Cope is focused on what Tony Khan wants and AEW needs, but he has some dream matches in mind.
Cope, 51, signed with AEW in October 2023. He has held the TNT Championship during his time with the company, and he has challenged for the world title. He missed several months of 2024 due to a fractured tibia, but he returned at AEW Worlds End. Cope previously said that he figured that he had about a year and a half left, give or take. Meanwhile, John Cena's retirement tour has led fans to wonder how other legends like Cope will conclude their in-ring careers.
Speaking with Scott Fishman of TV Insider, Cope was asked whether seeing Cena's retirement tour and Sting's sendoff made him think about how he wanted his last chapter to play out.
"Not really, That will be more of where do you need me? I’d then sit down with Tony Khan and think about what he wants and what the company needs and what the show ends. That always supersedes to me what you have in mind for this retirement. I know I want to work the Swerve Strickland’s, Hangman Page’s, Jay White’s and the Kyle Fletcher’s and the Will Ospreay’s, Kenny Omega’s and the Samoa Joe’s. I haven’t worked with any of those people and would really like to do that before I hang them up," Cope said.
Cope previously said that he did not buy into the concept of legacies in wrestling. Check out his comments here.
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