Wardlow Says He Wants To Bring Back The TNT Championship Open Challenge

Wardlow wants anybody and everybody to step up to the plate.

At AEW Revolution, Wardlow was able to defeat Samoa Joe and become the new TNT Champion. This is ‘Mr. Mayhem”s second time holding the title that he originally won back in July 2022. Throughout Wardlow’s first reign with the title, which lasted 136 days, he defended the belt against the likes of Orange Cassidy, Brian Cage, Matt Taven, and Jay Lethal.

Many fans have been critical of the booking of Wardlow in recent months. If you ask Wardlow himself, he believes that he still has a ton of momentum and he’s looking forward to being the best version of himself in the coming weeks and months. 

“Trust me, I’m still very hot.” Wardlow said while appearing on the AEW Revolution post-show media scrum. “It’s gonna start this Wednesday with Hobbs. Tonight, I dethroned the King of Television. I don’t sit here to claim to be any type of a king. I sit here before you, stating I am simply just a man, claiming to be the best. I look very forward to proving to this entire roster that I am. There’s a lot of guys running around this roster running around this roster calling themselves that. With this title reign, my only goal is to prove them wrong, and it starts this Wednesday with Will Hobbs. I will go to extreme measures to ensure that I walk out still the champion, still the best. To further that, it’s a conversation I need to have with [Tony Khan], but I would like to do the TNT Open Challenge. I want them all. I want our whole roster, I want people from other rosters. When I say I’m the best, I mean it, and I’m looking to prove it.”

Wardlow said in a previous interview that he didn’t quite comprehend how popular he was in 2022. Fans can learn more by clicking here.

During his solo session at the Revolution media scrum, Tony Khan said that AEW has the capacity to do more hours of television if they are given the opportunity. To learn more, click here.

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