Dax Harwood Says They Talked To Cody Rhodes About Forming A Group In AEW, Cody Didn’t Want To Be A Heel

Dax Harwood discusses plans that didn’t come to fruition with Cody Rhodes. 

Harwood has made no secret of his love for Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson and tag team wrestling in general throughout his career. Blanchard managed FTR (Harwood & Cash Wheeler) during their AEW career while Anderson was aligned with Cody Rhodes. 

Speaking on his FTR podcast with Matt Koon, Dax was asked if there were any plans to use the Four Horseman, a trademark in which Anderson has the rights to, name in AEW. 

Dax said he wouldn’t want to use the Four Horseman name because it is a legendary moniker to live up to, but did talk about potentially aligning with Cody. 

“We did talk to Cody a lot about forming a group with him. This was before Max [MJF] came along. We talked to Cody a lot about it. He had Arn, we had Tully, we wanted to create a super group with Cody, us two [FTR], and we had some ideas of who could be the other members. Around that time, Brock (Anderson) was starting to come up, and we felt that if Brock were with us, he could stand outside of the ring and watch us, and if we had eight-man tags, he would be able to learn by standing on the apron, getting in for a few minutes and tagging out, and we could talk to him after and tell him why certain things happened. I think Cody really wanted to as well, but I think he was vehemently against being a heel, at least at that time,” said Dax.

Instead of aligning with Cody, FTR would join The Pinnacle alongside MJF, Wardlow, and Shawn Spears. 

Elsewhere during the podcast, Dax explained why The Pinnacle was DOA. You can find his full comments by clicking here. 

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