Kyle Fletcher clarifies AEW All In Texas comments, calls wording ‘insensitive’
Kyle Fletcher has clarified comments he previously made about AEW All In Texas.
Fletcher had been scheduled to wrestle Adam Cole for the TNT Championship at the event. However, Cole was injured on the July 10, 2025 episode of AEW Collision during a match involving Fletcher. Cole later addressed the crowd at All In, where he alluded to the possibility of retirement. He has not wrestled since.
In a recent interview with Soundscape Magazine, Fletcher referred to All In Texas as “one of the worst days of my life.” He addressed those comments in a new interview published Saturday by Adrian Hernandez.
Fletcher said he felt his original remarks were insensitive given what Cole is going through, but reiterated that the day remains one of the worst of his life.
Fletcher said:
“I was very upset with myself for the way I worded it. I would like to apologize for the way I spoke and the words that I used. I think the words I used were a bit insensitive, saying it was one of the worst days of my life. My thought process when I was answering that, and answering any questions about that day, I never want to talk about somebody else’s story, and that whole situation, a lot of it is Adam’s story to tell.
When I was answering that question, they asked me about my emotions on that day, so I did my best to not address what happened with Adam, to the best of my ability, and just focus on how I felt. Truthfully, that was one of the worst days of my life.”
He continued:
“I had people in my ear saying you should be saying in promos that you injured Adam Cole and using it for heat or whatever. And I never felt good about that, so I’ve tried my best to stay away from talking about it.”
“One of the reasons it was one of the worst days of my life is because, think about it, I had to watch someone that I admire very much and I look up to stand in the ring and cry and basically say that he might never wrestle again. And then I had to go out into the ring and perform basically knowing that it was possibly my fault. And that everybody in the arena knew it was my fault, and I’m sure you can imagine the headspace.”
“I really don’t feel like I have the right to complain about any of it because what Adam is going through and has gone through, my feelings pale in comparison to it.”
Fletcher’s full interview with Adrian Hernandez is available below. The video is queued to his comments about All In Texas and Cole’s injury.
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