FTR ATTACKED THE JURASSIC EXPRESS BEFORE OTHER WRESTLERS MADE THE SAVE

Dax Harwood of the team took on Jungle Boy of The Jurassic Express last week at AEW Dynamite. In the end, Jungle Boy managed to lock on the Snare Trap submission hold on Harwood, who tapped out, ending a 15 minute long match. Post match, FTR and Tully Blanchard attacked the Jurassic Express, hitting Luchasaurus with a spike piledriver. They proceeded to cut horns off his mask and were on their way to cut some of Jungle Boy’s hair when the rest of the wrestlers came out to make the save.

AEW made the announcement that the tag team’s conduct after the Harwood vs Jungle Boy match has been enough to warrant a suspension. The suspension means that the tag team shall not battle it out alongside other top AEW teams at the Tag Team Battle Royale at Beach Break.

Harwood and Wheeler has been officially replaced by two members of The Dark Order, the two being John Silver and Alex Reynolds.

“Upon review of their conduct after the Jungle Boy v. Dax Harwood match, FTR are suspended from competition for 1 week, thus out of the #BeachBreak Tag Team Battle Royale. FTR are replaced by John Silver & Alex Reynolds on #AEWDynamite on @TNTDrama TOMORROW night at 8pm ET/7pm CT!,” AEW declared officially.

THE TEAM WAS CREATED BY DUSTY RHODES

The team was created by Dusty Rhodes in 2014, then as The Mechanics, and later simply Dash and Dawson when they made their television debut on WWE NXT. The team adopted the name The Revival in 2016, referencing “reviving” the classic tag team wrestling style of the 1980s, which has led to the two being compared favorably to The Brain Busters (Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard). Interestingly, it is Tully Blanchard who manages them in AEW.

The team uses the phrase “No flips, just fists” to convey their more traditional, mat based in-ring style in contrast to the more high flying style of some contemporary teams.

In WWE, they are recognized as the first team to have won all three of WWE’s main brand tag team championships—the Raw Tag Team Championship, SmackDown Tag Team Championship, and NXT Tag Team Championship, and are recognized by WWE as being the company’s first-ever Tag Team Triple Crown Champions.

Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler, who changed their name from The Revival to FTR, the meaning of which changes with time, were embarrassed to be ignorant of the movement and its history at first, and then started understanding and supporting the movement.

“I hope that it goes beyond pro wrestling. Obviously, I hope that it encompasses pro wrestling but it was something I felt really strongly about because I don’t think I was educated enough to understand it up until this point. Both Cash and myself felt really bad that we, not consciously, but subconsciously,” said Dax, before Cash joined in to say “we were ignorant.”

Dax went to say that if their ‘fans’ are being offended by the movement, he does not want them to be their fans. Dax went on to explain the equality of humanity based on his religious belief.

“Yeah, very, very ignorant. I had a lot of talks with my wife and she helped put this together. I feel that people who are taking offense to the Black Lives Matter movement, I don’t want them to be fans of ours if they’re taking offense. There is nothing to be offended about. Something needs to change and something needs to happen. I’ve speaking from the heart but we are all created by God and he made us in His image. It doesn’t matter what color He painted us. He made us in His image and He wants all of us to be equal and it’s time for everybody to be equal,” Dax said.

FTR HAS WENT ON TO DONATE FOR THE MOVEMENT

“So, Cash and myself decided to step up. We raised $4,000 on eBay and then we donated $4,000 of our own money to Nex Millen here in Asheville, North Carolina. He hosts a studio for the youth of Asheville to come in and he teaches them how to play instruments. It’s called Organic Synergy and he gives them the opportunity to sing and rap and keep them off the streets. His business was affected by COVID so we’ve taken that money and donated it to him,” Dax said.

“It’s no secret that Dax and myself come from small towns in a southern state,” replied Cash. “North Carolina, obviously, has a history that you can’t always be proud of because of things like this. I credit my family because I was never taught to hate and Dax wasn’t either. But I also was never taught to understand fully what our friends go through just because of the color of their skin. I had so many friends growing up that I didn’t care what color they were as I loved them all equally. But the older I get, the more hurt I see them go through and the more I understand their struggle. I’m able to look at it through eyes that I’ve never really seen it before,” Cash added.

FTR has been an important part of AEW since their surprise debut. FTR have been in a friend/enemy rivalry with fellow tag team The Young Bucks. FTR were also responsible for pouring beer on Kenny Omega on last week’s Dynamite, which led him to show heelish tendencies later in the show. Dax Harwood of FTR has already been seen by fans and experts as one of the highlights of the last two episodes of Dynamite.

If you like reading about MMA, make sure you check out MMAIndia.com

Also follow India’s biggest arm wrestling tournament at ProPanja.com

Salah’s Touch: Study shows hate crime in Liverpool has dipped after Salah’s arrival