Dax Harwood: CM Punk & FTR vs. Elite at Wembley could ‘launch AEW to the next level’

Dax Harwood has a dream match in mind for AEW All In from Wembley Stadium. 

Harwood and Cash Wheeler told Uproxx recently that if the promotion wants to sell 50,000 tickets to the show then CM Punk & FTR vs. The Elite should be on the marquee. 

Wheeler said:

I love that we’re going to Wembley because even if it’s not completely to the brim full, 50-, 60-, 70,000, whatever it ends up being, that’s huge for this company. As a company that’s only a couple years into its existence, you can’t play it safe all the time. The roster right now is so deep, why not go for it?”

Harwood added:

“CM Punk and FTR versus the Elite,” he said. “That’s gotta be it, right? If you want to sell 50,000 tickets and take this company to the next level, that’s it, that’s me dreaming. That’s the dream match. That six-man tag in Wembley Stadium could help launch AEW to the next level.”

Our own Dave Meltzer reported last month that Tony Khan made the decision to bring Punk back and a plan on reconciliation was agreed upon. However, it is unknown if Punk's Instagram comments that were critical of his program with Jon Moxley caused any changes to these plans. Punk has been out of action with a torn triceps since All Out last September.  

FTR defeated Austin and Colten Gunn on Dynamite last week to win the AEW World Tag Team titles for a second time. The match carried a stipulation that had FTR lost, they would have to leave AEW. In the lead-up to the match, Harwood said that the pair's AEW contracts were set to expire in April. With the win, it appears FTR is staying with AEW and they say their relationship with Tony Khan factored into their decision. 

“I think that Tony gets Dax and Cash, FTR, better than Vince,” Harwood says. “I think he understands that we are average, everyday human beings that just caught on with the fans because they can relate to us, because we’re either family men or just regular human beings. We just enjoy physicality and we enjoy fighting, and I think that they can live their lives through us. (Vince has) a business track record that proves that he is obviously very intelligent to the business, but I think he thinks he knows what the Revival was better than we did. That’s why he came up with all those cartoon costumes he gave us. In contrast, Tony understands that no one knows who we are better than us, and no one can display our characters or show our characteristics better than we can.”

Wheeler added:

“The conversations we have with Tony, the relationship we have with Tony compared to [Triple H] or Vince, we get along well with both those guys over there. Vince, to our faces anyway, was always very respectful, respected our work. Same with Hunter. But with Tony, I feel like we can have open, honest discussions with him about how we feel, where we think we need to change something or pivot. And I know that he’s receptive to it.”