This past weekend at Border
Wars, Adam Cole went up against Michael Elgin in a
battle of two of the hottest rising stars in
ROH today. Although Adam would not get
the win, he has said that he will pick himself up
and bounce back strong!
This Friday is the Ring Of Honor Wrestling
Tapings, and Adam will be facing "No Fear" Mike Mondo. So look
out for that on a future episode.
The following day, Adam will be
taking on "The Dominant Male" Tommaso Ciampa (with The Embassy
LTD). Both men ended "Border Wars" with a check in the lose
column, so both will be wanting to make a
statement.
Results And
Photos - May
11th 2012
This past weekend, Adam wrestled for PWS,
taking on Andrew Hoss, Samuray Del Sol, Zema Ion, Brian XL and
Tiger Thug in a Six Man Scramble Match. Samuray Del Sol would
get the win by defeating Andrew Hoss. Click HERE to view GetLostPhotography's
Photos.
The following night, Adam took on Jake Crist
in CZW's Cinco De Mayo, but the match would not go to plan as
DJ Hyde came out and laid both men out. Photos coming
soon!
Top Contenders Collide
(from
ROHWrestling.com) - May 1st
2012
They are the two men who have without a doubt had the
best year of their wrestling careers thus far in 2012.
For "Unbreakable" Michael Elgin it really started with his
epic victory at "Survival of the Fittest 2011" that earned him
a future ROH World Title Match that he is still in possession
of. From that point he has amassed a great record,
defeating, amongst others, Chris Hero, Adam Cole, & TJ
Perkins, and having the match of his life against Davey
Richards at "Showdown in the Sun – Day 2".
Adam Cole, on the other hand, has not accumulated the
greatest win-loss record this year, but he has established
himself as a "never say die" fighter in the same vein as his
sometime-partner "Die Hard" Eddie Edward. Starting with
his brutal No Holds Barred fight with Roderick Strong in
January, Cole has quietly proved himself as tough as they
come, and at the "10th Anniversary Event" when he pinned ROH
World Champion Davey Richards in the tag team main event, his
arrival was declared quite loudly. Follow that up with a
tremendous performance this last weekend in Dayton in his
World Title bout against Davey, and one can certainly say that
Adam Cole has arrived.
Now these two men will collide at "Border Wars" on May
12th in a battle of the top hottest stars in Ring of
Honor!
"Elgin and I are quite familiar with one another." Said
Adam Cole to ROHWrestling.com, "We have fought each other
tooth and nail since several times since we both came into
ROH. Each time we take the measure of one another and each
time we are both feeling it for weeks to follow. It's always a
physical war but it is one I look forward to every time.
The last time Elgin won, and it’s safe to say that both of our
careers have taken interesting turns in the months since that
fight. I see Elgin and what’s going on with the House of
Truth and honestly I'm hoping he wakes up and realizes that they need him, Roderick needs him,
more than Elgin needs the HoT. Whichever way the chips
may fall Elgin, I know I'm in for another fight in
Canada."
While it's true the House of Truth
seems to be having some issues, Truth Martini assured
ROHWrestling.com that all was fine in his House but that was
as much as he would offer so we will have to wait and see what
the future holds there. Regardless of their internal strife,
it is Elgin vs. Cole at "Border Wars" on May 12th!
Tickets are available
here
ROH Results -
May 1st
2012
Adam wrestled for Ring Of Honor this past
weekend, at "Unity" on the 28th at Chicago, IL, he teamed with
TJP and Jay Lethal to take on The Colony. This match was
contested under Lucha Rules and was CHIKARA's PJ Drummond won
the right to be the ref after a coin toss. The Colony won
after Fire Ant pinned TJP.
The next night in Dayton it was the
biggest match of Adam's career, he faced Davey Richards for
the ROH World title. It was a hard hitting match, which saw
Adam surviving a Double Foot Stomp while laid on the announce
table. Davey would get the win via submission with a Indian
Deathlock version of the Ankle Lock.
After the match, Davey showed Adam respect
and said that he had arrived as a main
eventer.
