{"id":19910,"date":"2018-06-08T17:34:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T21:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=19910"},"modified":"2022-02-12T17:05:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T22:05:43","slug":"nxts-adam-cole-to-defend-north-american-title-in-evolve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/06\/08\/nxts-adam-cole-to-defend-north-american-title-in-evolve\/","title":{"rendered":"NXT&#8217;s Adam Cole To Defend North American Title in EVOLVE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WWE announced today via its NXT Social Media that current NXT North American Champion <strong>Adam Cole<\/strong> will defend his title at <em><strong>EVOLVE 107<\/strong><\/em> in Melrose, Maine.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NXT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NorthAmericanChampion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NorthAmericanChampion<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamColePro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AdamColePro<\/a> will be coming to EVOLVE on June 24th in Melrose, MA for a title defense. Opponent will be announced this Monday. Tix &amp; info at: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5xJjIQc26h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/5xJjIQc26h<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b7XX4ZOiil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/b7XX4ZOiil<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WWE NXT (@WWENXT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENXT\/status\/1005147544215801856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h1>Adam Cole To Defend North American Title in EVOLVE<\/h1>\n<p>While no challenger has been mentioned yet, several EVOLVE talents expressed interest in challenging Cole for the newest NXT Championship, which Cole has held for 62 days now since winning the Ladder Match at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/04\/13\/10-stars-nxt-takeover-new-orleans-makes-impressive-history\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><em><strong>NXT TakeOver: New Orleans<\/strong><\/em><\/a> on WrestleMania weekend in a match against <strong>EC3, Ricochet, Velveteen Dream, Killian Dain<\/strong> and <strong>Lars Sullivan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Right when I take time off!<\/p>\n<p>Pretty epic nonetheless.<\/p>\n<p>I wonder who ends up with the shot!? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i9MdcbbGwT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/i9MdcbbGwT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Keith Lee (@RealKeithLee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealKeithLee\/status\/1005161648942960640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Adam Cole is really trying to come to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWNEVOLVE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWNEVOLVE<\/a> and lose his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NorthAmericanChampionship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NorthAmericanChampionship<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HOX0tVi4d5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/HOX0tVi4d5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Briggs (@TheJoshBriggs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheJoshBriggs\/status\/1005171321981030401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hmm. Maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StokelyHathaway?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@StokelyHathaway<\/a> can throw some of the Catch Point money around. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ur6QPvcjq1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/ur6QPvcjq1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dominic Garrini (@dgarrinibc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dgarrinibc\/status\/1005167555940634624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWNEVOLVE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWNEVOLVE<\/a> Give me the damn match. I still got this dumb tattoo in my mouth that reads champ&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QOqrk7VZ9a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/QOqrk7VZ9a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DARBY ALLIN (@DarbyAllin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DarbyAllin\/status\/1005175029468880898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 8, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19915\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19915\" style=\"width: 388px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19915\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/06\/evolve107flyercc-e1528493558165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"388\" height=\"600\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19915\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: EVOLVE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE announced today via its NXT Social Media that current NXT North American Champion Adam Cole will defend his title at EVOLVE 107 in Melrose, Maine. NXT #NorthAmericanChampion @AdamColePro will be coming to EVOLVE on June 24th in Melrose, MA for a title defense. Opponent will be announced this Monday. Tix &amp; info at: https:\/\/t.co\/5xJjIQc26h [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":649,"featured_media":19917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,2,6,5,3],"tags":[84,136,2537],"class_list":["post-19910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-evolve","category-featured","category-north-america","category-nxt","category-wwe-universe","tag-adam-cole","tag-evolve","tag-nxt-north-american-championship"],"modified_by":"Alex Richards, LWOF Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/649"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}