Adam Cole made his AEW debut at AEW All Out, realigning himself with Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks, and The Elite.
Cole had just finished up his run with NXT where he was a former NXT Champion and one of the most decorated NXT superstars in history.
Cole returned to Twitch on Tuesday afternoon to first apologize for his absence and then express his gratitude to the community.
"I'm very sorry," he began. "I know I've been gone and MIA for a couple of days. I'm usually more active on Discord and here and on the Chugs Twitter. I had to be incognito and hidden for a couple of days."
Cole, who usually streams four or five times a week, didn't stream for five days prior to his AEW debut.
Speaking on his debut, Cole said, "I'm so excited for the future. Sunday was one of the greatest nights of my life. It was my favorite night of my career. It's such an exciting time. I knew last minute, Britt (Baker) knew last minute, and Britt made sure she got Momma Chugs and B-Fresh [Adam Cole's brother] there. It made it even cooler. Britt deserves a ton of credit for that. She surprised me, she didn't even tell me she was going to do that."
Throughout the stream, which was the most active stream Cole had ever seen, he discussed the importance of the Twitch community and how it helped him through the pandemic.
He ended the stream by saying, "Making sure that I could keep this channel and this community was so important to me. I'm going to be streaming for a really really really long time. This stream is going nowhere."
Fightful Select reported on September 3 that Cole made it clear he would not give up his Twitch stream with a WWE source saying it was "non-negotiable" for him.
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