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FTR (often stylized as #FTR) is an American
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of
Cash Wheeler Daniel Marshall Wheeler (born May 17, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Cash Wheeler, where he is a former two-time AEW World Tag Team Champions with Dax Harwood together t ...
and
Dax Harwood David Michael Harwood (born June 30, 1984) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Dax Harwood. Teamed with Cash Wheeler as FTR, Harwood is a two-time AEW World Tag Team Champion. H ...
with Stokely as their
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. They are signed to
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(AEW) and are former two-time
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. Before coming to AEW, they were known for their tenure in
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as The Revival, under the ring names Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson, respectively. The team was created by
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in 2014, then as The Mechanics, and later simply Dash and Dawson when they made their television debut on ''
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''. 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
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(
Arn Anderson Martin Anthony Lunde (born September 20, 1958), better known by his ring name Arn Anderson, is an American professional wrestling Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Agent, road agent, author, and retired professional wrestler. Although he ...
and
Tully Blanchard Tully Arthur Blanchard (born January 22, 1954) is a Canadian-American professional wrestler and manager. He is best known for his appearances with Jim Crockett Promotions and the World Wrestling Federation in the mid-to-late 1980s as a member of ...
) and The Midnight Express, particularly the Condrey/ Eaton version, two of the top teams of all time. 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. They are the first team to have won WWE's
Raw Tag Team Championship The World Tag Team Championship is a men's professional wrestling world tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the Raw brand division. It is one of two male tag team championships for WWE's main r ...
( held twice),
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(
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), and
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(
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), and are recognized by WWE as being the company's first-ever
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. After being released by WWE in April 2020, and signing with AEW the next month, they made their AEW debut on the May 27, 2020, episode of ''
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'', winning the
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the following September at AEW's All Out. Upon arriving in AEW, the duo took the name of FTR, alternately using the letters to mean "Forever The Revival", "F*** The Rest", "Fear The Revolt", or "For The Revolution" as WWE had ownership rights to the name "The Revival". The initialism is also a reference to "Fuck the Revival", an
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and catch-phrase coined by
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on the YouTube series ''
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''. It was later revealed that it stood for Fuck The Rest, as noted in their shirts and their theme music video. That year, ''
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'' ranked them number one on their inaugural '' PWI Tag Team 50'' list. In 2022, due to AEW co-owner
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's purchase of
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(ROH), and AEW's partnerships with
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(NJPW) and
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's
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(AAA), FTR would win the
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, NJPW's
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, and the
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- holding all three titles simultaneously for the bulk of the year. All totaled between WWE, AEW, ROH, AAA, and NJPW, FTR are ten-time world tag team champions, making them the only team to have held championships in all five promotions. They are also the only people to have jointly won the
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and are hailed as one of the greatest professional wrestling tag teams of all time.


History


WWE (2014–2020)


Origins and formation (2014–2015)

Wheeler and Harwood were longtime friends before being made into a team, and had wrestled together on the
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. In 2012, Harwood was hired by WWE based in part on a match he previously had with Wheeler, and performed there under the name Scott Dawson, mostly in
tag team Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. Tag teams may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of establis ...
matches on '' NXT'' and live shows. Wheeler had hoped to join WWE, with the two also hoping to form a tag team there. In 2014, Wheeler joined the
WWE Performance Center WWE Performance Center (WWE PC) is a group of professional wrestling schools owned by American company WWE. They serve as tryout and training facilities for WWE, and also contain sports science and medical facilities as well as live events and ...
, and on his very first day of promo training, performed a promo with Dawson; WWE producer
Dusty Rhodes Virgil Riley Runnels Jr. (October 11, 1945 – June 11, 2015), better known as "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, was an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler, booker, and trainer who worked for the National Wrestling Alliance ...
immediately became convinced that the two needed to become a team. According to a May 2020 interview of the duo, Rhodes was not only highly influential in both the creation and development of the team, but had "unwavering faith" in them even as some of the other coaches had doubts, and was their "biggest supporter and pushed for
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harder than anybody" until his passing in 2015. Wheeler and Harwood, who were both from
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, acknowledged that their southern accents contributed to the lack of faith some coaches had for them at the Performance Center (with WWE chairman
Vince McMahon Vincent Kennedy McMahon ( ; born August 24, 1945) is an American businessman and former professional wrestling promoter. McMahon, along with his later-estranged wife Linda McMahon, Linda, is a co-founder of the modern WWE, the world's largest ...
's dislike for southern accents being well-known backstage). They were notably told that they would not get to do many promos, although Rhodes, a fellow resident of North Carolina, insisted that they should. In 2014, after returning from injury, Dawson teamed up with a debuting Wilder, with the two performing extensively at live events under the ring name The Mechanics. The duo resurfaced and picked up their first televised win on the July 29, 2015 episode of ''NXT'', defeating Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady. At NXT TakeOver: Respect, The Mechanics were defeated in the semi-finals of the ''
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'' by eventual winners
Finn Bálor Fergal Devitt (born 25 July 1981) is an Irish professional wrestler. As of May 2014, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Finn Bálor (). He is a member of The Judgment Day stable. Devitt began his car ...
and
Samoa Joe Nuufolau Joel Seanoa (born March 17, 1979), better known by the ring name Samoa Joe, is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Opps, and is one-third of the AEW Worl ...
. In the following weeks, the team name was changed to "Dash and Dawson". On the October 28 episode of ''NXT'', Dash and Dawson attacked Amore and Cassady before their match, completely laying out Amore while decimating Cass' knee, leaving him unable to compete.


