Kyle Fletcher on Adam Copeland’s Upcoming Retirement and Wants To Wrestle Him Again Before Copeland Retires, Potentially Competing In Another Blood & Guts Match In The Future, His Loss To Hangman Adam Page For AEW World Title In 2025, & Potential Future Acting Career

TMZ Sports held a recent interview with Kyle Fletcher. One of the topics discussed included Fletcher’s thoughts about Adam Copeland’s upcoming retirement from his wrestling career in 2027.

“My thoughts are, I think he is an absolute legend in the sport, and I think that he, dude, he was a part of my childhood. He was a part of so many people’s childhoods and one of the best things and the best feelings in wrestling is that nostalgia and remembering, how it made you feel when you’re a kid, and I think he was probably one of the first wrestlers that I watched, you know? So for me, it’s a lot of mixed emotions. I’m obviously very sad. I watched him retire in whatever it was, I believe 2010, and I thought that was going to be the end of it. I was watching live when he made his return and yeah, that was very emotional too. So I’m sure watching him retire will be very emotional as well. But I will say that now I have been able to get in the ring with him. I’ve pinned him, and I.. I would not… I would very much like to… get in there with him again before he retires because I would like to show the world that I am far superior to him.”

Fletcher also gave his thoughts about the potential of him competing in another Blood & Guts match in the future after competing in his first-ever one this year.

“I mean, you say, would I do it again? I don’t really think it’s my choice. I think there’s a pretty good chance that I will be put in that cage again at some point. It’s terrifying. I will say it’s a match that the whole time leading up to it, you’re thinking about everything that could go wrong, everything that will possibly go wrong and walking into that cage. It’s just, it’s a terrifying… it’s a very daunting feeling being in that cage and knowing that you can’t get out of that cage until the match is over is terrifying. You know, there’s six other people in there that are trying to make you bleed buckets. It’s in the name. So people are expecting blood. You got to give them the blood. I get it. I get it. It’s like, it’s just, it’s a very scary feeling to come out of it relatively unscathed, and the victors and feeling pretty good now. I’m very grateful. I’m just so grateful I got out of it, got out of it in one piece. But, you know, whether or not I want to do it again, I feel like it’ll probably happen at some point.”

Fletcher also gave his thoughts about how he felt ‘shattered in every different way’ after losing to Hangman Adam Page in his first ever AEW World Championship match in 2025.

“I think the biggest thing for me this time is knowing what it feels like to get so close and then fail at the final hurdle. Man, I can’t even put into words how shattering it was to lose that match against Hangman last year. You know, you dream about winning the world title your entire life, and you get so close and you can taste it and you can visualize it and you can see it and it’s right in your fingertips and then you fail, and then you literally- I felt heartbroken. I was shattered in every different way, and I was questioning everything, questioning everything I’d done, everything I’d been through up till that point, if it was worth it, if I was ever going to be good enough. So I think the biggest thing this time is that I remember how that feels and I’m going to do anything and everything I can to never feel like that again.”

Fletcher also gave his thoughts about the potential of him acting in movies and television in the future.

“I think I am an incredibly creative person. I always have been my whole life. So the thought of doing a movie or a TV show or something in acting is, is something that excites me. I will just say that right now I am so very focused on becoming the best pro wrestler that I possibly can be, and I know that doing anything in film or TV, it takes a huge dedication, a huge amount of time, and that’s time that I would have to spend away from the ring, which I don’t think I’m ready to do right now, especially on the run that I’m on.”

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