Subhojeet Mukherjee on March 27, 2023
Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler have earned a reputation as one of the most accomplished tag teams of the past decade in professional wrestling. Their current status in AEW remains a big topic of discussion and it led to a lot of reports about them. That being said, it seems Harwood decided to come after journalists who reported that he complains backstage in AEW.
During a recent episode of his podcast, Dax Harwood took the opportunity to address some reports that had been circulating about him “complaining” in the locker room.
Dax Harwood directed his frustrations on the journalists who had been reporting on his alleged behavior, namely Dave Meltzer, Bryan Alvarez, and Sean Sapp. Harwood stated that these journalists were simply telling a story that they had been told by others, and that they weren’t actually present in the locker room to witness the events themselves.
Dax Harwood went on to explain that these journalists were often being fed information by people with their own agendas, and that the stories they told were often colored by those biases.
The FTR member pointed to an instance where he was said to be causing trouble in the locker room, and Dax says he knows for a fact who had given that information to the journalists. He stated that the person in question had their own motivations for spreading that narrative, and that it wasn’t necessarily an accurate reflection of what was really going on.
Dax Harwood emphasized that fans should make their own assumptions about what was happening in the wrestling world, rather than relying on second-hand reports from journalists.
Harwood encouraged fans to attend conventions and other events where they could meet the wrestlers and see for themselves what was really going on. He also emphasized that his own “complaining” was simply a reflection of his passion for the sport of professional wrestling, and his desire to see FTR be the best that they could be.
“I want the fans to understand this. These journalists, Dave Meltzer, Bryan Alvarez, even guys like Sean Sapp, who I do have a little bit of respect for, right? All these journalists who are telling you a story, right? They’re telling you a story from their living room, or from their studio. Or wherever it is that they record their f***** gimmicks. They’re not in the locker room. The people that are telling them, they’re the ones who are spinning the story. These people don’t see it first-hand. They don’t know if I’ve complained. They don’t know what happened with CM Punk and The Elite. They don’t really know. They know what they’ve been told. I’m not just saying those two instances, I’m saying for everything. They only know what they’ve been told, and the people that tell them are the exact same people that tell them everything all the time. And they tell them that with their own agenda in mind, right?”
“Whenever we started the podcast, right, and Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez were saying ‘oh, everybody is pissed off at Dax, oh, everybody is so mad at Dax.’ Do you know why they said that? Because I know for 100% fact who told them. And I know why they said that. Because one individual — and I’m sure there were people upset, I’m not saying that — and I know this because the locker room told me, one individual went into the locker room and openly said ‘I can’t believe he’s talking about that, I can’t believe he’s saying that, I can’t believe he’s doing that.’ That same individual went to the dirtsheets, and I know it for a fact, and said ‘I can’t believe he’s saying that, everybody is upset with him’ because they want that narrative out there. I guarantee you that the person that I’m talking about is the person or people you guys think that I’m talking about.”
What I’m saying is, make your own assumption. Come meet us at a convention or whatever, and make your own assumption. Don’t do it through a dirt sheet or whatever perception you want to get from a journalist. Because I’m telling you right now, my quote-unquote ‘complaining’ is coming from a place of passion, because I want FTR to be the best they possibly can be, but above FTR, I want professional wrestling to be the best it possibly can be. And now I’ll get off my soap box from that (laughs). I hope the fans either listen to it and appreciate what I said, or just f***** fast-forward through this
The exciting news of a career vs title match between the newly returned FTR and The Gunns have definitely piqued the interest of many. Now, many fans are wondering where FTR’s next steps will take them. Regardless, we’ll likely have a banger of a match when it is all said and done.
What’s your take on Dax Harwood? Do you agree with him? Sound off in the comments!
March 27, 2023 2:40 pm
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