Adam Copeland believes AEW is ‘a bit punk rock’

Adam Copeland believes AEW is similar to punk rock.

He said as much during a recent interview with TV Insider when asked about fan backlash to his street fight with Jon Moxley last week on Dynamite.

Moxley vs. Cope featured several hardcore spots, including Cope hitting Moxley in the back with a spiked baseball bat, which became stuck in Moxley’s skin afterward.

“I look at wrestling as a variety show. That means you bring a lot of different things to the table with that,” Copeland said when asked about the polarizing reaction the match received.

“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.”

He continued to say that what fans see in AEW won’t always be pretty.

“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.”

Also during the interview, Cope spoke about filming season two of the TV series Percy Jackson while out of action with a broken leg suffered at Double or Nothing in May. Filming began in Vancouver last August.

“For whatever reason Disney was on board with me continuing wrestling while I filmed,” Copeland said. “For instance, in my scenes for Season 2, I still had my broken leg. It was my first day walking without my boot. I took off the boot and was like, ‘Yeah, I can walk. I’m good.’ We got that in the can. I think my wrestling limits what I can actually attach myself to, and that’s fine, because wrestling from a work perspective is my top priority.”

“The acting kind of fell in my lap and the type of storytelling I love almost as much as wrestling. I still want to continue to do it, but it will have to wrap around my wrestling commitments.”

Cope is scheduled to take part in a sit-down interview with Tony Schiavone and FTR on tonight’s episode of Dynamite. His full interview with TV Insider is available here.

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