Dax Harwood has been coping with a hematoma for a number of weeks. The harm worsened throughout FTR’s time-limit draw with Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta on Saturday’s episode of “AEW Collision.”
Harwood has since admitted that he hid his harm from AEW’s medical and reserving workers however was compelled to reveal the difficulty after his hematoma “blew as much as the scale of a soccer.”
“I don’t understand how lengthy that is going to final, I don’t understand how lengthy we’re gonna need to be off, however sadly, or perhaps thankfully for a few of you folks that don’t like FTR, myself and Money (Wheeler) is not going to be on tv for some time,” Harwood stated in a video posted to social media. “I’ve to relaxation this factor up. The sleepless nights have been catching up with me as a result of I can’t get a snug place … I hope you realize all of that is for the love of the sport, for the love of all of you followers.”
AEW’s tag division has stagnated in latest months. Through the firm’s early days, it invested closely in tag-team wrestling, which turned a definite a part of its model.
Nevertheless, as with most criticisms of the product, the reserving has let the division down, and now the titles have no momentum behind them.
At its finest, FTR is among the high tag groups in skilled wrestling. Nevertheless, it has stalled in latest months. This break may assist reset viewer fatigue and permit it to come back again with recent concepts and storylines.
The Younger Bucks will now wait to see who emerges because the clear-cut No. 1 contender as AEW pivots in an try and get its once-thriving division again on monitor. Whether or not that may occur with out FTR is up for debate.
Nevertheless, at this level, Tony Khan and the inventive crew have to begin constructing momentum round their titles once more, particularly those that helped put AEW on the map within the first place. And which means discovering some nice matches within the tag-team division within the coming weeks and months.
