AEW’s Dax Harwood out of action after suffering hematoma in April

Dax Harwood is out of action. Taking to social media on Monday, Harwood explained that he and Cash Wheeler are being taken off the road so Harwood can recover from a hematoma suffered back in April that he had attempted to work through without telling anyone. In a video post on X, he first apologized to Tony Khan and other AEW staff, saying he should have been upfront about his situation for the last few months. He said that after giving Matt Jackson a piledriver at AEW Dynasty in April, he messed up his lower back “really, really bad,” causing a severe hematoma. He wanted to work through it, however, as he didn’t want to take himself and tag partner Cash Wheeler off the road. Harwood said after his match on AEW Collison this past weekend against Blackpool Combat Club, the hematoma grew to the size of a football while icing it backstage. “The pain has been at the very, very, very minimum, the pain has been excruciating over the last few months,” he said. He explained he didn’t want to tell anyone as he didn’