Top AEW Star Dax Harwood took to an episode of his "FTR" podcast and talked about a variety of topics such as how he and Cash Wheeler were never Triple H's guys, but he does believe that they were one of Triple H's favorites and the WWE Head of Creative was a fan of their in-ring work.
Dax Harwood said:
“He's someone who changed the trajectory of my career, Cash's career, and he did it by being a boss first, being a mentor second, and I learned, you know, I've said it before, we were never Hunter guys and'll hold to that until the day we retire.”
“I do believe that we were one of his favorites, skill wise, talent wise, I think we were, but we weren't one of the guys I think he wanted to build the company around or the brand around. I think he understood what we offered. I think he understood how, this is egotistical, but how good we were in the ring, the stories we get to tell, and I think he knew that we could be a piece to the puzzle, but I don't think he wanted us to be the whole puzzle.”
“He loved Gargano and he loved Ciampa. He loves those guys. He loved Fergal and those were his guys. So when I say we weren't his guys, it's not that he wasn't a fan of ours, or we weren't any of his favorite in-ring guys, it's just we weren't the guys that I think he wanted to build the company around. Like I said, we were out for a couple of weeks. Both of us got injured. I had surgery and Ciampa was just a little banged up. Hunter would call or text him and ask, ‘How are things going?’ I had surgery and I'm sitting at home and I'm trying to rush back because we got to come back to drop the belts to Gargano and Ciampa, and I heard nothing.”
“We weren't Hunter guys. I don't hold any ill feelings towards him because of that. We just weren't. But I do think that he was a fan of our work. I know he was. He told us. I think that he was a fan of us as talents. It's just not who he necessarily wanted to build the company around.”
You can check out Dax Harwood's comments in the video below. H/T to WrestlingNews.co for transcribing the above quotes.
