Cash Wheeler
Daniel Marshall Wheeler (born May 17, 1987) is an American professional wrestler. He currently wrestles for All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and competes under the ring name Cash Wheeler. He is one-half of the tag team FTR with Dax Harwood and is a former two-time AEW World Tag Team Champion with him.
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![]() Wheeler at Forbidden Door in June 26, 2022 | |
Born | Asheville, North Carolina | May 17, 1987
Professional wrestling career | |
Ring name(s) | Brett Storm Cash Wheeler Daniel Wheeler Dash Wilder Steven Walters |
Billed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Billed weight | 223 lb (101 kg) |
Billed from | Asheville, North Carolina Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina Toronto, Ontario |
Trained by | WWE Performance Center |
Debut | 2005 |
He is also known for his time wrestling in WWE where he wrestled under the ring name Dash Wilder. In WWE, he and Harwood (then known as Scott Dawson) have been two-time Raw Tag Team Champions, one-time SmackDown Tag Team Champions, two-time NXT Tag Team Champions, and one-time WWE 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.[1][2][3]
Career
changeWWE (2014-2020)
changeIn 2014, Wheeler signed a developmental contract with WWE and was given the ring name Dash Wilder. He formed a tag team with Scott Dawson 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.[4] 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."[5]
All Elite Wrestling (2020-present)
changeOn the May 27, 2020 at Dynamite, Wheelr and Harwood, 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.[6] On the June 10 episode of Dynamite, they had their first official in-ring match in AEW. They defeated The Butcher and The Blade.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9] On the October 7 episode of Collision they dropped the titles to Ricky Starks and Big Bill.[10]
Personal life
changeOn August 18, 2023, a warrant was issued for the arrest of Wheeler. He would be charged with one count of aggravated assault with a firearm. He was released on $2,500 bond and was allowed to travel to London for the All In pay-per-view.[11][12]
Championships and accomplishments
change- All Elite Wrestling
- Anarchy Wrestling
- The Baltimore Sun
- WWE Tag Team of the Year (2016) – with Scott Dawson[16]
- ESPN
- Tag Team of the Year (2023 – with Dax Harwood)[17]
- Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide
- AAA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Dax Harwood[18]
- New Japan Pro Wrestling
- IWGP Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Dax Harwood[19]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- Ring of Honor
- ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Dax Harwood[22]
- Sports Illustrated
- Ranked No. 9 of the top 10 wrestlers in 2022[23]
- WrestleForce
- WrestleForce Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with John Skyler[24]
- WWE
- WWE 24/7 Championship (1 time) – with Scott Dawson[25][a]
- WWE Raw Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Scott Dawson[26]
- WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Scott Dawson[27]
- NXT Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Scott Dawson[28]
- First WWE Tag Team Triple Crown Champions – with Scott Dawson[29]
- NXT Year-End Award (2 times)
- Match of the Year (2016) – with Scott Dawson 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 Scott Dawson
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- Feud of the Year (2022) vs. The Briscoes[30]
- Tag Team of the Year (2022, 2023)[30][31]
Footnotes
changeReferences
change- ↑ "10/16 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of Bryan Danielson vs. Bobby Fish, Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix vs. Andrade El Idolo's masked tag team for the AAA Tag Titles, Dante Martin vs. Malakai Black, Kiera Hogan vs. Penelope Ford, Jon Moxley vs. Wheeler Yuta". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW-NJPW Forbidden Door results: Powell's live review of Jon Moxley vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the Interim AEW World Title, Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada vs. Hangman Page vs. Adam Cole for the IWGP World Heavyweight Title, Thunder Rosa vs. Toni Storm for the AEW Women's Title, Will Ospreay vs. Orange Cassidy for the IWGP U.S. Title". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ↑ "4/1 ROH Supercard of Honor results: Powell's live review of Bandido vs. Jonathan Gresham for the undisputed ROH Championship, The Briscoes vs. FTR for the ROH Tag Titles, Rhett Titus vs. Minoru Suzuki for the ROH TV Title, Josh Woods vs. Wheeler Yuta for the ROH Pure Rules Title". ProWrestling.net. