Wardlow Credits Cash Wheeler For Calming Him Before AEW TNT Title Victory

Wardlow collected his first piece of gold on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite when he defeated Scorpio Sky in a street fight to win the AEW TNT Championship. 

Wardlow has been on a meteoric rise during his time in AEW and has been elevated to new heights since he split from MJF at AEW Revolution. 

Speaking on Busted Open Radio, Wardlow described how he was feeling before he went to the ring on Wednesday. 

“Honestly, I’m normally extremely nervous and on edge and focused, just tunnel vision type focus. Before the match, I was actually much more calm than usual. I don’t know why. Cash (Wheeler) gave me a pretty nice pep talk right before. That might have helped calm my nerves. Cash and Dax (Harwood) are always helping me out, those guys are phenomenal. I think Cash got in my head a little and reminded me to breathe and have fun and enjoy the moment and absorb it. ‘Tonight could be one of those nights that you want remember forever so make sure you absorb it so you can remember it.’ I tried to do that and I feel I did do that. Oddly enough, it was the most comfortable I felt in the ring. The only time I felt similar was (against) CM Punk. It was kind of the same experience. That match and this match were the only two times I looked around at the crowd and looked at people and interacted with people and absorbed the moment and had fun in the match, other than getting kicked directly in the balls, other than that, a lot of fun,” he said with a laugh. 

Wardlow said he wished he could have celebrated with the fans for another hour after his title victory. 

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