10 Nastiest Sibling Rivalries In Wrestling

By Jack Morrell /

6. Edge Goes For Gold

The other most entertaining tag team of the Attitude Era, Adam €˜Edge€™ Copeland and William €˜Christian€™ Reso, would find themselves the centre of attention in late 2001 when Edge won the King Of The Ring tournament. While the two were equally charismatic and talented, Edge was always the larger and most obviously groomed for solo stardom. His real life best friend, storyline brother and tag team partner would need to be dealt with first, however, and a split was teased for several months afterwards, culminating in Christian turning on his €˜brother€™ and a feud between the two in September 2001. The pair would feud for Edge€™s Intercontinental championship over the next few months, trading it back and forth. Fans loved the hot angle between the two, especially when Christian would tease €œsomething being wrong with their mother€ to blindside Edge, in true heel fashion. Unfortunately, WWF weren€™t interested in Christian as a singles main eventer, and so saw no appreciable value in continuing the feud past October€™s No Mercy pay-per-view, where Edge went over in a thrilling ladder match. The entire brilliant angle lasted for only around six weeks: a transitional storyline to end their partnership and prepare Edge for greatness.