A few days removed from a fantastic time-limit draw against the Blackpool Combat Club that saw FTR come mere moments away from a statement victory against Claudio Castagnoli and a returning Wheeler Yuta, Dax Harwood took to social media to issue an apology to AEW, Tony Khan, and all of his fans, but for what exactly? Did the tag team do something wrong? Did Cash Wheeler's court case get re-opened once more? Or was it something else entirely that fans weren't aware of?

Well, as Harwood would go on to explain, it would appear the Top Guys will be out of action indefinitly due to an inury the balder member of the faction was unwilling to disclose until it got simply too painful to keep to himself.

“What's up, you all? Sometimes social media can be a harsh place. I know there's a lot of people, especially in the Twitter world, that don't really care for me too much, and that's okay. But I thought this was the best way that I could talk to the fans of AEW and the fans of FTR and finally get this off of my chest. First of all, before I go any further, I want to apologize to my boss. I want to apologize to the front staff in AEW. I want to apologize, probably more than anything. I want to apologize to the medical staff, too, because I should have been up front. I should have been truthful about some things that's been going on with me over the last couple of months, and I didn't because I thought I could tough it out. At the Double or Nothing Pay-per-view in the ladder match with the Young Bucks for the AEW World Tag Team Championships, I gave Matt Jackson a pile driver through the ladder. And when I landed, it messed my lower back up really, really bad and caused a severe hematoma that appeared on my lower back, which, as we know, that's where the brunt of the bumps go for a professional wrestler,” Dax Harwood explained on social media via No DQ.

“I thought I could tough through it. I felt that FTR was on a momentum high there, and I wanted to not take myself and cash off of the road. And after this weekend, after this match with the Blackpool Combat Club, 20 Minute Draw, incredible match, one of my favorite matches I've had in AEW, I got to the back and I put some ice on my lower back, and the hematoma blew up to the size of the football, at the very least, the size of a football. And with that and with the pain, the pain, I've debated on whether saying this and whether explaining this, because I don't want anybody to think I'm trying to get sympathy. But the pain has been at the very, very, very minimum – the pain has been excruciating over the last few months. I haven't wanted to tell anybody because I didn't want, like I said, I didn't want FTR to be taken off of television. I didn't want us to be taken off the road. Maybe selfishly, maybe a little egotistically, I felt that we were an important part to AEW, to Dynamite, and obviously, more importantly, to Collision, which has been our home for the last year.”

Whoa, interesting stuff, right? Well, wait, it gets much more interesting as Harwood goes on to explain why Doc Sampson of AEW has taken matters out of the faction's hands in order to remove them from the road for the foreseeable future.

FTR will be off of AEW programming until Dax Harwood heals up.

Continuing his apology, Dax Harwood revealed the troubling extent of his injuries, as according to Doc Sampson, he was getting dangerously close to forced medical retirement territory if he didn't get his back addressed.

“But today, I had to get an X-ray on my lower back, on my pelvis, and they had to take a look at this hematoma. When I finally explained this to Doc Samson and the whole medical team, when I explained to them what I've been hiding for the last two months, Doc Samson immediately took me off of the road. He said, ‘You've got to rest it up. If you don't, it could get worse, and it could lead to possible retirement.' And obviously, I don't want that. So going forward, I got to be truthful with you guys. I got to be truthful with my bosses. I got to be truthful with the medical staff. And I don't know how long this is going to last. I don't know how long we're going to have to be off. But unfortunately, and maybe fortunately for some of you people that don't like FTR, myself, and Cash will not be on television for a while. I have to rest this thing up. The night, the the sleepless night have been catching up with me because I cannot get a comfortable position even in my bed,” Dax Harwood explained.

“So you got to think, if I can't get a comfortable position in my bed, imagine the plane rides or the top rope superplexes and all this stupid shit that I do at almost 40 years old. But I hope you know, and I'm sure there's going to be a lot of people that give me some grief for it, but I hope you know all this is for the love of the game and it's for the love of all you fans. Again, I'm not sure how long we'll be back. I hope it's sooner than later. But I hope when we come back, we can come back better than ever. My number one priority in this profession is the legacy. Obviously, I know I get flag for the legacy of FTR, and I never wanted it to go away. Thank you guys for everything. Thank you to my work, to my bosses, to everyone who didn't give me any shit for lying to them and taking the steps needed that I wouldn't take to take care of my body. Because without them, I'm sure in the next couple of months, couple of years, I'd be a crippled man, and I can't thank them enough.

“So Doc Samson, the whole medical team, even my boss, man, Tony Khan, who had no idea about this, and I hope he's okay with this. Thank you guys for everything, and I hope to see everybody soon. Top guys, out.”

While no one wants to see a performer work through a serious injury, Harwood is correct in that FTR was having an absolute run in AEW before his injury removed the duo from the road, with the tag team taking part in Anarchy at the Arena at Double or Nothing and their AEW Tag Team World Championship match against the EVPs at Dynasty. Still, even if they have to leave for a few months, it wouldn't mark the end of the tag team by any means, as no matter how long they are away, FTR always finds a way to get back on top when they return, as they truly are one of the best tag teams in the entire world.