Dax Harwood Looks Back At AEW Full Gear 2020 Match Against The Young Bucks
Dax Harwood remembered the AEW Full Gear 2020 match versus the Young Bucks, and why the dream match occurred so early in FTR’s run with All Elite Wrestling.
Speaking on a current episode of his FTR podcast, Harwood exposed that he and Cash Wheeler understood what they desired the ending of the match to be years prior. They likewise wished to wait up until fans were enabled back, however Tony Khan wound up shooting on the dream match rather.
You can take a look at some highlights from the podcast listed below:
On wishing to wait till fans returned: “None of the 4 wished to do it today. Tony stated he truly required it for the pay-per-view, for a selling point. We had actually pled and asked, please, let’s simply attempt to wait it out and see when we get fans back in, due to the fact that we felt that we owed it to the fans to provide this match live. I comprehend Tony’s point, he desired his seasonal babyface tag group to have the belts. I’m not 100% sure that Tony was offered on us yet, y’ understand? I might be incorrect.
“I believe that him likewise stating that he required it for the PPV as a selling point, I do not believe that is simply lip service. I truly believe that he believed that. And I can see that. The centerpiece of that program was Moxley and Eddie Kingston. Eddie had * simply * been presented to the business. He ‘d simply been presented to nationwide tv. He had actually been this indie standout permanently. I was a big fan of his. I would text him prior to he even pertained to AEW and inform him just how much I enjoyed his work, and his discounts, and his validity. I stated man, I actually believe I’m gon na see you here quickly.”
How the card had some unheralded entertainers and required a little ‘‘ star power’: “Anyway, in stating that, Eddie was still brand name brand-new to a nationwide tv audience. And he remained in the centerpiece with Jon Moxley, who’s clearly a substantial super star. And after that we had Jericho also, dealing with MJF. Jericho, future Hall-of-Famer, very first tally hall of famer. Max? Somebody who is still brand name brand-new to a nationwide audience. I can see why [ Tony] felt that he required FTR versus Young Bucks because position. It’s his business when he stated he required it. Clearly, I’m going to do whatever in charge states.”
The Bucks turning heel in the develop to the match: “I do not understand if it was required, per se. In their viewpoint, it was required. I can sort of comprehend where they were originating from. They felt that the Young Bucks required that edge from 2016. Since that’s where the story began with the Revival and the Young Bucks. In 2016, they were taken a look at as the anti-authority. I believe that they were attempting to recreate that with us, to simply reveal they had an edge to them. Due to the fact that so far in AEW, they had been white-meat babyfaces? And now they’re having their potentially last chance at the AEW world tag group champion with their most significant competitors that they’ve never ever touched prior to. And they felt that they required that edge to accompany it, so that’s where all the fines and superkicks and things began.”
The preparation and story of the match: “The preparation was most likely not as structured as they would have liked, and most likely more structured than I would have liked, however that’s being an expert and conference in the middle. I saw the match back today, for the very first time in years, and I was blown away by just how much I liked it. I liked the match. It was 2 various designs. I like the truth that we started the match sluggish. Since individuals and Young Bucks fans, and AEW fans, were most likely utilized to their matches which are a little bit more hectic. I felt this was the chance to reveal the individuals they might be gritty, might outwrestle us or keep us with wrestling. Everybody understood they could outquick us, however could they outwrestle us? I liked the truth that we utilized holds, and we put the high areas in the ideal chance, however when we get to the crescendo of the high area, we brought it right back down and held it in a hold and slowed it right down.”
The match’s surface: “”I ‘d considered this surface considering that 2016. I understood come 2018, we weren’t going to stick with WWE after our agreements were over. I ‘d been thinking about the match. In my mind, it was simply … we were going to lose. We were the heels, and we were going to lose, and my concept was we were going to strike them with a few of our signature things. It wasn’t gon na work. And after that it resembled, fuck it. We’ve attempted whatever, and they’re still beating us to the punch. We’ve got ta get on their level which’s how we’re gon na beat them. Money attempts this lovely 450, which I’ve seen him strike in the past on the indies; missed it, boom, right into simply one single superkick. Bam. Cover, one, 2, 3.”
The absence of a follow-up to the match: “In my mind, all we needed to do was come out the next week on television and state ‘we had a lapse in judgment. That was our fault. We attempted to play their video game and we lost. That’ll never ever take place once again. It’s our video game when we come back. And we’re going to play by our guidelines.’ That was my thinking going forward; simply never ever emerged that method. We didn’t have a rematch for what, a half and another year? That’s where I believed it was going, however things simply didn’t exercise that method.”
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