ROH News -
April 25th
2012
Adam has a new blog, taken from the ROH Website,
talking about his upcoming ROH World Title Match
- This Is
Why - April 23rd
2012
Adam has also been announced for Best In
The World 2012 on Sunday June
24th
News Round Up -
April 22nd
2012
Last night at the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla DDT4
Tournament, Future Shock defeated "The Dynasty", Joey Ryan and
Scorpio Sky in the first round match up with High-Low
combination.
In the second round, the went up
against the eventual winners...The Super Smash Brothers when
Player Dos pined Kyle following "The Fatility".
Speaking of The Super Smash
Brothers, I (Dan, Webmaster) have launched new websites for
them and PWG World Champion, Kevin Steen - Please check them
out!
Best Of The Best Results: Adam Cole def.
Tony Nese w/ DJ Hyde The man who won last year's
Best of the Best Tournament, Adam Cole, was unfortunately not
invited to participate in this year’s thanks to his former
mentor, DJ Hyde. Instead DJ Hyde introduced the crowd to his
new upgraded protégé, Tony Nese. Despite Nese’s best efforts,
Adam Cole walked away from the match with the victory.
Following the match, Cole made it quite clear that he is still
"the best in the world" and when people look back at his
career they will call him "the greatest of all time!"
Friday’s CZW Newsletter
released TONS of
information regarding CZW’s return to Indiana. One of
the matches CZW Officials has confirmed will feature former
Champions. The former longest
reigning CZW Junior Heavyweight Champion and Best of the Best
X winner, Adam Cole, will face the
former CZW Wired Champion and Midwest Native, Jake Crist!
One year ago,
both men made their names in the Combat Zone with the
respective appearances in Best of the Best
X. Unfortunately for
both, one year later they have both lost their respective
titles to men they waged war with for the duration of that
year. For Jake Crist, he returns to the area he made his
name… The Midwest. Unfortunately for Crist, he
returns to that relative hometown crowd with his tail between
his legs after losing the Wired Championship to his brother,
Dave Crist. But
what a career boost it would be for Crist should he be able to
defeat the former longest reigning CZW Junior Heavyweight
Champion and Best of the Best
X winner?
Adam Cole
hasn’t seen a championship opportunity in the Combat Zone in
over THREE
MONTHS! One year ago, Cole had to turn down
championship matches because of how full his schedule
was. Unlike Crist, Cole has been without a championship
since November and has already hopped back on the proverbial
horse in recent months. Last month, Cole proclaimed he
will become the most talked about wrestler in the history of
the wrestling industry when his career is over. If Cole
can take out the former Wired Champion, he would surely have
to be in line for some sort of Championship
opportunity!
It has
been announced that Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly will be taking
on "The Dynasty", Joey Ryan and Scorpio Sky in a first round
match up of the annual DDT4 event. Can Future Shock make it
through to the second round?
ROH & CHIKARA officials have now signed
a Trios Match for "Unity" pitting 3 men from ROH against
3...men...from CHIKARA!The bout will be
contested under Lucha Rules, meaning no tags are necessary, as
soon as one man leaves the ring another man from his team can
take up the action, and that could weigh the balance in the
favor of the team representing CHIKARA: The Colony! Consisting
of Fire Ant, Soldier Ant, and Green Ant, these insectoid
grapplers have achieved championship success in CHIKARA with
Fire Ant reigning as Young Lions Cup in the past and the duo
of Fire & Solider holding the Campeonatos de Parejas as
well.This is a unit well versed in Trios
wrestling, one who has meshed together quite well for some
time now.
On the ROH
side of things though it is the exact opposite; although
officials have formed a trio quite talented in their own
right, none of these men have teamed with each other in the
past and that could prove the difference.Former ROH TV Champion Jay Lethal, Adam Cole, and
"Technical Lightning" TJ Perkins will team up to represent
Ring of Honor that night, and although Perkins holds a victor
over Fire Ant at "Showdown in the Sun – Day 2", one must
figure the odds are certainly in the favor of
CHIKARA...
