Adam Cole

“My parents split up when I was nine years old, and I started taking karate lessons at that point. I was very dedicated to my karate, and I looked up to my karate instructor kind of like a second father.”

“I can't say enough good things about Matt Hardy.”

“Ring Of Honor was so great to me and so great to many young talents where they really give you the ball.”

“For me, my number one guy would be Tanahashi from New Japan Pro-Wrestling. Like, watching him, like, this guy is a bonafide rockstar over in Japan. He can't even walk down the street without getting stopped, the way that he carries himself.”

“Wrestling is not only my job, it's my life, so when I wasn't able to wrestle, I didn't know what to do with myself.”

“I think the rating system is a way to open more discussion with wrestling fans about matches. To me, it's just another outlet to voice their opinions, so that's why I think they are so passionate about it.”

“For me, travel is one of the biggest perks of pro wrestling. You get to see the world on somebody else's dime.”

“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 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.”

“I've said this before, and I'll say this again: NXT is like a rock concert, roller coaster ride.”

“I'm a very shy, introverted person.”

“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 look at a guy like Velveteen Dream who has only been wrestling for a couple of years, and he's just filled with charisma, filled with talent.”

“Aside from ROH, just getting a taste of Wrestle Kingdom at the Tokyo Dome with NJPW has me really excited at the prospect of furthering and developing my career in Japan.”

“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.”

“Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly are seriously like brothers to me.”

“There's no better way to start a year than to become the first-ever three-time ROH World Champion.”

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

“When I was nine years old and dreamed of being a pro wrestler, the thing I was most fascinated by was how much love the wrestlers got.”

“Wrestling in the Midwest is always such a blast, and a favorite place of mine.”