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Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler, the tag team known in professional wrestling as FTR, announced Saturday that they would be taking an extended leave of absence from All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
FTR lost to Adam Copeland and Christian Cage in an I Quit match at Double or Nothing last month and relinquished the AEW World Tag Team Championship in the process. It was their third reign as champions and they have not been on AEW programming since.
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FTR applies a Shatter Machine to Christian Cage at the AEW Double or Nothing event in Queens, New York, on May 24, 2026. (Lee Sur/AEW)
Harwood wrote a lengthy post on Instagram, stating that the group will be taking some much-needed time out of the ring to rest their bodies and minds.
“Since the summer of 2014, The Revival, FTR, Dawson & Dash, Dax & Cash, whatever you want to call us, we have hit the gas. Aside from my torn biceps in 2017, we haven’t taken any time away from the job we dreamed of having. Physically and mentally, we both exhausted ourselves,” he wrote.
“We were two of the few talents who traveled and worked on both ‘Collision’ and ‘Dynamite.’ I’ve battled 3 bruises on my lower back, another bicep tear that I decided not to have surgery on, a labral tear from my groin to my hip, a shoulder that needs replacement, and probably a long 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 and our families. I’m not sure when we’ll be back, what we’re going to do, how much more time we have left, or if we even need to prove anything else.”
Dax Harwood stands in the corner during the AEW Dynamite Beach Break taping at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio on January 26, 2022. (Frank Jansky/Sportswire Icon)
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Harwood said FTR will still be in action to take on Ken Anderson and Doc Gallows in Kentucky in late August. Until then, he’ll be in Hawaii.
“Until then, enjoy my family vacation photos in Hawaii. Best kids out.”
Wheeler said in a separate interview that FTR has interest in competing in New Japan Pro-Wrestling’s (NJPW) World Tag League.
“There were other things scheduling-wise that would never work out,” he said on “Late Night Grin” earlier in the week. “So, I say this now, after we talk about how we feel physically, I would like to try a World Tag Team League before we are done for the day.
“I don’t know if we’ll make it all the way. I could just fail in the middle of a match. Not even in a submission. Just go home. Take a bad hit, roll and that’s it. I gave it my best shot for everyone. I’m sorry. But I’d love to at least try for a World Tag Team League once, because that’s always been something we’ve wanted to do and we’ve accomplished almost everything else.”
Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood celebrate their victory during New Japan Pro-Wrestling at the Edion Arena Osaka in Osaka, Japan, on November 5, 2022. (Etsuo Hara/Getty Images)
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Harwood and Wheeler have been one of the best tag teams in professional wrestling for several years. Three AEW tag team titles in about seven years certainly shows how great they’ve been.
