“I’m not going to lie,” said Cole. “There have been times where he has said things to me that were inappropriate. I would go back to Gorilla after the show and get in his face and tell him, ‘That was bullshit.’ He respected that I did that.”
“Over the next few years,” Cole continued, “people still didn’t accept me because they looked at me as being a puppet for Vince. And I think some of that probably was true.
“Listen, I’m not a rebel. I’m here to make money and take care of my family and provide myself a good living. And when your boss asks you to do something, you do it.” He added: “I still think, at that time, I was a hell of a good announcer.”