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A popular AEW star was namedropped during WWE Royal Rumble 2025 by Michael Cole. He did so during the entrances of some superstars in action during the night.
Adam Cole had a stint on the Stamford-based promotion from 2017 to 2021, but he spent all of this on the NXT brand and remains the longest-reigning NXT Champion in history.
Legendary commentator Michael Cole name-dropped the Panama City Playboy during DIY's entrance for their two-out-of-three falls match for the WWE Tag Team Title. He brought up how Johnny Gargano was no stranger to matches of this sort, having had a match with Adam Cole in 2019 at NXT Takeover: New York. He ended up winning this contest and capturing his first world title.
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The two had a great rivalry at the time and had a trifecta of matches. The current AEW star was able to get back at him by winning the title two months later at Takeover XXV. Their tiebreaker came at NXT Takeover: Toronto in August 2019, in another two-out-of-three falls match. This ended up being one of the monumental wins for the AEW star in his record-setting break.
The two had one of the greatest feuds in the brand to date but it seems that a rematch may not happen anytime soon, with Adam Cole now being in AEW.
