Quotes from Adam Cole

I'm a very shy, introverted person.

I got signed to Ring Of Honor because Jim Cornette happened to be paying attention to something I was doing.

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.

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 look around and see guys that I've been on the road and traveled the world with in a WWE locker room, and we still think it's surreal. At least once a week, one of us will look at the other and just say, 'Can you believe we're really all here?'

I'm not just the best in NXT; I'm not just the best in the WWE: I'm the best on the freaking planet.

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.

When you're an independent wrestler, committing a lot of time and effort into honing your craft as much as possible in as many different places as possible will catch the WWE's interest as far as the independent level goes.

Wrestling has gotten crazy lately in that guys can really make comfortable, good livings outside of WWE.

Fortunately for me, I discovered Ring of Honor. And I saw guys who were much smaller in stature but were putting on these amazing matches that I had never seen in WWE before. So I thought, at the very least, I'd love the chance to be able to wrestle in a company like that someday.

I think Ring of Honor is becoming a legitimate threat in the world of pro wrestling. To say that Ring of Honor would be WWE is getting a little bit ahead of yourself. At the same time, I think Ring of Honor can definitely be a place where guys can make a living.

I loved working with Jim Cornette.

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

I was a 19 year old kid; I was 170 lbs soaking wet. I didn't have an identity. I didn't have a look. I didn't have the proper gear. I was just a young guy trying to be a wrestler. So, to be honest, WWE didn't even give me a second look.

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

Ring of Honor has always been a company that focuses on youths and being a true alternative.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

So when you're following guys like Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish or The Young Bucks or Jay Lethal or The Briscoe Brothers, and you're going out and trying to really stick out and have a very memorable, talked-about main event, or the match of the night, like the main event should be, it's really challenging.

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