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Adam Copeland Is Kicking Off the Final Stretch of His Career Back in Front of an Audience

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Adam Copeland could feel the anticipation building.

Standing only a precious few feet from the curtain, Copeland was moments away from making his surprise entry into the 2020 Royal Rumble match.

Due to a severe neck injury, he had not wrestled since April 2011. Throughout the course of those years, he experienced a range of emotions: anger for a career cut short; gratitude for all the opportunities he had been given; and, eventually, a serenity about the enormity of what he had accomplished.

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