And they go, “What?!?” Nobody can wrap their mind around that aspect, so that usually ends up being a conversation. They just ask, “How do you do that?” (laughs) Physically, what is that like? And that naturally seems to be the general theme when you meet people, it’s like even if they don’t watch they go, “Okay, how does that work? What do you do?” We don’t have an off-season, we have about three hundred shows a year. Pretty surreal.Īlex Obert: When you were talking with the Foo Fighters backstage, did you ever bring up wrestling and did they ever have memories of it?Īdam Copeland: No, not really. And you hear those drums for the first time and then years later, that drummer is letting you use his music for your Hall Of Fame induction. So it was very cool and one of those things that the first time that I heard Nevermind, coming back from the Bramalea City Center, I bought it on cassette. I got my favorite band, using a song that truly does mean something to me. Everybody agreed and they were like, “Yeah! Of course you can use it!” It doesn’t really get any better than that. Starting a new part of your life and walking around into the next one. Those lyrics really, really meant something to me in the aspect of what I was going through at that point. That would be pretty amazing.” The night before I found out I had to retire, I was listening to that song on the way home and I really paid attention to the lyrics for whatever reason. When I found out I was going in, they said, “Do you want anything?” And I said, “Use Walk for the induction. They treat everybody that way, which is cool.Īlex Obert: When you got inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame, it must have been extra special having their song, Walk, as a part of it.Īdam Copeland: Yeah, it was. But then the great part is, they’ll treat everybody like that, not just somebody who has done something in an industry or something like that. And every time that I’ve been to a show, that’s how they treated me. At some point, they figured out that being a nice guy gets you a lot farther than being an asshole.
Anybody whose had massive success in anything, it’s generally the way they are. I walked back there, and there’s Dave listening to Too Fast For Love, bouncing all over the place, he goes, “Hey man! How’s it going? Want a shot of Crown?” I go, “Okay, sure.” And within two minutes, we’re sitting there shooting the shit about music and the first Motley Crue album with Dave Grohl doing a shot of Crown. I walked in the back dressing room where I changed many times for wrestling for the WWE, so I know the dressing rooms and everything. My buddy, a drum tech, Chad “Yeti” Ward, he said, “Yeah, come on back!” I walked back there and it was at the Air Canada Center in Toronto. And so those are kind of my go-tos.Īlex Obert: What was it like the first time you were face to face with Dave Grohl?Īdam Copeland: It was pretty surreal. For whatever reason, they were just one of the bands that instantly when I heard the music, I was like, “Okay, this is one of my bands.” Pearl Jam was another one. And having met the guys, they’re goofy idiots like I am.
They’re a band that if I need a little kickstart, I throw on some Foos. But The Foos for whatever reason, it’s upbeat music, it’s catchy hooks, it’s catchy choruses, it’s heavy guitars, it’s great drumming, and it’s great songwriting. I just love all types of music, as long as it’s got guitars and drums. They are my go-to band, them and Pearl Jam. What is it that you love about them?Īdam Copeland: It’s tough for me to narrow down. He’s also been known as “The Rated R Superstar” Edge and he’s a total rockstar, here’s Adam Copeland!Īlex Obert: You’ve said that your favorite band is Foo Fighters. He’s an eleven time world champion, a WWE hall of famer, he plays Dwight Hendrickson on the Syfy series, Haven.