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Cole in September 2015
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Birth name | Austin Jenkins |
Born |
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
July 5, 1989
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Adam Carelle Adam Cole |
Billed height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Billed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
Billed from | Panama City, Florida |
Trained by |
Al Snow DJ Hyde Jon Dahmer Les Thatcher |
Debut | 2008 |
Austin Jenkins (born July 5, 1989), better known by the ring name Adam Cole, is an American professional wrestler who works for Ring of Honor (ROH), where he is the former ROH World Champion (the only three-time ROH World Champion) and a one-time ROH World Television Champion.
He also wrestles for several independent promotions, including Combat Zone Wrestling, Maryland Championship Wrestling, Northeast Wrestling and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where he is a former one-time PWG World Champion, holding the record for the longest reign in the title's history.
Jenkins was trained at the Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW) Wrestling Academy by DJ Hyde and Jon Dahmer. He became an official student at the Academy on November 14, 2007, while he was still a senior in high school. He made his CZW debut at No Pun Intended as Adam Cole on June 21, 2008, when he teamed with The Reason in a loss to GNC (Joe Gacy and Alex Colon). His next appearance was on September 13 at the Chri$ Ca$h Memorial Show, when he defeated Tyler Veritas in a CZW Wrestling Academy showcase match. Cole then began to feud with GNC, facing them in several matches with different partners, which led GNC and EMO defeated Cole, L.J. Cruz and HDTV in a six-man tag team match on October 11. At the following show named Night of Infamy 7: Greed, GNC defeated Cole and HDTV in a regular tag team match. 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.