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Imperium
Stable
MembersWalter
Marcel Barthel
Fabian Aichner
Alexander Wolfe
Name(s)Imperium
Ringkampf
Billed heightsWalter: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Barthel: 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Aichner: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Wolfe: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Combined
billed weight		982 lb (445 kg)
Walter: 297 lb (135 kg)
Barthel: 220 lb (100 kg)
Aichner: 220 lb (100 kg)
Wolfe: 245 lb (111 kg)
DebutApril 20, 2019
Years active2019–present

The Undisputed Era (stylized as The Undisputed ERA) is a villainous professional wrestling stable performing in WWE's NXT brand, consisting of Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly, and Roderick Strong. Cole, Fish and O'Reilly debuted the stable on August 19, 2017 at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III shortly after signing with WWE, although Fish and O'Reilly had already been a tag team since 2012 under the name reDRagon.

Fish and O'Reilly won the NXT Tag Team Championship in November 2017; after Fish suffered an injury in March 2018, April 7 at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans marked a turning point for The Undisputed Era: during the event, Cole became the inaugural NXT North American Champion, he and O'Reilly won the 2018 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic, and Strong joined the stable at the end of a lengthy feud; both Cole and Strong were subsequently recognized as co-Tag Team Champions under the Freebird Rule, with O'Reilly and Strong effectively acting as the duo holding and defending the titles; the two lost the Tag Team titles to Moustache Mountain at the United Kingdom Championship Tournament event on June 19, but regained thm two days later; this time, only O'Reilly and Strong were champions. At NXT TakeOver: XXV, Cole defeated Johnny Gargano to win the NXT Championship, becoming NXT's second Triple Crown winner and making The Undisputed Era the first stable in NXT history to have won all male championships on the brand.

History

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Background and formation

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In 2010, Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly debuted in the Ring of Honor promotion as a tag team that would later be named Future Shock, but the two split up in 2012 and began a longstanding rivalry against each other. In December 2012, O'Reilly formed a new tag team with Bobby Fish known as reDRagon, with the two winning the ROH World Tag Team Championship on three occasions, while Cole would form his own stable in 2014 known as The Kingdom. In the summer of 2015, reDRagon entered into a feud with The Kingdom, and began teaming with Cole after he seemingly had a falling out with his teammates and left the group. However, Cole's exit from The Kingdom was revealed to be a hoax when he attacked O'Reilly during his match for the ROH World Championship at All Star Extravaganza VII on September 18. Their reignited rivalry continued until January 2017, when O'Reilly left Ring of Honor in hopes of signing with WWE. Cole and Fish would follow suit, with Cole leaving in May and Fish in June.[1][2] During their years in Ring of Honor, Cole, O'Reilly and Fish each had several matches against, and occasionally teaming with, fellow ROH wrestler Roderick Strong.

On the July 12, 2017, episode of NXT, Fish made his NXT debut, losing to Aleister Black. On the August 2 NXT, O'Reilly made his NXT debut, also losing to Black. At NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III on August 19, Fish and O'Reilly debuted as a team, attacking the newly crowned NXT Tag Team Champions, SAnitY (Alexander Wolfe and Eric Young), as well as their opponents for the night, The Authors of Pain. Later that night, the two aligned themselves with Adam Cole and attacked newly crowned NXT Champion Drew McIntyre.[3] The following month, the trio of Cole, Fish and O'Reilly was officially dubbed "The Undisputed Era".[4]

Championship success (2017–present)

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On the October 11 episode of NXT, Taynara Conti interfered in a triple threat match between Nikki Cross, Peyton Royce and Liv Morgan on behalf of The Undisputed Era, preventing Cross of SAnitY from winning.[5] At NXT TakeOver: WarGames, The Undisputed Era defeated SAnitY and The Authors of Pain and Roderick Strong in a WarGames match, the first of its kind in 20 years.[6] On the December 20 episode of NXT, (taped on November 29), Fish and O'Reilly defeated SAnitY (Eric Young and Killian Dain) to capture the NXT Tag Team Championship, marking their first title win in WWE.[7] On the January 10, 2018 episode of NXT, Fish and O'Reilly were scheduled to defend their titles against SAnitY in a rematch, but assaulted them backstage, rendering them unable to compete. Later that night, they were forced to defend their championships against Black and Strong by NXT general manager William Regal, and successfully retained their titles after Cole interfered and distracted Black.[8] At NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia, The Undisputed Era defeated The Authors of Pain to retain the titles. On March 4, Fish suffered a torn ACL and MCL in his left knee at an NXT live event.[9]

On April 7 at NXT TakeOver: New Orleans, Cole became the inaugural NXT North American Champion in a ladder match also involving EC3, Killian Dain, Lars Sullivan, Ricochet and Velveteen Dream.[10] Later in the night, O'Reilly and Cole (in place of the injured Fish) successfully defended the NXT Tag Team Championships against The Authors of Pain and Strong and Pete Dunne after Strong turned on Dunne to allow O'Reilly to pin him, joining the stable and turning heel in the process.[11] With Strong joining the group, he was also recognized as part of the NXT Tag Team Champions.[12]

After developing a rivalry with British Strong Style (Dunne, Trent Seven and Tyler Bate), the two factions faced off on the first day of the WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament event, where The Undisputed Era lost.[13] On the second day of the event, O'Reilly and Strong lost the NXT Tag Team Championship to Seven and Bate.[14] However, O'Reilly and Strong regained the titles just two days later (aired on tape delay on July 11).[15] With the win, O'Reilly and Strong became just the second team in NXT history to win the titles more than once (the other being The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson). At NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn 4, O'Reilly and Strong retained their titles against Bate and Seven. After the match, O'Reilly and Strong were attacked by the debuting War Raiders (Hanson and Rowe).[16] On the same night, Cole lost the North American Championship to Ricochet.[17]

