Dax Harwood points to AEW snub of FTR in honoring Observer award winners

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Dax Harwood has hit out at a snub of FTR by All Elite Wrestling, which has celebrated other Wrestling Observer Newsletter award winners from its roster.

AEW published a series of tweets throughout Saturday to congratulate its roster members who were successful in the 2022 WON awards.

These included: Bryan Danielson (Best Technical Wrestler), MJF (Best on Interviews and Most Charismatic), Jon Moxley (Wrestler of the Year, US and Canada MVP, and Bruiser Brody Memorial Award), and The Acclaimed (Most Improved).

FTR won the category for Best Tag Team, but no celebratory tweet for this was posted by AEW.

Alluding to this and FTR’s contract status, Dax Harwood posted a tweet showing some of the other winners with the statement, “Tell me April’s around the corner without telling me April’s around the corner.”

Later, AEW acknowledged the FTR & The Briscoes’ joint award for Feud of the Year without mentioning FTR.

It is not known whether the social media exchange is entirely genuine or in service of a possible on-screen storyline.

AEW on Wednesday 1st March includes a Casino Tag Team Battle Royale, which is a format that usually includes unannounced “joker” participants.

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Based in Northern Ireland, Neal Flanagan is a former newspaper journalist and copy editor. In addition to reporting for POST Wrestling, he co-hosts The Wellness Policy podcast with Wai Ting and Jordan Goodman.

COMMENTS

  1. Avatar for kliq kliq says:

    I feel like this is something that only fans should care about. A performer shouldn’t be worried about what Dave Meltzer and co. think, and that’s nothing against Dave as I do respect his work.

  2. That’s a work, right? The Feud of the Year one feels way too obvious.

  3. Avatar for kliq kliq says:

    The observer awards are a work?

  4. Avatar for MarkP MarkP says:

    I think he’s suggesting the lack of FTR recognition by AEW / snubs are the work.

  5. Total work but it’s smart

  6. Avatar for kliq kliq says:

    Ok I see, I should probably read things a bit more thoroughly lol.

  7. Even if it is a work, this guy needs to just shut the fuck up already. I’m getting so tired of him, I’m almost hoping FTR goes back to WWE, so that we wont get so much whining publicly from this guy. I still hope they do show back up this week and win and take the tag titles, but I wouldnt mind a Best Friends run either. They are deserving.

  8. I’m mostly just worried that it’s trending towards Tony as a prominent on-screen character/villain. Hopefully if they do a “authority” angle — which I don’t advocate — they’re smart enough to use the EVPs who are actual wrestlers.

  9. I would love if they went back to WWE as well. Great matches with Usos and Sami and Kevin.

    Staying here and fighting ass boys and watching other teams get titles and applaud the young bucks is probably annoying as hell

  10. I agree. Their complaining only gives me the impression that perhaps they aren’t the easiest people to work with. Didn’t they also talk very publicly about wanting a release for the last year of their WWE contract?

    And really them talking has no benefit to anyone. In particular themselves! WWE can low-ball them knowing they are unhappy with AEW. And it ruins any surprise of them showing up somewhere else because it’s now expected that they won’t stay.

    And if they do stay then the backstage drama involved overshadows their on-screen characters.

  11. As I said above, I’m not sure where the line is between fact and fiction here. But if I never see a “working the internet” storyline again, it’ll still be too soon. Wrestling in 2023 spends 90% of the time, including moments within the actual shows, acknowledging that it’s all a work, but still does stuff like this, and I just have no interest for it.

  12. Avatar for kliq kliq says:

    Isn’t it funny how so many of the performers who were unhappy and complaining to be released in WWE are seeming to also be unhappy in AEW. FTR, Miro, Andrade etc. I’m by no means implying WWE has no issues, but sometimes the performers are the difficult ones.

  13. I do think that’s where we’re headed (not the Arn part, but the FTR/Punk part). And if that happens, all will be forgiven if the matches and promos are good, by many people including me. But I still think the trip from Point A to Point B is going to be insufferable smark stuff.

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