Adam Cole

Austin Kirk Jenkins (born 5 July 1989, Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an Former American professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name, Adam Cole. Jenkins is currently signed to All Elite Wrestling. He is also known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), Ring of Honor (ROH), and the WWE. There he competed on the NXT brand and is a former NXT Tag Team Champion, the first ever NXT North American Champion and the longest reigning NXT Champion to date.

Adam Cole
Cole at AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door in June 2022
Birth name	Austin Kirk Jenkins
Born	(1989-07-05) July 5, 1989 (age 36) Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Partner	Britt Baker (2017–present)
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Adam Carelle Adam Cole[1]
Billed height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Billed weight	200 lb (91 kg)[1][3]
Billed from	Panama City, Florida[1][4]
Trained by	Al Snow[4] D. J. Hyde[4] Jon Dahmer[4] Les Thatcher[4] Shawn Michaels
Debut	April 26, 2008[5]

Championships and accomplishments

Cole as NXT North American Champion.

Cole as ROH World Champion. He has the most reigns for this title at three.

• All Elite Wrestling
  • Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament (2023) – with MJF
  • Men’s Owen Hart Cup (2022)^[6]
  • Dynamite Award (1 time)
    • Biggest Surprise (2022) – Adam Cole and Bryan Danielson make their debut
• CBS Sports
  • Feud of the Year (2019) vs. Johnny Gargano^[7]
  • Match of the Year (2019) vs. Johnny Gargano at NXT TakeOver: New York^[7]
  • Wrestler of the Year (2019)^[7]
• Combat Zone Wrestling
  • CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship (1 time)^[8]
  • Best of the Best X (2011)
• Dreams Fighting Entertainment/World Wrestling League
  • DFE Openweight Championship/WWL Heavyweight Championship^[A] (1 time)^[9]
• Eastern Wrestling Alliance
  • EWA Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)^[10]
• Ground Breaking Wrestling
  • Battle of Gettysburg (2009)^[11]
• International Wrestling Cartel
  • IWC Super Indy Championship (1 time)^[12]
  • Super Indy 16 (2017)^[12]
• Maryland Championship Wrestling
  • MCW Rage Television Championship (2 times)^[13]
  • Shane Shamrock Memorial Cup (2012)^[14]
• New Horizon Pro Wrestling
  • NHPW Art of Fighting Championship (1 time)^[15]
• Premiere Wrestling Xperience
  • PWX Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Preston City Wrestling
  • PCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)^[16]
• Pro Wrestling Guerrilla
  • PWG World Championship (1 time)
  • Battle of Los Angeles (2012)
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • Feud of the Year (2019) vs. Johnny Gargano^[17][18]
  • Wrestler of the Year (2019)^[17][18]
  • Ranked No. 2 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2020^[19]
• Pro Wrestling World-1
  • World-1 North American Championship (1 time)^[20]
  • Shinya Hashimoto Memorial Cup (2010)^[21]
• Real Championship Wrestling
  • RCW Cruiserweight Championship (1 time)^[10]
  • RCW Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Devon Moore^[10]
• Ring of Honor
  • ROH World Championship (3 times)
  • ROH World Television Championship (1 time)^[22]
  • ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with MJF
  • Eighth ROH Triple Crown Champion
  • ROH World Championship Tournament (2013)
  • ROH World Tag Team Championship No. 1 Contender Lottery Tournament (2011) – with Kyle O'Reilly^[23]
  • Survival of the Fittest (2014)
• SoCal Uncensored
  • Match of the Year (2012) with Kyle O'Reilly vs. Super Smash Bros. (Player Uno and Stupefied) and The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) on July 21^[24]
  • Match of the Year (2016) with The Young Bucks vs. Matt Sydal, Ricochet and Will Ospreay on September 3^[25]
  • Wrestler of the Year (2013)^[26]
• Sports Illustrated
  • Ranked No. 2 of the top 10 male wrestlers in 2019^[27]
• WrestleCircus
  • Big Top Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Britt Baker^[28]
• Wrestling Observer Newsletter
  • Rookie of the Year (2010)^[29]
  • Feud of the Year (2019) vs. Johnny Gargano^[30]
• WXW C4
  • WXW C4 Hybrid Championship (1 time)^[31]
• WWE
  • NXT Championship (1 time)^[32]
  • NXT North American Championship (1 time, first)^[33]
  • NXT Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Roderick Strong, Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly^[B][34]
  • Second NXT Triple Crown Champion
  • Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic (2018) – with Kyle O'Reilly^[35]
  • NXT Year-End Award (7 times)
    • Male Competitor of the Year (2019, 2020)^[36]
    • Overall Competitor of the Year (2019)^[36]
    • Match of The Year (2019) Two out of three falls match vs. Johnny Gargano at NXT TakeOver: New York^[36]
    • Rivalry of the Year (2019, 2020) vs. Johnny Gargano,^[36] vs. Pat McAfee
    • Tag Team of the Year (2020) – with Roderick Strong, Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly
  • Bumpy Award (1 time)
    • Rivalry of the Half-Year (2021) – vs Kyle O'Reilly^[37]

Footnotes

1. Cole is listed as the World Wrestling League Heavyweight Champion because of title's name change in October 2012.
2. Fish and O'Reilly originally won the title as a duo, but Cole and Roderick Strong were also listed as champions under the Freebird Rule after Fish got injured.