NXT Tag Team Champions (2015–2017)

Due to an earlier non-title victory over the
NXT Tag Team Champions The NXT Tag Team Championship is a men's professional wrestling tag team championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE. It is defended on NXT, the promotion's developmental brand. The current champions are Hank and Tank (Han ...
, The Vaudevillains, Dash and Dawson earned a title match on the November 11 episode of ''NXT'', and won the match to become the NXT Tag Team Champions for the first time. They made their first successful title defense two weeks later, defeating The Vaudevillians in a rematch. Afterwards, they successfully defended their titles against Amore and Cassady at NXT TakeOver: London. Beginning in February 2016, Dash and Dawson began performing under the team name The Revival. The Revival made their first appearance on WWE's main roster at
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, successfully defending their championships against Amore and Cassady. On April 1 at NXT TakeOver: Dallas, The Revival lost the NXT Tag Team Championship to
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(
Chad Gable Charles Edward Betts (born March 8, 1986) is an American professional wrestler and former amateur wrestler. He has been signed to WWE where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Chad Gable and also portrays the masked luchador El G ...
and
Jason Jordan Nathan Everhart (born September 28, 1988), better known by the ring name Jason Jordan, is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he works as the lead producer for '' Raw'' and '' SmackDown''. Jordan signed a contr ...
), ending their reign at 142 days. On June 8 at NXT TakeOver: The End, The Revival regained the titles from American Alpha, thus becoming the first team to win the NXT Tag Team Championship twice. On the July 6 episode of ''NXT'', The Revival defeated American Alpha in a two-out-of-three falls match to retain the titles. At NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II, they retained their titles over Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa. In a universally acclaimed rematch against Gargano and Ciampa (now called DIY) at NXT TakeOver: Toronto, The Revival lost their tag team titles in a two-out-of-three falls match after scoring the first fall via pinfall, ending their second reign at 164 days. The match was later named "WWE Match of the Year" for 2016. At NXT TakeOver: Orlando, The Revival lost to The
Authors of Pain The Authors of Pain (AOP) are a professional wrestling tag team consisting of Akam and Rezar, with Paul Ellering as their manager. They are best known for their tenure in WWE, where they were former one-time Raw Tag Team Champions and one-time ...
( Akam and
Rezar } Gzim Selmani (born 16 June 1994) is a Dutch professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Rezar. After signing with WWE in 2015, Rezar has since teamed with ...
) in a triple threat elimination match for the NXT Tag Team Championship that also featured DIY, in what would be their last match in NXT.


Raw Tag Team Champions (2017–2019)

