WWE once confused Adam Cole for Xavier Woods.
Adam Cole and Xavier Woods have a lot in common. As members of DaParty, Adam Cole and Xavier formed a bond that exists to this day. In fact, Adam Cole credits Xavier Woods with teaching them how to get started on Twitch, a platform that he genuinely loves utilizing to play video games and interact with his fans.
However, Adam Cole and Xavier Woods being confused for one another isn't a story that you are likely to hear about too often. However, Adam Cole says that when he was 19, WWE confused him for Xavier Woods aka Austin Creed.
He shared this story with Kurt Angle on the latest episode of The Kurt Angle Show.
“I think I was 19. At this point, I had been wrestling, like independently for nine months wrestling for these, again, they're awesome, but like, like smaller, independent promotions, with not a ton of buzz or anything," Cole said. "There was a website at the time. It was like a recruiting system, where you would put your name in and your information, and [WWE] could potentially call you for a tryout or potentially call you for extra work when they're in town, which is an interesting little system. So of course, right away, I plugged my information in there.
“Three months later, I get an email from the head of talent relations at the time, and he said, Hey, you know, we got your email, we got your information. We're very interested,” Cole continued. “We'd like you to come down for a week to FCW so you could try out. I'm like, ‘Oh my god. Here we go!’ To the point where I talked with him on the phone for 30 minutes, 30 minutes! He's like, ‘Yeah, we've seen your stuff again. This is pretty much going to be a prerequisite as far as like, all you got to do is show up and do your thing, and you're gonna get hired. Here's who you're rooming with, here's what you're doing. I'm sending you your flight information.’ I'm freaking out. I'm calling my mom, like, ‘Mom, I think it's happening.’ I get the email. And the last name is different. The first name is the same, but the last name is different. I'm like, ‘wait a minute,’ the hell's happening so I ended up googling that name. And it is Xavier Woods. It's Austin Creed. So we became buddies from that right away. "
Sure enough, Adam Cole sent a picture of himself and that is when he was made aware of the mix-up. They were looking for Austin Creed, not Austin Jenkins. However, Adam Cole did get to work some dates in Pennsylvania after making this connection.
"I ended up sending a picture of myself to the head of talent relations at the time. I said, ‘Hey, by the way, this is me. I just want to make sure, just the name’s not right.' All he responded with was, ‘So sorry, huge mistake. Are you available for extra work in Philadelphia and Wilkes Barre?’ So I got to do that. But yeah, I was crushed."
Currently, Adam Cole is with AEW, and when he left WWE, that also meant the end of DaParty content. You can see their video saying goodbye (for now), at this link.
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