Adam Copeland (@ratedrcope) is a professional wrestler signed with AEW, he is also known for his 25-year career in WWE where he performed under the name "Edge". He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at his home in Asheville, NC to talk about being in the best shape of his life at age 50, why he designed Pure Plank with Christian Cage to help with core fitness, his decision to leave WWE for AEW, how he almost signed with AEW in 2019 instead of returning at the 2020 Royal Rumble, being forced to retire in 2011, how he met his wife Beth Phoenix, spearing Jeff Hardy off the ladder at WrestleMania 17, being on the receiving end of a leg drop off the cage from Matt Hardy at WWE Unforgiven 2005, his funny moments as a tag team with Christian, wanting to retire in a year and a half, being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame and much more! PURE PLANK: The future of core fitness! Use the code CVV to save 10% on Pure Plank which was designed by Adam Copeland & Christian: https://gopureplank.com/?ref=tibcloux 00:00 Intro 00:43 Forgetting how much he’s done in his career 02:00 Being in the best shape of his life at 50 03:01 How planking helped him & designing the Pure Plank 08:14 Would he ever take the Pure Plank on Shark Tank? 09:53 Canadians rooting for one another 11:46 Why did he think he could be a pro wrestler? 13:48 How did he find out that he had to retire? 16:56 His retirement speech leading to his acting career 20:26 The differences between acting and pro wrestling 22:24 Did he think he’d be able to return while he was retired 24:26 Returning at Summerslam 2019 and spearing Elias 25:53 How close was he to signing with AEW in 2020? 27:50 Memories of his 2020 Royal Rumble return 31:20 Signing with AEW and planning his debut 33:10 Why did he sign with AEW? 35:37 When does he think he’ll retire? 38:10 His rivalry with Christian Cage in AEW 39:44 What did he say to Christian when he joined TNA 40:52 Is this the best work of Christian Cage’s career? 41:48 What does his AEW run mean to his legacy? 42:49 His thoughts on tribalism in pro wrestling 46:51 Does he have the coolest entrance theme of al time? 49:37 Having Beth Phoenix record ‘You Think You Know Him’ 50:29 What’s the origin of ‘You Think You Know Me’ 52:07 Did he ever burn himself during the Brood entrance? 53:13 Trying to bring Gangrel to his Wrestlemania 39 entrance 54:26 Spearing Jeff Hardy off a ladder at Wrestlemania 17 57:06 Why did he turn heel and form Judgement Day 59:08 Wrestling The Undertaker at Wrestlemania 24 01:00:57 Going through a flaming table with Mick Foley at Wrestlemania 22 01:04:21 His 2005 rivalry with Matt Hardy 01:07:23 What was his first date with Beth Phoenix 01:08:43 Did Beth think he was going to return to wrestling? 01:09:53 His mindset being his strongest asset 01:10:33 Origin of the Five Second Pose 01:13:39 Rey Mysterio doing pull ups behind him on Smackdown 01:14:16 Not liking the Rated R Spinner belt 01:15:25 Which merch has he made the most on? 01:16:02 WWE not owning ‘Rated R Superstar’ 01:16:48 Tony Chimmel ring announcing his name 01:18:04 Does he wish he worked a different style of wrestling? 01:20:16 Mick Foley making him a main event star 01:21:19 Who should his final match be against? 01:22:53 How long does he think his career will go? 01:23:45 Does he think about the past often? 01:24:48 Not wearing his WWE Hall Of Fame ring 01:25:39 What does he miss the most about Canada? 01:27:44 People who say they grew up watching him 01:30:16 3 things Adam Copeland is grateful for Subscribe to http://youtube.com/ChrisVanVliet Listen to "Insight with Chris Van Vliet": https://podcast.chrisvanvliet.com Get awesome CVV t-shirts & merch: https://teespring.com/stores/chris-van-vliet Email me: cvv@chrisvanvliet.com Follow me on Instagram: http://instagram.com/ChrisVanVliet Like me on Facebook: http://facebook.com/ChrisVanVliet Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ChrisVanVliet #BlueWireVideo