Adam Cole – ‘My Time On The NXT Black & Gold Brand Was Very Special’

Adam Cole played a major part in the “Black & Gold” era of WWE NXT, and he recently appeared on the “Under the Ring” podcast to discuss his memories working on the brand.

The AEW wrestler, who will be facing MJF for the AEW World Championship at Sunday’s All In 2023 pay-per-view event, called his time on the brand “very special.” He said,

“I certainly hope history looks back on [the Black and Gold era] as a special one. I felt like we were in the middle of something very, very special. As far as what made it work, I think it was a combination of the timing being really right, I think you had Triple H, who was eating, sleeping, and breathing NXT at the time and a totally invested Shawn Michaels, the same thing. You had a roster full of guys who had known each other for years and just were ready to commit everything to making this the best show we possibly could.”

He continued, “I think for fans as well, even though NXT had already started this trend before I had gotten there and before the black and gold era per say, but you could see the fans with these early Takeovers with Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn and Finn Balor and Shinsuke Nakamura, you could feel the brand growing and you could feel more and more people joining this ride that was NXT black and gold. I think for a lot of people, it was the first time that they had seen that style of wrestling truth be told. Obviously there were people that had followed a lot of us on the independents before then, but then you had some people that hadn’t seen that sort of style and are seeing it for the first time through WWE’s eyes in these huge arenas and it just created this movement that was absolutely unbelievable.”

Adam Cole departed WWE in 2021 and has been with AEW since that time.

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