Adam Cole Teases Going After The Progress World Championship
Adam Cole may have only just returned to an AEW ring following his injury, but he appears to be prepared to branch out beyond his home company to challenge for the Progress World Championship.
During an interview at the For The Love Of Wrestling panel this weekend, Cole made it clear that he would like to perform for the British promotion again and he had a prediction regarding the title, "Spike Trivet won't be holding the belt for much longer."
Current champion, Spike Trivet heard what Cole had to say and ended up confronting the AEW star which led to a photograph being shared of them squaring off which got the wrestling world speculating about a potential future match between them.
🩸 Spike Trivet heard what Adam Cole had to say about him during the @ftlowrestling festivities...
The Vulture returned to Manchester to look him in the eyes with the new PROGRESS World Championship...#PROGRESSWrestling pic.twitter.com/MUYEVwe9dr
— PROGRESS Wrestling (@ThisIs_Progress) April 29, 2023
Trivet has been a dominant champion for Progress, first capturing the title in August of 2022 after defeating former WWE Superstar Big Damo. Since then he has defeated all comers from Jonathan Gresham to Axel Tischer, but Cole is seemingly eyeing up the chance of claiming the gold himself. AEW has always been open with allowing talent to go and work for other independent promotions and Cole does have a history with Progress.
He has competed three times for the promotion, with one of those seeing him and Roderick Strong challenge for the Progress Tag Team Championship. Even though he hasn't worked for the British promotion since 2016, with AEW heading to Wembley Stadium in London, England in the summer, having some representation from the company across the country on the independent scene could be one way of building up the anticipation and buzz.