The Undisputed Era

Undisputed Era
The Undisputed Era in April 2018
Stable
Leader(s)Adam Cole
MembersBobby Fish
Kyle O'Reilly
Roderick Strong
Name(s)The Undisputed Era
Combined
billed weight
597 lb (271 kg)
DebutAugust 19, 2017
DisbandedFebruary 14, 2021
Years active2017–2021

The Undisputed Era was a professional wrestling stable from WWE's NXT brand. It formed on August 19, 2017, at NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn III shortly after Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, and Kyle O'Reilly signed with WWE, although Fish and O'Reilly had already been a tag team since 2012 under the name reDRagon. 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 Roderick Strong joined the stable at the end of a lengthy feud against it; both Cole and Strong were subsequently recognized as co-Tag Team Champions under the Freebird Rule. O'Reilly later had two more additional reigns as NXT Tag Team Champion, one with Strong and one with Fish, while Cole became NXT Champion at NXT TakeOver: XXV, becoming NXT's second Triple Crown winner. On September 18, Strong won the NXT North American Championship, making the Undisputed Era the first stable to simultaneously hold all the male titles on NXT. All four stayed champions until January 22, 2020, when Strong lost his title to Keith Lee. The Undisputed Era are regarded as one of the greatest and most dominant factions in WWE history.[1][2][3][4][5]

The group's tenure in WWE ended after the conclusion and aftermath of NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day in early 2021, after Cole attacked O'Reilly. Fish was released in August 2021, while Cole's contract expired in the same month. O'Reilly's contract would later expire in December and the three would separately join AEW, reuniting upon O'Reilly's debut on December 22, 2021, as a sub-group of The Elite. Strong's contract with WWE ended in March 2023. On April 26, 2023, he also joined AEW, reuniting with Cole.

  1. ^ Fitzpatrick, Peter (November 7, 2022). "WWE: The 10 greatest factions ever". GiveMeSport. The greatest faction in NXT history, and by a distance.
  2. ^ Wilkinson, Matthew (July 31, 2021). "The Undisputed Era Might Actually Be WWE's Best Stable Ever". The Sportster.
  3. ^ Riaz, Adrian (April 15, 2020). "WWE Officially Ranks The 10 Best Factions Of All Time". Sport Bible. No. 9 - Undisputed Era
  4. ^ Haverford, Joey (November 12, 2020). "5 Best & 5 Worst Factions In NXT History". The Sportster. No. 2: Best - Undisputed Era.
  5. ^ Siddid Dey Purkayastha (April 30, 2023). "Top 15 Best Factions in WWE". Firstsportz.com. During their time in NXT, the faction was running the show. Individually all 4 were established stars in the indie. Put together they were well oiled wrestling machine. They elevated the entire NXT roster, anyone involved in a storyline with them were destined to be great.