Revealed: Reason FTR Are Absent From AEW Programming

On the back of their AEW World Tag Team Championship loss at Double Or Nothing 2026 to Adam Copeland & Christian Cage, the pair of Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler of FTR have been absent from AEW programming. The reason behind their hiatus has now been revealed. 

Harwood took to social media this week to detail that he and Wheeler were taking time off from professional wrestling for the first time in a long time, providing reasons behind this absence. 

“Since the summer of 2014, The Revival, FTR, Dawson & Dash, Dax & Cash, whatever you want to call us, we’ve had the pedal to the floor. Aside from my bicep tear in 2017, we’ve taken no time away from the job we’ve dreamed of having. Physically & mentally, we both became exhausted. We were two of the very few talents that traveled and worked on both Collision & Dynamite. I’ve fought through 3 hematomas on my lower back, another bicep tear I decided not to have surgery on, labrum tear from my groin to my hip, a shoulder that needs replacement, and probably a laundry list of other things I’m too afraid to get checked out haha. For the first time in 12 years, we’ve decided to step away and take some time for ourselves & for our families. I’m not sure when we’ll be back, what we’re going to do, how much longer we have, or if we even need to prove anything at all anymore.” 

Harwood noted that the pair would still be competing in two upcoming independent dates. It was reported last month that WWE are interested in signing FTR amidst the approaching expiration of their current AEW deals.