On the April 3 episode of '' Raw'', The Revival made their main roster debut, defeating The New Day. The following week on ''Raw'', they defeated The New Day once again. On April 14, Wilder subsequently suffered a fractured jaw during a live event, and was estimated to be out for eight weeks, putting the team on a temporary hiatus. On the July 10 episode of ''Raw'', The Revival attacked The
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(
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and
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) after their match against
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, and became embroiled in a three-way feud; however, shortly afterwards, Dawson suffered a ruptured bicep, putting him out of action for an estimated five months. The Revival returned again on the December 18 episode of ''Raw'', defeating
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and
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. At Raw 25, The Revival lost to Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, marking their first defeat on the main roster. On January 28, 2018 at the
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pre-show, The Revival defeated Gallows and Anderson. On
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pre-show, The Revival lost to The B-Team (
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and
Curtis Axel Joseph Curtis Hennig (born October 1, 1979) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE, where he performed under the ring name Curtis Axel. Hennig signed with WWE in 2007 and performed under his real name, styliz ...
) in an attempt to become the
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. At
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, they were part of Team Raw, but lost to Team SmackDown in the 10-on-10 Survivor Series tag team elimination match. The Revival were the final team eliminated in the match. Following this they began a feud against
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( Kalisto,
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and
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) and suffered various losses in handicap matches labeled "Lucha House Rules". On the December 17 episode of ''Raw'', The Revival defeated Lucha House Party, The B-Team and
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(Akam and Rezar) in a fatal-4-way match, earning a shot at the
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. Throughout the next two weeks, The Revival faced
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and
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for the titles, but Dawson and Wilder were unsuccessful in winning the titles in controversial fashion each time. Shortly after,
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of The Wrestling Observer reported that the duo asked for their release from their WWE contracts. This information was reported following their bout against Lucha House Party on the January 14, 2019 episode of ''Raw''. On the February 11 episode of ''Raw'', The Revival finally defeated Roode and Gable for the titles, marking their first tag team championship win on the main roster. The following two weeks on ''Raw'', The Revival were booked to lose to two different teams from NXT. This string of losses included against DIY and the team of
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and
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. The team successfully defended their titles against Black and Ricochet and Roode and Gable at Fastlane, when Dawson pinned Gable. At
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, The Revival lost their titles to
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, ending their reign at 55 days. The following night on ''Raw'', The Revival fought Hawkins and Ryder in a rematch, but failed to regain the titles. At The Shield's Final Chapter, The Revival once again unsuccessfully fought Hawkins and Ryder for the tag team championship in a triple threat match also involving Aleister Black and Ricochet. After being drafted to ''Raw'' in the Superstar Shake-up,
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began a rivalry with Dawson and Wilder where The Usos would repeatedly embarrass The Revival on numerous occasions. On the May 20 episode of ''Raw'', The Revival defeated The Usos. At Super ShowDown, The Revival lost the rematch. On the following episode of ''Raw'', The Revival defeated Hawkins and Ryder, and The Usos in a triple threat tag team match to win the Raw Tag Team Championships for a second time. The Revival defeated The Usos at Extreme Rules to retain the tag titles. On July 29 episode of Raw, they lost the titles to
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in a triple threat match that also involved the Usos, ending their second reign at 49 days. On the August 12, 2019 post-Summerslam episode of "Raw", during a scheduled
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where The Revival were facing
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(
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and
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, with Kalisto), the 24/7 champion
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ran out from backstage, being chased by several wrestlers. The match was called off and The Revival performed a "
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" on Truth and simultaneously pinned him to become the first co-champions of the 24/7 Championship. However, in the same night, R-Truth pinned Dawson, with the help of Carmella, to regain the title.


SmackDown Tag Team Champions (2019–2020)

