Edge/Adam Copeland says he 'felt free' after joining AEW

The Rated “R” Superstar Edge left WWE after his contract expired. He last appeared on the August 18, 2023 episode of SmackDown, where he celebrated his 25th Anniversary and had his last match in WWE against Sheamus. With multiple rumors on Edge making his AEW debut and WWE return circulating around the internet, The Rated “R” Superstar surprisingly made his AEW debut at the main event of AEW WrestleDream to save Darby Allin and Sting from Christian Cage, LuchaSaurus and Nick Wayne.

As the entire wrestling fans wonder why Copeland chose AEW instead of WWE, he explains the actual reason behind his AEW debut.

Adam Copeland on AEW Media Scrum

After making his AEW debut at WrestleDream, Copeland appeared on the post-show media scrum. Where he sat with AEW President Nick Khan and expressed his excitement on joining AEW.

“Part of coming here is that I wanted to contribute. I wanted to help. I just felt like here I’d really be able to do that and have the opportunity to do that. I look at an entire fresh roster of faces and so many talent that I’ve never laid hands on before. That for me was the biggest thing. I’ve never been in a ring with Samoa Joe. I’ve never stood in a ring with Sting before tonight. After 31 years in the industry that’s never happened! I see a guy like Nick Wayne or I see Swerve Strickland, there’s just so many possibilities here. For me at this stage of my career that is so enticing! That is so exciting!

When I came back out there tonight, I felt free! I felt free and it felt fun! It felt almost like the same feeling I would have when I’d come out for my indie shows back when I was either Adam Impact or Sexton Hardcastle or something. It was this brand new thing that I always wanted to do. That feeling, I felt it out there tonight and that at this stage of my career to feel that, that’s special! Come on 31 years in and to feel that way? That’s a gift,"

Adam Copeland on Joe, Castagnoli & Omega

"I’ve never faced Samoa Joe. That’s really exciting to me! I’ve never faced or been in the same ring as Jon Moxley. Highly interesting to me! Claudio Castagnoli and I have never been in the ring but there’s so many different people here that I have a lot of respect for…Kenny Omega, like that’s never happened. I just met him! We never met before! (laughs) There’s a lot here to challenge myself with. My entire life has been built on challenges,

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There was this one kid, bless his heart. I’m at this burger joint and I just really wanted a cheeseburger because I hadn’t eaten for 14 hours. I just want to get a cheeseburger, I don’t know about the possibilities of that in the foreseeable future.

This is the best gig in the world. It really is. I’m a kid from Southern Ontario and this is all I ever wanted to do. If you had told me that 98 percent of what would happen to me throughout my career would happen, I’d say, you’re crazy.”

Edge's daughter influenced

Edge/ Copeland says that her daughter told her to be with Uncle Jay and have fun. Copeland says,

"One of the really pivotal things, besides my daughter telling me that I should go be with Uncle Jay [Christian Cage] and have fun, that I thought I could really try and help here and in turn that helps the entire wrestling industry, which is the thing that I just love."

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