– Speaking to Sports Illustrated’s Rick Ucchino, AEW star Adam Copeland discussed wanting to use this week’s AEW Dynamite: Fight for the Fallen to help the people affected by Hurricane Helene. Asheville is also the city where Copeland currently lives with his family. Below are some highlights:
Adam Copeland on the devastation of Hurricane Helene: “It’s definitely eye-opening when you’re at ground zero of something like that and how long it affects [your life] and how long everything takes to get back to some semblance of normalcy. To brush my teeth for the first time without bottled water, I was like, ‘Whoa! I can use the taps? This is awesome!’ You know, you take it for granted.”
On why it’s important to bring AEW to Asheville: “Historically Asheville’s not necessarily a wrestling town. For a while NWA ran here weekly, back in the eighties, but at some point it just became a non-wrestling town. I don’t know if that’s changed, but it felt like coming here was the right thing to do to try and help this community. Entertainment is one of the things that gets people through. A TV show, a game, pro wrestling, a concert, whatever it is, take your pick. That’s what it’s for. It’s really important for people. I think the pandemic really highlighted that for folks.”
The goal of this year’s Fight for the Fallen is to help provide support and resources to the people devastating by affects of Hurricane Helene in Asheville. AEW set up a donation site to organizations on the frontlines of disaster relief efforts in Asheville RIGHT HERE.
Adam Copeland made a surprise return to AEW last Saturday at Worlds End. He will be in action on tomorrow’s Fight for the Fallen, teaming with FTR against The Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yuta, and Claudio Castagnoli). Tomorrow’s show is being held at the Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, North Carolina.