Following
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, The Revival began to appear on ''
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'', aligning themselves with
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in a feud against The New Day (
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,
Kofi Kingston Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah (born August 14, 1981) is a Ghanaian-born American professional wrestling, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw (WWE brand), Raw WWE brand extension, brand under the ring name Kofi ...
, and
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). On September 15 at Clash of Champions, The Revival defeated The New Day's Big E and Woods to capture the
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, making them the first team to hold the Raw, SmackDown, and NXT Tag Team Championships, and thus the first-ever WWE Tag Team Triple Crown Champions. As part of the
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, The Revival was drafted to the
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brand. As Randy Orton had become drafted to the Raw brand, this signified the end of The Revival's alliance with Orton. On the November 8 episode of ''SmackDown'', The Revival lost the SmackDown Tag Team titles back to The New Day's Big E and Kingston, ending their reign at 54 days. They received a rematch for the titles at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, but was again defeated by The New Day. Later that same night, The Revival also aligned themselves with King Corbin, assisting him in defeating
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, but that alliance ended quietly. On the January 31, 2020 episode of ''SmackDown'', The Revival lost to
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in a
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also involving Heavy Machinery ( Otis and
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) and Lucha House Party, in a match where the winner would earn a Smackdown Tag Team Championship match at Super ShowDown; this was The Revival's final televised match in WWE. On the February 7, 2020 episode of ''SmackDown'', they attacked
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alongside
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and
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, in their final appearances in WWE. On April 10, The Revival were granted their releases from WWE, fifteen months after their request in January 2019. In an interview the following month, the duo explained that they had asked for their releases because "the tag team division doesn't get respect, it doesn't get the time that we think a lot of these teams deserve and we want to take chances on ourselves", and that they felt that otherwise they would have "no legacy aside from our NXT stuff". They also stated: "The tag team titles, they don't really mean anything", pointing out that
Braun Strowman Adam Joseph Scherr (born September 6, 1983) is an American Professional wrestling, professional wrestler and Strongman (strength athlete), strongman. As a wrestler, he is best known for his tenure in WWE from 2013 to 2025, where he performed un ...
had "steam-rolled the entire tag team division" by himself before winning the Raw Tag Team Championship with 10-year old non-wrestler Nicholas Cone, a son of WWE referee John Cone, at
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. According to the duo, WWE management originally thought that The Revival was bluffing in order to receive a
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, and that the push they received shortly after (they won the Raw Tag Team Championship the following month, with three more title wins later the same year) was a result of it, even after they repeatedly insisted that they did not want to win titles because they believed WWE's tag team championships were meaningless. During the two's last months in the company,
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personally designed an entirely new gimmick for The Revival. However, the duo found the proposed characters "less than flattering", with Wilder stating that he laughed out loud when McMahon gave them pictures displaying their offered new looks. The designs, which have since leaked online, had the two wearing lipstick, bright colors and tassels and carrying glow sticks, with Wilder also wearing suspenders and a large "Shatter Machine" sign on a chain necklace. The duo stated that they had immediately told McMahon that these new characters were "bad", and that while they would portray them if WWE wanted, they would still leave the company once their contracts expired in June 2020. In the same May 2020 interview, Wheeler and Harwood stated their belief that this was the moment McMahon and WWE executives realized that the two actually intended to leave the company; this resulted in The Revival being permanently taken off-television until their release. Following their departure from WWE, the team released a video on their social media pages using the new catchphrase "Fear The Revolt" (FTR); this resulted in their new ring name being largely reported to be The Revolt. Furthermore, Wilder changed his ring name to Cash Wheeler while Dawson changed his to Dax Harwood (with both now using their real-life last names, while Wheeler was now using the first name he originally wanted in WWE). On May 10, 2020, the duo received a
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letter over the usage of the name "The Revolt" by the attorney of
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and Zane Riley, a duo who had been using the name on the independent circuit since 2015; the letter stated that " heeler and Harwood'sconduct is not only unlawful, it is truly shameless that they would willfully steal a name from those that worked so hard to build it up". A letter sent by Wheeler and Harwood's attorney, Michael E. Dockins, the following day, announced that Wheeler and Harwood's team name was not The Revolt but "FTR", which "would mean different things depending on their storyline and creatives", and that they could keep using the "Fear The Revolt" catchphrase regardless. While Konley and Riley claim that Wheeler and Harwood, who knew them personally, knew about their previous use of the Revolt name, Dockins stated that his clients "were not aware of and, at worst, have no recollection of ever knowing of onley and Rileys claimed rights in a REVOLT-inclusive trademark."


All Elite Wrestling / Ring of Honor (2020–present)


Debut and The Pinnacle (2020–2021)

On the May 27, 2020 episode of ''
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'', Harwood and Wheeler made their
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(AEW) debut as FTR, saving
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from an attack by The Butcher and The Blade thus establishing themselves as babyfaces in the process, and began going under the respective ring names Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler. They made their in-ring debut on the June 10 episode of ''Dynamite'', where they defeated The Butcher and The Blade. During the following weeks, FTR had interactions with The Young Bucks and the AEW World Tag Team Champions
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and
Hangman Page Stephen Blake Woltz (born July 27, 1991), better known by his ring name "Hangman" Adam Page, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he is a former AEW World Champion and AEW World Tag Team Champion ...
, including a match at Fyter Fest where FTR and The Young Bucks were defeated by The Lucha Bros and The Butcher and The Blade in an
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. In July 2020, after appearing on AEW television for two months without signing contracts, Harwood and Wheeler signed multi-year contracts with AEW. On the August 12 episode of ''Dynamite'', FTR hosted Tag Team Appreciation Night where they invited Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard and
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to the show. However, after a scuffle between Tully Blanchard and Ricky Morton, FTR attacked Rock 'n' Roll Express thus turning heel in the process. The following week, FTR recruited Blanchard as their manager as they defeated Private Party. On the August 27 episode of ''Dynamite'', FTR defeated The Natural Nightmares, Best Friends and
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in a Gauntlet match to earn an
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match at All Out. At All Out, they defeated Omega and Page to capture the titles, making them the first team to have held tag team titles in both AEW and WWE. On September 16, 2020, FTR defeated Jurassic Express members
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and Jungle Boy in a non-title match following interference from Blanchard. On September 30, 2020, FTR successfully defended their tag team titles on ''Dynamite'' against SCU members
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and
Scorpio Sky Schuyler Andrews (born April 2, 1983), better known by the ring name Scorpio Sky, is an American professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a former two-time AEW TNT Champion and ...
. On October 7, 2020, FTR retained their titles after defeating Hybrid2. On October 14, 2020, they again successfully defended their tag team titles, this time against Best Friends. On November 7, 2020 at Full Gear, FTR lost their titles to The Young Bucks in a match which saw manager Tully Blanchard banned from ringside. On the March 10, 2021 episode of ''Dynamite'', FTR and Blanchard attacked The Inner Circle along with MJF, Wardlow, and
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, with their new group being named The Pinnacle.


