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 Edges 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 something being wrong with their mother to blindside Edge, in true heel fashion. Unfortunately, WWF werent interested in Christian as a singles main eventer, and so saw no appreciable value in continuing the feud past Octobers 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.
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