Updated 05-May-2020.
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My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Austin Jenkins (born July 5, 1989) is an american professional wrestler currently signed to WWE . he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Adam Cole . Cole is the current and longest reigning NX Cole signed with WWE in 2017 . he is best known for his eight-year tenure with Ring of Honor (ROH) he has also wrestled for several independent promotions . Jenkins took karate lessons as a child . his parents separated when he was 10 years old . Jenkins became an official student at the Academy on November 14, 2007 . Cole gained his first win over GNC at Cage of Death 10: Ultraviolent Anniversary on December 13, when he, Veritas and Cruz defeated GNC and EMO in a six-man tag team match . after Cole took a hiatus from CZW, he returned at a Tangled Web 2 on august 8 . they won another four-way match against BLKOUT, Team Macktion and The Spanish Armad at Walking on Pins and Needles in March 2010, Cole wrestled Sabian to a 15-minute time-limit draw . later in 2010, Cole began challenging for the CZW world junior heavyweight championship . on may 8, 2010, Cole retained the championship against Zack Sabre, Jr. at Live in Germany in Oberhausen . in December, he gained Mia Yim as a manager and she helped him to retain the Junior Heavyweight Championship . Cole’s reign ends at 553 days, the longest reign in the championship’s history . in November 2012, Cole went on to feud with Sami Callihan . at Cage of Death 14: Shattered on April 13, 2013, Cole defeated Callihan in what billed as the “final encounter” between the longtime rivals . he held the championship for over four months, before losing it to Ryan McBride on December 26 Cole began competing for the Evolve promotion in 2010 . he defeated Johnny Gargano to improve his record to one win and one loss . Cole appeared at Dragon Gate USA’s Open the Freedom Gate pay-per-view Cole defeated Kyle O’Reilly in the quarter-finals . he was eliminated from the semi-final six-man elimination match by Obariyon . Cole appeared again on the July 26, 2010, episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling . he signed a contract with the company . Cole began to ally himself with fellow ROH newcomer Kyle O’Reilly . they defeated the Bravado Brothers on the November 8 episode of Ring of Honor Wrestling . Cole participated in the 2010 edition of the Survival of the Fittest tournament . he defeated Steve Corino in the first round Cole made his ROH pay-per-view debut on December 18 at Final Battle 2010, where he and O’Reilly were defeated by the All Night Express . on April 1 and 2 at Chapter One and Two of Honor Takes Center on June 29, 2012, Cole won his first championship in ROH . on September 15 at Death Before Dishonor X: State of Emergency, Cole successfully defended the title . he was confronted by Matt Hard Cole defeats Mark Briscoe in a tournament to determine the new champion . at the following iPPV, 11th anniversary show on March 2, 2013, Cole lost the world television championship to Matt Taven . on may 4 Cole defeated Jay Lethal to advance to the semifinals of the tournament . on September 20, he became the new ROH world champion . in early November, Cole suffered a concussion, temporarily sidelining him from wrestling a rematch between the two, contested under Ringmaster’s Challenge rules, took place on march 8 . on April 4, Cole defeated Jay Briscoe in a ladder match to become the undisputed ROH world champion Cole made his japan debut through ROH’s relationship with NJPW . he defeated Captain New Japan and Jyushin Thunder Liger in a tag team match . on November 8, Cole won the 2014 Survival of Cole began having problems with his Kingdom stablemates and started teasing a reunion with his Future Shock tag team partner Kyle O’Reilly . however, on September 18 at all star extravaganza VII, Cole turned on O Cole successfully defended the ROH World Championship against Will Ospreay at Destruction in Hiroshima . three days later, Cole and The Young Bucks defeated by David Finlay, Ricochet and Satoshi in early 2017, Cole began showing tension with Bullet Club stablemate Kenny Omega . the storyline led to an angle on march 11 where Cole tried to fire The Young Bucks . despite the dissension, Cole Cole was kicked out of Bullet Club and given his stable spot to Marty Scurll . two days later, Cole was defeated by the RockNES Monsters at Fear . Future Shock entered the annual Dynamite Duum Cole enters the 2012 battle of los angels under his “Panama City Playboy” heel persona . on january 12, 2013, he entered the 2013 Dynamite Duumvirate Tag Team Title Tournament Cole makes his first successful defense of the PWG world championship . he retains his title in a three-way match against Drake Younger and Sami Callihan . on august 31, Cole formed a heel stable with Cole became longest reigning PWG world champion on 426th day of title reign . on may 19, 2017, Cole had his farewell match in PWG, where he was defeated by Sami Callihan . Jenkins took part in a tryout at their Performance Center in Florida . the second was the first weekend of february 2013 . Jenkins made his NXT debut on august 19 . Cole defeated by Aleister Black in a qualifying match for a fatal-four-way number one contender’s match for the NXT Championship . on January 28, 2018, at the Royal Rumble, Cole made a surprise appearance Cole became the inaugural NXT North American Champion at nxt takeover: new orleans . he defeated oney Lorcan in his first title defense after interference from The Undisputed Era . on the October Cole participated in the WWE Worlds Collide event . he defeated Shane Thorne in the first round and Keith Lee in the quarterfinals . Cole defeated Ricochet, Aleister Black and Velveteen Dream on Cole retains NXT title against Pete Dunne at Survivor Series . he breaks Finn Bálor’s record of 292 days. Cole becomes longest reigning nxt Champion . cites Shawn Michaels as his inspiration. he enjoys scuba diving. 9 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2014 Pro Wrestling World-1 World-1 North American Championship (1