Adam Cole Admits He Didn’t Realize How Serious His Concussion Situation Was At First

Adam Cole made his way to AEW during the All Out pay-per-view in 2021 and went on to have memorable matches with the likes of Adam Page and more. Cole was then out of action for 9 months after suffering a concussion last year. Now it appears that Cole didn’t even realize just how serious the concussion situation was at first.

Adam Cole has been absent from action since AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2022 due to two head injuries. However, he made his comeback to AEW Dynamite on January 11 and finally returned as an in-ring competitor a while ago.

Throughout his hiatus from AEW, Adam Cole was battling a lot of issues that stemmed from his suffering concussions at Forbidden Door last year. Cole even feared that he may never wrestle again.

While speaking on Sports Guys Talk Wrestling, Adam Cole talked about his concussion last year and how it kept him out of action for so long. Cole admitted that he didn’t even realize just how serious the concussion situation was at first.

In my entire 15-year career, I had never missed more than one month of time away from the ring and traveling. I really enjoy being someone that everyone can count on, so that was another thing that was really hard for me to swallow. I know this is a very serious injury, and of course, time away was necessary, but it was tough to be away from the ring for so long.

But aside from that, again, getting two back to back head injuries was scary not only because anytime you mess with anything head related, it’s incredibly scary. A shoulder can heal, a knee can heal, but you only have one brain, so that’s so important to make sure it’s protected and taken care of. But on top of that, the idea at 33 years old legitimately questioning whether or not I was going to be able to get back into the ring, after seeing doctors three and four times a week for months at a time was mentally and physically incredibly draining, again, aside from the side effects that I had with my sleep being terrible and feeling nauseous and dizzy.

My emotions were all over the place. It was such a bizarre experience, on top of dealing with all of that, but then also having to try to mentally prepare for the possibility of not being able to wrestle again, it was the most challenging few months of my entire life for sure

I took it incredibly serious, but I didn’t realize that potentially my life could be affected going forward. I think in my mind up to that point, I thought okay, I had two back to back ones. I’m getting a little bit older. This is just one of those things. I’ve been going hard for 15 years. My body just needs a little bit of time to recoup and recover and things like that. I thought I’m going to bounce back and be right back to normal in no time. Give me a month or two and I’ll be good to go. Then two months after not being able to do anything but go for walks and scoring so poorly on this test, and then having the doctor look at me with sadness in her eyes and say, ‘You were so close to not even being able to drive out of here to go home.’

That was like such a giant wake up call where at that point you realize how serious this really, really is. I knew I had a lot of hard work ahead of me, that’s for sure. Even still as discouraging as getting that result was, I honest to God never truly accepted the idea of stepping away from the ring. I was so focused and so determined that I am going to be at rehab every single day that I can go. I’m going to do everything necessary to make sure that I’m able to get back into the ring. Of course, if doctors tell me, ‘Hey, this isn’t a good idea. No, you’re not cleared’, then that’s a hill that I have to cross when I get there, but I was so focused and determined to do whatever I had to do as long as it took to be able to get back into the ring. That doesn’t change how discouraging it was, especially to get that score on that test, but I still had the optimism and the focus going forward.”

Adam Cole is currently feuding with Chris Jericho and the rest of the Jericho Appreciation Society on AEW television. We will have to wait and see how AEW will continue to book them in the coming weeks.

What’s your opinion on Adam Cole’s concussion situation? Are you glad he is finally back from so much hardship? Let us know in the comments!