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ↑ "Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder of The Revival released". WWE. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ↑ "Driven Exclusive: FTR talks goals for 'best tag division in the world' with AEW, talks with Triple H to stay in NXT and The Usos storyline". WWE. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Dynamite 5/27/20 Results: Chris Jericho Brawls With Mike Tyson, A Battle Royal & More!". Fightful. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW Dynamite 6/10/20 Results: AEW TNT Championship Defense, FTR's In-Ring Debut & More!". Fightful. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ↑ Powell, Jason (November 7, 2020). "AEW Full Gear results: Powell's live review of Jon Moxley vs. Eddie Kingston in an I Quit Match for the AEW Championship, FTR vs. The Young Bucks for the AEW Tag Titles, Cody vs. Darby Allin for the TNT Title, Hikaru Shida vs. Nyla Rose for the AEW Women's Title, Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page in the eliminator tournament finals". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
- ↑ Barnett, Jake (April 5, 2023). "4/5 AEW Dynamite results: Barnett's live review of The Gunns vs. FTR for the AEW Tag Titles (or FTR must leave AEW), Jamie Hayter vs. Riho for the AEW Women's Title, House of Black vs. Best Friends for the AEW Trios Titles, Hook vs. Ethan Page for the FTW Title, Ricky Starks vs. Juice Robinson, Sammy Guevara vs. Komander, Tony Khan's announcement". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved April 9, 2023.
- ↑ Moore, John (October 7, 2023). "AEW Collision results (10/7): Moore's live review of Adam Copeland first appearance, FTR vs. Ricky Starks and Big Bill for the AEW Tag Titles, Eddie Kingston vs. Komander for the ROH Title". Pro Wrestling Dot Net. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
- ↑ "Cash Wheeler Allegedly Flashed A Gun In Road Rage Incident; Bond Set At $2500, Ordered To Turn In Weapons". Fightful. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ↑ "Report: Cash Wheeler expected to wrestle at AEW All In". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- ↑ "AEW World Tag Team Championship Title History". All Elite Wrestling. Archived from the original on February 27, 2020. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (August 16, 2008). "NWA Anarchy Tag Team Championship". Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (July 23, 2011). "NWA Anarchy Television Championship". Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ↑ Oster, Aaron (December 31, 2016). "WWE 2016 end-of-year awards". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
- ↑ ESPN.com (December 26, 2023). "Pro Wrestling 2023 awards: The best male and female wrestler, feud, faction, promo and more". ESPN. Archived from the original on December 28, 2023. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (October 16, 2021). "AAA World Tag Team Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved October 17, 2021.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (June 26, 2022). "IWGP Tag Team Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
- ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2019 – The Internet Wrestling Database". www.profightdb.com. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ↑ Middleton, Marc (November 18, 2020). "FTR Takes Top Spot On The Inaugural PWI Tag Team 50 List". Wrestling Inc. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (April 1, 2022). "ROH World Tag Team Championship". Cagematch - The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
- ↑ Barrasso, Justin (December 28, 2022). "Ranking the Top 10 Wrestlers of 2022". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved December 30, 2022.
- ↑ Kreikenbohm, Philip (September 21, 2013). "WrestleForce Tag Team Championship". Cagematch – The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
- ↑ "24/7 Champion".
- ↑ "Raw Tag Team Championship". WWE. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
- ↑ "WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship". Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ↑ "NXT Tag Team Championship". WWE. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
- ↑ "The Revival Triple Crown Tag Team Champions 20 x 24 Commemorative Plaque". WWE.
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Meltzer, Dave (February 24, 2023). "February 27, 2023, Observer Newsletter: 2022 Observer Awards issue". Figure4Weekly. Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
- ↑ Meltzer, Dave. "February 26, 2024 Observer Newsletter: 2023 Observer Awards issue". Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
Other websites
change- Cash Wheeler on Twitter
- Dash Wilder on WWE.com