After The Gunns retained their AEW Tag Team Championships Sunday night at the Revolution pay-per-view, disappointed fans suddenly became hopeful when FTR's music hit. As Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler stormed to the ring to attack The Gunns and hold up their titles, it looked as if the question about whether FTR was staying in AEW or going back to WWE had been answered. For weeks, FTR has been absent from AEW TV at their own request as they decide what to do next when their contracts expire in April. Though showing up at Revolution made it appear that the duo had chosen AEW, Dax Harwood says no decision has yet been made.
On the FTR with Dax podcast, Harwood has this to say about FTR's status and appearance at Revolution. "Zero has changed. We got a call from Tony, this was maybe five days before the pay-per-view. I don't know, I'm just guessing. He either heard a clip, this was the podcast where the headline was, I said we were ready to comeback, our bodies were healed, we wanted to do right by business because we are contracted. Cash and I aren't trying to hold up anybody. We're not trying to play the game, 'they're offering us this, they're gonna offer us this.' It's not about that. Money is a big factor, but it's about what's going to make us happy. There are a ton of options. Tony Khan is onto something incredible, changing the industry, over the last three or four years, he's done exactly that. Whatever you want to say, he's completely changed our industry."
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Hardwood went on. "For monetary gain, I would never play someone, especially someone as who I'm as close to as I am with Tony, especially someone who I was close to with Hunter [Triple H], who I owe a lot to. I would never play that for monetary gain. Our choice, right now, is strictly on happiness. The pros of staying in AEW is the great schedule where I can come home and be with my family. The pros of WWE is they are the number one money making wrestling company in the world. They can offer us a great deal, but I don't feel we could have the kind of schedule we would like. Another pro for AEW is that, unless Tony changes his mind come April, we would be able to do independent bookings, great relationship with New Japan, doing Comic Cons and meeting our fans. In WWE, they're on a creative high right now and I think they could keep that creative high up. They are the number one wrestling promotion, one of the top entertainment acts in the world, and have a proven track record. Strictly comes down to happiness"
He concluded that, "Nothing has changed and please allow everything to play out and come April, you'll be able to understand what we're doing and where we're going. We have a month and 18 days left to make a decision." (h/t Fightful)
The next month is certain to be an interesting one for FTR as Tony Khan is likely to do all he can, including what looks to be a quick tag team title shot, to keep FTR with AEW. No matter where they end up though, FTR will surely remain one of wrestling's best and most popular tag teams.
