Adam Copeland talks Sting's son training to be a wrestler

[Chris]

EXCLUSIVE: Adam Copeland Feels Sting's Son 'Got A Bit Of That Itch' To Become A Wrestler

Sons following in the footsteps of their father's in professional wrestling is a 50-50 proposition. For Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson, Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton,

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“I think at Revolution there in Greensboro, he got a bit of the itch,” Copeland told The Takedown. “He felt what it is. And once you feel that, man, it's hard to walk away from that. It's hard to go, ‘wait that wasn't cool’. You're going to go, ‘That was really cool and really fun.

“It's a great gig. So I think he felt that also in terms of his physicality. I mean, he's 6-3. He's about 230 pounds. He's probably sitting about eight percent body fat. He looks the part. He's got a good head on his shoulders, very similar to his dad in how he conducts himself, which is a great thing.”

David Flair and the DiBiase sons had a hard time living up to the reputations of their fathers, Ric Flair and Ted DiBiase, respectively. Is Borden up to the challenge and willing to find out?

“I think now it's really up to him,” Copeland said. “What does he want to put into it? Does he want to put in the work that it will take? Because you got to figure it. You might look at it and say, ‘Ok, an easier pathway into the business’.

“But once he's in the business, there's going to be a big spotlight on him, and with that comes extra pressures. Your Sting's son and trying to break out of that. But, he's smart. He's smart, and I think if he wants to do it, he absolutely could do it.”

 

[Chris]

 

[Professor Booty]

No denying who his dad is

 

[Chris]

No denying who his dad is

The comparisons of 80s Sting in side by sides is crazy

 

[Professor Booty]

That’s the best Sting too

 

[Samoa Looch]

“But once he's in the business, there's going to be a big spotlight on him, and with that comes extra pressures. Your Sting's son and trying to break out of that. But, he's smart. He's smart, and I think if he wants to do it, he absolutely could do it.”

Another one of those things Wrestling fans really need to finally fuckin' drop. Yea, you will never completely get rid of that extra slither of expectation from 2nd, 3rd, 4th or what kind of generation talent, but it doesn't help them, nor does it help the companies, or even the fans themselves, if this talent is constantly and solely defined over the legacy of their parents, grand-parents or other family members.

And I'm not saying you can't make comparisons, or play into it here and there, but man... when it's constantly brought up, be it as the lead argument, or at the end of something like an interview, it just undermines the fact that at the end of the day, that talent is his/her/their own person first and foremost and that's where the focus should lie.

 

[Comrade Khan]

he is very tall, god damn

 

[Chris]

he is very tall, god damn

Copeland is tall as fuck and he's got a good two inches at least

 

[Samoa Looch]

Probably round about 2m in that case, I'd say?

 

[Samoa Looch]

Also someone has to tell Darby that it is okay to throw torn clothes away.

 

[Professor Booty]

Also someone has to tell Darby that it is okay to throw torn clothes away.

It’s all he owns

 

[Samoa Looch]

It’s all he owns

That's not true... that pink fluffy jacket he wore wasn't torn.

 

[Chris]

He stole that out of a nightclub dumpster

 

[Professor Booty]

That's not true... that pink fluffy jacket he wore wasn't torn.

I wish it was on fire

 

[Samoa Looch]

I wish it was on fire