Rating The Champ: Edge

May 4, 2020
6 min read

Welcome to a new series on the website, called Rating The Champ. This will follow my prior World Title Series, where I reviewed each and every WWE Heavyweight Champion in history from Hulk Hogan’s first title win in 1984 all the way to the current days. Money in the Bank cash-ins will not be included for obvious reasons, unless it was a proper match (ie: Rob Van Dam at One Night Stand 2006). Royal Rumble and battle royales won’t be included as well.

In this new series, I will rate all the PPV matches from each and every WWF/E Heavyweight Champion in history. To be fair, since this is the WWF/E title, I’ll only rate their PPV matches in the WWF/E. In this edition, we’ll be looking back at the PPV career of the one and only, former World Heavyweight & WWE Champion, Edge.

1998

W/ Sable vs. Marc Mero & Jacqueline (SummerSlam) **
Vs. Owen Hart (Breakdown) ***1/4
W/ The Brood vs. JOB Squad (Rock Bottom) *1/2

1999

W/ The Brood vs. Ministry of Darkness (Backlash) *
W/ Gangrel vs. The Hardy Boyz (King of the Ring) **1/2
Vs. Jeff Jarrett – WWF Intercontinental Championship (Fully Loaded) ***
Tag Team Turmoil Match (SummerSlam) **
W/ Christian vs. New Age Outlaws – WWF Tag Team Championship (Unforgiven) **1/2
Ladder: W/ Christian vs. The Hardy Boyz (No Mercy) ****
W/ Christian & The Hardy Boyz vs. The Holly’s & Too Cool (Survivor Series) ***

2000

W/ Christian vs. The Hardy Boyz (No Way Out) ***
Triangle Ladder: W/ Christian vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz – WWF Tag Team Championship (WrestleMania 2000) ****
W/ Christian vs. DX – WWF Tag Team Championship (Backlash) ***
W/ Team ECK vs. Rikishi & Too Cool (Judgment Day) **1/2
Elimination: W/ Christian vs. Too Cool vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. T&A – WWF Tag Team Championship (King of the Ring) **1/2
W/ Christian vs. APA – WWF Tag Team Championship (Fully Loaded) *
TLC: W/ Christian vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. The Dudley Boyz – WWF Tag Team Championship (SummerSlam) *****
Steel Cage: W/ Christian vs. The Hardy Boyz – WWF Tag Team Championship (Unforgiven) ***1/4
W/ “Conquistador Dos” vs. The Hardy Boyz – WWF Tag Team Championship (No Mercy) *
W/ Christian & RTC vs. The Hardyz & The Dudleyz (Survivor Series) ***
W/ Christian vs. Right to Censor vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. Road Dogg & K-Kwik – WWF Tag Team Championship (Armageddon) **1/2

2001

W/ Christian vs. The Dudley Boyz – WWF Tag Team Championship (Royal Rumble) ***1/2
Tables: W/ Christian vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. The Undertaker & Kane – WWF Tag Team Championship (No Way Out) **
TLC: W/ Christian vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz – WWF Tag Team Championship (WrestleMania X-Seven) *****
Tag Team Turmoil (Judgment Day) ***1/2
Vs. Rhyno (King of the Ring) **1/2
Vs. Kurt Angle (King of the Ring) ***1/4
W/ Christian vs. Lance Storm & Mike Awesome (InVasion) **3/4
Vs. Lance Storm – WWF Intercontinental Championship (SummerSlam) ****
Vs. Edge – WWF Intercontinental Championship (Unforgiven) ***1/4
Ladder: Vs. Edge – WWF Intercontinental Championship (No Mercy) ***3/4
Vs. Test – WCW United States & WWF Intercontinental Championships (Survivor Series) ***1/2
Vs. William Regal – WWF Intercontinental Championship (Vengeance) **3/4

2002

Vs. William Regal – WWF Intercontinental Championship (Royal Rumble) **1/4
Brass Knuckles On A Pole: Vs. William Regal – WWF Intercontinental Championship (No Way Out) **1/2
Vs. Booker T (WrestleMania X8) **
Vs. Kurt Angle (Backlash) ****1/4
Hair vs. Hair: Vs. Kurt Angle (Judgment Day) ****1/2
W/ ‘Hollywood’ Hulk Hogan vs. The Un-Americans – World Tag Team Championship (Vengeance) **1/4
Vs. Eddie Guerrero (SummerSlam) ***3/4
Vs. Eddie Guerrero (Unforgiven) ***3/4
W/ Rey Mysterio vs. Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit – WWE Tag Team Championship (No Mercy) *****
Elimination: W/ Rey Mysterio vs. Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit vs. Los Guerreros – WWE Tag Team Championship (Survivor Series) ***3/4
Vs. A-Train (Armageddon) **

2004

Vs. Kane (Backlash) *
W/ Chris Benoit vs. La Résistance – World Tag Team Championship (Bad Blood) **1/2
Vs. Randy Orton – WWE Intercontinental Championship (Vengeance) ****1/4
Vs. Chris Jericho vs. Batista – WWE Intercontinental Championship (SummerSlam) **1/2
W/ Chris Benoit vs. La Résistance – World Tag Team Championship (Taboo Tuesday) **
W/ Team Triple H vs. Team Orton (Survivor Series) ***

