{"id":196914,"date":"2025-04-28T13:41:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T18:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=196914"},"modified":"2025-04-30T12:56:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:56:44","slug":"adam-copeland-says-he-doesnt-care-about-reaction-online-to-the-spike-angle-as-long-as-it-got-a-reaction-in-the-arena","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/04\/28\/adam-copeland-says-he-doesnt-care-about-reaction-online-to-the-spike-angle-as-long-as-it-got-a-reaction-in-the-arena\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Copeland says he doesn&#8217;t care about reaction online to the spike angle as long as it got a reaction in the arena"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4081818309\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>When Adam Copeland punctured Jon Moxley&#8217;s skin in dozens of places when he suplexed him onto a spiked board on the Mar. 19 episode of AEW Dynamite during a street fight, many fans responded with criticism that it was a step too far in terms of simulated violence being real. The nails stuck to Moxley even when he stood up and he struggled to remove them from his flesh. Copeland says he doesn&#8217;t care, but acknowledges there can be diminishing returns with violence in pro wrestling.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don\u2019t really care about the reaction, besides the live reaction,&#8221; he told Kenny McIntosh from <a href=\"https:\/\/itrwrestling.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/itrwrestling.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1745945897237000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0hP0Qjt4fR9o7X6Cx3F5Vf\">Inside The Ropes<\/a>. &#8220;That to me is the reaction that matters &#8211; and they were into it live.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of the &#8220;All Elite Conversation Club&#8221; with Joel Dehnel and Gregg Kanner, part of the PWTorch Dailycast line-up: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/all-elite-conversation-club-dehnel-kanner-preview-dynasty-talk-chances-swerve-wins-world-title-orange-cassidy-and-jay-white-injuries--65352646\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to stream (or search \u201cpwtorch\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=65352646&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>He says times have changed and he believes a spot in a match like that is in line with fan expectations in this era. &#8220;Hey, I get it, I do,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Because I understand that it can be diminishing returns and all of those things. You also have to know your audience and you also have to understand that times have changed, for good, bad, however you want to look at it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that spot is a result of him adjusting to fan expectations in this era. &#8220;I like to think I\u2019ve always been a proponent of understanding that things do change,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It\u2019s going to be more athletic now, it\u2019s going to be more violent now, and things just naturally tend to get \u2018more\u2019 as time goes on. I mean, you look at the internet. I remember dial up and now there\u2019s AI. Things change, that\u2019s just the nature of life. That\u2019s the nature of the world. So I don\u2019t really factor in how people react after the fact. I just know they\u2019re into it live, that\u2019s my job, and that\u2019s how I gauge things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ THE FULL STORY AND INTERVIEW <a href=\"https:\/\/itrwrestling.com\/news\/exclusive-the-only-reaction-adam-copeland-cared-about-following-violent-jon-moxley-spot\/\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wade Keller Post-show - AEW Dynamite w\/Wade Keller &amp; Brian Zilem\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jJ2nAZEVLJU?start=642&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3012875264\"><div id=\"pwtor-1943395054\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>When Adam Copeland punctured Jon Moxley&#8217;s skin in dozens of places when he suplexed him onto a spiked board on the Mar. 19 episode of AEW Dynamite during a street fight, many fans responded with <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/04\/28\/adam-copeland-says-he-doesnt-care-about-reaction-online-to-the-spike-angle-as-long-as-it-got-a-reaction-in-the-arena\/\" title=\"Adam Copeland says he doesn&#8217;t care about reaction online to the spike angle as long as it got a reaction in the arena\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":194463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,6163,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spotlightarticles","category-aew-news","category-prowrestlingnews"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2025\/03\/Screenshot-2025-03-13-at-8.04.28\u202fPM.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":196915,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196914\/revisions\/196915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}