Biography of Austin Jenkins

                                       

Adam Cole
Cole in April 2019
Birth name	Austin Jenkins
Born	July 5, 1989 (age 31) Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
Residence	Coral Springs, Florida, United States
Professional wrestling career
Ring name(s)	Adam Carelle Adam Cole
height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m
weight	210 lb (95 kg)
from	Panama City, Florida
Traind by	Al Snow DJ Hyde Jon Dahmer Les Thatcher Shawn Michaels
Debut	2008[3]

                        Biography of Austin Jenkins

Austin Jenkins was born in  July 5, 1989 .he is an American professional wrestler currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the NXT brand under the ring name Adam Cole.[1]. He had the longest reign as NXT Champion in the promotions history.

 champion in NXT history.[A] He is also the co-winner of the 2018 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic with O'Reilly, and the second NXT Triple Crown Champion.

Before signing with WWE in 2017, he was mostly known for his eight-years tenure with Ring of Honor (ROH) where he became the first-ever three-time ROH World Champion. In addition, he is a one-time ROH World Television Champion, and the winner of the 2014 ROH Survival of the Fittest tournament. Cole has also wrestled for several independent promotions, including Chikara, Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), where he is a former CZW World Junior Heavyweight Champion, and Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), where he was a former PWG World Champion; he holds the records for longest reigns for both titles. He also worked in New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was part of the Bullet Club stable.

Early life 

Austin Jenkins was born on July 5, 1989, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He has a younger brother. . Jenkins took karate lessons as a child.

Combat Zone Wrestling (2008–2013)

 he was still a senior in high school.[2] 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).[8] 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.[9] 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.[10] At the following show named Night of Infamy 7: Greed, GNC defeated Cole and HDTV in a regular tag team match.[11] 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.[12]

. Cruz and Izzy Kensington, 2.0, All Money Is Legal and GNC at X: Decade of Destruction – 10th Anniversary in February.[13] At the following show in March, they won a four-way match against the team of Jagged and Cole Calloway, GNC and Team AnDrew (Andy Sumner and Drew Gulak).[14] After Cole took a hiatus from CZW, he returned at (Alex Colon and L.J. Cruz).[15] At Down With the Sickness Forever on September 13, Cole and Veritas challenged for The Best Around (Bruce Maxwell and TJ Cannon) for the CZW World Tag Team Championship, but they were unsuccessful.[16] For the remainder of 2009, Cole and Veritas began focusing on singles competition, as they both entered the tournament to determine the inaugural CZW Wired TV Champion, with Cole defeating Alex Colon and Rich Swann en route to the final at Cage of Death 11, where he lost to Veritas.[17][18][19]


Cole posing on the ring apron in 2010
At Walking on Pins and Needles in March 2010, Cole wrestled Sabian to a 15-minute time-limit draw.[20] Later in 2010, Cole began challenging for the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship and on April 10 at Swinging for the Fences, Cole faced defending champion Sabian in a match that ended in a 20-minute time-limit draw.[21] On May 8, 2010, Cole won the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship by defeating defending champion Sabian and Ruckus in a three-way match at Fist Fight.[22][23] Cole went on to successfully defend the championship against Ryan Slater in both June and August and Blk Jeez in September.[24][25][26] At It's Always Bloody in Philadelphia on October 9, Cole turned into a heel (villainous character) by attacking long-time tag team partner Veritas and successfully defended the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship against AR Fox later that night.[27] In November, Cole toured Germany with CZW and he retained the championship against Zack Sabre, Jr. at Live in Germany in Oberhausen.[28] In December, Cole gained Mia Yim as a manager and she helped him to retain the Junior Heavyweight Championship in two separate matches at Cage of Death XII.[29]

At Twelve: Anniversary in February 2011, Cole qualified for the Best of the Best X tournament by defeating Pinkie Sanchez.[30] On April 9 at Best of the Best X, Cole qualified for the final of the tournament by defeating Johnny Gargano and Kyle O'Reilly in a three-way match in the first round and Sabre in the semi-final, then defeating Sami Callihan in the final, thus winning the Best of the Best X tournament.[31][32] Cole then developed an alliance with his trainer DJ Hyde, with Hyde helping Cole to retain the championship against Fox in May.[33] Further title defenses against Jonatham Gresham, Chuck Taylor and AJ Curcio followed throughout the year.[34][35][36] On November 12, Cole lost the CZW World Junior Heavyweight Championship to Callihan despite both Hyde and Yim interfering on his behalf, ending his reign at 553 days, the longest reign in the championship's history.[37]

At An Excellent Adventure in January 2012, Cole unsuccessfully challenged Devon Moore for the CZW World Heavyweight Championship.[38] Cole's alliance with Hyde ended at the Best of the Best 11 internet pay-per-view, when Hyde gained a new protégé in Tony Nese who Cole went on to defeat in a match.[39] Cole and Hyde began feuding briefly, with Hyde attacking Cole in May and Cole attacking Hyde the following month.[40][41] In November 2012, Cole went on to feud with Sami Callihan, claiming that he would always be regarded as a better wrestler than Callihan.[42] At Cage of Death 14: Shattered Dreams on December 8, Cole defeated Callihan in a No Hold Barred match.[43] On April 13, 2013, Cole defeated Callihan in what billed as the "final encounter" between the longtime rivals.[44]