Adam Copeland Is Happy For Christian Cage, Says He’s Wrestling’s Most Underrated Guy

Adam Copeland has his issues on-screen with Christian Cage, but he says he’s happy to see his longtime friend’s success in AEW. Copeland is currently in the midst of a heated feud with his former tag partner on AEW TV, and he praised Cage in a recent interview with TSN. A few highlights are below:

On Cage’s success in AEW: “I’m really happy for him because he deserves it. I’ve always said, to me, he’s the most underrated guy ever in the business. You can throw the Bobby Eatons and Brad Armstrongs and other guys in there, but if I’m looking at overall package, mic skills, in-ring skills, presence, all of it, it’s him.”

On Cage being able to spread his wings creatively: “He’s been given the freedom. He’s had no restraints. He’s had no handcuffs put on him. He’s had no preconceived notions placed on him. He’s been given free rein to create. I’ve known this was always there.”

On wanting to help younger guys in the company: “Maybe somebody’s on a bit of a roll on TV, and then they’re off [all of a sudden]. As a young performer, you go, ‘What did I do [wrong]?’ I wanna be there for guys like that or women like that because I’ve been through it, and I understand that there’s peaks and valleys.”

“I truly think backstage and [I can] help young talent navigate through what might kinda feel like stormy waters, or confusing waters and in crafting stories, crafting characters, helping create a character that has layers instead of thinking just, ‘Okay, this is my idea: I want to create a group.’ Okay, and? There’s gotta be more than that. What else? What’s the reason? What other characters, and what’s their reasoning? There has to be reason. It’s like any television show in that regard, right?”