| FTR | |
|---|---|
 FTR,Dax Harwood (left) andCash Wheeler (right) in 2022 | |
| Tag team | |
| Members | Cash Wheeler/Dash Wilder[1] Dax Harwood/Scott Dawson[2] Stokely (manager) |
| Name(s) | Dash and Dawson FTR The Mechanics The Revival Las Super Ranas Super Frogs |
| Billed heights | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) each[1][2] |
| Combined billed weight | 446 lb (202 kg)[1][2] |
| Billed from | Asheville, North Carolina Guadalajara, Jalisco, México Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina[1][2] |
| Former member | Tully Blanchard (manager)[3] |
| Debut | July 17, 2014 |
| Years active | 2014–present |
FTR (often stylized as#FTR)[4] is an Americanprofessional wrestlingtag team ofCash Wheeler andDax Harwood withStokely as theirmanager. They are signed toAll Elite Wrestling (AEW), where they are the current and record-tying three-timeAEW World Tag Team Champions. Before coming to AEW, they were known for their tenure inWWE asThe Revival, under the ring names Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson, respectively.
The team was created byDusty Rhodes in 2014, then asThe Mechanics, and later simplyDash and Dawson when they made their television debut onWWE NXT. The team adopted the name The Revival in 2016, referencing reviving the classic tag-team wrestling style of the 1980s, which has led to the two being compared favorably to theBrain Busters (Arn Anderson andTully Blanchard) andThe Midnight Express, particularly theCondrey/Eaton version, two of the top teams of all time. The team uses the phrase "No flips, just fists" to convey their more traditional, mat based in-ring style in contrast to the more high flying style of some contemporary teams.
They are the first team to have won WWE'sRaw Tag Team Championship (held twice),SmackDown Tag Team Championship (once), andNXT Tag Team Championship (twice), and are recognized by WWE as being the company's first-everWWE Tag Team Triple Crown winners.[5] After being released by WWE in April 2020, and signing with AEW the next month, they made their AEW debut on the May 27, 2020, episode ofDynamite, winning theAEW World Tag Team Championship the following September at AEW'sAll Out.
Upon arriving in AEW, the duo took the name ofFTR, alternately using the letters to mean "Forever The Revival", "F*** The Rest", "Fear The Revolt", or "For The Revolution" as WWE had ownership rights to the name "The Revival". The initialism is also a reference to "Fuck the Revival", aninside joke and catch-phrase coined byCody Rhodes on the YouTube seriesBeing the Elite.[6][7] It was later revealed that it stood for Fuck The Rest, as noted in their shirts and their theme music video.[4] That year,Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked them number one on their inauguralPWI Tag Team 50 list.
In 2022, due to AEW co-ownerTony Khan's purchase ofRing of Honor (ROH), and AEW's partnerships withNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) andMexico'sLucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), FTR would win theROH World Tag Team Championship, NJPW'sIWGP Tag Team Championship, and theAAA World Tag Team Championship - holding all three titles simultaneously for the bulk of the year. All totaled between WWE, AEW, ROH, AAA, and NJPW, FTR are eleven-time world tag team champions, making them the only team to have held championships in all five promotions. They are also the only people to have jointly won theWWE 24/7 Championship.