"I know the
CHIKARA group is the odds on favorite." said Adam Cole, "The
Colony has been a group for awhile, they know each other so
well it's probably like one hive mind, that's their strongest
trait.Jay, TJ, and I...we've never done
this, we've never stood side by side and fought as partners,
and we certainly don't know how one another is
thinking.That is the odds on advantage
that they have, but what the three of us do know, and know
quite well, is how to defy the odds.See,
this is about more than the three of us as individuals; this
is about representing Ring of Honor, and representing it as
winners. That is something we all take seriously and that is
what we are bringing to Unity."
It's
CHIKARA vs. ROH at "Unity" on April 28th!Trios actions usually leads to a bit of insanity so
strap yourselves in for some exciting action inside The
Frontier Fieldhouse!Jay Lethal, Adam Cole, & TJ Perkins vs. The
Colony (Fire Ant, Soldier Ant, & Green Ant)!Get your tickets now.
The following
night is Adam's "Proving Ground" match for a chance at the ROH
World Title, well...it was a proving ground match, Davey
Richards thinks that Adam has already earned a title shot by
pinning him at "Young Wolves Rising". Here is what Davey had
to say:
On March 5th, live on
iPPV at the "10th Anniversary Event", it was "Young Wolves
Rising" as Adam Cole & Kyle O'Reilly stepped into the main
event to team with Eddie Edwards & ROH World Champion
Davey Richards respectively.
On a
historic night, in such a high pressure situation, both Cole
& O'Reilly stepped up to the plate but it was Adam who
knocked it out of the park when he shocked the world and
pinned Davey Richards to win the match for his
team!
Adam Cole who, quite honestly, has impressed
everyone during his ROH tenure but had yet to pick up that one
big win, scored the biggest victory he possibly could have
(without actually capturing a title) by pinning the World
Champion.In the fallout of the match
Richards congratulated Cole and shook his hand.
Well when ROH returns to Dayton, OH on April 29th,
things will certainly be looking up for Adam Cole as he steps
into The Proving Ground with ROH World Champion Davey
Richards!This is Adam's chance to prove to
the world, and most importantly to himself, that his pin on
Davey wasn't a fluke or a once in a lifetime
moment.If he defeats Richards or lasts the
time limit, then Adam will receive a future ROH World Title
match.
"Ft. Lauderdale was a mixed bag for me." said Cole
to ROHWrestling.com, "I had a huge first night on Friday with
my win but then with the way things went down in my match with
Kyle, the way he cheated to win, it was honestly kind of a
buzzkill. With a TV Title match in my immediate future, and
now this match with Davey presented to me, well I think it
will be easy to put that all behind me. Davey, you had the
decency to show me respect in New York, something that my
former tag team partner didn't, and for that I thank you
because, well, my respect for you as a wrestler runs
deep.But you're the champion, you're my
opponent, and respect isn't going to win me this Proving
Ground match. I said things are heading up for Adam Cole and
this is that point where I put up or shut up.I know some of the world thinks my pin on Davey was a
fluke, this is that chance to prove otherwise to myself, to
them, to Davey, and yeah...to you too Kyle. If you can still
look me in the eye and spit in my face after I beat Davey,
well then you're not the man I thought you were.Sadly, you probably never were."
It's ROH World Champion Davey Richards vs. Adam
Cole in a Proving Ground Match on April 29th in Dayton,
OH!Cole could head into this one as the
World TV Champion as well if he can bring Roderick's title
reign to an early end on Saturday in Baltimore.
Tickets for our return to Dayton at the Hara Arena
are available starting at $15 right here!
ROH TV -
April 4th
2012
This
Week On Ring Of Honor Wrestling:
New Photo's -
April 4th
2012
Thanks
to Scott from GetLostPhotography, we have photo's of Adam from
NWA Ring Warriors and ROH Showdown In The Sun - Day One:
The
"Imported Greatness" T-Shirt is back with multiple sizes
Small-Medium-Large-XL-XXL-3XL. Head over to the Store and get
one.
