AEW originally had a different tag team in mind to be part of the four-way tag team match for the World Tag Team Championship at November’s Full Gear pay-per-view event.
AEW Tag Team Champions Private Party (Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen) defeated The Outrunners (Truth Magnum and Turbo Floyd), Kings of the Black Throne (Malakai Black and Brody King), and The Acclaimed (Anthony Bowens and Max Caster) by pinfall to retain the titles. FTR was originally planned for the bout and not the Outrunners.
While speaking with WrestleZone, Dax Harwood revealed he went to AEW CEO Tony Khan to pitch for The Outrunners to take their spot in the bout.
“I was telling you there are some people online who like to say that we latch on right? One of the things, people said, we latched onto The Outrunners because of their popularity. I would beg anybody to ask The Outrunners what they thought of us and how they felt we helped them. Never once….there’s a lot that happens behind the scenes, and you know what? I’ll say it. For example, at the last pay-per-view, the four-way tag team title match, FTR was supposed to be in one of those spots. I went to Tony and said, ‘Hey man, these guys have worked their ass off. They deserve that spot. Take us out and put them in.’ And he did. He agreed with me.”
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