Adam Copeland Speaks Out on Leaving His WWE Name Behind in AEW

AEW WrestleDream will go down in AEW history as a significant event in the promotion’s history as it featured the debut of Adam Copeland. Fans were surprised to see him without the name ‘Edge,’ but have already gotten used to him using his real name. That said, Copeland also made it clear he felt free after leaving his WWE name behind.

The Rated R Superstar has been a central focus on AEW television since his debut, as he appeared on both Dynamite and Collision last week. Fans are seeing Adam Copeland for what he really is and they can’t get enough of it.

While speaking on the Talk Is Jericho podcast, the WWE Hall of Famer talked about his departure from WWE to AEW. Copeland then noted that it felt ‘freeing’ after he finally left his WWE name behind.

”To me, Edge was always a character. Like, even in this last run, it was basically me out there. And I mean, I’d even say in promos this is pretty much Adam, at this stage, Edge was just a name. It’s odd, I guess, to kind of put that skin on over the years. But again, with this last round, I don’t feel like it really was, it really just felt like everyone knows my story. Everyone knows the real story behind it, which is all Adam. So that kind of, like all of the real Rated R stuff, that kind of gets left behind. Now. It’s just the person behind the performer that’s almost front and centre, and that had never been the case before. But it was also kind of freeing, because it wasn’t trapped within a character now, and that’s what it feels like over here. It’s it feels like, just the possibilities are wide open. And that’s, that’s fun. “

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“You know, there are so many different paths we can go. And when I’m reading a book, right, I love when I don’t know where it’s gonna go and there’s a bunch of different ways it could go and you start to guess, okay, where are they going? Where’s the writer gonna take this? That, to me is really fun. And I feel like we have that opportunity here. So I have a long game idea. And I can’t wait for it. But all of this stuff sets that up. But even in thinking about it, I always think of the package. So let’s give them some moments for the package. And what are those moments? Yeah, they’re just little seeds, and we will water them as we go. And when the time’s right, then we really water them and now, okay, that’s the direction we’re going.”

The Rated R Superstar had a solid match with Luchasaurus on this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite. We will have to wait and see how AEW will continue to book Adam Copeland and Christian Cage’s feud in the coming weeks.

What’s your opinion on what Adam Copeland said? Are you enjoying his AEW run so far? Share your thoughts in the comments below!