Then there
is the new DVD: Panama's Finest - The Best Of Adam Cole Vol.1.
Featuring matches from CZW, EVOLVE, CHIKARA and
more!
BJW Match Online +
Pictures - April 4th
2012
BJW
26.03.2012 - Adam Cole, Oosugi, Senga & Shimizu vs
Ogawauchi, Suzuki, Brahamin Shu & Kei
Thanks
to YouTube User "Biggest
Japan" for the upload.
Showdown In The
Sun - April 1st
2012
NWA: Ring Warriors - Jim Cornette handpicked Adam
Cole to get a NWA World Heavyweight Title against Adam Pearce.
Adam lost, but it wouldn't be the last time Adam Pearce saw
"The Panama City Playboy"...
ROH Showdown In The Sun - Day One - Adam Cole
defeated Adam Pearce.
ROH Showdown In The Sun - Day Two - Adam Cole
lost to Kyle O'Reilly when Kyle rolled through a Cross Body
and grabbed Adam's tights for help.
News Round-Up -
March 20th
2012
Has Adam been busy since his ROH 10th Anniversary
win or what?
On March 10th 2012 at Aerial Assault, The
Panama City Playboy Adam Cole took on the CZW
Ultraviolent Underground Champion -
Masada.
Despite interference from
"The Boss" DJ Hyde, Masada took the win after the
Murderplex. Adam and DJ had words after the match.
Although Madada's night wasn't finished - he went on to
become a double champion by winning the CZW World
Title.
Later that night, Adam's
Girlfriend, Mia Yim, won a hard fought
Tables-Ladders-Chairs Match against Greg Excellent.
After the battle, Mia and Greg embraced as a sign of
respect, upon seeing this, DJ Hyde Chokeslammed
Mia!
Following his loss to Masada, Adam went on his
first tour of Japan, results coming soon.
Last week on Ring Of Honor
Wrestling, In a "Blind Destiny" match, in a rematch from "ROH
Underground", Kevin Steen defeated Adam
Cole. This week Adam takes on
“The Psychedelic Superstar” Chris Silvio.
(from
rohwrestling.com
"For the majority of their ROH careers, Adam
Cole & Kyle O'Reilly have been synonymous with one another
as the tag team Future Shock. They climbed the ranks
together, battled for the World Tag Titles together against
WGTT, and most fans thought they would eventually claim those
belts together. But the closing months of 2011, and in
particular the ROH World Title match between Davey Richards
& Eddie Edwards at "Final Battle 2011" seemed to cause
Kyle to drift closer to Team Richards.
Still, Future Shock battled as a team in the
Tag Gauntlet that December night but were unsuccessful in
their bid for a title shot when they were eliminated by the
eventual winners, The Young Bucks. Yet with the dawn of
the New Year, the wedge between the two men grew, and despite
their tag team bout with WGTT at "The Homecoming 2012", it
seemed evident that they were not on the same
page.
This notion was further cemented when Davey
& Kyle united as a team to fight The House of Truth at
"ROH Underground" in a match where the winner would receive a
Tag Title Match. The newly christened Team Ambition
successfully won that bout, but were not as fortunate at "Rise
& Prove" when they lost to The Briscoes in said title
match.
While Kyle's focus turned towards his
partnership with Davey, Eddie Edwards reached out to Adam Cole
after Cole stepped up in his stead at "The Homecoming 2012" in
the scheduled No Holds Barred match with Roderick
Strong. Edwards, suffering from a serious staph
infection, was ruled unable to compete by the doctors so Cole
took the match upon himself. Adam lost in a brutal fight
that saw Eddie get involved to stem the interference of
Michael Elgin, but Cole's effort earned a standing ovation
from the notoriously critical Philly fans.
In the face of his dissolving partnership,
as well as friendship, with O'Reilly, Cole accepted the offer
of Edwards to form a duo of their own which ultimately led to
the "Young Wolves Rising" tag team match that headlined the
"10th Anniversary Event": Edwards/Cole vs.
