I think most importantly the reason we’ve been on the upswing is Ring of Honor has been very smart about the speed of its growth. ROH is not a company that says ok we’re going to throw all this money in and let’s just go for it. ROH has the business approach of slow but steady.
-Adam Cole
I’m very aware that pro wrestling fans can be some of the most vocal and passionate and descriptive about how they feel when it comes to pro wrestling. So I’m totally fine with how fans talk about how they feel, cause if they’re not allowed to voice how they feel, then what’s the point of being a wrestling fan. You gotta know what you like and what you do’t like and that’s fine.
-Adam Cole
The pressure performing is something you have to get used to, really really quick.
-Adam Cole
They are definitely pros and cons to triple threat matches. The cons to them is obviously coming up wth something very original and making sure everything makes sense.
-Adam Cole
However, the positive, and I mean this, Jay Lethal and Kyle O’Reilly are two of my favorite opponents. I couldn’t ask for two guys I’d rather be in a triple threat match with. On top of that, creatively, if we are able to make something that’s really exciting for the fans, any time there are more bodies in the ring, you can always create something that’s different because there’s more than two people in the ring.
-Adam Cole
So if everything goes off great, then it being a triple threat match will make it even more exciting instead of a singles match.
-Adam Cole
I don’t necessarily notice too much of a change in the sense of the kind of matches that I have in say a Los Angeles as opposed to a New York City. The big difference that I notice, and this is what all love as New York city and Philadelphia has treated me fantastically, but man, you cannot screw up in Philadelphia and New York.
-Adam Cole
I’ve known Kyle O’Reilly since 2009. Me and him actually met each other when we had our very first match against each other for Gabe Sapolsyky’s DragonGate USA show. Me and Kyle went in there and we had a match that kind of made waves throughout the independent scene as far as us getting our names out there. We both got signed to Ring of Honor at the exact same time.
-Adam Cole
The cool thing is, when we first did our joint Ring Of Honour-New Japanies Wrestlers, I think that definitely existed. I think the ROH guys were like, “we can’t let these New Japan guys outshine us” the new japan guys were ready to make a statement as it was this really big event in America. But the cool thing about this relationship is we’ve literally become a family now. A lot of us are friends with each. We obviously respect each other.
-Adam Cole
My all-time favorite match that I’ve ever had was against Kyle O’Reilly in 2012, the ‘hybrid fighting rules match’ where we were bleeding buckets all over the place. And it was really a match that took my career to the next level.
-Adam Cole
I’ve wrestled Kyle O’Reilly all over the world. I know how good he is, our fans know how good he is. A lot of people feel he is the next guy in line to be world champion.
-Adam Cole
I think that Ring of Honor is a true alternative in the world of pro wrestling. Some of the best in-ring pure competition in the world you will find in Ring of Honor.
-Adam Cole
The only difference with wrestling is we’re like a live performance. So we’re feeding off the audience and if they do’t like something, they can let us know immediately.
-Adam Cole
I think that’s the coolest thing about our fans, they not only respect, but they demand, excellence from our guys.
-Adam Cole
The ROH guys looking at the New Japan guys coming over, we’re just psyched. We think, “oh great this is just going to make our show even better.” The respect level with New Japan and ROH is at an all-time high. And anytime we get a company like New Japan Pro Wrestling on a ROH show, it just benefits our show. It has everybody all jacked up, ready to do the best we can like we always do.
-Adam Cole
I think too, Jay Lethal being apart of Ring of Honor and being in that role where he’s one of the guys who has the company on his back, he’s taking that very seriously, and you can see it n his work. So it’s been really cool to see.
-Adam Cole
What is doing the damage is the fact that the U.K. is pulling in more imports, which shows the continued strength of the economy and the strength of sterling.
-Adam Cole
Los Angles to me seems to be a little bit more forgiving. They’re just as rowdy and they’re just as excited but they understand a [botch] happens sometimes, and they’re excited to see the show and they just want to have some fun.
-Adam Cole
There’s a big difference between trolling and just attacking guys to attack guys, to get under people’s skin, and to genuinely express how you felt about something. Like if I go to a movie for example, and I watch a movie, and I wasn’t a fan of it. I don’t mind turning to my family or some buddies I’m with and saying “oh man, I really didn’t like that movie.” But I’ve never acted or directed in my life. But I’m able to voice my opinion about whether or not I enjoyed it or not.
-Adam Cole
I remember watching Ring of Honor as a fan, going to shows in Philadelphia and New York, and I loved the guys. I thought these are some of the best wrestlers in the world, if not THE best.
