5 WWE Superstars you didn't know trained at the Hart Dungeon

#4 Edge

Edge worked out in The Hart Dungeon before making his WWE debut.

While The Hart Dungeon saw many top Superstars come through its doors, the trainee who has gone on to have the most World Championship reigns in their subsequent career is Edge.

Having held the World Heavyweight Championship seven times, as well as the WWE Championship on four occasions, Edge has a combined 11 reigns as a World Champion.

Training at The Hart Dungeon

Edge spent some time training in The Dungeon in 1997, alongside his tag team partner Christian. The duo were particularly fortunate, as they actually got to train under Bret Hart, who was out with an injury at the time.

Hart confirmed working with Edge (and Christian) during an interview for WWE.com:

After being signed by WWE, Edge and Christian trained at my house. I had a pool room with an indoor pool and a garden behind it. I took out the garden and put in a wrestling ring...I trained wrestlers for about a year and a half until I punched Vince in the face [laughs]. In fact, Edge and Christian didn’t know what was going to happen to them because they were training with me at the time.

Thankfully for Edge, Hart's November 1997 exit from the company did not hurt his own prospects with WWE. His time training at The Dungeon paved the way for an exceptional career. Inducted into the promotion's Hall of Fame in 2012, Edge made a shock comeback from retirement at this year's Royal Rumble pay-per-view.

YOU THINK YOU KNOW HIM!?!?!?!?!@EdgeRatedR IS BACK AND IN THE #MensRumble!!!!!!!!!!!! #RoyalRumble pic.twitter.com/iHLfhpa6Wh

— WWE (@WWE) January 27, 2020

The "Rated R Superstar" continues his return this Sunday at WWE Backlash - in what is being hyped as "The Great Wrestling Match Ever" against Randy Orton. It will be interesting to see if Edge dusts off any of the moves he learned in The Hart Dungeon for his upcoming grudge match!