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Edge began his career being a wrestler at a young age. His favorite wrestlers included Mr. Perfect (Curt Hennig), Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, Ricky Steamboat (Richard Blood), Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart.
Adam won an essay contest in which he would have the opportunity to be trained by Sweet Daddy Siki (Reginald Siki) and Ron Hutchinson. Throughout the 1990s, Copeland wrestled on the independent circuit in Ontario and the Great Lakes region of the United States under the name Sexton Hardcastle. He became a part of the tag team Sex and Violence with Joe Legend (Joe Hitchen). During 1997, Sex and Violence became part of a larger stable known as Thug Life, made up of Legend, Hardcastle, childhood friend Christian (Jason Reso), "Bloody" Bill Skullion, and Rhino Richards (Terry Gerin). During his independent career, he won the SSW Tag Title and the ICW Street Fight Tag Title twice with Christian, in addition to his reign as ICW/MWCW Midwest Unified Tag Title holder alongside Joe.
The duo of Copeland and Cage was known as Hard Impact before changing their name to The Suicide Blondes. In 1996, the duo worked in Japan under the name the Canadian Rockers. Copeland also once wrestled under the name Damon Striker (although Edge writes it as Damien Stryker in his book) on an edition of WCW Pro against Meng (Tonga Fifita) and Kevin Sullivan. In his autobiography, Copeland states that it was his worst ring name to date.
Biography Credit: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Copeland
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