10 Things We Learned From Adam Cole On Renee Paquette’s Oral Sessions Podcast
5. His Crazy SmackDown Experience
One gets the sense from listening to Cole talk that he's a pretty chill guy away from the ring. So, imagine the panic when WWE called him up at 1.30pm on 1 November 2019 and told him to hop aboard a flight at 3pm the same afternoon. The dude was in the middle of making a coffee, and had basically no time to think.
The airport was an hour or so away too, meaning Adam had to quickly pack his gear and get going. Soon enough, he was putting his wrestling boots on at 30,000ft and asking an equally-as-puzzled Shawn Michaels what he'd be doing that evening on the show; all HBK knew is that WWE's crew were stuck in Saudi Arabia.
It was a whirlwind.
Cole finally arrived at the venue to find Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman cutting a promo mid-ring. That's when WWE agents told him that he'd be wrestling Daniel Bryan for his NXT Title on the card. Renee was on commentary that day, and she recalls it being a total rush too.