2005

Elimination Chamber Match – World Heavyweight Championship (New Year’s Revolution) ***3/4
Vs. Shawn Michaels (Royal Rumble) ***1/4
MITB Ladder Match (WrestleMania 21) ****3/4
Last Man Standing: Vs. Chris Benoit (Backlash) ****1/4
Vs. Kane (Vengeance) **1/2
Vs. Matt Hardy (SummerSlam) **
Steel Cage: Vs. Matt Hardy (Unforgiven) ****1/4

2006

Vs. Ric Flair – WWE Intercontinental Championship (New Year’s Revolution) **1/4
Vs. John Cena – WWE Championship (Royal Rumble) **3/4
Hardcore: Vs. Mick Foley (WrestleMania 22) ****1/4
Vs. John Cena vs. Triple H – WWE Championship (Backlash) ****1/2
W/ Mick Foley & Lita vs. The Sandman, Tommy Dreamer & Beulah McGillicutty (ECW One Night Stand) ***
Vs. Rob Van Dam – WWE Championship (Vengeance) ***1/2
Vs. John Cena – WWE Championship (SummerSlam) ***3/4
TLC: Vs. John Cena – WWE Championship (Unforgiven) ****1/2
W/ Randy Orton vs. DX (Cyber Sunday) ***
W/ Team Rated-RKO vs. Team DX (Survivor Series) ***1/4

2007

W/ Randy Orton vs. DX – World Tag Team Championship (New Year’s Revolution) ***1/2
MITB Ladder Match (WrestleMania 23) ****1/4
Vs. John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Randy Orton – WWE Championship (Backlash) ****1/4
Vs. Batista – World Heavyweight Championship (Judgment Day) **1/2
Steel Cage: Vs. Batista – World Heavyweight Championship (One Night Stand) **1/4
Vs. Batista – World Heavyweight Championship (Vengeance: Night of Champions) ***
Vs. Batista vs. The Undertaker – World Heavyweight Championship (Armageddon) ***

2008

Vs. Rey Mysterio – World Heavyweight Championship (Royal Rumble) ***3/4
Vs. Rey Mysterio – World Heavyweight Championship (No Way Out) ***
Vs. The Undertaker – World Heavyweight Championship (WrestleMania XXIV) ****1/2
Vs. The Undertaker – World Heavyweight Championship (Backlash) ***1/2
Vs. The Undertaker – World Heavyweight Championship (Judgment Day) ***
TLC: Vs. The Undertaker – World Heavyweight Championship (One Night Stand) ****
Vs. Batista – World Heavyweight Championship (Night of Champions) ***
Vs. Triple H – WWE Championship (The Great American Bash) ***1/4
HIAC: Vs. The Undertaker (SummerSlam) ****1/2
Vs. Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy – WWE Championship (Armageddon) ****1/4

2009

No DQ: Vs. Jeff Hardy – WWE Championship (Royal Rumble) ***1/2
Elimination Chamber – WWE Championship (No Way Out) ****1/4
Elimination Chamber – World Heavyweight Championship (No Way Out) ****1/4
Vs. John Cena vs. Big Show – World Heavyweight Championship (WrestleMania XXV) ***1/4
Last Man Standing: Vs. John Cena – World Heavyweight Championship (Backlash) ****1/2
Vs. Jeff Hardy – World Heavyweight Championship (Judgment Day) ***1/2
Ladder: Vs. Jeff Hardy – World Heavyweight Championship (Extreme Rules) ****1/2
W/ Chris Jericho vs. Carlito & Primo vs. The Legacy – Unified WWE Tag Team Championship (The Bash) **

2010

Vs. Chris Jericho – World Heavyweight Championship (WrestleMania XXVI) ****
Steel Cage: Vs. Chris Jericho (Extreme Rules) ***3/4
Vs. Randy Orton (Over the Limit) *1/2
Vs. Cena vs. Orton vs. Sheamus – WWE Championship (Fatal 4 Way) ***
RAW’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match (Money in the Bank) ***3/4
W/ Team Cena vs. Team Nexus (SummerSlam) ***1/2
Six Pack Challenge – WWE Championship (Night of Champions) ***1/4
Vs. Jack Swagger (Hell in a Cell) **3/4
W/ Team SmackDown vs. Team RAW (Bragging Rights) **1/4
Vs. Kane – World Heavyweight Championship (Survivor Series) 3/4*
TLC: Vs. Kane vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Alberto Del Rio – World Heavyweight Championship (TLC) ****1/4

2011

Vs. Dolph Ziggler – World Heavyweight Championship (Royal Rumble) ****
Elimination Chamber Match – World Heavyweight Championship (Elimination Chamber) ****1/4
Vs. Alberto Del Rio – World Heavyweight Championship (WrestleMania XXVII) ***1/2

2020

Last Man Standing: Vs. Randy Orton (WrestleMania 36) ****1/2

TOP FIVE

5. John Cena (Unforgiven 2006)

4. The Undertaker (WrestleMania XXIV)

3. Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit (No Mercy 2002)

2. The Hardy Boyz & The Dudley Boyz (WrestleMania X-Seven)

1. The Hardy Boyz & The Dudley Boyz (SummerSlam 2000)

Average rating per year

1998 – 2.25
1999 – 2.57
2000 – 2.8
2001 – 3.31
2002 – 3.27
2004 – 2.54
2005 – 3.54
2006 – 3.48
2007 – 3.25
2008 – 3.68
2009 – 3.72
2010 – 2.98
2011 – 3.92
2020 – 4.5

Overall average rating

3.27/5

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

Don’t miss the next article here on Rating The Champ, where we’ll be looking back at former WWE Champion, The Miz.