FTR’s Cash Wheeler Reportedly Injured – As noted, Ricky Starks and Big Bill defeated FTR for the AEW World Tag Team Championships. Following the show, there was speculation regarding the status of FTR in AEW.
Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez discussed the title change on Wrestling Observer Radio, highlighting that Cash Wheeler’s injury may have played a factor in the decision.
Alvarez: “We got Collision to talk about and it was newsworthy in the sense….we have new tag team champions and I saw the first I’ve seen half of the show. I haven’t seen the second half, so you can talk about that. But the show opens with the usual promos from everybody who’s going to be on the show. And man, let me tell you that FTR promo that they did, oh my God, they just were so depressed. And the whole promo is just basically they’re going, ‘We’re beat up, we’re smashed, we’re broken down, we’re hurting, but we’re going to win.’ That’s just watching this going, ‘Uh, tell me you’re losing without telling me you’re losing here, guys.’ And in fact, they came out and they lost because apparently…..”
Meltzer: “Not just that they lost. It was a four-minute match and they just got squashed.”
Alvarez: “Well, Cash is injured.”
Meltzer: “That’s what it sure appeared to be.”
Alvarez: “Well, he is injured. That’s the story. And the story they told on television was at the pay-per-view when Aussie Open ran them together. They sold it like he’d injured his rib there. And he essentially sold his ribs throughout the match. But they beat up Cash immediately. And then he did take a chokeslam through the table, but he never got in the ring again. Yeah. And they just beat up Dax and they beat him up. Beat him up, beat him up, beat him up. And then Big Bill. It was Big Bill and Ricky Starks against FTR. Big Bill gives Dax the Chokeslam. Ricky says one more time he gives him a second chokeslam. He goes one more time, he gives him a third chokeslam then Ricky asks for the tag and they hit the combo spear and pinned him. So Ricky Starks and Big Bill are the new tag team champions. Don’t know how long FTR is going to be out of action, but that’s the story. So they changed the titles.”
Meltzer: “Man. That’s a lot of injuries there.”
Alvarez: “They got a lot of injuries in this company. Yeah.”
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FTR’s Cash Wheeler Reportedly Injured
