While some injuries are more serious than others, wrestlers are most likely always banged up.
FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) have kept a busy schedule in 2022 as they collect gold throughout multiple promotions. The busy schedule has led to plenty of bumps and bruises, including a torn labrum for Dax, who said he suffered the injury before the first match with The Briscoes at ROH Supercard of Honor.
“I got that [a torn labrum] right before the match with The Briscoes,” he said while speaking to WebIsJericho. “I took a suplex on the floor, and it’s still very uncomfortable just to sit down. To walk or to run it doesn’t bother me, but to sit down, it just kills me. Every match you have, I don’t care how old you are or how young you are, every match is gonna take a toll on your body.”
Harwood continued by saying, “We’ll take a move, even just a shoulder tackle — a shoulder tackle hurts so bad. We’ll take this move, and you’ll watch guys get right back up and smile and laugh. And in my mind, I’m like, ‘I gotta go home to my daughter, and that one tackle, that one bump hurt so bad that I can’t play with her.’ So why are we telling these fans this doesn’t hurt? ‘Watch. The ring is springy, it’s like a trampoline.’ It’s the complete opposite. Everything hurts.”
Both men said they have matching chips in their elbow that hurt when they lock up.
Cash added, “When you enjoy what you do and you’re having fun, it’s hard to take that time away unless it’s not an option. There’s different matches and different high-level matches, especially like one with The Briscoes, that you can use as injury markers when you’re telling stories down the line. Like, ‘I remember the match with The Briscoes in Dallas, and that’s how I got this with my shoulder.’ They kind of become like chapters in your injury book. They still kind of linger years on. They get better over time. You rehab them a little more. You learn how to train around them and be more functional to take the pressure off of it. A lot of the times, you just carry them with you.”
FTR will defend the ROH Tag Team Titles in a two-out-of-three falls bout against The Briscoes (Mark & Jay Briscoe) at ROH Death Before Dishonor.
Fans can check out the current lineup for the show by clicking here.
