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** Roderick Strong and Pete Dunne are primed to win the tag titles in a three-way battle… until Strong pulls off a massive FaceHeelTurn and joins the Undisputed Era. Even Cole and O'Reilly were shocked but delighted by Strong's turn. The problem is that the match, in any other night a show-stealer, took place in what was defined as '''[[SugarWiki/SoCoolItsAwesome THE]]''' best of the [=TakeOvers=], ''NXT [=TakeOver=]: New Orleans'', and they had the bad luck to be the follow-up to the [[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter five-star rated]] seven-man ladder match for the North American title. For bonus points, one of the participants — no, not just that, ''the winner'' — of that ladder match was… Cole. Meaning this was a ToughActToFollow not only in terms of the show's quality, but for Cole and the stable, in-universe as well.
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** Roderick Strong and Pete Dunne are primed to win the tag titles in a three-way battle… until Strong pulls off a massive FaceHeelTurn and joins the Undisputed Era. Even Cole and O'Reilly were shocked but delighted by Strong's turn. The problem is that the match, in any other night a show-stealer, took place in what was defined as '''[[SugarWiki/SoCoolItsAwesome THE]]''' '''THE''' best of the [=TakeOvers=], ''NXT [=TakeOver=]: New Orleans'', and they had the bad luck to be the follow-up to the [[Wrestling/TheWrestlingObserverNewsletter five-star rated]] seven-man ladder match for the North American title. For bonus points, one of the participants — no, not just that, ''the winner'' — of that ladder match was… Cole. Meaning this was a ToughActToFollow not only in terms of the show's quality, but for Cole and the stable, in-universe as well.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Many were hoping and excited to see him join AEW with his past work alongside Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks and indeed can get the fans riled up, especially with his entrance and Catchphrase. However, he soon got the ire of many when a majority of the matches he’d win would involve him cheating in some way despite constantly boasting how great he is over others, on top of viewers, even his own fans, feeling he’s taking up too much time on screen. Not helping is him being the winner of the first Owen Hart Tournament alongside his girlfriend Britt Baker of which most fans had dreaded and were disappointed to see when he already has enough star power, having wanted just about anyone else, especially fellow tournament members Dax Harwood or Kyle O’Reilly, to win instead. Negatives opinions started to simmer down, many softening up on him after he left for a long while and came back after an injury that might’ve cost him his wrestling career, as well as going through a HeelFaceTurn while showing he hasn’t missed a step, much moreso when he eventually went on to form an unexpectedly popular tag team with Wrestling/MJF.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Many were hoping and excited to see him join AEW with his past work alongside Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks and indeed can get the fans riled up, especially with his entrance and Catchphrase. However, he soon got the ire of many when a majority of the matches he’d win would involve him cheating in some way despite constantly boasting how great he is over others, on top of viewers, even his own fans, feeling he’s taking up too much time on screen. Not helping is him being the winner of the first Owen Hart Tournament alongside his girlfriend Britt Baker of which most fans had dreaded and were disappointed to see when he already has enough star power, having wanted just about anyone else, especially fellow tournament members Dax Harwood or Kyle O’Reilly, to win instead. Negatives opinions started to simmer down, many softening up on him after he left for a long while and came back after an injury that might’ve cost him his wrestling career, as well as going through a HeelFaceTurn while showing he hasn’t missed a step, much moreso when he eventually went on to form an unexpectedly popular tag team with Wrestling/MJF.MJF.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Many were hoping and excited to see him join AEW with his past work alongside Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks and indeed can get the fans riled up, especially with his entrance and Catchphrase. However, he soon got the ire of many when a majority of the matches he’d win would involve him cheating in some way despite constantly boasting how great he is over others, on top of viewers, even his own fans, feeling he’s taking up too much time on screen. Not helping is him being the winner of the first Owen Hart Tournament alongside his girlfriend Britt Baker of which most fans had dreaded and were disappointed to see when he already has enough star power, having wanted just about anyone else, especially fellow tournament members Dax Harwood or Kyle O’Reilly, to win instead.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: during the Unsanctioned Lights Out match between Adam Cole and Orange Cassidy on the January 26, 2022 episode of Dynamite, Cole goes under the ring for a steel chair, but struggled to pull it out as Danhausen was holding onto the other end, leading to Cole dragging him out. After standing up and posing at Cole for several seconds while the crowd went bananas, Danhausen simply walked away without interfering further and Cole went back to fighting Cassidy (although some joked that Cole went on to lose the match because Danhausen put a curse on him).
