FTR comments on reported WWE interest

[Chris]

Source: f4wonline.com

FTR recently addressed reports that WWE is interested in bringing them back.

Speaking on The Sessions with Renee Paquette, Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood said they aren't sure if WWE really wants them back, or if the company just doesn't want them to be in AEW. They told Renee that they don't know anything other than what has been reported publicly about WWE's interest.

"I think we know about as much as everyone else does," Harwood said. "We left that place because they didn't put a focus on tag team wrestling and we knew there was a ceiling to where we could go in the company. We wanted to do more, we wanted to be known as the greatest tag team of all time and we had to leave there to do that."

Harwood continued to say that they will not talk to other promotions while under contract to AEW.

"I told Tony [Khan], because obviously he heard about it, I told him that there's no way that we would ever talk contracts with anybody while we were working for him. We have way too much respect for him, and our word means something."

Harwood continued to speculate as to why WWE would be interested in bringing them back.

"And then I started thinking, 'Do they want us? Or do they want AEW to not have us? It's cool for Cody to do what he's done, but there's just so many unknowns there. Would they ever focus on tag team wrestling the way we've been able to the last two years?"

Wheeler said he's not sure how much has changed in WWE regarding how the company views tag team wrestling.

"I don't know how much has changed there as far as what we wanted tag team wrestling to be. And now, we're getting to show everybody what tag team wrestling can be and what our vision of it is."

FTR also commented on their match at ROH Supercard of Honor against the Briscoes and what it meant for them.

"I told [Wheeler] after the match was over, that was our Bret-Austin," Harwood said. "I don't know if we'll ever have a better match than that one and that's okay with me, I can hang my hat on that. I can hang my hat on that whole week, them and the Bucks match. But specifically that match, I can hang my proverbially wrestling hat on that match."

"I was so proud of what we were able to do with those guys because of how long and how unsure it was building up to it and the fact that we didn't know up until two weeks prior that it was going to happen," Wheeler added.

While FTR are the current ROH and AAA World Tag Team Champions, they also mentioned that winning the IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team belts is something they hope to achieve.

"I have two things that are very high on the list for me, we want to be the first-ever two-time AEW Tag Team Champions. Until then or after then, we want the IWGP tag team titles and that's very, very important to us and that's something we've wanted to do for awhile," Wheeler said.

Harwood continued to say that winning the IWGP titles would solidify them as the greatest tag team of all time.

"If we do get the opportunity to win the IWGP Tag Team Championships, we'll be the only tag team in history to hold WWE's Raw, Smackdown, NXT, AEW, AAA, ROH, and IWGP but if we do all that, if we hold all those titles, is there a debate anymore?"

 

[CakeWalker]

if they win IWGP - there is no debate

 

[JakeYourBooty]

if they win IWGP - there is no debate

In my mind their already isn’t but we get IWGP, Impact, & NWA and then that’s like a stone cold lock.

NWA & Impact might not mean much right now but the legacy on those belts is certainly undeniable


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[Comrade Khan]

Yeah there is 0 reason to go back other than money and main roster WWE doesnt care for tag teams really in the same way

 

[Alexa]

FTR would do well in AJPW and even NOAH since tag teams are a big focus in those promotions, but yeah, I couldn't see why they would return to WWE except for maybe money. Though even that is a stretch

 

[CakeWalker]

I do think if FTR actually claimed the Japan Tag Trio - they could even put themselves above a Dudley Boyz debate

 

[Cwalker]

You can never say never in pro wrestling but I seriously doubt they would get the “Cody” treatment if they went back to WWE.

So it’s best for them to just keep doing what they’re doing.

Unless Vince throws them a bag; then by all means, get your money.

 

[JakeYourBooty]

I do think they end up back at the E eventually


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[Dale]

Makes no sense for either party, would just be wasting each others time.

 

[Swerve]

Yeah there is 0 reason to go back other than money and main roster WWE doesnt care for tag teams really in the same way

There is no amount of money to go back to doing that "comedy" with The New Day.