WWE NXT Champion Adam Cole spoke with PWinsider.com last week about a wide range of topics. Here are the highlights:
Mike Johnson here with the reigning and defending WWE NXT champion, Adam Cole. So let’s get this out of the way, a bit of a bandage on the hand. So obviously, we saw what happened at the end of TV last week, but it looked like maybe it had been a lingering injury here too. So what happened and how will this affect you working in there and going forward?
“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.”
All right, so there was an official announcement. When was the locker room aware this was going to become a reality? How has the locker room changed? Even working the Florida loops and the smaller shows that are there to help people get better, how has all this changed the energy across the board?
“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.”