Championship reigns (2021–2023)

On the October 16 special episode of ''Dynamite'', FTR - disguised as luchadors called Las Super Ranas (The Super Frogs) - defeated the
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to win the
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for the first time. After The Pinnacle dissolved FTR turned face, after siding with MJF's rival
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. FTR made a surprise appearance at ROH
Final Battle Final Battle is a professional wrestling event, held annually by the Ring of Honor promotion. The event was initially held in 2002. It is held in December, and is the promotion's last show of the calendar year. The 2009 edition of the show was ...
, attacking the newly-crowned
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and setting up a match between the two teams, which took place at Supercard of Honor XV. FTR won the match and became
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for the first time, and with their AAA Tag Team Titles, became double champions. On June 26, 2022, FTR added the
IWGP Tag Team Championship The is a professional wrestling world tag team championship owned by the New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) promotion. "IWGP" is the acronym of the NJPW's governing body, the . The title was introduced on December 12, 1985 at an NJPW live event. T ...
from
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(NJPW) when they won a
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Winner Takes All
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against IWGP Champions
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(
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&
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) and
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(
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&
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) at AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door, making them triple champions (AAA, ROH, IWGP). At Death Before Dishonor, FTR defended their ROH Tag Team Championships against The Briscoes, in a two out of three falls match. They made another successful defense in October at Battle of the Belts IV, defeating Gates of Agony. They made another successful defense defeating Top Flight (
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and
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) on the November 23rd edition of ‘’Rampage’’. On the December 7th edition of ‘’Dynamite’’, FTR faced The Acclaimed for the AEW World Tag Team Championships, but lost. This loss resulted in a losing streak for the duo as three days later at
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, FTR lost the ROH World Tag Team Championships to The Briscoes in a
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, ending their reign at 253 days. After the match, FTR were attacked by rivals The Gunns, but were fended off by The Briscoes. On the December 22 edition of ''Dynamite'', FTR lost to The Gunns. Two weeks later, they lost the AAA World Tag Team Championship to
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and Dragon Lee at
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, thus ending another title reign at 441 days. FTR made their return since losing all of their titles, at
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, confronting The Gunns, who had just retained their AEW World Tag Team Championships. On the following March 8 edition of ''Dynamite'', Harwood and Wheeler stated their intentions of capturing the AEW World Tag Team Championships. FTR confronted The Gunns on the March 22 edition of ''Dynamite'', seeking a title shot, but were continuously refused. The title match was finally granted upon Harwood's proposition that if he and Wheeler were to lose to The Gunns, they would quit AEW. The title match took place on the main event of the April 5 edition of ''Dynamite'', where FTR defeated The Gunns, capturing the AEW World Tag Team Championships for the second time. FTR would go on to successfully defend their titles against various teams such as
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and
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at
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, The Young Bucks at All In, and Aussie Open at WrestleDream. FTR lost the titles to
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and
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on the October 7 episode of ''
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,'' ending their second reign at 185 days.


