Top 50 Adam Cole Quotes

There are some times I’m really busy and other times I’m not, but I prefer to be really busy because I generally don’t know what to do with myself when I’m not wrestling or on the road.

I am stoked to go over to Japan and experience that culture.

For me, I’ve been very lucky because of my relationship with Ring of Honor. I’m very close with everyone there, and that includes the guys that negotiate the contracts.

When you say the word ‘undisputed,’ what do you think of? You think of something that is untouchable, undeniable. Myself, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O’Reilly are all of those things.

I started training when I was a senior in high school. I trained at the Combat Zone Wrestling Academy in South Philadelphia.

I think the guys who have been on NXT and got to go to ‘RAW’ or ‘SmackDown’ got the full experience. That’s what I want.

There is nothing I love more than pro wrestling, so getting to do that all over the globe with some of the best out there is my personal heaven.

I’m going to be with Ring of Honor for a while. So I’m focused on making ROH the best company it can be.

The fans in the U.K. are so passionate and cool. It doesn’t matter what company you work for or which part of the country you’re in: everyone is super educated and respectful.

I think that battle that you have almost never goes away. You’re always questioning and hoping that stuff goes a certain way, that you get a certain reaction.

For me, it’s always been a financial kind of scenario. I was actually the first one who signed the ‘exclusive to Ring of Honor’ contract. I was the first guy who ever signed one of those contracts. That was tough for me because I had no one to talk to. I had no examples to go on. I was the guinea pig.

Of course the people in the Bullet Club will have similarities and always will, but finding what I can do as Adam Cole to be different is important.

Generally speaking, ROH championship matches are hard fought and grueling, and the fans are really into it. The ROH Championship means a lot to me for those reasons.

I do feel in 2018 that pro wrestling has gone in such a different direction. Before, things were so black and white; now, it’s shades of grey. It’s not so much good guys and bad guys: there are people who are put in situations who do the right or wrong things, but people react to them like they are stars.

Regardless of who leaves and who stays, Ring of Honor is going to continue to be a healthy, growing, successful pro wrestling promotion.

New York, specifically, has been very good to me throughout my wrestling career.

I wanted to be a part of WWE and part of NXT first, as, if I went to ‘Raw’ or ‘SmackDown’ right away, I would always wonder what NXT would have been like.

I wouldn’t be the performer I am if everyone thought I was the best. Having people against you, or who don’t quite believe in you, gives a lot of extra fuel to never settle.

Wrestling is not only my job, it’s my life, so when I wasn’t able to wrestle, I didn’t know what to do with myself.

Being the first-ever three-time ROH world champion is pretty surreal.

Ring of Honor is my home.

For me, generally speaking, I don’t like to make a big deal out of stuff.

I’ve been in a lot of different factions my whole career, and all the guys who made up those factions are different performers. For example, if you look at the Undisputed Era as a whole, I’m very different than Roderick Strong, who’s very different from Kyle O’Reilly, who’s very different from Bobby Fish.

Shawn Michaels, to me and to so many people, is just the greatest in-ring performer of all time.

I’m a very shy, introverted person.

I would love, love, love, love a one-on-one match with Tanahashi, and I’ve never had one before. He’s my all-time favorite New Japan guy. I think the guy’s a rockstar. He’s so cool, just in the ring and in person.

I had a tryout when I was, like, 19 and totally not prepared. I was 170 pounds with homemade gear. At that point, I realized how far I had to go to even get looked at. Then, when I was 22 or 23, I was much more prepared, and that second tryout went way better.

I’m really close with Sami Zayn.

Wrestling in the Midwest is always such a blast, and a favorite place of mine.

I’ve said this before, and I’ll say this again: NXT is like a rock concert, roller coaster ride.

My grandmother played a huge influence in my life and helped raise me, and she and my mother saw how much I loved pro wrestling and how much I wanted to go after it.

My grandmother was one of the most loving, caring, and supportive people I’ve ever met.

With me, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O’Reilly, I know on-screen we are these brothers whose bond can’t be broken, and we are this faction. I promise you, it’s very real behind the scenes, too. I’ve known those guys for years. We travel together all the time; we talk every single day.

You realize, as time goes on, there is a certain expectation now in 2018 where fans want to see cool, exciting, hard-hitting sports entertainment or hard-hitting pro wrestling, and there are ways to give them that without necessarily putting yourself in the hospital that night or not being able to move the next morning.

My parents split up when I was nine years old, and I started taking karate lessons at that point. I was very dedicated to my karate, and I looked up to my karate instructor kind of like a second father.

There are good wrestling journalists and bad wrestling journalists. That’s for sure.

Ring Of Honor was so great to me and so great to many young talents where they really give you the ball.

Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly are seriously like brothers to me.

The list of guys who have held the ROH championship, that’s an elite group of guys.

Without Ring of Honor, I wouldn’t be the wrestler I am or have the confidence needed to continue to grow in this ever-challenging sport.

I’ve been really lucky over the years with my health. To me, one major surgery at 27 years old isn’t so bad considering my line of work.

You don’t make a statement unless you make noise.

I can’t say enough good things about Matt Hardy.

But when it comes down to it, I’m a guy who feels like I should be a champion in NXT.

Nothing turned the NXT Universe upside down like The Undisputed Era’s debut.

I look at a guy like Velveteen Dream who has only been wrestling for a couple of years, and he’s just filled with charisma, filled with talent.

If I was to tell you that I don’t want to have a Wrestlemania moment someday, I would 100% be lying to you.

I always think back to that first night in Brooklyn, where I debuted, and it was this total surprise. I just remember thinking, ‘I hope they care. I hope they remember me.’ The way they embraced me that night, I knew it was the start of something special.

I think that is when guys are at their best: when you put pressure and have something to work towards and have something to compare yourself to or try to best them, it really does make you better.

I think it’s fun to fantasize about the idea of NXT and ROH butting heads and seeing which one will do better, especially with WWE looking at ROH guys to hire.