Adam Copeland dealt with the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Helene in his hometown of Asheville, North Carolina. He helped the community deal with the hurricane, and now he and AEW will aim to support Asheville with AEW Dynamite: Fight for the Fallen, as proceeds will go to the victims.
In an interview with Rick Ucchino for The Takedown on SI, Adam Copeland opened up about dealing with Hurricane Helene.
“We don’t get hurricanes up here. We’re far from the coast, we’re inland,” Copeland said. “You get that much rain in that short amount of time, and it rolls down the mountains, guess where it goes. It was really, really bad. And still is, but the community is starting to try and dig itself out.
“It’s definitely eye opening when you’re at ground zero of something like that and how long it affects [your life] and how long everything takes to get back to some semblance of normalcy. To brush my teeth for the first time without bottled water, I was like, ‘Whoa! I can use the taps? This is awesome!’ You know, you take it for granted. “There’s still trees piled up to the streetlights. There’s still roofs missing, there’s still people that don’t have homes.”
Adam Copeland On Helping Asheville
Copeland also recalled how he and his brother-in-law helped get supplies to people while dealing with the impact of the hurricane. He then looked forward to AEW Dynamite: Fight for the Fallen and highlighted how he hoped it would help people get through this time.
“My brother-in-law and I found a highway to get outta town. We’d fill up on supplies, fill up the pickup truck, come back and get out and just start getting supplies out to people. And that’s what a lot of people did. If their homes weren’t affected, if they didn’t lose anyone, they got out and they got working. So many of the churches here were great organizational depots, to be able to take things or [say we need] deliverers. Okay, right. I got a pickup truck, let’s go.”
“Historically Asheville’s not necessarily a wrestling town. For a while NWA ran here weekly, back in the eighties, but at some point it just became a non-wrestling town. I don’t know if that’s changed, but it felt like coming here was the right thing to do to try and help this community.” “Entertainment is one of the things that gets people through,” Copeland said. “A TV show, a game, pro wrestling, a concert, whatever it is, take your pick. That’s what it’s for. And it’s really important for people. And I think the pandemic really highlighted that for folks.”
WrestleZone will have coverage of AEW Dynamite: Fight for the Fallen as it airs on January 1.
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