{"id":111613,"date":"2021-01-18T13:23:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T19:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=111613"},"modified":"2021-01-18T13:23:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T19:23:34","slug":"adam-cole-calls-nxt-a-main-roster-wwe-brand-w-heydorns-analysis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/01\/18\/adam-cole-calls-nxt-a-main-roster-wwe-brand-w-heydorns-analysis\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Cole calls NXT a main roster WWE brand (w\/ Heydorn&#8217;s Analysis)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3800381349\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>Adam Cole answered definitively when discussing NXT&#8217;s place in WWE.<\/p>\n<p>In a response to a fan on Twitter, Cole stated that there was &#8220;no debate&#8221; and that NXT is a main roster brand for WWE.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENXT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWENXT<\/a> is main roster. No debate. End of story. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HBiJCC6WXE\">https:\/\/t.co\/HBiJCC6WXE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adam Cole (@AdamColePro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamColePro\/status\/1350652274033487875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Cole debuted for NXT in 2017. He won the NXT Championship in 2019 and held the title for a record breaking 403 days before losing it to Keith Lee at the Great American Bash in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><em>Heydorn&#8217;s Analysis: I full understand Cole&#8217;s passion on this subject. He&#8217;s a staple act for the NXT brand and one that was responsible for its continued rise and position on the USA network. That said, more eyes see Raw and Smackdown in a given week. From that perspective, NXT is leaps and bounds behind those counterparts. Can they get there? Yes, but it takes time and won&#8217;t happen if top talent on that brand gets moved &#8220;up&#8221; on a regular basis. Because of that fact, NXT does still serve as a feeder product for WWE&#8217;s other brands. Cole has value for the main roster brands. He&#8217;s a star and one that can move past the issues other NXT call-ups have had throughout the years. Regardless of his opinion here, I want to see what a run on Raw would look like for him.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CATCH-UP:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/01\/07\/nxt-announces-its-next-takeover-event\/\">NXT announces its next Takeover event<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2993529644\"><div id=\"pwtor-1004902602\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Adam Cole answered definitively when discussing NXT&#8217;s place in WWE. In a response to a fan on Twitter, Cole stated that there was &#8220;no debate&#8221; and that NXT is a main roster brand for WWE. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/01\/18\/adam-cole-calls-nxt-a-main-roster-wwe-brand-w-heydorns-analysis\/\" title=\"Adam Cole calls NXT a main roster WWE brand (w\/ Heydorn&#8217;s Analysis)\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":96507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,13],"tags":[682,124],"class_list":["post-111613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prowrestlingnews","category-news_nxt","tag-adam-cole","tag-nxt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2020\/04\/ColeAdam_3x2_600WK.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111613"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":111625,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111613\/revisions\/111625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}