Adam Cole spent a number of years working in NXT, but back in August his deal with WWE expired, and the wrestling world was left to wonder whether Cole was going to stay or go.
Ultimately the former NXT Champion decided to sign with All Elite Wrestling, but prior to his departure WWE officials pitched ideas to Cole as they tried to sign him to a new deal.
During a recent appearance on Talk Is Jericho the ideas were discussed, and Adam Cole noted that there was talk of changing his look as well as his name.
“It was funny because apparently, there were a lot of ideas, but they were very vague on what exactly they wanted to do,” Cole noted. “This is interesting too because I remember when I first had the conversation, they had mentioned something about ‘maybe we’ll do a name change or maybe we’ll change your look a little bit.’ So that scared me a little bit just because I’d spent nearly 14 years as Adam Cole, and then our latest conversation, they were definitely more open to me being me and being myself and stuff like that. They could tell I was not too thrilled about the idea.”
“It was definitely something that made me a little bit more timid about maybe pulling the trigger on that one,” Cole admitted. “Of course, they could not have been nicer, but when I think about me and my career and what is best for me, the idea of that being an option did scare me a little bit, where I was like, okay, what if I do go, and then something happens anyway because at that point, I can’t really say or do anything. Red flag is the perfect way to put it.”
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[…] It had been rumored that WWE wanted to call Adam Cole up to act as Keith Lee’s manager. Cole recently stated that the idea of becoming Keith Lee’s manager was not pitched to him, but he did confirm that WWE wanted him to change his name. […]