4 Lesser known facts about Adam Cole

#2 Adam Cole idolizes Shawn Michaels

The leader of the Undisputed Era with The Heart Break Kid.......

As mentioned earlier, fans have drawn parallels between Adam Cole and the WWE legend Shawn Michaels due to similarities in both their appearance and wrestling style. Though Adam Cole, the NXT Champion has never said this, Austin Jenkins (the man playing the character of Adam Cole) has been verbal about being a fan of the Heart Break Kid.

For Cole, Michaels was not only an exceptional wrestler but an inspiration as well, be it his work inside the ring or his mic skills. Cole had nothing but kind words for his inspiration and mentor (Source-WrestlingInc):

“Lots of times, the best thing about Shawn Michaels is that he doesn't tell us, 'This is what you should do', he lets us come up with what we think, and he will be excited about the stuff that we are coming up with. But randomly, if we are stumped on something and we think something is cool but aren't crazy about it, in a matter of five-seconds, he would give us an idea and it's amazing and so much better.”