Wardlow may be a homegrown AEW star, but he has no problem with outside help.
Wardlow’s rise to the top of AEW has been an incredible sight as fans. Defeating MJF at Double Or Nothing last month, he has now moved onto Scorpio Sky and the TNT tile, opting to wait for CM Punk to return to AEW rather than competing for the interim championship. The two have met before during Punk’s feud with MJF.
Wardlow told Blake Oestriecher of Forbes that despite his status as a homegrown AEW talent, he has no qualms with CM Punk joining the company.
“I’m very proud to say that I’m really an AEW original and an AEW homegrown [star]. I mean, nobody knew of me outside of the Pittsburgh/Ohio area, Maybe a handful of people in Chicago where I worked, but other than that, nobody knew me. I think it was beneficial for me to build myself from the ground up in AEW. I know with CM Punk coming to our company, that’s just a million more eyes on me also and on our company and on our product, and it’s only going to help us to grow. And in the end, once we grow, the guys that are taking the backseat are going to start getting more opportunities. It takes some patience, but it’s also for the betterment of the company.”
Wardlow to Forbes
Time will tell how Wardlow will continue to grow as an AEW original but for now, he will have to wait for a showdown with the current AEW World Champion. Punk is currently at home rehabbing following surgery on his foot with no return date as of this writing.
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