{"id":57949,"date":"2019-11-13T21:39:57","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T02:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=57949"},"modified":"2019-11-13T21:39:57","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T02:39:57","slug":"wardlow-makes-aew-dynamite-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2019\/11\/13\/wardlow-makes-aew-dynamite-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Wardlow Makes AEW Dynamite Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday&#8217;s <strong>All Elite Wrestling (AEW)<\/strong> <em><strong>Dynamite<\/strong><\/em>, <strong>MJF<\/strong> had a talk with AEW World Champion <strong>Chris Jericho<\/strong>, which featured a lengthy classic promo from MJF about the perils of <strong>Cody Rhodes<\/strong>, before MJF and Jericho debated over whether or not the younger star would join Jericho&#8217;s <strong>Inner Circle<\/strong> or not. Before a decision was made, Cody Rhodes entered the ring to confront his former protegee. Jericho departed the ring, but MJF was far from alone against Cody &#8211; with his eyes intently on MJF, Cody was attacked from behind by a debuting <strong>Wardlow<\/strong> (he&#8217;d only been seen in vignettes). It was soon revealed that Wardlow was now the official muscle for MJF.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.@Wardlow_1 has arrived and has aligned himself with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/The_MJF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@the_mjf<\/a>!<br \/>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWDynamite?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWDynamite<\/a> LIVE on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tntdrama?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TNTDrama<\/a> 8e\/7c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AEWonTNT?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AEWonTNT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BqbHtlWhOL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/BqbHtlWhOL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEW\/status\/1194800395740168192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Wardlow&#8217;s AEW debut had been teased as far back as April, when Cody mentioned in an episode of\u00a0<em>Road to Double or Nothing<\/em> they were looking at Wardlow, and then <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/2019\/06\/05\/fyter-fest-aew-wardlow\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he was teased again<\/a> in an episode of\u00a0<em>Road to Fyter Fest.\u00a0<\/em>During\u00a0<em><strong>All Out<\/strong><\/em><em>,\u00a0<\/em>his first vignette aired, signaling his impending arrival.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/AEWrestling\/status\/1167947876527304707<\/p>\n<p>The Cleveland, Ohio native is a veteran of the Northeast indie scene, where he was a longtime regular with Pennsylvania&#8217;s International Wrestling Cartel (IWC) and a 3x IWC Heavyweight Champion.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IWC Heavyweight Championship 3 Stages of Hell Match: Jack Pollock vs Wardlow\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tFdwt2ZP73U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s also worked for <strong>Absolute Intense Wrestling (AIW)<\/strong> and <strong>Premier Championship Wrestling (PCW)<\/strong> in his home state, as well as <strong>Tommy Dreame<\/strong>r&#8217;s <strong>House of Hardcore<\/strong>, Chicago&#8217;s <strong>Warrior Wrestling<\/strong>, and others.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wardlow vs DJ Z (AKA Joaquin Wilde)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vZ6z7FpZY6g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday&#8217;s All Elite Wrestling (AEW) Dynamite, MJF had a talk with AEW World Champion Chris Jericho, which featured a lengthy classic promo from MJF about the perils of Cody Rhodes, before MJF and Jericho debated over whether or not the younger star would join Jericho&#8217;s Inner Circle or not. 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