Dax Harwood

Daniel Michael Harwood (born June 30, 1984) is an American professional wrestler. He currently wrestles for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and competes under the ring name Dax Harwood or Dax The Axe. He is one-half of the tag team FTR with Cash Wheeler and is a former two-time AEW World Tag Team Champion with him.

He is also known for his time wrestling in WWE where he wrestled under the ring name Scott Dawson. In WWE, he and Wheeler (then known as Dash Wilder) have been two-time Raw Tag Team Champions, one-time SmackDown Tag Team Champions, two-time NXT Tag Team Champions, and one-time 24/7 Champions. They have also wrestled for Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), Ring of Honor (ROH). In those promotions, they have been one-time AAA World Tag Team Champions, one-time IWGP Tag Team Champions, and one-time ROH World Tag Team Champions.

 Career 
 WWE (2012-2020) 
In 2012, Harwood signed a developmental contract with WWE and was given the ring name Scott Dawson. He made his television debut on the March 6, 2013 edition of NXT, losing against Adrian Neville in a Handicap Match together with Judas Devlin. In 2014 Dawson formed a tag team with Dash Wilder, known as ''The Mechanics'' and later "Dash and Dawson". On October 22, 2015, they won the NXT Tag Team Championship from The Vaudevillains (Aiden English and Simon Gotch). In 2016 they were renamed ''The Revival''. At NXT TakeOver: Dallas on April 1 they lost the title to American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan), but won it back from them on June 8 at NXT TakeOver: The End, becoming the first ever two-time NXT Tag Team Champions. On November 19, 2016  at NXT TakeOver: Toronto, they lost the titles to #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa). 

On the April 3, 2017 episode of Raw, The Revival made their debut on WWE's main roster with a victory over The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods). On the February 11, 2019 edition of Raw, Dawson and Wilder won the Raw Tag Team Championship for the first time from Bobby Roode and Chad Gable. They dropped the title to Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder at WrestleMania 35 on April 7, this also broke Hawkins' long losing streak. On June 10, The Revival won the titles back but lost them to The O.C. (Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows) on the July 29 edition of Raw. On August 12, 2019 both members of The Revival pinned R-Truth at the same time to become the only co-champions of the 24/7 Championship. Moments later, R-Truth pinned Dawson, with the help of Carmella, and regained the title. At Clash of Champions on September 15, The Revival  won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship from The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods). On the November 8 edition of SmackDown, they lost the titles to The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston).

On April 10, 2020, Dawson and Wilder were both released from WWE. During an interview in November 2020, both Harwood and Wheeler said that they were offered a lot of money to stay with WWE. However, they wanted to join AEW because they were tired of being taken off of the main roster cards. Wheeler would say in the interview: "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 Hunter 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."

 All Elite Wrestling (2020-present) 
On the May 27, 2020 at Dynamite, Harwood and Wheeler, under the team name FTR made their debut with All Elite Wrestling (AEW). They drove into the amphitheater in a pickup truck, entered the ring and attacked The Butcher and The Blade. On the June 10 episode of Dynamite, they had their first official in-ring match in AEW. They defeated The Butcher and The Blade. On the August 22 episode of Dynamite Tully Blanchard was introduced as FTR's Manager. At All Out on September 5 Harwood and Wheeler won the AEW World Tag Team Championship from Adam Page and Kenny Omega. This made them the first team to become tag team champions in WWE and AEW. On November 7 at Full Gear they lost the titles to The Young Bucks.

On October 6, 2021, FTR defeated the Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Fénix) to win the AAA World Tag Team Championship. At Ring of Honor's Supercard of Honor XV on April 1, 2022 they won the ROH World Tag Team Championship. On June 26 they became triple champions by winning New Japan Pro Wrestling's IWGP Tag Team Championship. In December 2022 they lost both the ROH and AAA titles, followed by the IWGP titles on January 4, 2023. On April 25 they won the AEW Tag Team Championship a second time, defeating The Gunns (Austin and Colten Gunn) in a Title vs. Career match. On the October 7 episode of Collision they dropped the titles to Ricky Starks and Big Bill.

 Personal life 
Harwood is married to his wife Maria Nickopoulos and they have a daughter, Finley Gray. His daughter Finley scored a pinfall victory over Sonjay Dutt after FTR's match.

During a promo, Harwood revealed that his daughter had fought through heart problems and a hole in the heart. FTR would release a shirt with 100% of the profits being donated to the American Heart Association.

 Championships and accomplishments 

 All Elite Wrestling
 AEW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Cash Wheeler
 The Baltimore Sun
 WWE Tag Team of the Year (2016) – with Dash Wilder
 ESPN
 Tag Team of the Year (2023 – with Cash Wheeler)
 Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
 AAA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Cash Wheeler
 New Japan Pro Wrestling
 IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Cash Wheeler
 Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 Tag Team of the Year (2022) 
 Ranked No. 103 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2019
 Ranked No. 1 of the top 50 tag teams in the PWI Tag Team 50 in 2020 
 Ring of Honor
 ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Cash Wheeler
 Sports Illustrated
 Ranked No. 8 of the top 10 wrestlers in 2022
 WWE
 WWE 24/7 Championship (1 time) – with Dash Wilder
 WWE Raw Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Dash Wilder
 WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dash Wilder
 NXT Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Dash Wilder
 First WWE Tag Team Triple Crown  Champions – with Dash Wilder
 NXT Year-End Award (2 times)
 Match of the Year (2016) – with Dash Wilder vs. #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) in a two-out-of-three falls match for the NXT Tag Team Championship at NXT TakeOver: Toronto
 Tag Team of the Year (2016) – with Dash Wilder
 Wrestling Observer Newsletter
 Feud of the Year (2022) 
 Tag Team of the Year (2022, 2023)

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