-Adam Cole
Being put in this situation, where it’s myself, Kyle O’Reilly and a Jay Lethal, I think it’s the best main event you can have right now in Ring of Honor.
-Adam Cole
Jay Lethal doing that Black Machsimo character, as good as that was, it was fantastic and so entertaining. But now Jay Lethal has turned himself into this very formidable, dominant world champion, who is having some of the best matches in the entire world. So it’s really cool.
-Adam Cole
What we’re seeing today is a very long-term trend asserting itself – people abandoning the euro and buying the U.S. economic miracle, … OPEC’s decision is not helping the euro much today either
-Adam Cole
We would expect the Fed to say something about Katrina and what it means for the immediate and long-term impact on activity and I think there’s a lot of uncertainty about what they may say.
-Adam Cole
Expectations for euro zone growth have been so depressed, it’s not taking an awful lot to deliver an upside surprise. Markets have adapted to the very strong growth backdrop in the U.S.
-Adam Cole
Even if they don’t change at this week’s meeting the delay is only one month. It will take three months to withdraw excess liquidity before they can target zero interest rates. So the policy shift might not have a material impact.
-Adam Cole
Even if these (falls) reverse partially next month, this is very bad news on domestic demand.
-Adam Cole
At the moment it seems like a pretty ring-fenced issue and it doesn’t look like it’s going to spill over into the market at large, but any risk aversion resulting from problems with trading would be dollar negative.
-Adam Cole
Consolidation ahead of payrolls on Friday is likely to be the story in the short term unless we get any news in today’s (service sector) data that changes the view on the payrolls.
-Adam Cole
is still hoping to squeeze one more interest rate cut in.
-Adam Cole
The risk is that the deficit is rather worse than the market is looking for and if that’s the case it may swing the focus back to structural dollar negatives and away from the interest rate focus.
-Adam Cole
It was a challenge just to play college basketball. But it’s definitely rewarding now. When it ends like this, it’s all worthwhile.
-Adam Cole
The signal that the Fed seemed to be sending yesterday is that they don’t know where rates are going beyond March, hence the references to data-watching.
-Adam Cole
The broad picture shows the economy is growing at much the same pace in the third as the second quarter,
-Adam Cole
The yen has gained on the vote of confidence in the Japanese economy, and that rates may start to rise sooner than expected.
-Adam Cole
The yen did gain on the inflation numbers initially. It then took out some key levels and we saw a massive bout of short-covering in dollar/yen.
-Adam Cole
This left orders in the fourth quarter up an impressive 4.1% quarter-on-quarter and points to strong capital spending in the early months of 2006, which will likely make the Bank of Japan that much more confident that the time is approaching to start removing its ultra-easy monetary policy.
-Adam Cole
It’s almost exclusively the rate outlook driving things in the sense that at the beginning of this week the market was 50/50 priced for a third rate hike this year with two priced in with certainty, but as things stand now even a second hike is looking questionable.
-Adam Cole
(Dollar short covering) does suggest that the policy move by the Bank of Japan is in the price and there isn’t a lot more to go for in that story.
It’s just a bit of profit-taking and general nervousness.
-Adam Cole
The retail sales report makes it more likely at the margin to cause rate cuts. The balance of risks is that the next BOE rates move is lower, which would be negative for sterling.
-Adam Cole
It’s notable that CAD has participated less in the gains against the U.S. dollar than most currencies have seen.
-Adam Cole
It’s relatively limited at the moment, but if this does not resolve itself quickly there could be a very undesirable effect. Inflation is going to be higher than it would otherwise, against an otherwise healthy economic picture.
-Adam Cole
The interest rate dynamics have been favorable and the indicators have been better than expected over the last four or five weeks.
-Adam Cole
I’m a rhythm player, and once I find it, I can contribute offensively.
-Adam Cole
Interest rates are at their peak, but it’s probably going to be some time before we see them coming down, probably another six months or so, … an unhelpful factor…but is probably at its worst in terms of annual inflation now.
-Adam Cole
The general theme is one of risk aversion,
-Adam Cole
The market seems to be taking a relatively long-term view of commodity prices, and the weakness we’ve seen in both oil and natural gas is very much a short-term phenomenon.
-Adam Cole
The M&A inflows have already been significant and I think there is potential for a lot more to come because the UK equity market is among the largest, relative to GDP, and among the cheapest at the moment.
-Adam Cole
The market is increasingly seeing a risk that the Fed pauses in its rate cycle — not only that but also the peak in the interest cycle will be considerably lower.
-Adam Cole
The market is building in a risk premium because of the uncertainty surrounding the election — once we get that out of the way, all other things being equal, the euro will probably bounce.
-Adam Cole