On the April 20 episode of AEW Dynamite, Wardlow’s symphony played as he powerbombed The Butcher four times to get the win.
Speaking at Ohio Fan Fest (courtesy of Otherwordly Culture), Butcher reflected on his bout with Wardlow.
“My favorite type of wrestling is big meaty dudes. Like Stan Hansen, just going back to dudes beating each other up. I get so excited for those matches. That match, I was so nervous because I knew it was going to end with four powerbombs. You’re just like, ‘Oh man, four powerbombs?’ I remember, I was doing sick things in my head like, ‘If I take one powerbomb on the outside, he most certainly can’t powerbomb me four times.’ I was like trying to pitch being powerbomed down the ramp, getting powerbombed through the timekeepers table, getting powerbombed into the guardrail, powerbombed onto concrete. So I just take one, but a real bad one that accumulates to four [laughs]. To be honest, it was awesome. It was everything I wanted it to be. It was my little All Japan three-minute match where I got beat. For any wrestler to tell you it’s ‘me, me, me, me.’ That’s such bologna. Hearing the crowd cheer his name over and over, only meant they wanted to see him beat someone up. That was cool. Being in the ring for stuff like that, it feels great because I knew where his head was at,”
Butcher At Ohio Fan Fest
Wardlow would go on to defeat Lance Archer, W. Morrissey, and Shawn Spears before taking out MJF at AEW Double or Nothing.
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