Edge's first televised match was against Jose Estrada, Jr., which ended prematurely by countout when Edge performed a somersault senton from the ring to the outside, legitimately injuring Estrada's neck. In his first pay-per-view match at SummerSlam in August, he served as Sable's mystery tag team partner against Jacqueline and Marc Mero, and slammed Sable onto Mero in a pinning position to pick up the win. At , Edge faced Owen Hart in a losing effort. On the October 11 edition of "Sunday Night Heat", Edge defeated Vader in Vader's final televised WWF match and at WWF Capital Carnage, Edge faced Tiger Ali Singh in a losing effort.