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>Punk and Harwood sat down together, and Punk asked Hardwood what he was doing on the show later. Harwood said he didn't know.
>"[Punk] said 'F--- it, you and I are gonna wrestle tonight,'" Harwood said. "I'm like, 'Dude, please. Don't get my hopes up.' I'll be damned, but an hour or two later he sends me a text saying, 'We're opening up the show.'"
>Last December, Harwood, Wheeler and their then-stablemate MJF had a six-man tag team match against Punk, Allin and Sting. Punk, Sting and Allin let Harwood and Wheeler call the match in the ring on the fly, the first time Punk said he has been comfortable enough to allow other wrestlers to do that in one of his matches in more than a decade.
>"Some of the things on the backend were talked about," Harwood said. "But he trusted me to lead that match, because he knew that sometimes guys will try to take advantage of you in the ring and just get their s--- in, quote-unquote. I'm not that kind of guy. I don't have s--- to get in. For me, I care about the story, about the match. And I care about how well both of us look coming out of that match. He, again, had the trust in me to lead that match and I am forever grateful for him for that."
>Punk did the same thing for Harwood and Wheeler on Feb. 9, a tag match pitting Punk and top AEW star Jon Moxley against them. And the pattern continued for the Punk vs. Harwood singles match in March, which Punk calls "the most perfect match I've probably ever had."
>"They're f---ing artists," Punk said of Harwood and Wheeler. "People who don't understand pro wrestling will read that and groan. I understand that. But we're operating on a different level and it's OK not to understand it. We get it and I appreciate the s--- out of both those guys."
>"[Punk] said 'F--- it, you and I are gonna wrestle tonight,'" Harwood said. "I'm like, 'Dude, please. Don't get my hopes up.' I'll be damned, but an hour or two later he sends me a text saying, 'We're opening up the show.'"
>Last December, Harwood, Wheeler and their then-stablemate MJF had a six-man tag team match against Punk, Allin and Sting. Punk, Sting and Allin let Harwood and Wheeler call the match in the ring on the fly, the first time Punk said he has been comfortable enough to allow other wrestlers to do that in one of his matches in more than a decade.
>"Some of the things on the backend were talked about," Harwood said. "But he trusted me to lead that match, because he knew that sometimes guys will try to take advantage of you in the ring and just get their s--- in, quote-unquote. I'm not that kind of guy. I don't have s--- to get in. For me, I care about the story, about the match. And I care about how well both of us look coming out of that match. He, again, had the trust in me to lead that match and I am forever grateful for him for that."
>Punk did the same thing for Harwood and Wheeler on Feb. 9, a tag match pitting Punk and top AEW star Jon Moxley against them. And the pattern continued for the Punk vs. Harwood singles match in March, which Punk calls "the most perfect match I've probably ever had."
>"They're f---ing artists," Punk said of Harwood and Wheeler. "People who don't understand pro wrestling will read that and groan. I understand that. But we're operating on a different level and it's OK not to understand it. We get it and I appreciate the s--- out of both those guys."
