Adam Copeland addresses interest in possible AEW backstage role
Adam Copeland loves working in AEW and isn’t closing the door on remaining with the promotion even after his in-ring career ends.
At Double or Nothing this Sunday, Copeland & Christian Cage are set to challenge FTR for the AEW Tag Team titles. Copeland spoke with Westwood One Sports Night ahead of the event and said he feels like a “kid in a candy store” with how much he enjoys going to work at AEW. He isn’t sure what he wants to do whenever his time as an active wrestler is over, but Copeland would be willing to have a conversation with Tony Khan about post-wrestling possibilities.
“That’s up to Tony and what he may need,” Copeland said. “And that’s stuff that I don’t know. Like, I don’t know, where would you need me? And then I think we’d just discuss it at that time and go, ‘Okay, that sounds like fun.’ Or, ‘I just want to sit on my deck or [go] jet skiing or kayaking or something.’ I don’t know.
“But I’m a creative person, and I know that no matter what, I’ll need to scratch that creative itch, whether that’s just purely acting or maybe it’s helping with creative in AEW and still continuing in acting. I don’t know. But I do know, in terms of the workplace, I love going there. So it wouldn’t be like twist my arm to keep me around.”
The 52-year-old Copeland knows that, when he does retire, it will be easier to step away than when he was medically disqualified from WWE competition in 2011. This time, the hardest thing will be not being part of the AEW locker room anymore.
Adam Copeland on giving advice to AEW peers —
Copeland told Westwood One Sports Night that he’s more than willing to give advice to fellow AEW wrestlers who are seeking his input. He described it as a “really fun” locker room that is shared by veteran wrestlers and those who are fairly new to the business.
“Man, I got all day for the Darby Allins and the Will Ospreays and the guys who really just want to crack this code. And there really is no fully cracking it, right? Just great attitudes, great work ethic, yeah, I got all day for people like that,” Copeland said. “And then also, take any advice for what it’s worth, but you have to put it in your spin cycle and make it you. And you have to feel comfortable with it. You’re probably going to get told 20 different things by 20 different people. So then it’s deciphering who do you want to listen to, who has the type of advice that you relate to.
“The great thing is, it’s a really fun locker room in that you can look and there’s Dustin [Rhodes] and there’s Griff Garrison. Like, that is opposite ends of the experience spectrum, right? And that’s a good thing. It really, really is.”
FTR vs. Copeland & Cage at Double or Nothing is an “I Quit” match where, if Copeland & Cage lose, they will not be able to team together again. In the Westwood One interview, Copeland said he and Cage are both really proud that they’ve been able to reinvent their team into something “entirely different” than it was when they were younger.
Joseph Currier is the lead editor of F4WOnline.com, directing daily news coverage and writing articles on professional wrestling. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, obtaining a journalism degree in 2016. Joseph joined F4W during his time at UMass and has now been writing about the industry for nearly a decade.
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