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: during the Unsanctioned Lights Out match between Adam Cole and Orange Cassidy on the January 26, 2022 episode of Dynamite, Cole goes under the ring for a steel chair, but struggled to pull it out as Danhausen was holding onto the other end, leading to Cole dragging him out. After standing up and posing at Cole for several seconds while the crowd went bananas, Danhausen simply walked away without interfering further and Cole went back to fighting Cassidy (although some joked that Cole went on to lose the match because Danhausen put a curse on him).
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Many were hoping and excited to see him join AEW with his past work alongside Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks and indeed can get the fans riled up, especially with his entrance and Catchphrase. However, he soon got the ire of many when a majority of the matches he’d win would involve him cheating in some way despite constantly boasting how great he is over others, on top of viewers, even his own fans, feeling he’s taking up too much time on screen. Not helping is him being the winner of the first Owen Hart Tournament alongside his girlfriend Britt Baker of which most fans had dreaded and were disappointed to see when he already has enough star power, having wanted just about anyone else, especially fellow tournament members Dax Harwood or Kyle O’Reilly, to win instead.
instead. Negatives opinions started to simmer down, many softening up on him after he left for a long while and came back after an injury that might’ve cost him his wrestling career, as well as going through a HeelFaceTurn while showing he hasn’t missed a step, much moreso when he eventually went on to form an unexpectedly popular tag team with Wrestling/MJF.
* BigLippedAlligatorMoment:during During the Unsanctioned Lights Out match between Adam Cole and Orange Cassidy on the January 26, 2022 episode of Dynamite, Cole goes under the ring for a steel chair, but struggled to pull it out as Danhausen was holding onto the other end, leading to Cole dragging him out. After standing up and posing at Cole for several seconds while the crowd went bananas, Danhausen simply walked away without interfering further and Cole went back to fighting Cassidy (although some joked that Cole went on to lose the match because Danhausen put a curse on him).
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** Adam Cole is dead. [[labelnote:Explanation]]At ''War of the Worlds 2017'', Cole, after losing his match with Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi, was confronted by Wrestling/TheYoungBucks who relayed Wrestling/KennyOmega's message that Cole was being kicked out of the Wrestling/BulletClub due to his PoisonousFriend tendencies and replaced by Wrestling/MartyScurll, after which, the Bucks and Marty brutally assaulted Cole. In ''Being the Elite'' canon, the Bucks gave Cole a Monster energy drink, which had been poisoned by Kenny, which he drank and died. He has since been resurrected via séance by the Super Elite.[[/labelnote]]
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** Adam Cole is dead. [[labelnote:Explanation]]At ''War of the Worlds 2017'', Cole, after losing his match with Wrestling/HiroshiTanahashi, was confronted by Wrestling/TheYoungBucks who relayed Wrestling/KennyOmega's message that Cole was being kicked out of the Wrestling/BulletClub due to his PoisonousFriend poisonous tendencies and replaced by Wrestling/MartyScurll, after which, the Bucks and Marty brutally assaulted Cole. In ''Being the Elite'' canon, the Bucks gave Cole a Monster energy drink, which had been poisoned by Kenny, which he drank and died. He has since been resurrected via séance by the Super Elite.[[/labelnote]]
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* ShockingMoments: Cole and Bryan Danielson debuting back to back at the end of All Out 2021
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Many thought the Owen Hart tournament was going to be a nice opportunity for whomever wins or at least reaches the final round to get some shine in the spotlight, elevating them to a higher spot as they felt Owen Hart himself didn’t get enough of. To the great disappointment of many, the finalists would be Adam Cole against Samoa Joe and Britt Baker against Ruby Soho, the former three of which many feel have enough star power as is and while some feel the latter should get elevated, has gotten the ire of many fans after defeating the incredibly popular Kris Statlander, (Ruby getting a huge chorus of boos for doing so, of which she even acknowledged in the promo after the match) whom has been a long-stay to AEW and many felt deserved a big win. Fans were only further confused and annoyed that Adam Cole would win the male bracket, no less through the help of interference of which many didn’t want occurring in the tournament in respect to Owen Hart and Britt Baker the female through a victory roll, both of whom really don’t need the wins with their star power, no less have no notable feelings towards Owen Hart himself, making their victory feel hollow even while wearing colouring based on one of his famous wrestling personas. It also has the unfortunate side-effect of cheapening the otherwise emotional ceremony with Owen’s widow, Dr. Martha afterwards when she’s presenting the awards to Heels who don’t care for almost anyone else but themselves and didn’t earn them in fair and decisive matches, each.
