Copeland received his chance to compete at Arena México on Aug.5 when AEW held Grand Slam Mexico at the facility.
He competed in an eight-man tag team match with Christian Cage and Matt and Nick Jackson.COMPLETE PRO WRESTLING COVERAGE ON OUTKICKDax Harwood begs Adam Copeland for mercy at AEW Double or Nothing in Queens, N.Y., on May 24, 2026.(Lee South/AEW)It was the first match of the night and the arena exploded when Alter Bridge’s "Metalingus" blared through the speakers.
It was so loud that AEW commentator Tony Schiavone said on his "What Happened When" podcast he never experienced a pop like that in his career.Copeland told Fox News Digital that it was the loudest reaction he felt since he was in WWE and made his return to the ring at the 2020 Royal Rumble."He had text me.He goes, ‘I've never heard anything like that in my years.’ And that’s saying something, which Schiavone’s heard some stuff, you know, so I was like, ‘Whoa, man.’ And I knew even that night, as I came out, it was one of those where you kind of leave your body for a second and you're there, but you're kind of somewhere else soaking it in," Copeland told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.
"I don't know how to explain it.The only other time that that's happened was at the (2020) Rumble when I came back."So, I feel like those two and I mean, I'm very, very blessed and lucky that in this comeback I've had a lot of really great reactions, and the fans have really come out to support and I think also understand like, ‘Hey, this ain't supposed to be happening and this is limited so we better enjoy it while we got it kind of thing,’ and me too.
But that one was special.I put a post and I could feel it in my bones like it felt like I was the Memorex guy in that commercial.
Like it blew my hair back.I was just like oh whoa.
It's so much to process it."ZERO BS.JUST DAKICH.
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