AEW star Cash Wheeler arrested and charged for aggravated assault with a firearm after pleading not guilty
AEW star Cash Wheeler arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a firearm after pleading not guilty
- On June 28, a warrant for Wheeler’s arrest was filed in Florida in the first instance
- The AEW tag team champion pleaded not guilty to the charge on August 3
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All Elite Wrestling star Cash Wheeler was arrested Friday morning in Orlando and charged with aggravated assault with a firearm.
The 36-year-old, real name Daniel Wheeler, was booked in Circuit Court on one charge of aggravated assault with a firearm, Orange County Records show. The charge in question is a third-degree felony in the state of Florida.
A warrant was initially filed on June 28, with Wheeler pleading not guilty through his attorney on August 3, before finally being arrested on Friday morning.
No further information on the arrest is available yet, although a hearing is scheduled for Friday at 1 p.m. ET.
Wheeler, who spent six years in the WWE before leaving the organization in 2020, is one half of the current AEW tag team champions ‘FTR’ along with partner Dax Harwood.
All Elite Wrestling star Cash Wheeler was arrested Friday morning in Orlando
Wheeler, one half of the AEW tag-team champions FTR with partner Dax Harwood (right), was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a firearm
As things stand, FTR is currently booked to wrestle the Young Bucks – their longtime tag team rivals – at AEW All-In at London’s Wembley Stadium on August 27.
The event is believed to have already sold a staggering 80,000 tickets, which will go down in history as one of the largest crowds in pro wrestling history.
In a statement to the Orlando Sentinel, the promotion said, “AEW has been made aware of the charges and we are closely monitoring the situation. (Wheeler) is fully cooperating with the local authorities.”
Dailymail.com has reached out to Wheeler’s attorney for comment.
Wheeler began his wrestling career on the independent circuit under the ring name Steven Walters, appearing for NWA Anarchy along with numerous other promotions before signing for the WWE in 2014.
It was there that he took on the alias Dash Wilder, a name given to him by wrestling legend Dusty Rhodes.
Wheeler won the Raw and SmackDown Tag Team Championships during his time with the company, before he and Harwood, who went by the name of Scott Dawson, were released from their contracts in April 2020.
It later emerged that FTR turned down a big-money offer to stay in the WWE to join AEW after being pulled from a number of key roster events.