Adam Cole was in the loss of a game of two of three falls with Kyle O’Reilly a NXT TakeOver 36 on Sunday night. And according to reports that immediately followed the match, Cole’s days at the Black and Gold brand are over. Mike Johnson of PWInsider reported that Cole’s match with O’Reilly was to be his last fight against the brand. As for Cole’s status in the company in general, Fightful had reported in recent weeks that his contract was about to expire and that he had signed a short-term extension earlier this summer that would last the head. WeekSlam. Sean Ross Sapp then reported through Fighter selection that, as of Sunday morning, Cole had not signed a new agreement.
Neither Cole nor WWE officials have officially confirmed whether he will leave the company. Stay tuned for more updates.
Cole has been deliberately keeping quiet about his future over the past few weeks, although he confirmed last week that his Twitch channel would stay online no matter where he went after.
“I love you all so much,” Cole said during a play. “I wish I could broadcast for a few more hours. But it makes me very happy to broadcast even a little bit, which is why when I say, anyway, there’s a 0% chance this channel will never go away. “I’ll never give up. I love you with all my heart and I love you. That’s how important you are to me, because you make me feel so important. I’ve been through a lot lately, and I just want to make sure that everyone knows this is not going anywhere. This is not going anywhere at all. “
Before all the reports were released, the former Grand Slam champion spoke of his frustration at the perception that some NXT fans are still the WWE development brand.
“It bothers me a lot to a certain extent,” Cole said After the bell. “I try to be a half-full man of glass in many ways, so I think there’s an aspect to NXT or the Performance Center where, of course, there’s development. Where there are people who are hired with wrestling experience, without wrestling experience, with the process of hoping to get to that point where they end up on NXT TV.To say that the list of NXT guys, in terms of development, I think we’re on the same level as the guys on Raw and as SmackDown guys.The development process is something that always happens.
“I’ve been struggling for 13 years and I’ve been constantly developing, I don’t want to get out of development. It’s a lot of fun for me to be with guys like Shawn Michaels or Triple H or Matt Bloom who themselves We’re very open to admitting that they are still learning. And if these guys are learning to learn, we better be open to it, “he continued. “I’ve always kept that mindset and this thought process of if I’m not improving every year and every game, I have to get out of it. I’m proud to develop in that direction.”