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AEW Superstar Wardlow makes comparisons between himself and WWE Superstar Batista
AEW star Wardlow recently did an interview with the Bleav in Pro Wrestling podcast where he talked about his comparisons with former WWE Champion Dave Batista. He also mentioned that he has grown up as a fan of the former WWE Champion.
It just makes me smile,” Wardlow said. “You know, I, being a junior in high school, I just started growing. I’m 170 pounds and I’m like, ‘alright, I’m finally starting to grow some muscle.’ But you look at somebody like Batista and you’re like, ‘I can never. I’m going to try to get as close to that as possible, but like, what are the realistic odds?’ So I worked my butt off to get to as close to a Dave Batista level as possible. (H/t Wrestling Inc)
He also acknowledged some of the similarities between him and Batista. Wardlow also said their careers had taken a similar trajectory as Batista’s when he first broke out in 2004/05.
“You look at Batista, he started as Deacon Batista wearing that same suit, silent,” Wardlow said. “I started with the suit. Silent. Then he turned into Evolution. I had been in the Pinnacle. Him and Triple H, me and Max. These things, that’s just crazy. You can’t write this stuff. It’s crazy how life has worked out.”
He continued on the interview, saying that he never came from his own to say he wanted to do a powerbomb. It was actually Chris Jericho who recommended him to do multiple powerbombs.
“I didn’t come in saying, ‘I want to do a powerbomb,'” Wardlow admitted. “So two of my favourite wrestlers growing up were Kevin Nash, Jackknife Powerbomb, and Dave Batista, Batista Bomb. And Batista’s on the level of Jeff Hardy. [They’re from] different times of my life but made equal impacts on my life. So, realistically, you would think I would come in like, ‘I’ve got to do a powerbomb.’
“But that actually came out, Chris Jericho kind of recommended me doing multiple powerbombs, and then it kind of was like, ‘okay, this could work.’ And then Tony Khan is the one that said that Dean did the Powerbomb Symphony, and we just went with it, and it seemed to work out well.”
Wardlow recently won the Face of the ladder tournament at the AEW Revolution 2022.
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