FTR (professional wrestling)


FTR
Dax Harwood (left) and Cash Wheeler (right) in June 2022
Tag team
MembersCash Wheeler/Dash Wilder[1]
Dax Harwood/Scott Dawson[2]
Name(s)Dash and Dawson
FTR
#FTR
The Mechanics
The Revival
Las Super Ranas
Super Frogs
Billed heights5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) each[1][2]
Combined
billed weight		446 lb (202 kg)[1][2]
Billed fromAsheville, North Carolina
Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina[1][2]
Former
member(s)		Tully Blanchard (manager)[3]
DebutJuly 17, 2014
Years active2014–present

FTR (often stylized as #FTR; standing for Fuck The Rest[4]) is a professional wrestling tag team of Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood, who are signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where they are former two-time AEW World Tag Team Champions. They are also known for their time in WWE as The Revival, under the ring names Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson, respectively.

In WWE, The Revival have been two-time Raw Tag Team Champions, one-time SmackDown Tag Team Champions, two-time NXT Tag Team Champions, and one-time 24/7 Champions. They have also wrestled for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Ring of Honor (ROH). In those promotions, they have been one-time AAA World Tag Team Champions, one-time IWGP Tag Team Champions, and one-time ROH World Tag Team Champions.[5][6][7] The team uses the phrase "No flips, just fists" and a rather traditional, mat based in-ring style than the more high flying style of other AEW teams.

Career

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WWE (2014–2020)

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In 2014 Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson formed a tag team, known as "The Mechanics" and later "Dash and Dawson". On October 22, 2015, they won the NXT Tag Team Championship from The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch). In 2016 they were renamed "The Revival". At NXT TakeOver: Dallas on April 1 they lost the title to American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan), but won it back from them on June 8 at NXT TakeOver: The End, becoming the first ever two-time NXT Tag Team Champions as a team. On November 19, 2016 at NXT TakeOver: Toronto, they lost the titles to #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa).

On the April 3, 2017 episode of Raw, The Revival made their debut on WWE's main roster with a victory over The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods). On the February 11, 2019 edition of Raw, Dawson and Wilder won the Raw Tag Team Championship for the first time from Bobby Roode and Chad Gable. They dropped the title to Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder at WrestleMania 35 on April 7, this also broke Hawkins' long losing streak. On June 10, The Revival won the titles back but lost them to The O.C. (Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows) on the July 29 edition of Raw. On August 12, 2019 both members of The Revival pinned R-Truth at the same time to become the only co-champions of the 24/7 Championship. Moments later, R-Truth pinned Dawson, with the help of Carmella, and regained the title. At Clash of Champions on September 15, The Revival won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship from The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods). On the November 8 edition of SmackDown, they lost the titles to The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston).

On April 10, 2020, Dawson and Wilder were both released from WWE.[8] During an interview in November 2020, both Harwood and Wheeler said that they were offered a lot of money to stay with WWE. However, they wanted to join AEW because they were tired of being taken off of the main roster cards. Wheeler would say in the interview: "Once we got pulled from all of our dates on the main roster, it was down to NXT as the option and we talked to Hunter at length, there were offers on the table that were very tempting because we loved NXT and we loved our time there, but at the end of the day like Dax said, we knew that our time there was done."[9]

All Elite Wrestling (2020–present)

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On the May 27, 2020 at Dynamite, Harwood and Wheeler, under the team name FTR made their debut with All Elite Wrestling (AEW). They drove into the amphitheater in a pickup truck, entered the ring and attacked The Butcher and The Blade.[10] On the June 10 episode of Dynamite, they had their first official in-ring match in AEW. They defeated The Butcher and The Blade.[11] On the August 22 episode of Dynamite Tully Blanchard was introduced as FTR's Manager. At All Out on September 5 Harwood and Wheeler won the AEW World Tag Team Championship from Adam Page and Kenny Omega. This made them the first team to become tag team champions in WWE and AEW.[12] On November 7 at Full Gear they lost the titles to The Young Bucks.

On October 6, 2021, FTR defeated the Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Fénix) to win the AAA World Tag Team Championship. At Ring of Honor's Supercard of Honor XV on April 1, 2022 they won the ROH World Tag Team Championship. On June 26 they became triple champions by winning New Japan Pro Wrestling's IWGP Tag Team Championship. In December 2022 they lost both the ROH and AAA titles, followed by the IWGP titles on January 4, 2023. On April 25 they won the AEW Tag Team Championship a second time, defeating The Gunns (Austin and Colten Gunn) in a Title vs. Career match.[13] On the October 7 episode of Collision they dropped the titles to Ricky Starks and Big Bill.[14]

Championships and accomplishments

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Notes

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  1. ↑ Dawson and Wilder pinned R-Truth at the same time to become the only co-24/7 Champions in WWE history.

