A very emotional Adam Cole addressed the fans in the middle of the ring at All In in what felt like a goodbye speech.
Cole, who had to vacate the TNT title because he was not medically cleared to compete, said that he had health issues at the moment and would be going away for a while.
He said he didn’t want to think about retirement at the moment because his head hasn’t been in the right place but if this is his last time out there, he wanted the opportunity to say goodbye in front of the best wrestling fans in the world.
The former champ cried throughout his promo and thanked fans for helping him realize his dream of being a professional wrestler since he was nine years old.
After his promo finished, Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong joined him in the ring for an embrace and he did his “Adam Cole Bay-Bay” one more time.
Cole got the TNT title, kissed it, placed it in the middle of the ring and headed to the back.
His former girlfriend, Britt Baker, posted a broken heart emoji and #BayBay after the promo aired.
His last match was on Collision two days ago, teaming with O’Reilly and Strong to defeat Kyle Fletcher, Rocky Romero, and Trent Beretta in a trios match.
Adam Cole says he will be “gone for a while” due to health issues in an emotional message to the crowd at #AEWAllInTexas
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— B/R Wrestling (@BRWrestling) July 12, 2025
