Over the past several weeks, it has been heavily rumored that former NXT Champion Adam Cole could be finishing up with WWE after tonight's NXT TakeOver 36 pay-per-view event. After Cole's loss to Kyle O'Reilly in the Two-out-of-Three Falls Match at tonight's show, PWInsider.com posted the following very brief statement about Cole's status:

PWInsider.com has confirmed that tonight was indeed Adam Cole's final appearance in WWE NXT.