Adam Copeland’s return to professional wrestling has been miraculous, with many taking part in an element in him stepping again into the ring, one in every of whom was FTR’s Dax Harwood.
Harwood just lately spoke about Copeland’s shock return on the 2020 Royal Rumble, and the way an opportunity coaching session with Beth Phoenix and Natalya might’ve performed an element in his return.
“When Adam was simply — when it was only a thought in his mind that he needed to come back again to wrestling or attempt to come again to wrestling, truly Money [Wheeler] and I had no concept. We had no clue. What we had achieved was, we had met Beth Phoenix and Natty they usually requested us to go to Tom Prichard’s faculty to assist them with tag crew stuff as a result of they, you realize, Beth was gonna come again for a little bit ‘Mania run as a tag crew with Natty they usually needed us to work on tag crew stuff with them, tag crew psychology with them,” stated Harwood on “WrestleZone.” “In fact, they had been going to deliver Adam as a result of Adam’s a pal of ours, and in the direction of the tip of the coaching with Beth and Natty, Adam determined to leap within the ring and he simply needed to attempt just a few issues out.”
The AEW star claimed that neither he nor his tag crew companion had an inkling that “The Rated-R Celebrity” would ultimately return to the ring.
“We had no concept what that might have led to, after which quick ahead, I need to say perhaps a 12 months and a half later, he advised us that he was severely excited about it and he had a hoop close to his home, which is now going to be our wrestling faculty, and we joined him and helped him prepare for his massive return in WWE,” he added.
He revealed that he additionally helped Copeland and Randy Orton prepare earlier than their “Biggest Wrestling Match Ever,” which occurred on the Backlash present in June 2020.