FTR have issued an open challenge for their AAA World Tag Team Championships for Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite, with one caveat.
Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler announced in a promo that aired on tonight’s AEW Dark that they will defend the AAA Tag titles against any luchadores, except for The Lucha Brothers, Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix.
FTR defeated Penta and Fenix for the AAA Tag titles on the October 16 episode of Dynamite. They are also scheduled to face Penta and Fenix at AEW Full Gear on Saturday, November 13 for the AEW World Tag Team Championships.
FTR’s open challenge joins Cody Rhodes vs. Andrade El Idolo, an Anna Jay vs. Jamie Hayter TBS Championship tournament match, plus Jon Moxley vs. Orange Cassidy in the AEW World title eliminator tournament semifinals on this week’s Dynamite.
Here is the lineup:
AEW Dynamite, Wednesday, November 3 —
Cody Rhodes vs. Andrade El Idolo
AEW World title eliminator tournament semifinals: Jon Moxley vs. Orange Cassidy
TBS Championship tournament first round: Anna Jay vs. Jamie Hayter
AAA World Tag Team Championship open challenge: FTR (c) vs. TBA
Following a freak injury during AEW Fight for the Fallen Wednesday, Cash Wheeler was said to be ok according to Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio.
During Wheeler and Dax Harwood’s tag team match against Santana & Ortiz, Wheeler was going to the top rope when Santana prevented it. When Wheeler came down, his arm apparently got pinched in the hook of the turnbuckle which opened up a cut on his arm.
Wheeler immediately went to ringside where AEW medical personnel checked on him but he never got back into the match. Shortly thereafter, Harwood got the win for FTR in what was clearly not the planned finish of their highly-anticipated first meeting in a tag team match.
It’s unknown if Wheeler will miss any time. As of now, he hasn’t posted anything on social media about the injury.
The two have been part of the ongoing Pinnacle vs. Inner Circle feud that started after March’s Revolution.
A new stipulation has been added to the Dax Harwood vs. Jungle Boy match set for Dynamite.
AEW announced this afternoon that Cash Wheeler and Tully Blanchard will be handcuffed to Luchasarus at ringside to prevent any interference. Harwood last week accepted a challenge from Jungle Boy without consulting Wheeler or Blanchard. Luchasarus said he would make sure that no one got involved.
The two teams have been feuding in recent weeks. On night two of New Year’s Smash, FTR defeated Jungle Boy and Marko Stunt, with FTR scoring the pinfall win over Stunt.
Here is the full card for this week’s Dynamite:
Sting & Darby Allin discuss their upcoming street fight against Team Taz at AEW Revolution
Jon Moxley appears to talk about his upcoming six-man tag team match at Beach Break
The Young Bucks & The Good Brothers vs. Evil Uno, Stu Grayson, John Silver, and Alex Reynolds of The Dark Order
Lance Archer vs. Eddie Kingston
Hangman Page vs. Ryan Nemeth
Chris Jericho & MJF vs. Varsity Blonds (Griff Garrison and Brian Pillman Jr.)
Cash Wheeler and Dax Hardwood, formerly Dash and Dawson of The Revival, spoke about their departure from the WWE in the latest episode of Talk is Jericho.
They went into detail about their release, with Cash saying they had asked around January of 2019. He said they asked for their release following a match with the Lucha House Party, saying that they were unhappy with the direction tag team wrestling was going with the company. He mentioned specifically the time where Braun Strowman “steamrolled the entire tag team division” and also the time when Strowman won the Raw Tag Team titles with a ten-year old.
Dax felt that those in the company thought they were bluffing when they asked for their release. Jericho asked if WWE promising a more focused tag team division was just a way to keep them on board. Dax agreed with that, saying that he felt deep down they would never focus on teams, pointing out that two singles wrestlers put together as a team had a better chance of getting a push than a consistent team.
The topic then shifted to the final meeting between them and Vince McMahon. Cash said it was difficult to meet with Vince due to the transition to FOX, but one day they were working on putting together a match in the ring when they were called to Vince’s office for a meeting. Cash said that the designs that ended up being leaked were “100% real” and were presented by Vince McMahon himself. Dax noted that most of the time, “the boys” are kayfabed about everything, and was sure whoever had leaked the pictures were part of the creative team.
Cash said he laughed out loud upon seeing the designs in front of everyone at the meeting, which included Vince McMahon and Bruce Prichard. It was explained to them that this would be a way to showcase a different side to the team, showcasing their charisma. Cash said that he told them that these “were not good” but would do the characters until their contract expired. Cash noted that this was on a Friday, and by the following Wednesday they were told they were being taken off the road. He also said that the money they were being offered was higher than the $750,000 that was being reported.
In regards to the character motivations behind the new gimmicks, Cash said they would be doing it out of spite as the only way they would get on television is if they were a comedy act, which in real life they thought was true as well.
Dax said he didn’t know if Vince McMahon really thought it the best idea in the world or just a way to embarrass them on the way out. Dax said that Vince McMahon was “the greatest worker of them all”.
The Revolt also talked about Dusty Rhodes, their favorite matches, who they would like to work with and more during the course of the interview.
The former Revival will be on tomorrow’s episode of Talk is Jericho.
Chris Jericho confirmed the news on his Twitter this afternoon. This will be the first interview the team has given since their release from WWE on April 10. Since their release, they have trademarked the name “The Revolt” and are now going by the names Cash Wheeler (Dash) and Dax Hardwood (Dawson).
The team were put together during their run in NXT and won the brand’s Tag Team titles twice. They were called up to the main roster, where they won the Raw Tag Team titles twice and the SmackDown Tag Team titles once. The had been on the SmackDown roster as recently as February, but had stopped being used prior to the end of their contracts.
The Revolt do not have a no-compete clause in their release, so they are free to sign with anyone at the moment. The Young Bucks have teased in recent weeks the usage of the initials “FTR”. The Revolt have been using those initials since their release, with the letters standing for “Fear the Revolt”.
