Wardlow Wants To Be An AEW Lifer

In an impeccably timed interview published just 14 minutes after WrestleVotes reported that WWE were interested in signing Wardlow, the Pinnacle member has told PWInsider he wants to go down as an AEW lifer.

Wardlow told the outlet that decades from now, he knows he'll feel excited and proud to be an AEW original, adding that he wants to finish and end his mainstream wrestling career with the Tony Khan-helmed group:-

"Yeah, I talked about this last night, actually. In 10 or 20 years, I am going to be so excited and proud to look back and say that I was one of the AEW originals and that means so much to me because my career started, obviously I did some indies, but the world didn't know me. As far as the world knows my career started with AEW and it's going to end with AEW, and I look forward to accomplishing and growing as much as humanly possible and reach the stars throughout the next 10 years."

He continued, praising AEW for helping him fulfil his childhood dreams, adding that he is happy with the promotion - and doesn't believe the grass is greener on the other side:-

"AEW made my lifelong wildest dreams come true. Tony Khan gave me that, Cody Rhodes, The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, they gave me that. The way people are treated there, the schedule, I am so beyond blessed and I don't think there's any convincing me that the grass is greener on any other side. Very, very happy with AEW and the way I'm treated and just how the whole company is ran head to toe."

Wardlow wrestles the biggest match of his career tonight, facing CM Punk on AEW Dynamite. As linked above, WWE is interested in attempting to pry the 33-year-old away from Khan's promotion when his contract is up. There is currently no word on when that might be.