Edge & Christian will go down as one of the greatest tag teams of all time. And few will argue that they may just be the most entertaining. Both exhilarating in the ring and genuinely funny out of it, their list of achievements is as varied as it is memorable. Their legendary Ladder/Table/TLC matches with the Hardy Boyz and the Dudley Boyz sit alongside their five second poses and backstage rapport with Mick Foley. This legendary tag team launched Edge into an incredible career that saw him win 11 World Championships and main event Wrestlemania 24 against The Undertaker. The same cannot be said for his partner Christian. When Edge & Christian broke up in 2001, the pair were on fairly even footing within the company. Although it can be said that Edge was given more opportunities directly after the split, that can be attributed to the fact that he was the babyface coming out of the group. Both were given mid-card title reigns and the TV time to try and get themselves over in the days of a roster that had just been flooded by newly acquired WCW stars and a main-event scene that was more or less locked down. Both spent a few years building their characters and attaining a following from a crowd unsure of they could make it as singles stars. Then, in November 2005, Christian let his WWE contract expire and moved to TNA. Two months later, by January 2006, Edge won his first WWE Championship. With hindsight it's easy to point at Edge as the more gifted of the two, but at the time it never really seemed that way. Both were generally considered fairly even, and when Edge was awarded the first ever Money In The Bank contract, it was considered a big gamble. Christian left for TNA because he felt burned out and wanted a lighter schedule. But his WWE career never recovered. He re-signed with WWE in 2009 and was used in the new ECW brand, but he was always considered an afterthought. He finally won a World Championship in 2011, as a gesture to his former partner Edge, who had to suddenly retire. Christian dropped the title to Randy Orton just two days later. There are rumours that Vince McMahon has never seen Christian as a viable main event player, but the biggest blotch by his name is his departure for TNA. McMahon does not like disloyalty. Christian's talent and his Attitude Era nostalgia factor would surely had set him up for a main event career had he not made the move in 2005.
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