoming multiple-time world champions in their own right.

Adam Copeland and Jason Reso formed a tag team in the Canadian independent circuit after completing their training with Ron Hutchison and Sweet Daddy Siki at Hutchinson's "Sully's Gym".

[1][5] The stable consisted of Cage, Hardcastle, Joe E. Legend, Rhino Richards, Bloody Bill Skullion, Big Daddy Adams, and Martin Kane.

On the June 22, 1998 episode of Raw is War, Copeland debuted as Edge in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) against Jose Estrada Jr.

After some confrontations between the two gothic brothers, Edge was eventually convinced to "come home" with Christian and Gangrel, and the three of them formed a stable known as "The Brood".

[1][8][9] The Brood then briefly joined The Undertaker's Ministry of Darkness faction, but left after Christian was flogged and almost sacrificed for revealing Stephanie McMahon's whereabouts to Ken Shamrock.

[1][8] At this point, the duo had rehashed Edge's pre-Brood gimmick as borderline gothic fan favorites, most notable for a tendency to enter the ring through the audience.

The tag team feud with the Hardy Boyz intensified as Gangrel became Matt and Jeff's new manager, combining to form "The New Brood", in the summer of 1999.

No longer entering the arena through the crowd, the two engaged in various antics, including making fun of their opponents and/or the city they were performing in, using strange exclusive phrases (the most notable being "reek of awesomeness"), and dressing in outlandish costumes.

These poses usually involved making fun of either their opponents or aspects of town pride (for instance, making fun of Elvis Presley during a show in Memphis, Tennessee or imitating Bill Buckner in the 1986 World Series at the King of the Ring event in Boston) in order to generate a negative reaction from the crowd.

[19] At the King of the Ring pay-per-view, the duo defeated Too Cool, Hardy Boyz, and T & A (Test & Albert) in a Four Corners elimination match to win their second WWF Tag Team Championship.

[1][22] Edge & Christian stated that instead of doing the "time-honored tradition" of shaking the hands of their opponents, they would instead do the time-honored tradition of mocking their opponents, and had four little people show up dressed as the Hardy Boyz and the Dudley Boyz, with toy ladders and tables, along with a special "37-second pose" where the fake Hardyz and Dudleyz bowed to Edge & Christian, who stood on the table.

According to the pre-match stipulation, due to the loss, they could never again challenge for the tag team championship as long as the Hardy Boyz held them.

At Armageddon, Edge & Christian competed in a Four Corners match which included the then-current champions, Right To Censor (The Goodfather & Bull Buchanan), the Dudley Boyz and the makeshift team of Road Dogg & K-Kwik.

[32] Later that night, they dropped the titles to the Dudley Boyz, making them the shortest reigning WWF Tag Team Champions of all time.

[1][34][35] On the April 19 episode of SmackDown!, they lost the WWF Tag Team Championship to The Brothers of Destruction (Undertaker & Kane).

[1][40] From there, they would become loosely united through Christian facing Edge's storyline rivals, leading to three more reunion tag team matches in 2005.

[1][41][42][43] These reunions, officially or otherwise, also included a brand new third party in the form of Christian's acting problem solver at the time, Tyson Tomko.

He debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) at its Genesis pay-per-view soon thereafter under the ring name Christian Cage, which he used in Canadian independent circuit.

[50] Edge eventually won the match with a spear, however, moments later Randy Orton revealed that The Undertaker was in fact his real opponent.

On the April 15, 2011 edition of Raw, Edge officially announced his retirement from professional wrestling due to complications from his previous neck injuries, vacating the World Heavyweight Championship in the process.

At Extreme Rules, after a distraction by Edge reversed the effects of interference from Clay, Christian defeated Del Rio in a Ladder match for the vacated title.

At SummerSlam, Christian revealed that Edge would be at ringside for his World Heavyweight Championship No Holds Barred match against Randy Orton.

Edge was held to the mat by Big Show while Rollins threatened to break his neck with the Curb Stomp if John Cena did not bring back The Authority.

[54] At the post-event media scrum, Copeland confirmed that he has signed a contract with AEW and will be appearing in a regular, full-time capacity for the promotion.

[56] At Dynamite: Title Tuesday on October 10, Copeland won his debut match by defeating Luchasaurus, Cage's associate.

[65] On the February 14, 2024 episode of Dynamite, Copeland wrestled Daniel Garcia in a number one contender match for the TNT Championship.