Top AEW Stars To Be Off TV For Several Months

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Top AEW stars are now set to be off television for several months.

At ROH Final Battle 2022, FTR lost the Ring of Honor World Tag Team Championships to The Briscoes. Then later in December, Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler dropped the AAA World Tag Team Titles to Dragon Lee and Dralistico.

Finally, at NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17, the duo came up short against Bishamon’s Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI to lose the IWGP Tag Team Championships.

Speaking on his FTR podcast with Matt Koon, Dax Harwood revealed that he and Cash Wheeler have been granted a few months off television.

After saying he had the blessing of Cash to speak on the matter, Dax said:

“I also have the blessing of Tony Khan to talk about this and make a statement about this. Tony has been nothing but top-notch to me and Dan [Dax] since day one. There are things that we haven’t agreed on, as any boss and any employee, even any friend.”

“There are times that I felt the boat was missed on opportunities for us. There were times that I was super happy with everything we were doing, but there has come a time where we are on the tail end of our career.”

Reflecting on where the tag team is at in their career, Harwood continued:

“Right now, at this point in our career, is the most important time in our career. I mean that monetarily, creatively, and personally.”

“It is the most important time in our career. With that being said, we have asked and been granted the next few months off of television so we can sit back, reflect, decide, let out bodies heal, and figure out what we’re going to do for the next few years.”

“Whatever we decide to do next will be the absolute last thing we do as far as wrestling.”

Dax concluded by stating that they are going to make a decision on their future by April, which is when their contract with AEW will expire. He said:

“By April, we will have an answer. I have to take my health, my family, my creativity, and I have to take my personal life all in consideration about what we’re going to do next.”

“I know what I want to do, but whatever we do, I just want to be respected. I feel we have done something so special in 2022 and most of that is in part to the fans.”

“We deserve to continue to build on our legacy for ourselves, but also we owe it to the fans to build on that legacy because they made us this past year.”

“I’m not sure exactly how long we’ll be away. It may be all the way until the end of our contract. Our contract is up in April.”

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