Wardlow: It’s Time To Get AEW Back To The Day One Vibe

Wardlow is ready to get back to the day one vibe. 

AEW had to make big changes to the product coming out of AEW All Out due to injuries and suspensions to CM Punk, who won AEW World Title at All Out, and Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson), who won the Trios Championships at All Out. Both titles were vacated after All Out and all four men have been off television with no return date set. 

Speaking on Dynamite Download, Wardlow talked about the vibe in AEW and guys needing to step up with four top stars off TV.

“It’s more important now more than ever. It was already necessary for me to turn it up, but where we are in the current state of AEW, it is even that much more important to amp it the fuck up. That’s just what it is. It’s time for everybody to step it up. Everybody that is talking about not having an opportunity, here is your opportunity. Here is everyone’s chance to step it up. It’s time to get back to the day one vibe. When it started, we were a family and we survived COVID like a family. We saw each other more than we saw our families. We’re most definitely getting back, literally just this past week, it really felt like that strong bond again. We’re on the right track now, it’s great,” he said.

On the September 7 episode of AEW Dynamite, Wardlow addressed fans who believe he’s lost momentum and promised it was still Wardlow’s world.

“I didn’t call out the locker room, I called out the business. That wasn’t a promo, it’s very real. It’s more real than anybody can even fathom. The line between who you see on TV and who is in real life can be very blurry at times. It’s very real. I see that stuff and I know things…when you go from literally one of the best feuds in pro wrestling in many many years, anything you do after that is going to be difficult to follow up with. Do I feel like maybe I dropped the ball a bit? Maybe. I feel like I owe it to the fans and I owe it to myself to turn it up and it’s time for me to challenge next level people. What is next for Wardlow? It really comes down to, who is going to step up. I just called everyone out, who is going to step up? Who are the next level guys that are going to step up? The door is wide open,” he said.

Wardlow was not on Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite and doesn’t have a match announced for AEW Dynamite Grand Slam. 

He defeated Tony Nese in short order on the September 7 episode of AEW Dynamite. 

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