Adam Copeland Compares His AEW Debut To His Royal Rumble Return And WrestleMania 17 TLC Match

Adam Copeland compares his AEW debut to two of the biggest moments in his WWE career.

During Sunday’s AEW WrestleDream event, Adam Copeland made his promotional debut to confront his lifelong friend Christian Cage as he was about to conchairto Sting.

Copeland’s debut was one that has took the wrestling world by storm as the YouTube clip has amounted an incredible amount of views.

While speaking to Chris Mueller of Bleacher Report, Copeland discussed his debut at WrestleDream, comparing it to his return from injury at the 2020 Royal Rumble match, as well as the WrestleMania 17 Triple Threat TLC match.

“We’re all wrestling fans, right?” Copeland said. “So we all share that, but there’s still that element of ‘Okay. Well, this is a slightly different wrestling audience. So how’s this gonna go?’ Will they look at me as an outsider, or will they understand, ‘Oh, this guy that just loves his job,’

“I didn’t have any second doubts, I didn’t have anything like that. I just go out with the mentality and the confidence that if I throw all of my energy at you, chances are you’re gonna throw it back at me.

“I’ve gone by that mentality since Michael Hayes gave me some advice years ago. He gave me the advice, ‘The more energy you throw at them, the more they’ll give it back.’ And that was a giant bell going off in my head when I heard him say that. Or maybe a whiskey bottle opening because it’s Michael Hayes [laughs]. But to me, it was a game-changer.”

“And so [Sunday] night, that was the plan. But there are certain nights where I don’t even hear the fans because I’m so amped up, because there’s so many emotions, there’s so many endorphins and dopamine, and all the good stuff.

“And it was the same at the Royal Rumble in 2020. I didn’t hear anything. I didn’t know if the crowd was good. It was the same at WrestleMania 17 in the TLC match, couldn’t hear them didn’t know if the crowd like if they were reacting anything. And there’s just those nights where it’s almost like, there’s so much coming at you that your mind can’t process it. It just sounds like a weird buzz.”

Adam Copeland

Copeland is scheduled to face Luchasauras in his AEW debut on Title Tuesday and will spoke on this week’s AEW Dynamite.

Copeland is said to be looking to take over the role CM Punk served in the company prior to his firing, minus the drama.

It was also confirmed that it was Beth Phoenix who recorded the “You Think You Know Me” in Copeland’s AEW theme.

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