Richards/O’Reilly. It was a special affair, especially
for Adam & Kyle, made even more so when Adam pinned the
ROH World Champion to win the match for his team!
Following the bell, to the shock of many (no pun intended);
Kyle refused to shake the hands of Eddie or Adam and flat out
told his former partner that he did not respect
him.
Then this week on "Ring of Honor Wrestling"
TV, following Cole's defeat of Chris Silvio, Kyle came out and
issued the challenge for Adam to meet him, one-on-one, on
March 31st. Cole readily
accepted...
"I'm tired of Kyle's whiny attitude to be
honest." said Cole to ROHWrestling.com, "Something changed
with him over the last few months and I'm honestly not liking
what I'm seeing. If this is the influence Team Richards has on
you, then I am glad to have no part of it. It was one
thing to not shake my hand in New York Kyle, I can understand
being a bit frustrated after a loss, but to tell me you don’t
respect me after everything we've been through, after the
fights we've had together, that's a whole new side of you, an
ugly side at that. In Ft. Lauderdale, I'll be glad to beat
some respect into you if that's what it takes to wake you up,
to snap you out of whatever this is you’re going
through."
It's O'Reilly vs. Cole at "Showdown in the
Sun - Day 2"! Future Shock collides on March 31st
at The War Memorial Auditorium and you can still get your
tickets right here! Can't be there
live? Then order the iPPV broadcast right here!"
Adam's former ROH partner Kyle
O'Reilly will be challenging for the TV Title at Showdown
in the Sun - Day 2. And the winner of that, either Kyle
or current champion Jay Lethal, will defend against Adam
at the ROH TV Tapings on April 7th! Can Adam win
gold?
Future Shock have been announced as a team
in the PWG DDT4! More details soon!
ROH 10th
Anniversary Photos And More - March 5th
2012
After
pinning the Ring Of Honor World Heavyweight Champion last
Sunday, the ROH camera's caught up with Adam later that
night:
March 4th 2012 was Adam Cole's
first main event on a Ring Of Honor iPPV. The former Future
Shock member teamed up with former American Wolves member
"Die Hard" Eddie Edward to take on former American Wolves
member and ROH World Heavyweight champion Davey Richards and
his partner, former Future Shock memeber Kyle O' Reilly. Here
is an in-depth look at the match, thanks toPWInsider.com
"Cole and Kyle started off but before they
could lock up, Richards tagged himself in. Richards
backed him into the corner and there was a clean
break. Richards brought hm down to the mat,
working over his arm. They went back and forth with some
nice reversals, until Cole dropkicked Richards.
Richards shoulderblocked him down, but was caught in a sunset
flip. They went into a series of reversals leading to
Cole going for a kick but Richards evaded. They faced
off.
They tagged out to their
partners. They went into a knucklelock test of
strength and began headbutting each other. Edwards took
him down to the mat for a near fall. They went
back and forth until Kyle caught him with an armbar.
Edwards turned that into a leg submission and they finally
faced off. Cole tagged in as did Richards.
Richards began tagging Cole with
a series of kicks to the chest. They went back and
forth until Richards nailed a dropkick as Cole was rebounding
off the ropes. Kyle tagged in and he drilled Cole,
who came back with a series of shoulderblocks. Kyle cut
him off with a back suplex and tagged Richards. He
cinched in an Indian Death Lock. Edwards and
Richards tagged in and they went back and forth.
Richards drilled Edwards with a running forearm, then hit a
dive to the outside on Cole. Edwards nailed a back
suplex off the ropes but Eddie fought out of it.
He and Kyle went back and forth, killing each other with
disgustingly stiff chops.
Kyle began throwing some stuff
kicks. Edwards chopped him in the neck and went for
another but Kyle blocked and hit a sick back suplex for a two
count. Cole tagged in and tried to roll up Kyle,
who shoved him off. Cole nailed a leg lariat fora two
count. Cole caught Kyle on the ropes and slammed
him for a two count. They battled back and forth with
forearms. Cole was caught with a leaping knee and
Richards leapt into the ring and drilled him with a kick for a
two count.