Various feuds and heel turn (2024–present)

In January 2024, FTR aligned with Daniel Garcia in a feud against the
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(
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,
Brody King Nathan Troy Blauvelt (born March 17, 1987), better known by his ring name Brody King, is an American professional wrestler, singer, and actor. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Hounds of Hell and is a form ...
, and
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), teaming with Garcia in a victory over the group in an Escape The Cage Elimination match. In February 2024, FTR would feud with
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and
Claudio Castagnoli Claudio Castagnoli ( ; born 27 December 1980) is a Swiss professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is a member of the Death Riders and a former AEW World Trios Championship, AEW World Trios Champion. He also per ...
of the
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, with Moxley and Castagnoli defeating FTR at the
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event in March. In April 2024, FTR would participate in a tournament to determine the next AEW World Tag Team Champions. They defeated The Infantry in the first round, Top Flight in the semi-finals, but lost to The Young Bucks in a
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in the finals at
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on April 21, due to interference from a returning
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. FTR would go to feud with The Young Bucks from the rest of the summer facing them in May at
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in an Anarchy in the Arena match, and in August at All In in a three-way tag team match for the tag titles, also involving The Acclaimed, both ended in defeat for FTR. In late 2024, FTR once again began feud with the Blackpool Combat Club, now known as the
Death Riders The Death Riders are a villainous professional wrestling stable that performs in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), and Ring of Honor (ROH). The stable consists of the leader Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, Wheeler Yuta, ...
. On December 28 at Worlds End, FTR along with
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appeared after the main event and brawled with the Death Riders. The trio of FTR and Cope were named "Rated FTR". On April 6 at
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, Rated FTR unsuccessfully challenged the Death Riders for the
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. After the match, FTR attacked Cope, turning heel in the process. On the April 23 episode of ''Dynamite'', Stokely was revealed as FTR's new manager, with the duo then further cementing their heel turn by attacking the
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. On May 25 at
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, FTR defeated Daniel Garcia and
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.


New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2022–2023)

After winning the
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s at AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door, FTR made their first appearance for
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, at Music City Mayhem, where they teamed with
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, in a losing effort to United Empire's, Aussie Open and T. J. Perkins. After the match, Aussie Open challenged FTR to a match for the IWGP Tag Team Championships. FTR made their first IWGP Tag Team Championship defense on night one of Royal Quest II, defeating Aussie Open in the main event. On January 4 2023 at
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, FTR lost the IWGP Tag Team Championships to Bishamon (
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and
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), ending their reign at 192 days.


Professional wrestling style and persona

FTR have been praised for their old-school style and knowledge of tag team wrestling. According to Harwood, the tag team approach to wrestling is having boundaries and rules and work with them, usually breaking them. Pro wrestling booker and manager
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, known for his old-school approach, has praised the team on several occasions. 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. The duo said that they were modeled after The
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and the Condrey/ Eaton version of The Midnight Express. After the two left WWE, Dawson and Wilder changed their names to Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler, now using their real last names while paying tribute to
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's Ax and Smash. The duo's finishing move, called the "Shatter Machine" in WWE, was inspired by the "Codebreaker" used by
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, whom the two saw as a major inspiration; although WWE staff had told them they did not need it, the two asked for Jericho's approval to use the move, which he gave them. The duo confirmed after leaving WWE that they would change the move's name. As FTR, the duo renamed the move to the "Goodnight Express", an homage to The Midnight Express. They later renamed the move again to "Big Rig" after the late
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before returning to the “Shatter Machine” name in 2023 at
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. FTR also uses an assisted spike piledriver called the "Mind Breaker" as their double-team finishing move in AEW, modeled after the Brain Busters's own finisher. In November 2020, Harwood and Wheeler revealed in an interview with Talk Sport journalist Alex McCarthy that FTR wanted to join AEW, despite being offered a huge amount of money to stay in the WWE, because they kept getting pulled from main roster events in the WWE. Harwood stated "We knew it was time for us to move on because money is great, and I am so fortunate and lucky to take care of my beautiful wife and perfect little six year old daughter because of professional wrestling, but that's what it's because of – professional wrestling." Wheeler stated "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
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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."


Other media

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debut as playable characters in ''
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'', and have since appeared in ''
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'', ''
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'', ''
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''. and ''
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''.


Championships and accomplishments

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** Tag Team of the Year (2023) *
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(2 times) *** Tag Team of the Year (
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) in a Best 2-of-3 Falls match for the NXT Tag Team Championship at NXT TakeOver: Toronto * ''
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'' ** Tag Team of the Year (2022, 2023) ** Ranked Wheeler No. 98 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''
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'' in 2019 ** Ranked Harwood No. 103 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the ''PWI 500'' in 2019 ** Ranked FTR No. 1 of the top 50 Tag Teams in the '' PWI Tag Team 50'' in 2020 and 2023 * ''
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'' ** WWE Tag Team of the Year (2016) * ''
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External links

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