VIDEO: Pat McAfee Punted Adam Cole in NXT

When Adam Cole got in Pat McAfee’s face during an interview spot a couple weeks ago, we assumed it was buildup for an angle. We assumed correctly. Tonight on NXT, McAfee wound up and punted Cole:

Pat mcaffee just became the biggest heel in wrestling and he’s not even a wrestler, payback is gonna bite him on the ass #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/lhp7B08ONq

— 👑Adam Goldberg👑🔥 (@adamgoldberg28) August 6, 2020

Here was the lead-up to said punting:

The issue between @AdamColePro and @PatMcAfeeShow is 𝙁𝘼𝙍 from over. #WWENXT pic.twitter.com/lqpSBdzBaK

— WWE (@WWE) August 6, 2020

Before tonight’s show, McAfee had tweeted that he and Cole had a productive personal reconciliation. Clearly, this was intended to swerve the audience (and, in storyline, Cole) into a false sense of security:

Hey @AdamColePro.. I’m thankful for the opp to chat.

I feel like the convo was something that doesn’t happen often anymore..2 people have a miscommunication, they talk about, can agree to disagree about some things & they move forward.

How you doin?

Keep it movin.#WWENXT pic.twitter.com/sOW8EX2Rv5

— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) August 5, 2020

It’s presumable (though not yet booked) that these two gentlemen will wrestle at NXT Takeover on August 22nd.