After spending over two decades in WWE as Edge, fans quickly embraced the change when he jumped over to AEW and started going by his legal name Adam Copeland.

Adam Copeland never considered himself an actor until recently, with the AEW star revealing the inciting incident that made him change his mind.

Upon making his return to AEW, Adam Copeland underwent a name change, going as “Cope.” This shocked wrestling fans, who know him as Edge from his time in WWE and by his government name during his AEW run.

However, the official AEW roster webpage still refers to the wrestler as "Adam Copeland," so it is unclear exactly how official this new name is or how long it will last. It is entirely possible this is a test run for the name to gauge fan reactions.

The state of AEW"s locker rooms have always unfortunately been very public, with several disgruntled wrestlers airing their dirty laundry publicly, and the infamous altercations between former AEW World Champion,

It’s just “Cope” now. Adam Copeland shortened his ring name to Cope on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite Fight for the Fallen episode in Asheville, North Carolina, a moniker that the star has used in