Wardlow likes the idea of reuniting The Pinnacle but making a major change.
The Pinnacle formed in March 2021 and featured MJF, FTR (Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler), Wardlow, Shawn Spears, and Tylly Blanchard. The group feuded with the Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Santana, Ortiz, and Jake Hager). The group started away after the Inner Circle beat them at AEW Double or Nothing 2022, and Wardlow later turned on MJF at AEW Revolution 2022. FTR eventually left the group as well, and it essentially ceased to exist. Wardlow and Spears have since reunited with FTR for one-off tag team matches.
Speaking at Terrificon 2023 (via Fandom Spotlite), Wardlow was asked to describe how he'd feel about potentially reuniting The Pinnacle and replacing MJF with CM Punk.
“Dude, that would be so sweet, for us to all get back together and live that Pinnacle lifestyle, and just throw it all in Max’s face. Actually no, I think I’m just gonna call Pepsi Phil myself and see what he thinks about that. We all collectively love destroying MJF and his ego, so anything we can do collectively… [Host brings up Dax’s podcast] There’s mutual hatred throughout the company [laughs]. If it was a ‘We hate MJF faction,’ it would just be the entire roster," Wardlow said.
The Pinnacle helped MJF during his feud with CM Punk, but Wardlow helped Punk beat MJF at AEW Revolution 2022.
Wardlow recently stated that he has been depressed because he hasn't been on TV. Click here to see what he had to say.
In a recent interview, Wardlow stated that he needs to work on his politics, and MJF would keep him down. Check out his comments here.
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