Dax Harwood Doesn't Think FTR Were Triple H Guys
FTR weren’t ‘Triple H guys’ according to Dax Harwood
It doesn’t matter what wrestling company you talk of, but promoters and management will always have their favourite performers. From Vince McMahon’s favourites from any era of WWE, to the list of ‘Paul Heyman guys’, fans can rattle off name after name when asked who a promotion's favourites were.
In NXT’s black and gold days, you could tell who the ‘Triple H guys’ were, with the likes of Adam Cole, Kevin Owens, and Pete Dunne just a few examples. But Dax Harwood doesn’t believe The Revival - now FTR - were ever ‘Triple H guys’, saying the following on the FTR with Dax podcast:
"He's someone who changed the trajectory of my career, Cash's career, and he did it by being a boss first, being a mentor second, and I learned, you know, I've said it before, we were never Hunter guys and'll hold to that until the day we retire,” revealed Harwood. "I do believe that we were one of his favourites, skill wise, talent wise, I think we were, but we weren't one of the guys I think he wanted to build the company around or the brand around. I think he understood what we offered. I think he understood how, this is egotistical, but how good we were in the ring, the stories we get to tell, and I think he knew that we could be a piece to the puzzle, but I don't think he wanted us to be the whole puzzle.
"He loved [Johnny] Gargano and he loved [Tommaso] Ciampa. He loves those guys. He loved Fergal [Finn Balor] and those were his guys. So when I say we weren't his guys, it's not that he wasn't a fan of ours, or we weren't any of his favourite in-ring guys, it's just we weren't the guys that I think he wanted to build the company around. Like I said, we were out for a couple of weeks. Both of us got injured. I had surgery and Ciampa was just a little banged up. Hunter would call or text him and ask, ‘How are things going?’ I had surgery and I'm sitting at home and I'm trying to rush back because we got to come back to drop the belts to Gargano and Ciampa, and I heard nothing.
"We weren't Hunter guys. I don't hold any ill feelings towards him because of that. We just weren't. But I do think that he was a fan of our work. I know he was. He told us. I think that he was a fan of us as talents. It's just not who he necessarily wanted to build the company around."
H/T: WrestlingNews.co