Copeland vs. (Spoiler) in the Cope Open™

[This Player Hating Mothman]

I'm glad AEW's openness lets matches like this happen. Would Edge vs. Zack Ryder be a match worth putting on PPV in the eyes of WWE? Probably not. But they rarely care to make a surprise TV match important either. With AEW, that's just something that can happen. The surprise factor of a guy who doesn't work there showing up to pay off tons of history and make for what's just in isolation a cool match and a cool moment. I'm glad it doesn't have to be an all or nothing thing where it's weither important enough to be The Plan, or it doesn't get that spotlight. I knwo people will say "AEW is just matches", and that's just incorrect in general, but this is the definition of just a match, and yet it was the coolest, neatest thing.

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Apr 1, 2024 10:25:29 GMT -5 This Player Hating Mothman said:

I'm glad AEW's openness lets matches like this happen. Would Edge vs. Zack Ryder be a match worth putting on PPV in the eyes of WWE? Probably not. But they rarely care to make a surprise TV match important either. With AEW, that's just something that can happen. The surprise factor of a guy who doesn't work there showing up to pay off tons of history and make for what's just in isolation a cool match and a cool moment. I'm glad it doesn't have to be an all or nothing thing where it's weither important enough to be The Plan, or it doesn't get that spotlight. I knwo people will say "AEW is just matches", and that's just incorrect in general, but this is the definition of just a match, and yet it was the coolest, neatest thing.

Not only that, it fits perfectly into the "Copeland is giving back and trying to get a spotlight on underappreciated talent while Christian is changing their names and making them his lackeys" story. A good amount of AEW's storytelling goes under the radar because they don't bash you over the head with obvious beats