Adam Cole

Austin Jenkins (born July 5, 1989) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Adam Cole.[1] He is the leader of The Undisputed Era, alongside Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong.

For the cricketer, see Adam Cole (cricketer).

Adam Cole
Cole in April 2019
Birth nameAustin Jenkins
Born (1989-07-05) July 5, 1989
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
ResidenceCoral Springs, Florida, United States
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)Adam Carelle
Adam Cole[1]
Billed height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Billed weight210 lb (95 kg)[1][3]
Billed fromPanama City, Florida[4][1][5]
Trained byAl Snow[5]
DJ Hyde[5]
Jon Dahmer[5][4]
Les Thatcher[5]
Shawn Michaels
Debut2008[3]

In WWE, Cole is the first-ever NXT North American Champion and a former NXT Tag Team Champion; he held both titles concurrently in April 2018, making him the first double champion in NXT history.[upper-alpha 1] He is also the co-winner of the 2018 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic with O'Reilly. On June 1, Cole won the NXT Championship, where his reign became the longest in the promotion's history at 403 days; winning the title also made Cole the second NXT Triple Crown Champion.

Before signing with WWE in 2017, he was mostly known for his eight-year tenure with Ring of Honor (ROH) where he became the first-ever three-time ROH World Champion. In addition, he is a one-time ROH World Television Champion, and the winner of the 2014 ROH Survival of the Fittest tournament. Cole has also wrestled for several independent promotions, including Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), where he is a former CZW World Junior Heavyweight Champion, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where he was a former PWG World Champion; he holds the records for longest reigns for both titles. He also worked in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was part of the Bullet Club stable.

Early life

Austin Jenkins[6] was born on July 5, 1989,[2] in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.[7] He has a younger brother.[2] His parents separated when he was 10 years old.[2] Jenkins took karate lessons as a child.[2]

Professional wrestling career

Combat Zone Wrestling (2008–2013)

Jenkins was trained at the Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) Wrestling Academy by DJ Hyde and Jon Dahmer.[4] He became an official student at the Academy on November 14, 2007, while he was still a senior in high school.[2] He made his CZW debut at No Pun Intended as Adam Cole on June 21, 2008, when he teamed with The Reason in a loss to GNC (Joe Gacy and Alex Colon).[8] His next appearance was on September 13 at the Chri$ Ca$h Memorial Show, when he defeated Tyler Veritas in a CZW Wrestling Academy showcase match.[9] Cole then began to feud with GNC, facing them in several matches with different partners, which led GNC and EMO defeated Cole, L.J. Cruz and HDTV in a six-man tag team match on October 11.[10] At the following show named Night of Infamy 7: Greed, GNC defeated Cole and HDTV in a regular tag team match.[11] Cole gained his first win over GNC at Cage of Death 10: Ultraviolent Anniversary on December 13, when he, Veritas and Cruz defeated GNC and EMO in a six-man tag team match.[12]

In 2009, Cole teamed regularly with Tyler Veritas and they won a tag team gauntlet match, outlasting the teams of The S.A.T., L.J. Cruz and Izzy Kensington, 2.0, All Money Is Legal and GNC at X: Decade of Destruction – 10th Anniversary in February.[13] At the following show in March, they won a four-way match against the team of Jagged and Cole Calloway, GNC and Team AnDrew (Andy Sumner and Drew Gulak).[14] After Cole took a hiatus from CZW, he returned at A Tangled Web 2 on August 8, where he and Veritas won another four-way match against BLKOUT, Team Macktion (TJ Mack and Kirby Mack) and The Spanish Armada (Alex Colon and L.J. Cruz).[15] At Down With the Sickness Forever on September 13, Cole and Veritas challenged for The Best Around (Bruce Maxwell and TJ Cannon) for the CZW World Tag Team Championship, but they were unsuccessful.[16] For the remainder of 2009, Cole and Veritas began focusing on singles competition, as they both entered the tournament to determine the inaugural CZW Wired TV Champion, with Cole defeating Alex Colon and Rich Swann en route to the final at Cage of Death 11, where he lost to Veritas.[17][18][19]

