On a recent edition of the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, Gangrel discussed his surprise appearance at AEW Double Or Nothing 2024 last Sunday, where he reunited with his former stablemate from The Brood, Adam Copeland (Edge).
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On Adam Copeland being hard-headed: “Adam, Edge, he’s hard headed. Once he has a story or something in his mind, he’s going to get it done, somehow, one way or another. Eventually it chilled over into AEW, and he had to get it done. And I’m appreciative for it…I’m 55 years old, I didn’t know if I could crawl up from the bottom of the ring [after] being under there for a while. My biggest fear was ‘Can I get up and move?’ But the adrenaline kicked in. I was just blessed to be part of that moment. It was fun to be out there and to be a part of something.”
On keeping his appearance quiet: “They kept it hush hush. I didn’t tell anybody. They had me come in last minute. I stayed in his locker room the whole time. When I went to go to the ring, people like Jericho were like ‘What are you doing here?!’ They were able to keep it quiet as best they could. I was surprised by that, because it’s really hard to do in wrestling nowadays. That was really cool.”
On coming in early before everybody else: “I didn’t get wheelchaired in, covered up, or anything like that. I just came in early, before everybody, then I went to the locker room, Adam’s room, and just sat there, just sat there all day. And then right before the match, I threw a black hoodie on, and went out with the ring crew. Kind of climbed under the deal, and that was that.”
Copeland emerged victorious in the Barbed Wire Steel Cage Match against Malakai Black at the event last Sunday.
Unfortunately, Copeland sustained a broken leg during the match and will require surgery, leading to an indefinite period of absence from his duties.