On the August 29 episode of NXT, Cole and Strong defeated Ricochet and Dunne and attacked them along with O'Reilly after the match. However, the War Raiders came to the ring, chasing The Undisputed Era away.[18] On the October 10 episode of NXT, Ricochet defeated Cole and Dunne in a triple threat match to retain the North American Championship.[19] On the October 17 episode of NXT, O'Reilly and Strong retained the NXT Tag Team Championship against the War Raiders by disqualification after Fish returned from injury and attacked Hanson and Rowe.[20] On the October 31 episode of NXT, Cole and Fish were scheduled to face the War Raiders. However, Hanson and Rowe attacked The Undisputed Era during a backstage promo. The brawl ended up in the ring, where The Undisputed Era got the upper-hand. Ricochet and Dunne entered on the War Raiders' behalf as the brawl progressed to even the odds. While the groups were fighting, general manager William Regal announced that The Undisputed Era would face the team of the War Raiders, Ricochet and Dunne in a WarGames match at NXT TakeOver: WarGames.[21] At the event, The Undisputed Era were defeated after both Ricochet and Dunne pinned Cole.[22] At NXT TakeOver: Phoenix, The Undisputed Era lost the NXT Tag Team Championships to The War Raiders.

All four members competed at NXT TakeOver: XXV. Strong lost to Matt Riddle in the opening match.[23] Fish and O'Reilly were unsuccessful in a four-way ladder match for the vacant NXT Tag Team Championship.[24] In the event's main event, Cole defeated Johnny Gargano to win the NXT Championship.[25] The win made Cole the second Triple Crown winner in NXT history (behind Gargano).

Championships and accomplishments

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1For The Undisputed Era's first reign, Fish and O'Reilly won the title as a duo, with Cole and Strong later being recognized as co-champions under the Freebird Rule.

References

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  1. ^ Johnson, Mike (August 14, 2017). "Exclusive: former ROH Champion signs with WWE". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  2. ^ Meltzer, Dave (August 14, 2017). "Adam Cole officially signs with WWE". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  3. ^ Zimmerman, Zack. "8/19 Zim's NXT Takeover: Brooklyn III live review – Bobby Roode vs. Drew McIntyre for the NXT Title, Asuka vs. Ember Moon for the NXT Women's Title, Authors of Pain vs. Sanity for the NXT Tag Titles, homecoming". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved August 19, 2017.
  4. ^ Johnson, Mike (September 13, 2017). "WWE NXT trio gets stable name". Pro Wrestling Insider. Retrieved September 13, 2017.
  5. ^ "WWE NXT: Oct. 11, 2017". WWE. October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  6. ^ "NXT TakeOver: WarGames results". WWE. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  7. ^ "WWE NXT Results – 12/20/17 (Pete Dunne-Tyler Bate WWE UK Title, SAnitY-Undisputed)". WrestleView. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  8. ^ "WWE NXT Results – 1/10/18 (The Undisputed Era vs. Strong and Black for NXT Tag Titles)". WrestleView. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  9. ^ "Bobby Fish suffers knee injury at NXT Live Event". WWE. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
  10. ^ Benigno, Anthony. "Adam Cole def. EC3, The Velveteen Dream, Lars Sullivan, Killian Dain and Ricochet to become the first-ever NXT North American Champion". WWE.com. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
  11. ^ "NXT TakeOver New Orleans results, recap, grades: Three new champions in best show yet". CBSSports.com. Retrieved April 10, 2018.
  12. ^ "Official NXT Tag Team Championship Title History". WWE. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  13. ^ "British Strong Style def. Undisputed ERA in a Six-Man Tag Team Match". WWE.com. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
  14. ^ "Moustache Mountain win NXT Tag Team Titles from Undisputed ERA in London". WWE.com. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
  15. ^ Clapp, John. "Undisputed ERA def. Moustache Mountain to win the NXT Tag Team Championship". WWE.com. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  16. ^ "NXT Tag Team Champions The Undisputed ERA def. Moustache Mountain". WWE.com. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  17. ^ "Ricochet def. Adam Cole to become the new NXT North American Champion". WWE.com. Retrieved August 18, 2018.
  18. ^ Clapp, John. "Adam Cole & Roderick Strong def. Ricochet & Pete Dunne". WWE.com. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  19. ^ Clapp, John. "Ricochet def. Pete Dunne and Adam Cole in an NXT North American Title Triple Threat match". WWE.com. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
  20. ^ Bristout, Ralph. "War Raiders def. NXT Tag Team Champions Undisputed ERA by disqualification when the returning Bobby Fish interfered". WWE.com. Retrieved October 17, 2018.
  21. ^ "A brawl erupted between Ricochet, Pete Dunne & The War Raiders and The Undisputed ERA, culminating in an epic WarGames announcement". WWE.com. Retrieved October 31, 2018.
  22. ^ Bristout, Ralph. "Ricochet, Pete Dunne & War Raiders def. The Undisputed ERA (WarGames Match)". WWE.com. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  23. ^ Bristout, Ralph. "Matt Riddle def. Roderick Strong". WWE.com. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  24. ^ Bristout, Ralph. "Street Profits won a Fatal 4-Way Ladder Match to capture the vacant NXT Tag Team Championship". WWE.com. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
  25. ^ Bristout, Ralph. "Adam Cole def. Johnny Gargano to win the NXT Championship". WWE.com. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
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