From on-screen best friends to real-life best friends, Adam Copeland and Christian Cage’s lives are intertwined. Though Edge was much more successful inside WWE as a singles competitor, Christian Cage found his major breakthrough outside WWE. After being apart for decades, both are back and working in the same company, AEW. Despite the recent low period, AEW has been giving WWE some competition and satisfying the hunger for alternative wrestling promotions.
But despite all this, there is one thing every fan accepts: WWE fans never thought that Edge would end his journey in a different company. But reality is far more dramatic than dreams as Adam Copeland is now bearing the AEW flag. With this big change, many wonder if Christian Cage influenced him to make this decision.
Christian Cage didn’t influence Edge to sign the AEW contract
Though on paper, it might look like the most probable cause, Christian Cage clarified that he didn’t influence Adam to make the decision. During a recent interview, Christian explained that Edge had both options: either continue working for WWE or have a change of scenery in AEW. Despite being his best friend in real life, he didn’t want to directly impact Edge’s decision-making.
Christian did admit that he helped Edge in making the decision but didn’t want to interfere with the future outcome. Christian narrated that though he gave his opinion to Edge about the future, he didn’t sway him by any means. This change was a big one for Edge, involving a fight between his legacy and a fresh start, and Christian didn’t want to take that decision away from Edge.
I didn’t have to away him at all. For me, I don’t interfere in people’s…if am asked for an opinion, I will give an opinion. But I won’t give it in a way that would sway. At the end of the day, when you are talking about something like that, where it’s somebody’s livelihood and their life, I know everybody thinks about it in different ways but he has a way that he thinks about his legacy and all those sorts of things. I don’t wanna interfere with that.
Fans got to see a legendary feud between Christian Cage and Adam Copeland
Though the change was big for both Christian and Adam, the fans got their dreams fulfilled. The feud between Adam Copeland and Christian Cage is and will always be one of the most iconic feuds in AEW’s history. The storyline between them shows what peak wrestling writing can do, and fans always love it when reality and the on-camera world merge into one. Edge and Christian go way back, and with this much history and chemistry, it was bound to happen.
The heel work by Christian is some of the best ever. It was definitely a shock for WWE fans, as the company never discovered this side of him. Plus, being PG-13, it would never have been possible. AEW gave Adam and Christian the freedom to explore new aspects of their characters.