Adam Copeland Says He Figures He Has A Year And A Half Left In His Career Before Thinking About Retiring

Adam Copeland wants the younger talent to be excited to wrestle him.

October 2023 featured a huge surprise for both AEW fans and wrestlers when the legendary Adam Copeland (FKA Edge in WWE) made his debut for All Elite Wrestling.

Copeland has been through it all. From a career cut short in 2011, he would make his comeback to the ring in 2020 at the Royal Rumble before the pandemic hit the world. Now, the two-time TNT Champion wants to give his all to AEW.

Copeland was asked about the difference between his runs in WWE and AEW by Brandon Walker on Mostly Sports,, this is what Copeland had to say.

“I’ve lived a lot more life. As strange as that sounds, it actually does add to your utility belt out there. As a performer, any kind of performer, they have to dip into a place to pull the character off. It’s the same with wrestling. That, more than anything, is what I’ve noticed coming back. Some of the skillset I got in the acting I did during those nine years off, I did over 100 episodes of television when I was retired. You kind of pull those things back with you. I feel that’s the biggest difference. I might not be as fast as I used to be, but I feel mentally I’m better than I’ve ever been. That is why a guy like Tom Brady goes, ‘Yeah, well, mentally, I’m better than I’ve ever been. I see the game better than I’ve ever seen it.’ I think that’s the struggle. That’s kind of how I feel, but I’m also a realist. I don’t want to be that guy who sticks around to the point where a young guy looks at the sheet and goes, ‘Ah, okay, I have to wrestle him tonight.’ I don’t want to be that guy. I want young guys to still be excited if they’re going to hop in there with me. I figure maybe I have a year and a half left, give or take. Hopefully, I’ve gotten all the ‘yeah, yeahs’ out by that point,” he said.

Copeland is set to team up with Eddie Kingston and Mark Briscoe as they take on the House of Black at AEW Dynasty on April 21.

h/t from Fightful.

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