AEW's FTR Heading To Japan For First Time In Years
FTR will work their first Japanese date for NJPW next month.
FTR are heading to Japan for the first time since joining All Elite Wrestling.
Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler will be in Osaka to compete at NJPW's Battle Autumn event on 5 November. The reigning IWGP Tag Team Champions have challenged New Japan to give them the best possible opponents, claiming they want to etch their names alongside the greatest tandems in company history.
A short FTR promo was uploaded to the official @njpwglobal Twitter account earlier today:-
FTR hit Osaka!@daxftr and @cashwheelerftr are coming to Battle Autumn November 5!
But who will they face?Watch Battle Autumn LIVE IN ENGLISH on @njpwworld!#njpw #njautumn pic.twitter.com/jlkwQ72FqR
Advertisement— NJPW Global (@njpwglobal) October 25, 2022
FTR's reign as IWGP Tag Team Champions is now 121 days deep. Dax and Cash took the straps from United Empire in a bout also featuring Roppongi Vice at AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door (26 June) and have since mounted one successful defence, which came against Aussie Open on 1 October.
Harwood and Wheeler still have the ROH and AAA World Tag Team Titles on their shoulders as well. Although the duo have been considered top contenders for the AEW belts for months now, a shot is yet to materialise. This will be determined when they face Swerve In Our Glory on this Wednesday's Dynamite.
FTR last wrestled in Japan in June 2019, when they worked a couple of WWE live events in Tokyo as Raw Tag Team Champions.