Adam Cole Recalls Vital In-Ring Lessons Shawn Michaels And Triple H Taught Him

On a recent episode of AEW Unrestricted, Adam Cole made an appearance and reflected on his time in WWE NXT. He has admitted before that it was tough to leave NXT, and he talked about what he learned during his time there.

“Across the board, when you think about the knowledge that all these guys have, and not just that, but the willingness to give up that knowledge, it’s priceless in a lot of ways,” Cole said. “Whether it be Regal, whether it be Terry Taylor, or whether it be Shawn Michaels, all of them are just so passionate about wrestling, and so willing to talk about it and give that knowledge. My relationship, specifically with Shawn, to this day, still exists good. And he is someone who helped me tremendously when he didn’t have to.

“I look at Shawn Michaels, still to this day, as the greatest pro wrestler of all time. He’s the guy I idolize, to this day. He was so, so helpful in getting me to think kind of outside the box in a lot of ways and think about things that I didn’t normally think about. One of the things that he really, really helped me with was cadence within matches, deciding when to speed up, and when to slow down, and how to take the crowd on as much of a roller coaster ride as possible. And it was something before that I never really thought of.

“I just did my match. I just had my match and did my moves, and of course, you try to tell a story. But as far as the speed at which you do it, that was something I didn’t really obsess on, and Shawn made me focus on that more and more. And I noticed a definite difference in audible change from the audience when I focused on that stuff. I love him to death, and I love Terry, and I love Regal as well. When I say I had a wonderful time there, that’s an understatement. I really had a great time there, and I wouldn’t be the wrestler I am today if it wasn’t for my time there.”

Aubrey Edwards later shared a story about the first time she worked with Cole. She revealed it was during…