Richards locked in the Texas
Cloverleaf. Edwards was trying to interfere so Kyle
warded him off and assisted in the
submission. Kyle began doing a series of
rolling butterfly suplexes for a two count. Cole
fired back against Richards and Kyle. Richards went for
an enziguiri but Cole ducked and Kyle was nailed. Cole
maneuvered Kyle into DDTing Davey. Edwards tagged in and
nailed a leaping missile dropkick on both. He worked
over Davey with a brainbuster for a two count.
They battled back and
forth. Edwards backdropped his own partner over the top
on Davey and Kyle on the floor. Edwards and
Richards returned to the ring. Richards went to
the top but was kicked by Edwards and superplexed off.
Cole hit a top rope splash and Edwards covered him for a two
count. Richards fired back with several elbows to the
neck but was flipped over with a suplex into a sitdown slam
for another two count. Cole and Edwards went for the
American Wolves finisher but Richards fought them off and
rolled through with an anklelock on Cole. Edwards went
to break it but Kyle attacked him and locked on a
submission. It tuirned into several reversals, leading
into the former Wolves locked on submissions while face to
face and slapping the hell out of each other.
Cole and Kyle grabbed their
opponents and nailed back suplexes, then traded vicious
strikes and punches. Cole then hit a nasty looking
Cactus clothesline to the outside. Richards and Edwards
began exchanging strikes and kicks, laying each other
out. They made the tag to Cole and Kyle, who faced
off. They charged each other with kicks, mirroring
each other. They went for suplexes on Edwards and
Richards but it was reversed with all four tumbling out of the
ring to the floor.
All four battered men returned to
the ring. Cole and Richards battling in one corner,
Edwards and Kyle in the other. Richards and Eddie kept trying
to one up each other with chops and kicks. They
then faced off in the center of the ring, chopping and kicking
each other stiffly. Richards nailed a sick
clothesline that folded Edwards upside down in half.
This left Kyle and Cole to battle it out with sick slaps,
kicks and chops, with Cole finally getting the best of it and
a near fall. Cole kicked Richards off the apron.
He and Edwards used a lungblower into a backstabber for
another two count on Kyle.
Kyle fought back with kicks on
both his opponents but was nailed off the top with a sitdown
F5 off the top. Cole covered Kyle but Richards
dove in to break up the pinfall. Edwards whipped
Cole into Kyle who kicked him off, then sent Edwards to the
floor. Kyle nailed the leaping knee off the apron on
Eddie. Richards nailed a double stomp on Cole, who
kicked out. Cole was drilled with several kicks until a
punt to the face and a back suplex but kicked out
again.
Richards slapped him but Cole
kicked him. Kyle nailed a brainbuster on him as Richards
kicked him. Edwards broke it up and nailed a top rope
stomp on Richards. Cole superkicked Richards in
mid-air. They nailed the Wolves old finish on Richards
for another two count. Edwards and Richards battled on
the top rope. Richards fought him off but Edwards nailed
a running knee and hit a top rope rana into the ring.
Edwards powerbombed Richards onto Cole's knees but it went
wrong. The crowd knew it too. Kyle hit the scene
for the save and slapped them but both Cole and Eddie hit a
double big boot to the face. Edwards went for a
powerbomb, but saw Cole hit a tornado DDT onto Kyle off the
apron to the floor.
Richards small packaged him for a
two count. They went into a series of
reversals. Edwards went for the codebreaker off
the second rope but Richards turned it into a anklelock.
Cole tagged in and nailed a bodypress off the ropes and pinned
Richards, shocking the crowd.
Your winners, Adam Cole &
Eddie Edwards!
Richards took the mic and started
to speak but stopped. He then congratulated Cole on
getting the win. They shook hands and faced
off. Kyle refused and said he doesn't shake hands
with anyone he doesn't respect. Richards got
mad."
ROH March 3rd TV
Taping Pictures - March 4th
2012
Thanks to Micah Kleid for the March 3rd TV Taping
pictures of Adam.
