The man most pro wrestling fans know as Edge arrived in AEW Sunday night at WrestleDream. As it turns out, we won’t have to wait long to see him in an AEW ring as Adam Copeland.
Though it was highly anticipated that Copeland, whose WWE contract reportedly only expired the day before WrestleDream, might make an appearance, it was still a thrill to see him step onto the stage in Seattle — and walking down the ramp to “Metalingus,” the song most associated with him.
Copeland briefly teased aiding Christian Cage, who had just defeated Darby Allin in the WrestleDream main event, in an attack alongside Nick Wayne (who turned heel during the match) and Luchasaurus against Allin and Sting. Instead, he took the chair and used it to run off the heels, staring down old friend Cage before finally shaking hands with Sting.
As it turns out, one of the men involved in that final scene will also be Copeland’s first AEW opponent. AEW CEO, GM and head of creative Tony Khan revealed during the post-show press conference that he will take on Luchasaurus on the “Title Tuesday” episode of AEW Dynamite coming up on Tuesday, Oct. 10.
Fans can see him prior to that show as well, with Khan saying that Copeland would work both Dynamite and Collision this week and would appear on AEW television “weekly.” Copeland later discussed the many talented individuals on the roster he’d love to work with, including the likes of Samoa Joe, Claudio Castagnoli and Kenny Omega, who he said he only met for the first time at WrestleDream.
Still, he’ll get his start against a certain dinosaur man in just a tad over a week. As his new shirt (yes, AEW already has one for sale) says, it will be the start of the Rated E Era in AEW, a prospect that will undoubtedly have plenty of fans excited to see.
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