Adam Copeland has posted a statement about his match on AEW Dynamite.
He took to Instagram on Sunday to say that following his return at the 2020 Royal Rumble, wrestling Christian Cage was the match he was always trying to get to.
Copeland wrote:
About Dynamite on Wednesday. When I first came back to wrestling back at the 2020 Rumble this was the match I always wanted to get to. Face to face with @christian4peeps in our hometown 40 years after we first met. @aew made that possible. And Toronto you came out in force to have fun. I hope you did. Sure sounded like it and I’ll never forget it. Ever. As a kid this night was the kind of scenario I dreamed about in art class. If you dream hard enough, even if it takes 40 years, it can happen. So without further ado….AND NEW TNT Champion!
Copeland vs. Cage on AEW Dynamite did 867,000 viewers and 401,000 in 18-49. The match was covered by our own Dave Meltzer in the latest edition of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
"Every match Copeland and Cage are in ends up being well thought out. I think maybe they came up with too much but it did build well and the crowd was into most of the way for a long match. It was more a brawl all over the place than focusing on them quitting," Meltzer wrote of the match. He gave it four and one-quarter stars.
Since his win on Wednesday night, Copeland has revealed that he'll be defending the TNT Championship through a "Cope Open" open challenge. His first defense is scheduled for AEW Collision next Saturday in London, Ontario, Canada.
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