WWE NXT's Adam Cole: The Undisputed Era Split 'Kind Of Fell Into Our Laps'

Adam Cole has admitted the decision to split The Undisputed Era up earlier this year in WWE NXT was a last-minute choice that 'kind of fell into our laps'.

Cole triggered the end of one of NXT's most dominant factions ever at the close of NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day, by super-kicking stable-mate Kyle O'Reilly. The former NXT Champion would also attack Roderick Strong on NXT a couple of weeks later, signifying the dissolution of The Undisputed Era.

Cole had been linked with O'Reilly and Bobby Fish since debuting on WWE's black-and-gold brand in 2017, with Strong linking up with them later. The 32-year-old says that there was some conflicting thoughts about ending the group, particularly making such a quick decision, but feels it was the right time with hindsight.

Speaking to Inside The Ropes, Cole said: "It was [a conflicting decision]. I had been literally attached at the hip to Kyle [O’Reilly], Bobby [Fish], and [Roderick Strong] my entire run in NXT. The moment I debuted I was standing beside Kyle and Bobby. Everything I had known about my time in NXT was Undisputed Era. So, it’s scary at the idea of going ‘Okay, we’re going to go in a different direction’.

"Also, it happened so fast. It wasn’t like this thing that we were preparing for. It’s something that kind of fell into our laps and I was like ‘Okay, this is where we’re going’. [There was] very little time to process it, very little time to think about it. But looking at it now, I absolutely think it was the right call.

"It’s never going to feel, especially when you have the chemistry that myself, Kyle, [Roderick], and Bobby had, it’s never going to feel like the perfect time. However, I do think that development wise for all of us individually, it’s been really, really important to kind of go into that direction. I had the time of my life in The Undisputed Era, I really, really did. But I do think it was a good call."

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