Summary

Adam Copeland says the latest run of his tag team with Christian Cage in AEW has worked because it mirrors how the two longtime friends actually interact away from the ring.

Copeland and Cage have reunited as a team in recent months while chasing FTR and the AEW World Tag Team Championships. Speaking in a new interview, Copeland said even the running bit about his name coming second in the team's presentation became a natural storyline wrinkle for them.

Quote from Adam Copeland

Copeland said the act feels familiar for a reason:

"It was really fun. that we turned that into a storyline point. Like, would refuse to team with me unless we did that. Which is just fun. We’re getting to be Statler and Waldorf from the Muppets. It really is so, so true to our actual relationship. Which is why it’s working. Because I think you watch and go, look at those two idiots. That’s how they interact in the airport, or you’re just sitting around watching a hockey game."

What Copeland's comment says about Christian Cage and this AEW run

Copeland's comparison gets at why this reunion has landed so easily in AEW. Rather than trying to present the team as a nostalgia act, AEW has leaned into the history and sarcasm that have defined Copeland and Christian Cage for decades.

It also adds a little more personality to their chase of FTR before AEW Double or Nothing. With the match now carrying an I Quit stipulation, the team dynamic Copeland described gives the title program a stronger hook than a standard reunion run would have on its own.

Sources

Adam Copeland while speaking on The Sportsocracy