Posted on 7/13/125 by Colin Vassallo
Multiple industry insiders are reporting that Adam Cole
received a concussion from a Kyle Fletcher lariat on Thursday
during Collision.
The planned TNT title match was still a go on Friday
according to AEW President Tony Khan but discussions with
Cole later in the night and then during yesterday morning
changed the course of the match.
Khan revealed during the post-show media scrum that Cole was
not feeling well yesterday morning and he made the decision
to pull the plug and vacate the TNT title, putting on a
replacement match instead.
Cole has a history of concussions and it’s a problem that has
kept him on the sidelines in AEW for long months in the past.
A very emotional Cole had a goodbye speech at All In
yesterday, although he said he’s not thinking about
retirement just yet. Cole cried throughout his speech,
suggesting that this was it for him.
Several of his peers also paid tribute to the former leader
of the Undisputed Era on social media, with the likes of
Johnny Gargano, Tommaso Ciampa, Alistair Black, Christopher
Daniels, Alan Angels, Britt Baker, and others all putting
over Cole.