When it comes to factions in WWE, Undisputed Era is one that will stick around in the minds of fans for years to come. Rarely has a group truly dominated a brand like the Undisputed Era was able to do with NXT, at one point holding every single viable championship on the brand. Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong ran the brand for years, but Cole has now revealed that there was talks about adding more members.
The Undisputed Era Was A Faction WWE Wanted To Grow Over Time
During his recent interview with Kurt Angle on The Kurt Angle Show, Adam Cole would explain how Undisputed Era would almost grow beyond four members.
“So originally, The Undisputed Era was just supposed to be me, Bobby, and Kyle O’Reilly, that was it, supposed to be the three of us. They were like, nope, it’s not going to be like a group that expands and we add more and more and more. And I remember, they came to us with the idea of adding Roderick Strong.
And the three of us were kind off to ourselves, and we were sitting there and we’re like I know we said we don’t want anyone else in the group, but Roderick Strong would be perfect because we’re all buddies with him. It really felt like that’s when the group truly started with the four of us but going off of like different ideas that ended up not happening. I know it was discussed at one point that I can’t even specifically think of the name, but adding one or two more people to the group at one point, that was discussed.
I know that the four of us were kind of like, eh, we felt like Roderick was like the exception to the rule. And of course, all four of us are good in the sense of if they were like, no, we really want to do this, we’re gonna go okay. Yes, sir. Yeah, whatever you want. But when they were asking us our opinion, it was no, I feel like just this, this four-man group is the way to go. So yeah, there was discussions about maybe adding different members to The Undisputed ERA at one point that all of us weren’t crazy about, and it ended up not happening.”
All But Strong Have Left WWE
Right now, the legacy of The Undisputed Era lives on with the Undisputed Elite in AEW. Cole, Fish & O’Reilly have all left WWE to join the roster of AEW – and Roderick Strong also requested his release from WWE, but was denied. Strong will be in action this week on NXT 2.0, where he teams with Damon Kemp to battle for the NXT Tag Team Championships.
It’s expected that Strong will find his way to AEW once his current WWE contract is finished, or if he’s part of future releases from the company. Which names would you have added to The Undisputed Era during their prime in WWE? Let us know what you think in the comment section down below.
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