Adam Copeland shared a list of famous venues he wanted to compete in during the next stage of the year earlier this month. The All Elite Wrestling (AEW) star included Arena México in the bullet points as well as Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto and Tokyo Dome in Japan.
Copeland received his chance to compete at Arena México on Aug. 5 when AEW held Grand Slam Mexico at the facility. He competed in an eight-man tag team match with Christian Cage and Matt and Nick Jackson.
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It was the first match of the night and the arena exploded when Alter Bridge’s “Metalingus” blared through the speakers. It was so loud that AEW commentator Tony Schiavone said on his “What Happened When” podcast he never experienced a pop like that in his career.
Copeland told Fox News Digital that it was the loudest reaction he felt since he was in WWE and made his return to the ring at the 2020 Royal Rumble.
“He had text me. He goes, ‘I’ve never heard anything like that in my years.’ And that’s saying something, which Schiavone’s heard some stuff, you know, so I was like, ‘Whoa, man.’ And I knew even that night, as I came out, it was one of those where you kind of leave your body for a second and you’re there, but you’re kind of somewhere else soaking it in,” Copeland told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. “I don’t know how to explain it. The only other time that that’s happened was at the (2020) Rumble when I came back.
“So, I feel like those two and I mean, I’m very, very blessed and lucky that in this comeback I’ve had a lot of really great reactions, and the fans have really come out to support and I think also understand like, ‘Hey, this ain’t supposed to be happening and this is limited so we better enjoy it while we got it kind of thing,’ and me too. But that one was special. I put a post and I could feel it in my bones like it felt like I was the Memorex guy in that commercial. Like it blew my hair back. I was just like oh whoa. It’s so much to process it.”
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Copeland admitted that one of the toughest parts of the night was to come down from the electric crowd afterward.
He said he had to try to find something to get him to relax so he could finally fall asleep.
“The hardest thing about a night like that is back in the hotel after because you’re wired for sound,” he said. “You’re just like … now and I’ve found that I now have to do things to kind of go, right, OK, wrestling’s gone now. Let’s, I don’t know, I’ll watch an episode of ‘Northern Exposure’ or I’ll like, you know, just try and bring down the fight or flight that kind of reaction, you know, it hits you in the heart, man, in a very good way. But you also want to be able to sleep. So yeah, that that’s what I’ve always found is the battle.
“But yeah, man. I mean, you can’t have a night like that and just be thankful, for all of it and thankful that people this far along still remember or care. And I think it’s one of those kind of reciprocal things where Mexico knows I wasn’t there for 18 years and chances are I’m not getting back. And I’m not, so I think we all kind of understand, let’s enjoy this thing, man because I’m getting to wrestle in Arena Mexico for the first and last time. That’s fun. That’s fun.”
Copeland and Cage are set to take on The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) for the AEW World Tag Team Championship at All In – the biggest event on the AEW calendar.
They captured the tag titles at Double or Nothing in a tag team I Quit match at Double or Nothing.
Pure Plank
Copeland and Cage, whose real name is Jay Reso, started Pure Plank nearly two years ago in an effort to help others get healthy.
Copeland told Fox News Digital he still has people coming up to him thanking him for helping them to get healthy.
“When you start to help people find a path to getting healthier, you can knock a path down, but whether people get on the path is up to them, right? We just assumed with planking it’s a path that doesn’t seem too demoralizing or too intimidating,” he said. “It’s like, no, you just get down to 30 seconds. Start there. Start with 30 and anybody can start with 30 seconds and that’s going to be hard at first and then move on.
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“And hopefully the trickle-down effect from that is I’m feeling better, right? I’m not carrying that kettlebell full of gut anymore. Now I could incorporate a full workout. Now I could incorporate yoga. Now I could incorporate whatever you want to try and incorporate. I could kayak now. I can this. I can that. To me, it’s kind of like the gateway and planking was the gateway for Jay and I to get back in shape except this is a positive of gateway.”
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