Adam Copeland Talks Decision To Join AEW – Adam Copeland has shed light on his decision to sign with AEW in an interview with CBS Sports. The former Edge explained that his transition from WWE to AEW happened relatively quickly, with the pivotal moment arriving as his WWE contract was approaching its end on September 21.
Copeland also added that the opportunity to reunite with Christian Cage in AEW was too enticing to pass up.
“As I got closer to the end of the deal, retirement was a very, very real option. It was not off the table…I really sat with the idea of retirement because I truly thought like, ‘Man, WWE gave me that night. I don’t know how that gets topped.’ And that’s still in my brain. But I guess now it’s like, ‘OK, how can I try and top it in this new environment.’ Honestly, that Toronto show was a send-off of that character and it was the perfect way for that character to go out. Wrestling a guy that I’ve never wrestled that I always wanted to. It was just so much fun in there. That night, I’ll never forget it. I’ll always have that night with me. I told Sheamus that too. That will be one of the most special nights in my career, always.
It wasn’t until my contract was up on [Sept. 21]. It wasn’t until then. So it was really, really quick to get everything done and get everything dialed in. Figuring out so many things like getting with Alter Bridge and getting the music and doing all of those things. There were nine or 10 days. “I didn’t know immediately, but I thought that’s where I wanted to go. I really thought that working with Jay {Christian Cage] again was what I wanted to do and how I pictured it in a perfect world. Beth said, ‘What’s your perfect world? ‘I was like, ‘My perfect world is that I end my career with Jay.’ So suddenly that perfect world looked like it could be there. It’s tough to pass that up.”
Adam Copeland Talks Decision To Join AEW
