Adam Copeland punches back against the noise that AEW doesn't tell stories.
AEW proudly boasts it is where the best wrestles. However, storytelling is an integral part of professional wrestling. While they don't get much credit for it from their detractors, Adam Copeland believes AEW's top performers regularly tell stories leading up to their matches.
Speaking with Jon Alba of Sports Illustrated, Cope touted the ongoing angle between Swerve Strickland and Ricochet as a good example of storytelling.
“Everybody can have a good match if you're at this stage, you know? People can do wrestling holds. It’s when to do them. Do you know the right place? The right time? All of those things. That becomes easier when you have a storyline built into it,” he said. “So you look at like, Ricochet and Swerve, and yeah, they can have a spectacular match. But man, it's going to mean so much more now because of Nana and Jimmy Rave’s robe. So you add that element of story to it. That, I've always said, makes the match that much more.”
Furthermore, he gave a shout-out to Hangman Page and Toni Storm for their character work as well.
“I see a guy like Hangman do it in every one of his angles, you know, Swerve, you know, and I see what Ricochet has gotten from coming over and having some freedom to be able to start trying to create. And obviously, it was there that whole time,” he said. “To see Toni Storm create this just amazing character, this fun, vibrant thing that's totally different. So it's not old, you know, it's always there. It's always going to need to be there.”
Fans can learn more about Adam Copeland's approach to storytelling in his rivalry with Jon Moxley at this link.
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