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On October 31, his contract with WWE expired.<ref name="WWEdeparture">{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Wrestling/2005/10/31/1286733.html|title=Christian, WWE part ways|date=October 31, 2005|accessdate=January 20, 2009|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]}}</ref> According to wrestling journalist [[Dave Meltzer]], Reso was asked on the spot to sign a new contract, but he declined.<ref name="WWEdeparture" /> His last match occurred during the tapings for the November 4 episode of ''SmackDown!'', where he and John Bradshaw Layfield lost to [[Rey Mysterio]] and [[Matt Hardy]].<ref name="WWEdeparture" /> Despite his quitting, Christian appeared on the October 31 episode of ''Raw'' and at [[Taboo Tuesday (2005)|Taboo Tuesday]] on November 1, fulfilling his obligations to the company as he was one of five SmackDown wrestlers eligible to be voted [[Chris Masters]] and [[Gene Snitsky|Snitsky]]'s opponents by the fans.<ref name="Raw103105">{{cite web|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/TV_Reports_9/article_15259.shtml|title=Keller's Raw report 10/31: Ongoing "virtual time" coverage of live show|last=Keller|first=Wade|date=October 31, 2005|publisher=PWTorch.com|accessdate=October 31, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://slam.canoe.com/Slam/Wrestling/PPVReports/2005/11/02/1289908.html|title=Taboo Tuesday delivers decently|last=Sokol|first=Chris|date=November 2, 2005|work=SLAM! Sports: Wrestling|publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer]]|accessdate=December 11, 2009}}</ref>
Before leaving WWE, Reso filed to trademark the nickname of "Captain Charisma", which allowed him to use it as Christian Cage in the [[Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA), but after WWE disputed the trademark claim by citing a provision in the terms of his old contract he stopped officially using it on TNA programming by the summer of 2006, calling himself "The Instant Classic" from early 2007 onwards although he still continued to be referred to as "Captain Charisma" in off-screen appearances and sometimes wore his "Captain Charisma" entrance jumpsuits to the ring at [[live events]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/44200/WWE-&-Christian-Fighting-Over-//Captain-Charisma//.htm|publisher=411mania.com|title=WWE & Christian Fighting Over "Captain Charisma"|accessdate=October 20, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001062650/http://www.411mania.com/wrestling/news/44200/WWE-%26-Christian-Fighting-Over-//Captain-Charisma//.htm|archive-date=October 1, 2012
=== Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ===
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