Adam Copeland talks the “You Think You Know Me” intro to his theme music.
Copeland is now in AEW, so of course has found himself unable to use the name he has gone by for most of his career: Edge.
However, one thing that Copeland did get to keep was his iconic theme music: Metalingus by Alter Bridge. One difference is that the theme is a different edit in AEW, with Beth Phoenix being responsible for the “You Think You Know Me” intro.
Now, in an interview with “Doc” Chris Mueller of Bleacher Report, Copeland spoke about Metalingus as a theme, and confirmed that Beth Phoenix is the voice behind the new intro.
“It was so important [to use Metalingus],” Copeland said. “I’ve really kind of based my wrestling personas, or what I do off of the music, honestly. For me as a fan, it always set the tone. And it always put me in that mood right away. And I love that aspect of it. So for me, it was always very, very important to be so hands-on with the music.
“When we introduced Metalingus, I became a friend of the band Alter Bridge and started using it. When I heard it, I loved it because it was heavy and it was high-paced. And it was in your face, and it was it was energy, but also the lyrics I really felt fit because I was coming back from neck surgery.
“I was getting this thing back. I know that would actually gain more weight and more meaning to the story of my career as I went along. And that’s kind of the beautiful thing. The song has matured with me as a character, which is just a happy accident that you don’t know is going to be the case.
“So it almost felt like anything else just wouldn’t have felt right. I’ve been using Metalingus for 20 years now. And I love those guys. I just think they’re super talented and almost underrated in terms of just how talented they are.
“The lyrics are generally really positive. Or they talk about going through a hard time and coming out the other side. And I think I also like it because it strikes a chord. There’s a reason people sing along with it, right? It’s because I think a lot of people can relate to those lyrics.”
“It is, yes,” he said. “And to me, an important thing about that is I always loved that. It was a female voicing that. I always thought that was just a different element that my character had that in wrestling a lot of characters maybe wouldn’t go that route. They’d have an angry guy singing or something, and I always loved that it was like this kind of sensual, sexy voice. And so I said ‘I want you to do it because it would mean even more.’ So it just felt like a no-brainer.”
Adam Copeland
On Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, Adam would ask Christian Cage to team with him again, for one final run as the legendary tag team they once were.
Christian however, did not feel like it and gave Copeland an expletive laden answer.
Adam will face Luchsauras in singles action next Tuesday.
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