Dax Harwood

Professional

Birthday June 30, 1984

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Whiteville, North Carolina, U.S.

Age 39 years old

Nationality United States

Height 5 ft 10 in

Weight 223 lb

#38255 Most Popular

1984

David Michael Harwood (born June 30, 1984) is an American professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Dax Harwood or Dax The Axe.

Teamed with Cash Wheeler as FTR, Harwood is a two-time AEW World Tag Team Champion.

He also makes appearances in their sister promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), as well as partner promotions Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he and Wheeler have won those promotions' respective tag team championships once each.

Harwood was previously known for his time in WWE, under the ring name Scott Dawson. In WWE he and Wheeler (then known as Dash Wilder) were known as The Revival, and held the Raw (twice), SmackDown and NXT Tag Team Championship (twice), making them the first ever WWE Tag Team Triple Crown winners, and jointly held the WWE 24/7 Championship along with Wheeler.

2004

Harwood made his professional wrestling debut in 2004.

He wrestled for a variety of independent promotions as KC McKnight, most notably for CWF Mid-Atlantic, AWA Superstars of Wrestling and a number of NWA-affiliated organizations including NWA Anarchy and Pro Wrestling Zero1.

2010

In 2010, he made an appearance for Ring of Honor (ROH) in a dark match prior to ROH The Big Bang!.

He also wrestled at various North Carolina independents including United Professional Wrestling Association in Wilmington, working with the likes of Zane and Dave Dawson, Daniel Messina, Charlie Dreamer, Marcus Shields, etc.

2012

Harwood signed with WWE in 2012 and was assigned to the WWE Performance Center, taking the ring name Scott Dawson.

2013

He made his television debut on March 7, 2013 episode of NXT, teaming with Judas Devlin in a two-on-one handicap loss to Adrian Neville.

Dawson made a further appearance in an enhancement role on April 10 episode of NXT, in a six-man tag-team defeat against The Shield.

In May 2013, Dawson formed a tag-team with Garrett Dylan, with the two managed by Sylvester Lefort.

On June 26 episode of NXT Dawson and Dylan lost a number one contender's match for the NXT Tag Team Championship to Corey Graves and Kassius Ohno.

The team disbanded shortly afterwards when Dylan was released from the company.

Following Dylan's release, Dawson initially worked as a singles competitor with little success and then formed a tag-team with Alexander Rusev, who was also being managed by Lefort.

Rusev and Dawson participated unsuccessfully in a contendership battle royal for the NXT Tag Team Championship on September 12 episode of NXT.

Their alliance ended when Rusev turned on Lefort in favor of being managed by Lana, and shortly afterwards Dawson suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament which ruled him out of action for several months.

On his return from injury, Dawson formed a team with Dash Wilder, with the two performing extensively at live events under the name The Mechanics.

2014

The duo made their debut on July 31, 2014 episode of NXT, losing to the team of Bull Dempsey and Mojo Rawley.

The duo made only one further televised appearance in 2014, losing to Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady on October 23 episode of NXT, but continued to wrestle extensively at house shows.

2015

On the June 10, 2015 episode of NXT, Dawson faced Samoa Joe in a losing effort during the show's main event.

Dawson and Wilder's team resurfaced and picked up their first televised win on the July 29, 2015 episode of NXT, defeating Amore and Cassady.

The duo were involved in an 8-man tag-team match that was taped prior to NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn.

At NXT TakeOver: Respect, Dawson and Wilder were defeated in the semi-finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic by eventual winners Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe.

On the October 21 episode of NXT, The Mechanics' ring name was changed to Dash and Dawson.

On the November 11 episode of NXT, Dawson and Wilder defeated the Vaudevillains to win the NXT Tag Team Championship.

They subsequently defended the titles against Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady at NXT TakeOver: London.

2016

Beginning in February 2016, the duo began performing under the team name The Revival.

Dawson made his WWE main roster debut alongside Wilder at Roadblock, once again defending their NXT Tag Team Championships against Amore and Cassady.

On April 1 at NXT TakeOver: Dallas, The Revival lost the NXT Tag Team Championship to American Alpha (Chad Gable and Jason Jordan) but the two won back the titles from American Alpha two months later at NXT TakeOver: The End.

At NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II, The Revival retained the titles against Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa.

On November 19, 2016 at NXT TakeOver: Toronto The Revival lost the tag team titles in a two out of three falls match to #DIY (Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano).

2017

They failed in their attempt at winning back the titles at NXT TakeOver: Orlando on April 1, 2017; in a triple threat tag team elimination match.

On the Raw after WrestleMania 33 April 3 episode of Raw, The Revival answered an open challenge issued by The New Day.

The Revival defeated The New Day, and afterwards attacked Kofi Kingston, who was not participating in the match.

The team was on hiatus due to Wilder's injury.

Wilder returned seven weeks later on the May 22, 2017 episode of Raw, walking backstage during the sneak attack on Enzo Amore, Big Cass would later accuse both Wilder and Dawson as the attackers, but they denied this.

Two weeks later, on the Raw after Extreme Rules, The Revival also denied their involvement during the sneak attack on Cass, bringing out another suspect in Big Show.

The June 19, 2017 episode of Raw revealed that The Revival had nothing to do with the attack and that Cass was never attacked.

Corey Graves finally came to the conclusion that Cass was indeed the culprit behind Enzo's sneak attack after The Revival stated their alibi of being innocent.