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4. The Undisputed Era Begins With An Instant Gold Rush

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This is going to happen at some point, as glum a notion as it is.

For all of Triple H's talk of NXT as the destination, Adam Cole's appearance in the 2018 Royal Rumble match suggests that he is on Vince McMahon's radar, and rightly so: he's such a great actor that his excellent wrestling often goes unnoticed, which is to say, his act, and that of his stable, is perfectly suited to WWE flagship programming. And happily, it's probably more difficult to murder four human beings than one, and so the Undisputed Era stand some chance of surviving by virtue of being a faction. That wasn't true of SAnitY, granted, but then, Eric Young isn't Shawn Michaels' doppelgänger.

You can't come in with a name like Undisputed and not be undisputed, and it would be wise of WWE to literally replicate the act's success in NXT: Adam Cole et al. have a mission to dominate, and generate heat on account of their disputed dominance. Iron doesn't sharpen iron, as they'd have you know, but rather they share a symbiotic shortcut to gold.

An instant, tainted gold rush - with Adam Cole capturing the United States Title and his three heavies Freebird-ing their way to doubles gold, on the same debuting night, is a complexion-exploding mission statement that both puts them over big and puts over WWE's apparent desire to offer a fresh new landmark in its narrative.

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