Adam Cole recently appeared on Matt Hardy’s Extreme Life podcast for an in-depth interview covering all things pro wrestling.
During the discussion, the AEW star spoke about how his promo segments with reigning AEW World Champion MJF from Dynamite felt like a sink or swim type of situation, which he was really excited about as many people, including himself considers MJF as one of the best talkers of this generation.
“There was a lot of excitement going into this. I don’t know if intimidation is the right word, but it very much felt like a sink or swim type of situation for me, which was really exciting. I’m going to go toe to toe with what many consider, what I consider, one of the best talkers and one of the best guys of the generation in MJF. Either people are going to think I can hang with him or they’re going to think that he ate me alive.”
He also spoke about how it was really exciting for him to be tested in such a way with MJF as well as to show the fans that he will go toe to toe with anybody on the microphone.
“I love that feeling of going out there and feeling, ‘Oh God, we’ll see how this goes.’ It was really exciting for me to be tested in that way and to show everybody that I’ll go toe to toe with anybody on the microphone. It was exciting, but I definitely had nerves and butterflies.”
Check out Adam Cole’s full comments at Spotify.com. H/T to Fightful for transcribing the above quotes.
