October 2nd 2023.
Wrestling icon Edge has left WWE to join rivals All Elite Wrestling and the crowd roared as he made his shock debut at the end of WrestleDream. Edge, whose real name is Adam Copeland, came out to his WWE theme music – Metalingus by Alter Bridge – with a re-recorded ‘You think you know me?’ intro.
Just as Christian was about to hit Sting with a conchairto, the lights dropped as a video package played showing a mystery man driving to the arena, with the pavement marked ‘Rated R Superstar’. Copeland cracked Nick Wayne and then Luchasaurus before hitting the latter with a Spear as Christian made his escape.
It comes just 24 hours after his WWE contract expired, which itself was weeks after he celebrated 25 years in the company. AEW boss Tony Khan has since confirmed the former world champion has officially signed with AEW and welcomed him to the company, thanking fans for tuning into the show.
Edge beat Sheamus in his final WWE match on SmackDown in August and Copeland made his WWE debut as Edge in 1998, winning the tag team titles seven times with Christian. In 2021 he expressed a desire to work with Christian again, and now he has the opportunity to do so with both of them signing with AEW.
‘We got that moment and we both got this thing back that we were told we’d never happen again. And now we both have an opportunity to try and tie this in a bow that we never got a chance to before,’ he said.
AEW has also recently signed ‘game changing’ superstar Jade Cargill to a multi-year deal from rivals WWE. Meanwhile WWE star Becky Lynch recently shared a graphic photo of a gaping wound after a violent championship match and WWE star Rhea Ripley was fuming after Dominik Mysterio suffered a devastating loss at NXT No Mercy. Viewers were also baffled as Baron Corbin sparked technical issues during a wild NXT No Mercy brawl.
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