Adam Copeland returned to the ring at AEW Dynamite Fight For The Fallen, teaming with FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) to defeat The Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, & Claudio Castagnoli).
While Copeland's return to the ring, and subsequent victory, was big news, the bigger news is that Adam Copeland is now "The Rated R Superstar" Cope.
The finish saw Cope hit a spear on Yuta after FTR caught him with the Shatter Machine.
Just before the finish, Jay White interfered, laying out Yuta with the Blade Runner. As that happening, Cope backdropped Moxley onto the announce table and then speared Moxley through the barricade.
Cope hasn't lost a step, but the Death Riders aren't letting him get started in our Main Event!
— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) January 2, 2025
Watch #AEWDynamite LIVE on @TBSNetwork & @StreamOnMax@RatedRCope @JonMoxley @ClaudioCSRO @MarinaShafir @WheelerYuta pic.twitter.com/XlHfmq5wLQ
On this day, I COPE clearly. #AEWDynamite pic.twitter.com/E4yAtHZGnc
— TDE Wrestling (@tde_gif) January 2, 2025
This was Cope's first match since AEW Double or Nothing when he suffered a leg injury jumping off the top of the cage to put Malakai Black through a table. He made his return to TV at AEW Worlds End.
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