Cameras did not catch Cole’s slip-up.
In August of 2017, Adam Cole made his WWE debut at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III. It was the official formation of Undisputed ERA as Cole, Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly jumped NXT Champion Drew McIntyre at the conclusion of the show.
Cole guest appeared on The Ringer Wrestling Show and reflected on that moment. He shared that he almost slipped and fell while getting into the ring. Cole said the cameras did not catch that.
I am so glad you brought this up because I don’t know if I’ve ever told this story before. I’m not sure if I have. But, as you had mentioned, huge night for me (at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III). Huge night for me. I know I’m gonna be involved in this major angle. Like you had said, kicking Drew McIntyre. I’m nervous, I’m excited. The adrenaline going through my body in that moment was wild and I remember coming down in jeans and dress shoes and not even really thinking about it. There’s so much other stuff going through my mind. But as I’m going down and the crowd is reacting, I feel my adrenaline building so like, my legs are getting a little Jell-O-ee, my hands are tingling. I’m so, so excited. When I go to get into the ring, I do almost fall… and the camera didn’t catch it. First of all, so glad I didn’t fall. Can you imagine? If you debut and just fall on my face. How wild that would have been. But yeah, I was so excited and then when I went to go in and run, like you said, with dress shoes and jeans on, I almost lose my balance for a second but I caught myself, thank goodness. So yeah, at that point, I was like, never again am I gonna be wearing jeans and dress shoes specifically. I’ve done quite a few run-ins in jeans but I at least gotta wear some comfy shoes or something with a little bit more grip so, yeah, that was terrifying. That could have ended really, really poorly. Really poorly.
Over the weekend, Cole won his first championship in AEW at the Dynasty pay-per-view. He defeated Daniel Garcia to become TNT Champion.
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