NXT launched in 2010 as WWE’s third global brand alongside Raw and SmackDown, hosting nearly 200 live events around the world each year. Wildly popular with fans, NXT has been WWE Network’s #1 weekly series. Now, NXT moves to USA Network with live, two-hour action-packed episodes every Wednesday night beginning October 2.

At the top of the NXT mountain is NXT Champion Adam Cole. Once described by WWE Hall of Famer “Stone Cold” Steve Austin as “hellacious” inside the ring and on the microphone, Cole first made waves on the independent wrestling circuit. He competed around the globe for nearly 10 years, winning championships in almost every organization he competed and building a reputation for his meticulous in-ring attack, not to mention his exclamatory (and infectious) means of introducing himself: “Adam Cole, Bay-Bay!”