Aleister Black says Cope was very giving during their feud.
In early 2024, Cope and Black would embark on a feud with the TNT Championship on the line that culminated in a barbed wire steel cage match at AEW Double Or Nothing that Cope would capture the victory and retained the TNT title in the process. However, Cope would suffer a leg fracture following a dive from the top of the cage, an injury that took him out for the remainder of 2024.
While speaking to Wrestling the Rap Game in an interview recorded before his AEW exit, Black discussed his program with Cope.
"The feud with Adam Copeland is by far one of my favorite things that I’ve done in wrestling. It’s in my top five. Him and me, we kind of meshed that whole feud together and he went to Tony and talked about it. We got a lot of the stuff we wanted to do, we got that in. I’ve always wanted to work with him. He’s one of those people I talk to very frequently to kind of relay stuff to. ‘Hey, what do you think of this,’ and he’ll give me his feedback. I’ve always done that when it comes to promos, character ideas, match ideas, I bounce off of him. When we finally got to work together, it was everything I wanted it to be. The cage match was definitely one of my favorite matches in AEW. He was very giving and we had such a blast in there. I remember, I lost so much blood in that match. They calculated that I lost about a pint and a half, that’s what they think, because I bled for so long and so profusely. It was pouring out. It added so much because you don’t see me bleed that often. That cage match had to be violent and we absolutely added a level of violence in there, that was slow and methodical, but also precise and quick at times. The swerves in there. That whole feud was one of my absolute favorite things. I’m glad I got to do it."
On the topic of Cope finishing the match with his fractured leg, Black noted that he is a trooper.
"He’s a trooper. He’s a beast."
Elsewhere in the same interview, Black recalled advice given to him by Bray Wyatt. You can read more about that here.
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