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E D G E S T A R P O W E R

THE NXT

BIG THING

WWE Superstar
ADAM COLE (Bay-

Bay) dishes on his
catchphrase, his

yoga routine, and

his questionable
sock habit.

When did you know you
wanted to be a WWE
Superstar? WATCH HIM
When I saw The Catch Adam Cole
Rock vs. Stone Cold and other NXT
Steve Austin, Part Superstars every
2. I’ll never forget, Wednesday at
in Houston, when 8 p.m. EST on the
Stone Cold Steve USA Network.
Austin came out to that
ring in the Houston Astro-
dome, when that glass broke
and 67,000 people raised and
just screamed at the top of
their lungs. It was the first time
I ever got goose bumps. Seeing
Stone Cold walk down to that
ring at WrestleMania 17, that

made 12-year-old me say, “I
need to be a pro wrestler.”

Did any wrestler influence
your style?
Shawn Michaels was a big one.
I still look at him to this day
as the greatest to ever do it. I
found him incredibly enter-
taining in promos and incred-
ibly skilled in the ring. I knew
I wanted to be a flamboyant,
cocky, arrogant performer.

Your catchphrase “Adam
Cole Bay-Bay” is pretty
unique. How’d that start?
Joey Matthews, who wrestled
as Joey Mercury in WWE, was

working this match, and he’d

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