8 Hidden Meanings Behind AEW All Out Attires

8. Wardlow - The Terminator

So this was weird. Sort of awesome, sort of cheesy.

On the Buy In show, we were introduced to a new character via vignette. It was deeply 'AEW undercard' in its confused presentation and divided reception. For the sports-oriented company, this was decidedly sports entertainment.

He goes by the name 'Wardlow', and is a...target of street gangs. In the vignette, he and his partner or date or whatever were harassed in a parking lot. This handsome bastard of a hoss no-sold a punch before throwing one of the assailants several feet across the lot before smashing another with a big boot. A strange wrestling visual in a cinematic context, Wardlow removed his shirt to reveal a prominent scar on his shoulder blade which, alongside his invincibility and mass destruction - and the pounding drums of the soundtrack - very much echoed the original Terminator film. A top shagger and robot (!), wearing a fetching, half-unbuttoned blue shirt, he was essentially presented as the lovechild of a T-800 and Disco Inferno.

It was as weird as that reads.

A relative unknown, Wardlow has mainly worked the less buzz-worthy reaches of the U.S. Indy scene, and is consistent with AEW's mentality to push brand new, emerging talent.