ROH 10th
Anniversary Articles - March
3rd 2012
Our good friend
Lee Goodfellow of Indy Wrestling
Express has written an article on the
upcoming ROH 10th Anniversary Show this Sunday.
This Sunday, Adam Cole will
take part in one of the biggest matches of his career to date,
as he will team up with Eddie Edwards to take on Davey
Richards and Kyle O'Reilly, at the Ring Of Honor 10th
Anniversary Show. As you may know, O'Reilly was Adam's tag
team partner in Future Shock, so why will they be on opposite
ends of the ring? READ MORE...
Also, Ring Of Honor have
this to say on the main event:
The story of Richards & Edwards is
well-known; their trilogy of matches is a modern classic as
they've battled over both the TV Title & World Title with
Richards winning the most recent bout at "Final Battle
2011".There's been tension,
dissension, and distrust, but at the end of that last clash
they shook hand and embraced like the brothers they have been
more so many years.
On the other hand, Kyle O'Reilly and Adam Cole
have a much shorter history as Future Shock, one not filled
with the great successes of The American Wolves, and while
they have bonded over their time as a team, their relationship
was nowhere near as strong as that of The
Wolves.So when Kyle began gravitating
more towards Davey Richards as a training partner, when he
elected to shine a spotlight on Edwards' deception in the Dan
Severn situation, it illuminated an aspect of the
Richards/O'Reilly relationship thus far
unseen. Kyle's bond with Davey as both
friend & training partner was obviously stronger than his
relationship with Cole and as such, it seemed that O'Reilly
was also receiving a share of Davey's spotlight, leaving his
Future Shock partner in the shadows.
So between Davey & Kyle teaming at "ROH
Underground" in Richmond to earn a shot at the ROH World Tag
Titles, uniting on "Ring of Honor Wrestling" TV, and battling
The Briscoes at "Rise & Prove" in Cincinnati, it certainly
appeared that O'Reilly had left Future Shock in his past, and
Adam Cole in his rearview mirror.
In the meantime, Cole didn't just sit on his
laurels, waiting for something to happen, rather he stepped up
to the plate at "The Homecoming 2012" against Roderick Strong,
taking Eddie's place in a No DQ match AFTER he already fought
Haas & Benjamin earlier in the
night. He lost, but a standing ovation
from the fans showcased just how hard he
fought.The next night, while Team
Richards fought over a title shot, Cole took on Kevin Steen,
again in a losing effort, but the involvement of Edwards in
both bouts showcased a growing bond of respect between the two
men.That bond came to a head on "Ring
of Honor Wrestling" TV when Edwards officially offered Cole a
partnership with someone who actually respected him and wasn't
just killing time, waiting to become an American Wolf with
Davey (to paraphrase Eddie).That's
what brought us here to "Young Wolves Rising" as Cole &
O'Reilly team with Edwards & Richards respectively to
prove themselves deserving of that top tier
slot.Eddie & Davey have done this
dance many times over; they know each other as well as anybody
and a battle between the two of them can go either
way.Adam & Kyle are the x-factors
in this bout and the weight of the world is on their shoulders
in NYC...as both men intimated in their respective blogs, this
is their opportunity to shine, to prove themselves, and rise
to the top...
This Friday is the Ring Of Honor Wrestling
Tapings, and Adam will be facing "No Fear" Mike Mondo. So look
out for that on a future episode.
Last night at the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla DDT4
Tournament, Future Shock defeated "The Dynasty", Joey Ryan and
Scorpio Sky in the first round match up with High-Low
combination. 
The
"Imported Greatness" T-Shirt is back with multiple sizes
Small-Medium-Large-XL-XXL-3XL. Head over to the 
Then there
is the new DVD: Panama's Finest - The Best Of Adam Cole Vol.1.
Featuring matches from CZW, EVOLVE, CHIKARA and
more!
On March 10th 2012 at Aerial Assault, The
Panama City Playboy Adam Cole took on the CZW
Ultraviolent Underground Champion -
Masada.
