Adam Copeland suffers a devastating fate at Dynasty 2025.
In the fourth match of the night during Dynasty, Rated-FTR (Adam Copeland, Dax Harwood, and Cash Wheeler) faced off against The Death Riders (Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, and Pac) for the Trios Championship.
However, despite a hard-fought match, Copeland and FTR failed to secure the victory, while The Death Riders rejoiced their way back. As the segment neared its end, fans saw Harwood turn his back on Cope, and drop him with a piledriver. While Wheeler initially tried to prevent the entire situation, he later joined Harwood and continued the ambush.
What the hell are you doing FTR?!
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— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) April 7, 2025
Dropping Cope with a Shatter Machine, followed by a Mindbreaker Piledriver onto a steel chair, FTR then victimized the WWE Hall of Famer with a Con-Chair-To. While the medics appeared with a stretcher, FTR mocked Cope before going backstage. As the former champions walked away, Cope had to be stretchered out.
Officially turning heel and possibly sidelining Cope for some time, Dax Harwood finally showed his true colors after teasing a betrayal for the past few weeks.
Adam Copeland Addresses AEW Criticisms
Speaking with Scott Fishman of TV Insider, Adam Copeland talked about one of AEW’s recent and most violent spots. Discussing the criticism surrounding that, Cope stated:
“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.”
In other news: MJF has shown signs of a new alliance.