On the debut episode of his ‘FTR With Dax Harwood‘ podcast, former AEW World Tag Team Champion Dax Harwood spoke on various topics touching on his time in both WWE and AEW.
You can check out some highlights from Harwood’s debut episode below:
On the difference in communication between AEW and WWE: “I don’t think there’s less communication [in AEW] than with WWE. I think there have been times when some of the wrestlers have leaked that to the dirt sheets for whatever reason, but they’ve never experienced wrestling outside of independents. I have. In WWE, at the time when I was there, [and it] could have changed now, there was no communication. At all. Even up until the start time of the show, communication was very hit or miss.
On if wrestlers try to use politics in either AEW or WWE: “As far as politics go… The political game in WWE was not bad at all. The boys got along great. I think the girls got along great, as well. There was no real political manoeuvring in WWE. The problems were between the office and the boys. At AEW, I don’t think there’s a lot of politics either, to be honest.”
On maintaining the camaraderie in the men’s locker room at AEW: “The boys have a male locker room, and the people who share that male locker room share a bond and kinship. Every single Wednesday, I think you could ask anybody, every single Wednesday, myself or Cash [Wheeler], we bring a bottle of tequila and we have drinks with the guys just to make that camaraderie even stronger. I don’t think there’s any political games as far as that goes.”
On people looking out for their best interests: “When you’re in a position of power; even when you’re not in a position of power, you’re going to look out for your best interests. No one else is going to look for your interests the way you are. But when you’re in a position of power, you’re allowed to look out for your best interests, and more often than not, you’re allowed to get it. Again, playing politics… I don’t know if that’s what you call it. There’s going to be competition.”
On the ‘healthy’ competition that FTR and the Young Bucks have: “I’ll just say it. There’s going to be that competition between us and the Young Bucks. I think it’s a healthy thing. That’s why our 2022 was so great. We didn’t know what opportunities were going to come our way, but we had made a promise at the end of 2021 that whatever we got, we were gonna kill it, and we were gonna have fun doing it. Whenever you have competition, I guess some things could be misconstrued as political agendas. More often than not, you’re just trying to compete and be better than someone else.”
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(h/t 411 Mania)
