Adam Copeland has given his thoughts on some fan critiques that have been pointed out following the past few weeks of AEW TV.
Over the past few weeks, Cope has been feuding with World Champion Jon Moxley. After first failing to defeat Moxley at Revolution following interference from Christian Cage, a rematch was made for the March 19th Dynamite in a street fight.
Following the rematch, the spot that got fans talking was when Mox was dropped back-first onto Spike, resulting in the object being impaled in the World Champion’s back for a long time.
Speaking with Scott Fishman of TV Insider, The Rated R Superstar was asked about the polarising spot:
“I look at wrestling as a variety show. That means you bring a lot of different things to the table with that. There can be some comedy, straight up wrestling, hardcore matches. That has always been the case. It’s also not really out of the ballpark of what Moxley and I do every once in a while. Think about me and [Mick] Foley. I’m sure there are a lot of people that were disturbed by that too. There are also a lot of people who enjoy horror movies. There are people who enjoy romcoms. I think wrestling can bring that all to the table.
I think that is what AEW does. I also feel like AEW is not afraid to take some risks. For a lack of a better analogy, we’re kind of a bit punk rock. It’s not always going to be pretty. It’s an alternative. It’s something different. I think if you look throughout the history of the company, it’s not something new. Darby Allin was falling off ladders and glass and thumbtacks. It has always been there to an extent. Let’s also face it. If you have two wrestlers coming out to wrestle a technical match every match, that can get pretty boring.”
“We Don’t Come Up With The Finishes”: Adam Copeland
Although Copeland has now lost to Moxley twice following the two matches, fans online pointed out that since his return in 2020 the Hall of Famer has rarely lost a match and rarely takes the pin. Later in the interview, Cope clarified that he is not the one who comes up with the finishes of his matches and that he does not factor the end of the story:
“I don’t factor in where I end up. I always say, “Where do you need me? You want me to go in this direction? Cool, I’ll start putting together some ideas.” It’s a collaborative effort, but I really enjoy that. I enjoy piecing together stories.”
“Contrary to popular belief, we don’t come up with the finishes. I always just ask where do you need me? Point me in whatever direction you need me, and I’ll get to work. On coming back, it felt like, “Okay, you want me here because I’m coming back from an injury, I’m nominated for an Emmy and we want to capitalize on that buzz. Cool, let’s do this.” Then we would try to do a cohesive story with the Death Riders and try to get them some momentum going forward.”