Adam Copeland: AEW match against Christian Cage is ‘culmination of a 40-year story’

Adam Copeland says his I Quit match vs. Christian Cage in Toronto on Wednesday will be the culmination of a 40-year story.  Copeland and Cage both got their start training with Ron Hutchinson at Sully's Gym in Toronto. They grew up in nearby Orangeville and became friends in the sixth grade. On AEW Dynamite this week, they'll meet in an I Quit match for the TNT Championship.  It will be Copeland's first time wrestling in Toronto since his final WWE match on the August 18, 2023 SmackDown. Copeland told The Toronto Sun that he thought his match against Sheamus that night could have been the last of his career.  Copeland said When I was having that match with Sheamus, I was like ‘This could be it, this could very well be it, because I’m really loving all of this right now. But I told myself I wasn’t going to make a final decision until I got home, got past it, got past the emotion of it, and really just sat down with the family and talked to the girls to see where their heads were with it, see where my head was