{"id":84615,"date":"2019-06-27T10:00:47","date_gmt":"2019-06-27T09:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/?p=84615"},"modified":"2019-06-26T20:55:48","modified_gmt":"2019-06-26T19:55:48","slug":"wwe-nxts-adam-cole-our-nxt-roster-is-stronger-then-it-has-ever-been-download-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wwe-nxts-adam-cole-our-nxt-roster-is-stronger-then-it-has-ever-been-download-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE NXT\u2019s Adam Cole: &#8220;Our NXT roster is stronger then it has ever been&#8221; (Download Festival 2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_84154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84154\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-84154\" src=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AdamCole-min-1000x563.jpg\" alt=\"Adam Cole\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AdamCole-min-1000x563.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AdamCole-min-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AdamCole-min-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AdamCole-min-465x262.jpg 465w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AdamCole-min-695x391.jpg 695w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AdamCole-min-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/AdamCole-min.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: WWE.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;I think people can compare and make comparisons about a bunch of different, really cool factions from the past but the Undisputed Era is fresh. It&#8217;s new. It&#8217;s us.&#8221;<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Last time <b>Adam Cole<\/b> graced Donington Park with his presence, he was carrying the NXT North American Championship. 12 months on, he&#8217;s back at <b>Download Festival<\/b> with gold around his waist but this time it&#8217;s the NXT Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Having defeated Johnny Gargano at NXT TakeOver: XXV, <strong>Cole<\/strong> completed the first goal that himself and the Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish, Kyle O&#8217;Reilly, and Roderick Strong) set out to do in 2019; dominate NXT by taking all the gold.<\/p>\n<p>With that task completed, S\u00eaan Reid spoke with\u00a0<strong>Adam Cole<\/strong> at <b>Download Festival<\/b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>to discuss the pressure of being champion, where the Undisputed Era ranks amongst some of wrestling&#8217;s greatest groups, taking air guitar tips from Kyle O&#8217;Reilly and how he&#8217;s benefitted from training at the WWE Performance Center.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Adam Cole (Download Festival 2019) by Already Heard\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F642055056&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=1000&#038;maxwidth=800&#038;secret_token=s-ap7t9\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Listen on <a href=\"http:\/\/alrdyhrd.uk\/podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Podcast<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1ly488RsCsoTE1Dw4MImyf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acast.com\/alreadyheard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acast<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Podcast Music Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/ourbandlakes.bandcamp.com\/track\/tahoe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lakes &#8211; Tahoe<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>View more of Already Heard\u2019s content from Download Festival 2019\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alreadyheard.com\/staging\/downloadfest2019\/\">here<\/a><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>If you have enjoyed listening to this interview and would like to help us produce more content and promote more great new music, please consider supporting us\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/alreadyheard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our Patreon page<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Undisputed Era&#8217;s Adam Cole discusses the pressure of being NXT champion, where the Undisputed Era ranks amongst some of wrestling&#8217;s greatest groups, taking air guitar tips from Kyle O&#8217;Reilly and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16670,45,17214],"tags":[15441,3135,16671,17237,3435],"class_list":["post-84615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-download-festival-2019","category-interviews","category-podcast","tag-adam-cole","tag-already-heard-podcast","tag-download-festival-2019","tag-the-undisputed-era","tag-wwe-nxt"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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