Last week Adam Cole spoke to Mike Johnson of PWInsider before NXT made their two hour premiere competing against AEW.
Cole was asked a variety of questions regarding injury, being the first NXT Champion on regular television, and his feud with Johnny Gargano.
Cole has this to say about his most recent injury:
“Yeah, so unfortunately again, my wrist is fractured. It’s not ideal, not the ideal situation. But with tonight’s debut two hours on the USA Network, again big championship match with Matt Riddle, there’s no way I’m going to miss it. So I’m going to make sure this thing is good and taped up and taken care of the right way. But yeah, the show must go on. So we got to go and have a great title match tonight.”
Adam Cole had this to say about being the first NXT Champion on the USA Network:
I’m “I’m glad you brought that up because sometimes I don’t think I do enough reflecting because so much stuff happened so fast all the time. But specifically with this move to USA, I’m thinking about how I worked for 10 years all over the world through the States, Japan, Europe, Australia, Mexico, wherever, all up and down the independence to finally end up here, like you said, as the flagship guy with NXT’s move to officially becoming a third brand officially moving to the USA Network. It’s huge. It’s a lot of pressure, but it’s a pressure that I’m used to. It’s a pressure that I enjoy and yeah, I’m very honored.”
The NXT Champion commented on how the locker room reacted to the news of their television deal:
“Yeah, so first of all, when we found out, we technically officially found out when the world found out. We had an idea that something was happening the day before, but nothing was officially set in stone. So when all the fans and everybody across the world found out, that was when we were like, “Okay, this is happening.” So it felt like it happened overnight. But yeah, as far as the move to television, obviously, like I was saying, it’s a lot more pressure. Guys who’ve never worked on television before, but guys who are very proud of what the NXT brand is, having this new added pressure of working live television every week just adds a different energy in the locker room. It’s more tense, but it’s more exciting, but it’s something that our group’s ready for.”
Cole lastly had this to say about his feud with Johnny Gargano:
“Yeah, it was huge. I’ve known Johnny, again as far as knowing somebody, I’ve known Johnny for 10 years on the independent scene. And really in NXT, we hadn’t really touched whatsoever. This match together as a last minute because Champa needed to leave and I needed a big match for WrestleMania weekend. So for it to come about that way was really cool because we knew we had magic at that point. We said, “Hey, we finally got the chance to show everybody in the back, show all the fans that they’d been missing out on Adam Cole versus Johnny Gargano.” I’m very proud of that trilogy. I do think it’s something that NXT fans are going to remember for a really, really long time. It’s a testament to how good Johnny is and yeah, I would love to get back to it at some point.”
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