Top AEW Star Claims Roman Reigns Was ‘Fun To Work’ With

Over the past few days, the internet has been discussing Conrad Thompson calling Roman Reigns “overrated.” Recently, current AEW and former WWE star Adam Copeland (Edge) shared his thoughts on the matter. Speaking on “The Ariel Helwani Show,” Copeland said,

“It’s all up to the person and their take. It’s all subjective. Some people will think I’m overrated. Okay… honestly, who cares? There’s no better answer to me. Who gives a f*ck? Are we having fun? That’s what matters to me. I’ve worked him (Roman Reigns). Easy to work. Fun to work. Good to work. Loved my matches with him, and I think he found the voice of his character, and found something that he fully connected with. Overrated? That’s up to each individual person. You probably had people saying (Steve) Austin was overrated, or name it. Eh, eye of the beholder, right? But I know in working him, night off.”

Cope Reflects On His Final WWE Run Before AEW Debut

During the same interview, the erstwhile Edge opened up about his final WWE run before going to AEW. The former World Champion said,

“I had kind of run the gamut with WWE. There was much left to do with either — for the company or for me. To me, that writing was pretty clearly on the wall. It was more along the lines of, ‘Am I going to go to AEW or am I going to retire?’ And during the match with Sheamus, I still didn’t even really know. Because I was having so much fun out there with him and loving that experience that I truly wasn’t sure. But then in looking at the roster in AEW and talking to Tony. And after the Toronto show and looking at the landscape, it became a no brainer the more I looked at it.”

“I knew, in being hired, that at some point one of my jobs would be to try and dial in a locker room. I’ve been put in a position to lead before and have success. I assumed that was one of the reasons to bring me over as well. Right now, this last year has turned the corner in terms of everybody pulling in the same direction. Once you can do that and get a few creative elements of the show that start to hit, everything gets dialed in.”

“I feel that’s where we are right now, and that’s always fun. What’s amazing about AEW now is the freedom to explore and try things. It’s much more like the Attitude Era in that regard. A lot of times in the Attitude Era, there might be a plan, but there might not be. My experience by the end of WWE was over-produced, over-rehearsed, over-everything. It kept handcuffs on you to where you couldn’t really explore too much. That’s not the case with AEW. It’s fun.”