Cole posing on the ring apron in 2010

At Walking on Pins and Needles in March 2010, Cole wrestled Sabian to a 15-minute time-limit draw.[20] Later in 2010, Cole began challenging for the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship and on April 10 at Swinging for the Fences, Cole faced defending champion Sabian in a match that ended in a 20-minute time-limit draw.[21] On May 8, 2010, Cole won the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship by defeating defending champion Sabian and Ruckus in a three-way match at Fist Fight.[22][23] Cole went on to successfully defend the championship against Ryan Slater in both June and August and Blk Jeez in September.[24][25][26] At It's Always Bloody in Philadelphia on October 9, Cole turned into a heel (villainous character) by attacking long-time tag team partner Veritas and successfully defended the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship against AR Fox later that night.[27] In November, Cole toured Germany with CZW and he retained the championship against Zack Sabre, Jr. at Live in Germany in Oberhausen.[28] In December, Cole gained Mia Yim as a manager and she helped him to retain the Junior Heavyweight Championship in two separate matches at Cage of Death XII.[29]

At Twelve: Anniversary in February 2011, Cole qualified for the Best of the Best X tournament by defeating Pinkie Sanchez.[30] On April 9 at Best of the Best X, Cole qualified for the final of the tournament by defeating Johnny Gargano and Kyle O'Reilly in a three-way match in the first round and Sabre in the semi-final, then defeating Sami Callihan in the final, thus winning the Best of the Best X tournament.[31][32] Cole then developed an alliance with his trainer DJ Hyde, with Hyde helping Cole to retain the championship against Fox in May.[33] Further title defenses against Jonatham Gresham, Chuck Taylor and AJ Curcio followed throughout the year.[34][35][36] On November 12, Cole lost the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship to Callihan despite both Hyde and Yim interfering on his behalf, ending his reign at 553 days, the longest reign in the championship's history.[37]

At An Excellent Adventure in January 2012, Cole unsuccessfully challenged Devon Moore for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship.[38] Cole's alliance with Hyde ended at the Best of the Best 11 internet pay-per-view, when Hyde gained a new protégé in Tony Nese who Cole went on to defeat in a match.[39] Cole and Hyde began feuding briefly, with Hyde attacking Cole in May and Cole attacking Hyde the following month.[40][41] In November 2012, Cole went on to feud with Sami Callihan, claiming that he would always be regarded as a better wrestler than Callihan.[42] At Cage of Death 14: Shattered Dreams on December 8, Cole defeated Callihan in a No Hold Barred match.[43] On April 13, 2013, Cole defeated Callihan in what billed as the "final encounter" between the longtime rivals.[44]

Independent circuit (2009–2017)
Cole (right) wrestling Kyle O'Reilly (left) in their quarter-final match at Chikara's 2010 Young Lions Cup tournament

On August 7, 2009, Carelle defeated Qenann Creed to win the MCW Rage Television Championship.[45] He held the championship for over four months, before losing it to Ryan McBride on December 26.[45] After changing his ring name to Adam Cole, he regained the championship from McBride two months later on February 27, 2010.[45] Cole held it until July 31, when he and Tyler Hilton were defeated by Cobian and Tommy Dreamer, which meant that Cobian won the championship.[45]

On November 7, 2009, Cole defeated VSK to win WXW C4's Hybrid Championship in Allentown, Pennsylvania.[46] He lost the championship to Dave Rose on March 6, 2010, after a five-month reign.[46]

On November 20 and 21, 2009, Cole defeated four opponents (DJ Hyde, Ryan McBride, "Mighty" Quinn Nash and Eric Enders) to win Ground Breaking Wrestling's 1st annual 16-man Battle of Gettysburg tournament.[47] With his victory, Cole earned a title shot against champion Greg Excellent in April 2010, but he lost.[48]

Cole began competing for the Evolve promotion in 2010, making his debut match for the promotion on May 1 at Evolve 3: Rise Or Fall, he lost to Sami Callihan.[49][50] At Evolve 4, Cole defeated Johnny Gargano to improve his record to one win and one loss. Following his victory he challenged Jimmy Jacobs to a match at the next show.[51] At Evolve 5: Danielson vs. Sawa, Cole lost to Jacobs.[52]

Cole appeared at Dragon Gate USA (DGUSA)'s Open the Freedom Gate pay-per-view taping on November 28, 2009, on the pre-show, where he wrestled Kyle O'Reilly in a losing effort.[53][54] On July 24, 2010, Cole appeared at DGUSA's Enter the Dragon 2010 pay-per-view taping in a four-way match against Chuck Taylor, Arik Cannon, and Ricochet, which was won by Taylor.[55][56]

On August 28, 2010, Cole appeared at Chikara's Young Lions Cup tournament. He defeated Kyle O'Reilly in the quarter-finals, but was eliminated from the semi-final six-man elimination match by Obariyon.[57][58]

On April 30, 2011, Cole participated in East Coast Wrestling Association's 2011 Super 8 Tournament. He defeated Sami Callihan and Austin Aries en route to the final, where he lost to Tommaso Ciampa.[59] On November 30, 2012, he won the Premiere Wrestling Xperience's Heavyweight Championship.[60] Cole lost the title in February 2013.

Future Shock (2009–2012)
Future Shock: Kyle O'Reilly (left) and Cole (right) at a Ring of Honor show in August 2011

Cole made his Ring of Honor (ROH) debut on February 28, 2009, when he lost to John Kerman in a dark match at the Ring of Honor Wrestling tapings.[3] At the Ring of Honor Wrestling tapings the following night, Cole appeared in a dark match again, teaming with Ninja Brown against John Kerman and Corey Abbott. The match ended in a no contest when the Dark City Fight Club (Kory Chavis and Jon Davis) attacked the match participants.[61] He appeared again on the July 26, 2010, episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling, teaming with Nick Westgate in a loss to The Kings of Wrestling (Chris Hero and Claudio Castagnoli).[62]

On August 23, 2010, ROH announced that Cole had signed a contract with the company.[63] At the August 2 tapings of Ring of Honor Wrestling, Cole was defeated by Mike Bennett.[64] Cole began to ally himself with fellow ROH newcomer Kyle O'Reilly, with the pair forming a tag team. At the October 2 Ring of Honor Wrestling tapings they defeated the team of Grizzly Redwood and Mike Sydal.[65] They lost to Steve Corino and Kevin Steen on October 15, and The All Night Express (Kenny King and Rhett Titus at a show on October 16.[66][67] They defeated the Bravado Brothers (Harlem and Lance) on the November 8 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling.[68] On November 12, Cole participated in the 2010 edition of the Survival of the Fittest tournament. He defeated Steve Corino in the first round, but was the second person eliminated from the final, a six-man elimination match.[69] The following night in Toronto, Cole and O'Reilly defeated the Bravado Brothers.[70] Cole made his ROH pay-per-view debut on December 18 at Final Battle 2010, where he and O'Reilly were defeated by the All Night Express.[71] On April 1 and 2 at Chapter One and Two of Honor Takes Center Stage, Cole and O'Reilly faced the Briscoe Brothers (Jay and Mark) and the Kings of Wrestling in two losing efforts, despite putting on strong performances.[72][73] On July 8, Cole and O'Reilly defeated the Bravado Brothers to earn a future shot at the ROH World Tag Team Championship.[74] On July 25, ROH announced that Cole had re-signed with the promotion.[75] At the August 13 tapings of Ring of Honor Wrestling, the tag team of Cole and O'Reilly was named Future Shock.[76]

Championship reigns (2012–2015)
Cole at Supercard of Honor VII in April 2013

At the January 7, 2012, tapings of Ring of Honor Wrestling, Future Shock disbanded and Cole formed a new partnership with Eddie Edwards, opposite Kyle O'Reilly and Davey Richards.[77] On March 4 at the 10th Anniversary Show, Cole and Edwards defeated O'Reilly and Richards in a main event tag team match, with Cole pinning Richards, the reigning ROH World Champion, for the win.[78] On June 24 at Best in the World 2012: Hostage Crisis, Cole defeated O'Reilly in a "Hybrid Rules" match. Afterwards, Cole tried to make peace with his former partner, but the offer was turned down.[79] On June 29, 2012, Cole won his first championship in ROH, defeating Roderick Strong to become the ROH World Television Champion in Baltimore, Maryland at a taping of Ring of Honor Wrestling.[80] On September 15 at Death Before Dishonor X: State of Emergency, Cole successfully defended the title against Mike Mondo, before being confronted by Matt Hardy.[81] At the following internet pay-per-view, Glory By Honor XI: The Unbreakable Hope on October 13, Cole successfully defended his title against Eddie Edwards.[82] On December 16 at Final Battle 2012: Doomsday, Cole was defeated by Hardy in a non-title match.[83] At the following iPPV, 11th Anniversary Show on March 2, 2013, Cole lost the World Television Championship to Matt Taven, ending his reign at 246 days.[84] On May 4 at Border Wars 2013, Cole unsuccessfully challenged Jay Briscoe for the ROH World Championship.[85] On May 30, ROH announced that Cole had re-signed with the promotion.[86]

After the ROH World Championship was vacated, Cole entered a tournament to determine the new champion, defeating Mark Briscoe in his first round match on July 27.[87] On August 3, Cole defeated Jay Lethal to advance to the semifinals of the tournament.[88] On September 20 at Death Before Dishonor XI, Cole first defeated Tommaso Ciampa in the semifinals and then Michael Elgin in the finals to win the tournament and become the new ROH World Champion. After being presented the title belt by former champion Jay Briscoe, Cole attacked Briscoe and Elgin thus establishing himself as a villain.[89][90] In early November, Cole suffered a concussion, temporarily sidelining him from wrestling.[91] On December 14 at Final Battle 2013, Cole successfully defended the ROH World Championship in a three-way match against Briscoe and Elgin, following outside interference from Matt Hardy,[92] with the two later forming a stable alongside Mike Bennett, Maria Kanellis and later Matt Taven named The Kingdom. Post-match, Cole and Hardy were attacked by the returning Chris Hero,[92] which led to Cole's next title defense on February 21, 2014, at the 12th Anniversary Show, where he defeated Hero.[93] A rematch between the two, contested under Ringmaster's Challenge rules, took place on March 8 and saw Cole again retain the title.[94]

On April 4 at Supercard of Honor VIII, Cole defeated Jay Briscoe in a ladder match to become the undisputed ROH World Champion, retaining his title and taking over Briscoe's unrecognized "Real World Title" and later giving it to Matt Hardy who renamed it the “ROH Iconic Championship”.[95] In May 2014, Cole took part in a tour co-produced by ROH and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), during which he made two more successful title defenses; first against Kevin Steen at Global Wars on May 10 and then against NJPW's Jyushin Thunder Liger at War of the Worlds on May 17.[96][97] The following month, Cole retained the championship against ACH and Tommaso Ciamapa.[98][99] On June 22 at Best in the World 2014, Cole lost the ROH World Championship to Michael Elgin, ending his reign at 275 days.[100] Through ROH's relationship with NJPW, Cole made his Japanese debut on August 10, in Tokorozawa, Saitama, teaming with Kingdom stablemate Michael Bennett to defeat Captain New Japan and Jyushin Thunder Liger in a tag team match.[101] On November 8, Cole won the 2014 Survival of the Fittest.[102] On December 7 at Final Battle 2014, Cole unsuccessfully challenged Jay Briscoe for the ROH World Championship in a Fight Without Honor.[103] The following week, Cole announced he had suffered a shoulder injury, which required surgery.[104]

Cole returned from his injury on May 12, 2015, at War of the Worlds '15, losing to A.J. Styles.[105] Cole then began having problems with his Kingdom stablemates and started teasing a reunion with his Future Shock tag team partner Kyle O'Reilly. However, on September 18 at All Star Extravaganza VII, Cole turned on O'Reilly during his match for the ROH World Championship and reunited with the rest of the Kingdom, becoming a heel once again.[106]

Bullet Club (2016–2017)
Main article: Bullet Club

On May 8, 2016, at Global Wars, Cole joined Bullet Club, helping the stable take over the ring in a show-closing angle.[107] On June 16, at Best in the World, Cole teamed up with The Young Bucks and formed The Superkliq to defeat War Machine and Moose. On August 19 at Death Before Dishonor XIV, Cole defeated Jay Lethal to win the ROH World Championship for the second time, becoming the third man to regain the championship.[108] Afterwards, Cole's victory celebration was abruptly ended when he was laid out by a returning Kyle O'Reilly.[109] Cole returned to NJPW on September 22, representing Bullet Club and successfully defending the ROH World Championship against Will Ospreay at Destruction in Hiroshima.[110] Three days later at Destruction in Kobe, Cole and The Young Bucks were defeated by David Finlay, Ricochet and Satoshi Kojima in a match for the vacant NEVER Openweight 6-Man Tag Team Championship.[111] On December 2 at Final Battle, He lost the ROH World Championship to O'Reilly.[112] Cole regained the title from O'Reilly on January 4, 2017, at NJPW's Wrestle Kingdom 11 in Tokyo Dome, thus making Cole the first three-time ROH World Champion.[113] On March 10 at the 15th Anniversary Show, Cole lost the ROH World Championship to Christopher Daniels, when Bullet Club's newest member and Daniels' longtime tag team partner Frankie Kazarian turned on him.[114] In early 2017, Cole began showing tension with Bullet Club stablemate Kenny Omega with The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) caught in the middle.[115] The storyline led to an angle on March 11, where Cole tried to fire The Young Bucks from Bullet Club, but the two responded by stating that Omega, not Cole, was the leader of the stable.[116] Despite the dissension, Cole remained a member of Bullet Club.[117] On May 1, it was reported that Cole's ROH contract had expired and he was now a free agent.[118] On May 12, during the third night of the War of the Worlds tour, Cole was defeated by NJPW's Hiroshi Tanahashi in a singles match. After the match, Kenny Omega and The Young Bucks turned on Cole and kicked him out of Bullet Club, giving his spot in the stable to Marty Scurll.[119] Two days later, Cole was defeated by Scurll in his ROH farewell match, a Philadelphia Street Fight.[120]

Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (2011–2017)

Cole made his debut in Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG) on October 22, 2011, alongside regular tag team partner O'Reilly as Future Shock, unsuccessfully challenging The Young Bucks for the PWG World Tag Team Championship.[121][122] Future Shock were defeated by the RockNES Monsters (Johnny Goodtime and Johnny Yuma), at Fear on December 10.[123] On April 21, 2012, Future Shock entered the annual Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament (DDT4), where they made it to the semifinals, before losing to the eventual tournament winners, Super Smash Bros. (Player Uno and Stupefied).[124] On July 21 at PWG's ninth anniversary event, Future Shock unsuccessfully challenged the Super Smash Bros. for the PWG World Tag Team Championship in a three-way ladder match, which also included The Young Bucks.[125] On September 1, Cole entered the 2012 Battle of Los Angeles, now working under his "Panama City Playboy" heel persona.[126] After upsetting El Generico in his first round match, Cole advanced to the following day's quarterfinals, where he defeated Eddie Edwards.[127][128] After a win over Sami Callihan in the semifinals, Cole defeated Michael Elgin in the finals to win the 2012 Battle of Los Angeles and become the number one contender to the PWG World Championship.[128] Following his win, Cole attacked the reigning champion, Kevin Steen, and left with his title belt.[128]

On December 1, Cole defeated Steen in a Guerrilla Warfare match to become the new PWG World Champion.[129][130] On January 12, 2013, Cole reunited with Kyle O'Reilly to enter the 2013 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament. After defeating the DojoBros (Eddie Edwards and Roderick Strong) in their first round match, Future Shock was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by El Generico and Kevin Steen.[131] On March 23, Cole made his first successful defense of the PWG World Championship against Drake Younger, and followed it with another retention against longtime rival, the WWE bound Sami Callihan six falls to five in a 60-minute Iron Man match on June 16.[132][133][134] Two months later, at PWG's tenth anniversary event, Cole successfully retained his title in a three-way Guerrilla Warfare match against Drake Younger and Kevin Steen.[135] On August 31, Cole formed a new heel stable named "The Mount Rushmore of Wrestling" with Kevin Steen and The Young Bucks, when the four attacked 2013 Battle of Los Angeles winner Kyle O'Reilly, Candice LeRae, Joey Ryan and referee Rick Knox.[136][137] On October 19, Cole defeated O'Reilly, with help from his new stablemates, and on December 20 and 21 defeated Chris Hero and Johnny Gargano, respectively, to make his fourth, fifth and sixth successful defenses of the PWG World Championship.[138][139][140] On January 31, 2014, the 426th day of his title reign, Cole became the longest reigning PWG World Champion. Cole continued his reign on March 28, successfully defending the title against female wrestler Candice LeRae.[141] Cole's record-setting reign ended on May 23, 2014, when he lost the title to Kyle O'Reilly in a "Knockout or Submission Only" match.[142]

On December 11, 2015, Cole made a surprise return to PWG, joining Roderick Strong, Super Dragon and The Young Bucks as the newest member of Mount Rushmore 2.0.[143] On May 19, 2017, Cole had his farewell match in PWG, where he was defeated by Sami Callihan.[144]

Debut and The Undisputed Era (2017–2019)
Main article: The Undisputed Era

Before signing to WWE, Jenkins worked with the company twice. First on the July 2, 2010 episode of SmackDown where he played a man at a bar drinking with Serena Deeb in a Straight Edge Society segment, after WWE had offered him a tryout meant for Austin Watson (Xavier Woods) and as an apology, offered him a spot as an extra.[145] The second was the first weekend of February 2013, where Jenkins took part in a tryout at their Performance Center in Florida.[146]

On August 14, 2017, multiple sources confirmed that Jenkins had officially signed with WWE and would be working in the company's developmental territory NXT.[147][148] Cole made his NXT debut on August 19 at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III, attacking newly crowned NXT Champion Drew McIntyre, alongside Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly, establishing himself as a villain in the process.[149] The following month, the trio of Cole, Fish and O'Reilly was officially dubbed "The Undisputed Era".[150][151]

Cole became the inaugural NXT North American Champion (top picture showing him right after win), retained the NXT Tag Team Championship (bottom picture showing him before defense), and won the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic on the same night at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans.

Following weeks of attacking other teams, The Undisputed Era was put in a WarGames match at NXT TakeOver: WarGames against Sanity (Alexander Wolfe, Eric Young, and Killian Dain) and the team of The Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) and Roderick Strong.[152][153] At NXT TakeOver: WarGames on November 18, The Undisputed Era won after Cole pinned Young.[154] On the December 12, Cole was defeated by Aleister Black in a qualifying match for a fatal-four-way number one contender's match for the NXT Championship, which also involved Johnny Gargano, Killian Dain, and Lars Sullivan on the December 27 episode of NXT, where Cole and the Undisputed Era interfered and cost Black the match. This led to Cole facing Black at NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia on January 27, 2018 in an Extreme Rules match. At the event, Cole was defeated by Black, despite interference from Fish and O'Reilly.[155]

Cole competed in the Royal Rumble match at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view on January 28, his first appearance on the main roster. He was eliminated by a returning Rey Mysterio. Cole became the inaugural NXT North American Champion at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans on April 7, 2018, in a ladder match, and later in the night he won the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic as well as defended the NXT Tag Team Championship in a triple threat Winner Take All match with Kyle O'Reilly.[156] On April 25, Cole defeated Oney Lorcan in his first title defense after interference from The Undisputed Era. At NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn IV, Cole lost the NXT North American Championship to Ricochet, ending his reign at 133 days. On the October 10 episode of NXT, Cole failed to regain the NXT North American Championship in triple threat match that also included Pete Dunne.[157] At NXT TakeOver: WarGames, Ricochet, Dunne and War Raiders defeated The Undisputed Era in a WarGames match.[158] Cole participated in the WWE Worlds Collide event. He defeated Shane Thorne in the first round and Keith Lee in the quarterfinals before losing to Tyler Bate in the semifinals.[159] During halftime of Super Bowl LIII, Cole, Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa were defeated by Ricochet, Aleister Black and Velveteen Dream on Halftime Heat.[160]

Longest reigning NXT Champion and Face Turn (2019–present)

On the March 20, 2019 episode of NXT, Cole defeated Velveteen Dream, Ricochet, Black and Matt Riddle in a Fatal 5-Way match for the right to face Johnny Gargano for the vacant NXT Championship.[161] At NXT TakeOver: New York on April 5, Cole was defeated 2-1 by Gargano in a two-out-of-three falls match.[162] However, at NXT TakeOver: XXV, Cole defeated Gargano in a rematch to win the championship for the first time.[163] He successfully defended the title against Gargano in a two-out-of-three falls at NXT TakeOver: Toronto on August 10.[164]

In October, Cole and The Undisputed Era began a feud with the returning Tommaso Ciampa.[165] On the November 1 episode of SmackDown, Cole was one of the many members of the NXT roster to invade SmackDown under the orders of Triple H.[166] At NXT TakeOver: WarGames on November 23, The Undisputed Era were defeated by Team Ciampa (Ciampa, Keith Lee, Dominik Dijakovic, and Kevin Owens) in a WarGames match.[167] The following night at Survivor Series, Cole retained the NXT Championship against Pete Dunne.[168]

In the build-up for the NXT and NXT UK co-branded pay-per-view, Worlds Collide, The Undisputed Era began feuding with Imperium (WWE United Kingdom Champion Walter, Alexander Wolfe, Fabian Aichner and Marcel Barthel), which was further intensified during the closing moments of NXT UK TakeOver: Blackpool II on January 12, 2020, where the group attacked Imperium following Walter's successful title defense against Joe Coffey.[169][170] At Worlds Collide, Imperium defeated The Undisputed Era despite being outnumbered 4-3 after Wolfe suffered an injury early in the match.[171] At NXT TakeOver: Portland on February 16, Cole successfully retained his title against Tommaso Ciampa.[172][173] On March 19, Cole became the longest reigning NXT Champion, breaking Finn Bálor's previous record of 292 days,[174] and would surpass the one-year mark as champion on June 1 of that year.[175] At NXT TakeOver: In Your House on June 7, Cole retained the championship against Velveteen Dream in a Backlot Brawl.[176] However, during the second night of The Great American Bash on July 8, Cole lost the NXT Championship to NXT North American Champion Keith Lee in a Winner Takes All match, ending Cole's record-breaking reign at 403 days.[177]

After losing the NXT Championship, Cole slowly turned face for the first time in his WWE career as he began a rivalry with announcer Pat McAfee, after the two got into an argument on McAfee's talk show and McAfee punted Cole in the head on the August 5 episode of NXT.[178] This led to a match between the two being set up for NXT TakeOver XXX,[179] which Cole won.[180] Cole cemented his face turn on the September 30 episode of NXT after calling out Austin Theory, who had insulted O'Reilly earlier in the night during a backstage promo.

Cole and the other members of Undisputed ERA would go on to feud with Pat McAfee, Pete Dunne, Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch. Over the next few weeks on NXT, Pat McAfee would mock the Undisputed ERA until they returned on the November 18th episode of NXT. General Manager of NXT, William Regal would announce that both teams would face each other at NXT Takeover: WarGames. At the event, Undisputed ERA would go on to defeat Team McAfee.[181]

Other media

Adam Cole made his video game debut as a playable character in WWE 2K19,[182] and appeared in its sequel WWE 2K20.[183]

Cole also streams on Twitch as “TheCHUGS”.

Personal life

Jenkins is currently in a relationship with fellow professional wrestler Britt Baker.[184][185] He cites Shawn Michaels as his inspiration.[5] He enjoys scuba diving.[5]

Championships and accomplishments
Cole is the inaugural NXT North American Champion
Cole is a record setting three-time ROH World Champion

Footnotes
  1. Fish and O'Reilly originally won the title as a duo, but Cole and Roderick Strong also became recognized as champions under the Freebird Rule after Fish suffered an injury.
  2. Cole became recognized as the World Wrestling League Heavyweight Champion due to title name change in October 2012.

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