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FTR refute Jake Hager’s claim that they refused to show up to past AEW event

Posted: Aug 27th 2025 By: Joseph Currier

FTR are refuting a claim made by Jake Hager during a recent podcast appearance.

On a new episode of Insight with Chris Van Vliet that debuted today, Hager discussed his 2024 departure from AEW and feeling jaded with pro wrestling due to the experience. He also took shots at Tony Khan, including recalling a meeting where Khan supposedly spoke disrespectfully to talent.

Hager said the meeting happened after “all of the [CM] Punk sh*t” went down in 2022 and was supposed to be wrestlers-only, but Khan stormed into the room and spoke. Hager claimed that Khan told the talent, “Listen, I’ll put you in a six-man, six minutes before the show and you’re going to do it.”

A reason for the alleged outburst, Hager said, was that someone had refused to come to TV that day because they didn’t like the creative. Hager said he thought it was FTR who refused to come to the show.

“Cash and I were at the all-talent only meeting that was called by Bryan, Jericho, and Mox. Tony never interrupted,” Dax Harwood of FTR tweeted in response to Hager’s comments. “Cash and I have NEVER refused to show up to work and, I’d to dare say, if you look at our schedules since Collision started, we’re the most consistent talent that make BOTH shows EVERY WEEK. Im not really sure where all this is coming from, but it’s mostly not true.”

Cash Wheeler also refuted what Hager said about FTR. On social media, he shared a DM exchange with Hager from today:

After joining the promotion in 2019, Hager’s time with AEW ended in a mutual departure last year when his contract expired. Hager said during the Insight episode that he felt disrespected when AEW only offered him an 18-month contract following his initial deal. He signed that extension in 2022 but knew the writing was on the wall and felt like Khan didn’t want him in AEW.

FTR competed at this Sunday’s Forbidden Door pay-per-view, where they were part of a three-way match for the AEW Tag Team titles. Brody King & Bandido won the match to dethrone Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin.