Adam "COPE" Copeland, AEW Rated R Superstar

Up Close with Stephen Brunt

He is an 11-time wrestling world champion who resides in Asheville, North Carolina. Adam Copeland, formerly known as Edge, made his professional wrestling debut in 1992 in Toronto, Ontario. Over his 30 year career, Copeland has won a variety of championships, had multiple surgeries, retired due to a neck injury, became an actor (and author), came out of retirement, left the WWE to join a rival company in AEW, and so much more.

Stephen Brunt sat down with Copeland in his home in Asheville six weeks after Hurricane Helene to discuss why him and his wife Beth chose North Carolina as the place to raise their family (3:00), growing up in Orangeville, ON (8:00), the influence his mother had on his life (9:00), being a Toronto Maple Leafs fan (13:30), becoming life long friends with Jason Reso aka Christian Cage (17:10), meeting Stu Hart and training in the Dungeon (29:00), how an essay contest through the Toronto Star changed his life (34:00), reflecting on his first professional show at Monarch Park (37:20), and training at Sully's Gym in Toronto under Ron Hutchison and Sweet Daddy Siki.

Copeland also goes into detail about what goes into building a character (39:20), life on the road (1:03:30), his neck injury (1:07:00), stumbling into acting following his retirement (1:05:00), Vince McMahon (56:10), leaving the WWE (1:31:00), and why he chose to join AEW (1:28:40).

Audio Credits: AEW, Alter Bridge, CBC, CBS, WBIR Channel 10 & WWE.

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