Adam Cole update: There is concern he may never wrestle again
There is concern that Adam Cole may never wrestle again.
Tony Khan addressed there always being a role available in AEW for Cole even if he’s not able to return to the ring during a recent interview with Ariel Helwani. On Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez discussed Khan’s comments and provided an update on Cole.
Alvarez said:
“It’s not great. He’s still having a lot of problems. And as you can hear from the interview (Khan on Helwani), he’s still not flying, which is bad.”
“The day that it happened, Adam Cole was considering going out and just retiring. And he was essentially talked out of it because you just never know but I think the feeling is that he may not ever wrestle again. And it’s a strong feeling in that direction.”
“He’s still dealing with a lot of different things. All the best to him. I think what’s most important is his brain and his head. Wrestling is wrestling but my guess is he’s probably done even though it has not been made official. But we’ll wait and see.”
Cole suffered a concussion on the July 10 taping of AEW Collision, which was the go-home show for AEW All In: Texas. Cole was scheduled to defend the TNT Championship against Kyle Fletcher on the pay-per-view but Tony Khan announced that afternoon that he was not medically cleared. Cole then cut a promo on the show, saying he wasn’t in the right frame of mind to discuss retirement.
Cole was the 2010 Rookie of the Year in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Awards and his 2019 rivalry with Johnny Gargano won Feud of the Year that year as well.
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