Adam Copeland Admits Retirement Was A Real Option Before His AEW Debut

AEW signed Adam Copeland to a contract, and the former Edge showed up at WrestleDream as a big surprise in the end. As it turns out, retirement was a real option for the Rated R Superstar.

Adam Copeland’s debut in AEW didn’t really make that big of a mark in WWE. After all, his name wasn’t a big topic of conversation during RAW this week because they had a lot of things going on.

While speaking with CBS Sports, Adam Copeland opened up about going to AEW, which he said will be his final full-time run with a pro wrestling company. He noted that he knows going into that it’s going to be hard, but he enjoys it and that’s who he is.

“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.”

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Of course, Adam Copeland did not retire from pro wrestling. He is with AEW, where Tony Khan will certainly get the most about of the situation. If anything, Copeland will certainly be able to work with talent that he has never wrestled before in his career.

Adam Copeland will wrestle Luchasaurus on the October 10th episode of AEW Dynamite. That will be his first opponent in the Land of All Elite, but it certainly won’t be the last.

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