The Undisputed Era
Undisputed Era | |
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Stable | |
Members | Adam Cole (leader) Bobby Fish Kyle O'Reilly Roderick Strong |
Name(s) | The Undisputed Era |
Combined billed weight | 597 lb (271 kg) |
Debut | August 19, 2017 |
Disbanded | February 14, 2021 |
Years active | 2017–2021 |
The Undisputed Era was a
The group's tenure in WWE ended after the conclusion and aftermath of NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day in early 2021, after Cole attacked O'Reilly. Fish was released in August 2021, while Cole's contract expired in the same month. O'Reilly's contract would later expire in December and the three would separately join AEW, reuniting upon O'Reilly's debut on December 22, 2021, as a sub-group of The Elite. Strong's contract with WWE ended in March 2023. On April 26, 2023, he also joined AEW, reuniting with Cole.
Background
In 2010,
On the July 12, 2017, episode of
The Undisputed Era during their WWE run has been compared to D-Generation X and Evolution, both of which Triple H, the founder and producer of the NXT brand, was a member.[3][4]
History
WWE (2017–2021)
Formation and tag team success (2017–2019)
At
On the October 11 episode of NXT,
On April 7 at
After developing a rivalry with
On the August 29 episode of NXT, Cole and Strong defeated Ricochet and Dunne and attacked them along with O'Reilly after the match. However, the War Raiders came to the ring, chasing the Undisputed Era away.[20] On the October 10 episode of NXT, Ricochet defeated Cole and Dunne in a triple threat match to retain the North American Championship.[21] On the October 17 episode of NXT, O'Reilly and Strong retained the NXT Tag Team Championship against the War Raiders by disqualification after Fish returned from injury and attacked Hanson and Rowe.[22] On the October 31 episode of NXT, Cole and Fish were scheduled to face the War Raiders. However, Hanson and Rowe attacked the Undisputed Era during a backstage promo. The brawl ended up in the ring, where the Undisputed Era got the upper-hand. Ricochet and Dunne entered on the War Raiders' behalf as the brawl progressed to even the odds. While the groups were fighting, general manager William Regal announced that the Undisputed Era would face the team of the War Raiders, Ricochet and Dunne in a WarGames match at NXT TakeOver: WarGames.[23] At the event, the Undisputed Era were defeated after both Ricochet and Dunne pinned Cole.[24] At NXT TakeOver: Phoenix, the Undisputed Era lost the NXT Tag Team Championships to The War Raiders.
Domination of NXT (2019–2021)
All four members competed at NXT TakeOver: XXV. Strong lost to Matt Riddle in the opening match.[25] Fish and O'Reilly were unsuccessful in a four-way ladder match for the vacant NXT Tag Team Championship.[26] In the event's main event, Cole defeated Johnny Gargano to win the NXT Championship.[27] The win made Cole the second Triple Crown winner in NXT history (behind Gargano). On the August 15 tapings of NXT, O'Reilly and Fish defeated Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) for the NXT Tag Team Championships, making O'Reilly the first wrestler to become a three-time NXT Tag Team Champion.[28] On September 18, 2019, during the debut episode of NXT on the USA Network, Roderick Strong defeated Velveteen Dream for the NXT North American Championship, marking Strong's first singles title in WWE, and making the Undisputed Era the first group to hold all male championships on the NXT brand; the WWE Cruiserweight Championship became the NXT Cruiserweight Championship on October 9, therefore elevating the number of male NXT titles to four.
