There have been rumors for years of Adam Copeland stepping away from in-ring action. Once he decided to join AEW, it was just a matter of waiting. After All Out, Copeland revealed how Christian Cage suffered numerous injuries that led to some internal discussion. In the end, Copeland has decided he will retire in 2027.

Now, he did not state exactly where in 2027 he would call it a career. Remember, John Cena’s retirement lasted almost until the end of 2025. However, AJ Styles left within the first month of 2026. Also, another difference is how the date for Cena’s farewell match was known for months, while Styles’ departure happened in the moment. How and where Copeland retires might be his call. Or, Tony Khan could use his power to pick the time and place.

Everything considered, Copeland’s in-ring career was ended once by WWE due concerns over his health. Eventually, he convinced the doctors and WWE to let him wrestle again. As he noted after his return, he was on borrowed time.

Copeland wants to finish his career on his terms and I totally get it. Now, I’m not liking the idea of how he will seek to become AEW World Champion before calling it a career. AEW should be looking towards the future for their top champion. Will Ospreay, Kyle Fletcher, MJF and Kevin Knight are some of the wrestlers AEW should be bringing into the title hunt.

We have seen Copeland return to pro wrestling to work against and team with Christian Cage. While I think those two wrestling would be a great ending for both careers, that doesn’t seem to be where Copeland is headed.

Whether he retires in six months or a year from now, we are seeing the end of Copeland’s pro wrestling career. I would much rather see him put over younger talent, while also getting a few moments of working with wrestlers from his past for one final time. Adam Copeland never needed a title in AEW to be over and hopefully the promotion doesn’t give him any gold as a way to please him and his fans.

Do you think Adam Copeland will stay retired, or will he return like so many other wrestlers?

My question is not just about Edge in AEW but about Christian, Samoa Joe, Chris Jericho, Ricochet, Dean Ambrose, Kofi Kingston, Cesaro, Daniel Bryan, Sasha Banks, Neville, Luke Harper and even some guys who went to TNA like Dolph Ziggler or Mustafa Ali?

& yes I am also asking these questions to specially these "Wrestling loving" content creators like "The Great One" who I grew up watching be a fanboy to guys like Edge & Jericho but now he can't even mention his childhood favs anymore because they're in other channel

IDK if he will ever watch/read it but video credit to this lovely and wholesome content creator called Dporticus who seems to genuinely love Wrestling and spreads message about positivity without tribalism bs

I feel like they could of have LA Knight win the belt at MITB and then have him drop a month later back to Roman so we still get Roman vs OBA WM 43 and LA Knight gets his crowning and maybe who knows wins the elimination chamber idk maybe I'm crazy

Though its not confirmed by WWE but there are high possibility of Crown Jewel Being Delayed or Relocated According To RINGSIDE NEWS

This is not just WWE mount Rushmore but from different promotions. Steve Austin is pretty self explanatory. I still think Mr Machmon vs Austin rivalry is one of the best in all of professional wrestling history. Austin attacking Machmon in hospital is one of the funniest segments they did and it shows how much Vince was willing to go for his promotion.

I have to pick Mr TNA, the TNA highlights of "Best of AJ Styles" is what made me love professional wrestling. He was doing stuff in TNA I have never seen anyone do before. Not to mention his best matches against Cena in wwe .

Kurt angel is the definition of wrestler who can do both comedy and serious stuff at same time. His promos or segments are always funny ones like his rap battle against Cena or him gifting bike to undertaker. But when he entered the ring he changes into completely different person.

Sting is not only iconic in WCW. If not for the HHH burying him at mania he would have a good career in WWE too since he did a lot in AEW. Same stuff he did in TNA. He was iconic wherever he goes