AEW’s Dax Harwood out of action after suffering hematoma in April
Dax Harwood is out of action.
Taking to social media on Monday, Harwood explained that he and Cash Wheeler are being taken off the road so Harwood can recover from a hematoma suffered back in April that he had attempted to work through without telling anyone.
In a video post on X, he first apologized to Tony Khan and other AEW staff, saying he should have been upfront about his situation for the last few months. He said that after giving Matt Jackson a piledriver at AEW Dynasty in April, he messed up his lower back “really, really bad,” causing a severe hematoma. He wanted to work through it, however, as he didn’t want to take himself and tag partner Cash Wheeler off the road.
Harwood said after his match on AEW Collison this past weekend against Blackpool Combat Club, the hematoma grew to the size of a football while icing it backstage.
“The pain has been at the very, very, very minimum, the pain has been excruciating over the last few months,” he said.
He explained he didn’t want to tell anyone as he didn’t want FTR being taken off television. But after Saturday, he informed Doc Sampson of AEW about his situation and was taken off the road, getting an x-ray on his pelvis on Monday. Sampson told him that he needed to rest the injury or it could lead to possible retirement.
“I don’t know how long this is going to last, I don’t know how long we’re gonna have to be off, but unfortunately, or maybe fortunately for some of you people that don’t like FTR, myself and Cash will not be on television for a while,” he said. “I have to rest this thing up.”
He noted that he has had a lot of sleepless nights as he can’t get in a comfortable position at night. He hopes that when they come back, FTR will be better than ever.