In the build-up for the NXT and
At NXT TakeOver: Portland, Cole successfully retained his title against Tommaso Ciampa after receiving assistance from the rest of the Undisputed Era and Johnny Gargano, who attacked Ciampa with the belt, turning heel in the process.[34] However, Fish and O'Reilly lost the tag team titles to Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic winners The BroserWeights (Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne), leaving the Undisputed Era with only one title for the first time since August 2019.[35] On the April 22 episode of NXT, Velveteen Dream and Dexter Lumis (replacing Keith Lee, who was attacked by Damian Priest before the match) defeated Cole and Strong in a tag team match, where Dream pinned Cole. This led to an NXT Championship match on the May 6 episode of NXT where Cole successfully retained his title against Dream and again at TakeOver: In Your House on June 7 in a last chance Backlot Brawl match, due to the stipulation at the event where if Dream lost he can no longer challenge for the NXT Championship again while Cole was still champion. Roderick Strong then entered a feud with Dexter Lumis. On the June 17 episode of NXT, Roderick Strong underwent therapy to get over his fear of Lumis. On the June 24 episode of NXT, Strong and Lumis faced each other but Lumis won via countout after Strong refused to fight Lumis.
On the July 1 episode of
On October 21, Fish and Strong were mysteriously attacked before their tag team title match against Breezango and were replaced by Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch. It was revealed that
On the November 18 episode of NXT, the Undisputed Era made their return and brawled with Pat McAfee, Pete Dunne and The NXT Tag Team Champions, Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch. William Regal then announced that the two teams would face each other at NXT Takeover: WarGames. At NXT Takeover: WarGames, Undisputed Era defeated Team McAfee.[39]
Kyle O' Reilly faced Pete Dunne on the December 16th episode of NXT where the winner would face Finn Bálor at NXT: New Year's Evil for the NXT Title. O' Reilly defeated Dunne and earned himself another opportunity at the NXT Title, in which he was unsuccessful. It was announced in late December 2020 that Adam Cole and Roderick Strong would be teaming up to represent the Undisputed Era in the 2021 annual Dusty Rhodes Tag Team classic. They defeated Breezango in the first round, but lost against the team of Ciampa and Timothy Thatcher in the quarter-finals.
Cole's betrayal and split (2021)
At
Members
Timeline
Championships and accomplishments
- CBS Sports
- Feud of the Year (2019) – Cole vs. Johnny Gargano[47]
- Match of the Year (2019) – Cole vs. Johnny Gargano at NXT TakeOver: New York[47]
- Wrestler of the Year (2019) – Cole
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Feud of the Year (2019) – Cole vs. Johnny Gargano[48]
- Tag Team of the Year (2019) – Fish and O'Reilly[49]
- Wrestler of the Year (2019) – Cole[50]
- Ranked Cole No. 2 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2020[51]
- Ranked Strong No. 29 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2020[51]
- Ranked O'Reilly No. 38 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2017
- Ranked Fish No. 53 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2017
- Ranked No. 13 of the top 50 tag teams in the PWI Tag Team 50 in 2020[52]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Feud of the Year (2019) – Cole vs. Johnny Gargano[53]
- WWE
- NXT Championship (1 time)[54] – Cole
- NXT North American Championship (2 times)[55] – Cole (1), Strong (1)
- NXT Tag Team Championship (3 times)[56] – Fish, O'Reilly, Cole and Strong (1)1, O'Reilly and Strong (1), Fish and O'Reilly (1)
- Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic (2018) – Cole and O'Reilly
- Second NXT Triple Crown Champion – Cole
- NXT Year-End Award (10 times)
- Tag Team of the Year (2018) – O'Reilly and Strong
- Tag Team of the Year (2019) – Fish and O'Reilly
- Tag Team of the Year (2020) – Fish, O'Reilly, Cole and Strong
- Male Competitor of the Year (2019, 2020) – Cole
- Overall Competitor of the Year (2019) – Cole
- Match of the Year (2019) – Cole vs. Johnny Gargano at NXT TakeOver: New York
- Match of the Year (2020) – O'Reilly vs. Finn Bálor at NXT TakeOver: 31
- Rivalry of the Year (2019) – Cole vs. Johnny Gargano
- Rivalry of the Year (2020) – Cole vs. Pat McAfee
1For the Undisputed Era's first reign, Fish and O'Reilly won the title as a duo, with Cole and Strong later being recognized as co-champions under the
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External links
- Adam Cole on WWE.com
- Bobby Fish on WWE.com
- Kyle O'Reilly on WWE.com
- Roderick Strong on WWE.com
- The Undisputed Era's profile at Cagematch.net