The Thought Of Wrestling Kazuchika Okada At Wrestle Kingdom Puts A Smile On Adam Copeland’s Face

Adam Copeland is very excited to possibly face Kazuchika Okada

During Sunday’s AEW WrestleDream event, Adam Copeland made his promotional debut to confront his lifelong friend Christian Cage as he was about to conchairto Sting.

Copeland’s debut was one that has took the wrestling world by storm as the YouTube clip has amounted an incredible amount of views.

After his debut, Copeland sat down with Bleacher Report’s Chris Mueller who asked Adam about working with young talent that he hasn’t before.

“I’ve got to tell you, the idea of wrestling at WrestleKing was one of the things I thought of,” Copeland said. “I was like, ‘Man, that can be really cool.’ I’ve never worked Tokyo. I’ve never worked for New Japan. That’s really enticing. And, you know, at this stage of my career, it’s finding those things, finding those new things that I’ve never done before because there’s not many of them. Right?

“That sounds like a lot of fun. I look at a kid like [Kazuchika] Okada, and I’m like, ‘Okay, yeah, I could see that as a match.’ You know that would be fun. And I say kid, I’m sure he’s not a kid. But you know what I mean [laughs]. That’s just exciting. And to find excitement at this stage again, that’s massive, and it just puts a smile on my face.”

Adam Copeland

Copeland would also speak about goals and how he will always be there to listen when other AEW talent want advice.

“So, yeah, there’s still goals,” he said. “And that’s cool. That’s fun. That’s the challenge of it. And there’s the aspect of trying to leave the industry a better place, or at least adding something to it to further it along. And whether that’s just passing on knowledge or helping a character or a young talent, find their voice. That’s really fun.

“I felt like with AEW, there was a huge opportunity for that. And this isn’t a comparison to anything. It just feels like I can help more with AEW, and that’s exciting to me. I’ve told everybody, and everybody knows this, and this is still open to WWE talent. Everybody knows if you want to pick my brain, I’m always here.

“If anybody wants to pick my brain, just like so many veteran talent let me pick their brains when I was coming in. That’s part of the gig now. And that’s a really fun, exciting part of the gig to see lightbulbs go off for people when you say something.”

Adam Copeland

Copeland is scheduled to face Luchasauras in his AEW debut on Title Tuesday and will spoke on this week’s AEW Dynamite.

Copeland is said to be looking to take over the role CM Punk served in the company prior to his firing, minus the drama.

It was also confirmed that it was Beth Phoenix who recorded the “You Think You Know Me” in Copeland’s AEW theme.

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