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Dash Wilder Profile". WWE. Archived from the original on May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Scott Dawson Profile". WWE. Archived from the original on May 15, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ Harwood, Dax [@DaxHarwood] (August 22, 2020). "Fear The Revelation #FTR #AEWDynamite" (Tweet). Retrieved August 22, 2020 – via Twitter.
  4. ↑ Gagnon, Joshua (May 28, 2020). "AEW Reveals What FTR Stands For". wrestlinginc.com. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  5. ↑ "10/16 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of Bryan Danielson vs. Bobby Fish, Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix vs. Andrade El Idolo's masked tag team for the AAA Tag Titles, Dante Martin vs. Malakai Black, Kiera Hogan vs. Penelope Ford, Jon Moxley vs. Wheeler Yuta". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  6. ↑ "AEW-NJPW Forbidden Door results: Powell's live review of Jon Moxley vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the Interim AEW World Title, Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada vs. Hangman Page vs. Adam Cole for the IWGP World Heavyweight Title, Thunder Rosa vs. Toni Storm for the AEW Women's Title, Will Ospreay vs. Orange Cassidy for the IWGP U.S. Title". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  7. ↑ "4/1 ROH Supercard of Honor results: Powell's live review of Bandido vs. Jonathan Gresham for the undisputed ROH Championship, The Briscoes vs. FTR for the ROH Tag Titles, Rhett Titus vs. Minoru Suzuki for the ROH TV Title, Josh Woods vs. Wheeler Yuta for the ROH Pure Rules Title". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder of The Revival released". WWE. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Driven Exclusive: FTR talks goals for 'best tag division in the world' with AEW, talks with Triple H to stay in NXT and The Usos storyline". WWE. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  10. ↑ "AEW Dynamite 5/27/20 Results: Chris Jericho Brawls With Mike Tyson, A Battle Royal & More!". Fightful. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  11. ↑ "AEW Dynamite 6/10/20 Results: AEW TNT Championship Defense, FTR's In-Ring Debut & More!". Fightful. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
  12. ↑ Powell, Jason (November 7, 2020). "AEW Full Gear results: Powell's live review of Jon Moxley vs. Eddie Kingston in an I Quit Match for the AEW Championship, FTR vs. The Young Bucks for the AEW Tag Titles, Cody vs. Darby Allin for the TNT Title, Hikaru Shida vs. Nyla Rose for the AEW Women's Title, Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page in the eliminator tournament finals". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  13. ↑ Barnett, Jake (April 5, 2023). "4/5 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of The Gunns vs. FTR for the AEW Tag Titles (or FTR must leave AEW), Jamie Hayter vs. Riho for the AEW Women's Title, House of Black vs. Best Friends for the AEW Trios Titles, Hook vs. Ethan Page for the FTW Title, Ricky Starks vs. Juice Robinson, Sammy Guevara vs. Komander, Tony Khan's announcement". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
  14. ↑ Moore, John (October 7, 2023). "AEW Collision results (10/7): Moore's live review of Adam Copeland first appearance, FTR vs. Ricky Starks and Big Bill for the AEW Tag Titles, Eddie Kingston vs. Komander for the ROH Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
  15. ↑ "AEW World Tag Team Championship Title History". All Elite Wrestling. Archived from the original on February 27, 2020. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  16. ↑ ESPN.com (December 26, 2023). "Pro Wrestling 2023 awards: The best male and female wrestler, feud, faction, promo and more". ESPN. Archived from the original on December 28, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  17. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (October 16, 2021). "AAA World Tag Team Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on October 17, 2021. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
  18. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (January 1, 2023). "IWGP Tag Team Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  19. ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 1, 2022). "ROH World Tag Team Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
  20. ↑ "NXT Tag Team Championship". WWE. Archived from the original on November 9, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
  21. ↑ Bath, Dave (February 11, 2019). "WWE Raw live results: Elimination Chamber go home show". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Archived from the original on February 15, 2019. Retrieved February 14, 2019.
  22. ↑ Benigno, Anthony. "The Revival def. The New Day to become the new SmackDown Tag Team Champions". WWE. Archived from the original on September 16, 2019. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
  23. ↑ "24/7 Champion". Archived from the original on February 22, 2021. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
  24. ↑ "The Revival Triple Crown Tag Team Champions 20 x 24 Commemorative Plaque". WWE. Archived from the original on November 11, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 WWE.com Staff. "The 2016 NXT Awards were presented". WWE. Archived from the original on August 7, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2019". The Internet Wrestling Database. Archived from the original on March 17, 2019. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  27. ↑ @OfficialPWI (November 18, 2020). "Congratulations to @DaxFTR &..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  28. ↑ Oster, Aaron (December 31, 2016). "WWE 2016 end-of-year awards". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on October 31, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Meltzer, Dave (February 24, 2023). "February 27, 2023, Observer Newsletter: 2022 Observer Awards issue". Figure4Weekly. Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
  30. ↑ Meltzer, Dave. "February 26, 2024 Observer Newsletter: 2023 Observer Awards issue". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved February 23, 2024.