Backstage news regarding Adam Cole pulling out of his scheduled 2025 AEW All In: Texas PPV match

As seen during the 2025 AEW All In: Texas PPV event, Adam Cole announced that he had to relinquish the TNT title due to a health setback. An emotional Cole stated that he might not be able to wrestle again and thanked the fans for their support.

It was noted by Fightful.com that Cole is dealing with a concussion. While speaking to media after the show, AEW President Tony Khan provided behind-the-scenes details about Cole pulling out of his scheduled match…

“I fully support his decision to take some time. I felt like the right thing to do would be to vacate the championship and give Adam Cole time off, but also give him time to talk to the fans. Last night [Friday], when I was at ROH Supercard of Honor, planning for the pay-per-view, we put everything in place for Adam Cole to defend the championship against Kyle Fletcher. Coming out of Collision, Adam Cole came back, we talked, he was definitely planning to be at the pay-per-view, and even yesterday we had talked.

Somewhere between late last night and early this morning [Saturday], we talked, and he just wasn’t feeling well. That is the unpredictable nature of some of these injuries and it’s really important that Adam Cole takes the time to get right because he’s a great figure in AEW. We talked last night and both of us immediately reached a conclusion that it makes a lot of sense when he was not feeling right to go out for this. He’s one of the greatest pro wrestlers in the world, we both know it’s not good. He doesn’t feel very well if he’s not able to wrestle a championship match on the biggest show that AEW has ever done in North America. Adam Cole is a big part of AEW and hopefully he’ll be here forever. I just don’t know when the next time he’ll be wrestling is. He’s definitely still part of the team and the family.” (quote courtesy of Fightful.com)