Wheeler and Harwood were longtime friends before being made into a team, and had wrestled together on theindependent circuit. In 2012, Harwood was hired by WWE based in part on a match he previously had with Wheeler, and performed there under the name Scott Dawson, mostly intag team matches onNXT and live shows.[8] Wheeler had hoped to join WWE, with the two also hoping to form a tag team there. In 2014, Wheeler joined theWWE Performance Center, and on his very first day of promo training, performed a promo with Dawson; WWE producerDusty Rhodes immediately became convinced that the two needed to become a team. According to a May 2020 interview of the duo, Rhodes was not only highly influential in both the creation and development of the team, but had "unwavering faith" in them even as some of the other coaches had doubts, and was their "biggest supporter and pushed for [them] harder than anybody" until his passing in 2015.[8]
Wheeler and Harwood, who were both fromNorth Carolina, acknowledged that their southern accents contributed to the lack of faith some coaches had for them at the Performance Center (with WWE chairmanVince McMahon's dislike for southern accents being well-known backstage). They were notably told that they would not get to do many promos, although Rhodes, a fellow resident of North Carolina, insisted that they should.[9]
In 2014, after returning from injury, Dawson teamed up with a debuting Wilder, with the two performing extensively atlive events under the ring name The Mechanics.[10] The duo resurfaced and picked up their first televised win on the July 29, 2015 episode ofNXT, defeating Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady. AtNXT TakeOver: Respect, The Mechanics were defeated in the semi-finals of theDusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic by eventual winnersFinn Bálor andSamoa Joe. In the following weeks, the team name was changed to "Dash and Dawson". On the October 28 episode ofNXT, Dash and Dawson attacked Amore and Cassady before their match, completely laying out Amore while decimating Cass' knee, leaving him unable to compete.[11]
Due to an earlier non-title victory over theNXT Tag Team Champions, TheVaudevillains, Dash and Dawson earned a title match on the November 11 episode ofNXT, and won the match to become the NXT Tag Team Champions for the first time.[12] They made their first successful title defense two weeks later, defeating The Vaudevillians in a rematch.[13] Afterwards, they successfully defended their titles against Amore and Cassady atNXT TakeOver: London. Beginning in February 2016, Dash and Dawson began performing under the team name The Revival.[14]
The Revival made their first appearance on WWE's main roster atRoadblock, successfully defending their championships against Amore and Cassady. On April 1 atNXT TakeOver: Dallas, The Revival lost the NXT Tag Team Championship toAmerican Alpha (Chad Gable andJason Jordan), ending their reign at 142 days.[15] On June 8 atNXT TakeOver: The End, The Revival regained the titles from American Alpha, thus becoming the first team to win the NXT Tag Team Championship twice.[16] On the July 6 episode ofNXT, The Revival defeated American Alpha in a two-out-of-three falls match to retain the titles. AtNXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II, they retained their titles overJohnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa. In a universally acclaimed rematch against Gargano and Ciampa (now called DIY) atNXT TakeOver: Toronto, The Revival lost their tag team titles in a two-out-of-three falls match after scoring the first fall via pinfall, ending their second reign at 164 days. The match was later named "WWE Match of the Year" for 2016.[17] AtNXT TakeOver: Orlando, The Revival lost to TheAuthors of Pain (Akam andRezar) in atriple threat elimination match for the NXT Tag Team Championship that also featured DIY, in what would be their last match in NXT.
On the April 3 episode ofRaw, The Revival made their main roster debut, defeatingThe New Day. The following week onRaw, they defeated The New Day once again. On April 14, Wilder subsequently suffered a fractured jaw during a live event, and was estimated to be out for eight weeks, putting the team on a temporary hiatus.[18] On the July 10 episode ofRaw, The Revival attacked TheHardy Boyz (Matt andJeff Hardy) after their match againstLuke Gallows and Karl Anderson, and became embroiled in a three-way feud; however, shortly afterwards, Dawson suffered a ruptured bicep, putting him out of action for an estimated five months.[19]
The Revival returned again on the December 18 episode ofRaw, defeatingHeath Slater andRhyno. AtRaw 25, The Revival lost to Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, marking their first defeat on the main roster. On January 28, 2018 at theRoyal Rumble pre-show, The Revival defeated Gallows and Anderson. OnSummerSlam pre-show, The Revival lost to The B-Team (Bo Dallas andCurtis Axel) in an attempt to become theRaw Tag Team Champions. AtSurvivor Series, they were part of Team Raw, but lost to Team SmackDown in the 10-on-10 Survivor Series tag team elimination match. The Revival were the final team eliminated in the match.[20]
Following this they began a feud againstLucha House Party (Kalisto,Gran Metalik andLince Dorado) and suffered various losses in handicap matches labeled "Lucha House Rules".[21] On the December 17 episode ofRaw, The Revival defeated Lucha House Party, The B-Team andAuthors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) in a fatal-4-way match, earning a shot at theRaw Tag Team Championship.[citation needed] Throughout the next two weeks, The Revival facedBobby Roode andChad Gable for the titles, but Dawson and Wilder were unsuccessful in winning the titles in controversial fashion each time.[citation needed] Shortly after,Dave Meltzer ofThe Wrestling Observer reported that the duo asked for their release from their WWE contracts. This information was reported following their bout against Lucha House Party on the January 14, 2019 episode ofRaw.[22]
On the February 11 episode ofRaw, The Revival finally defeated Roode and Gable for the titles, marking their first tag team championship win on the main roster.[23] The following two weeks onRaw, The Revival were booked to lose to two different teams from NXT. This string of losses included againstDIY and the team ofRicochet andAleister Black.[24][25] The team successfully defended their titles against Black and Ricochet and Roode and Gable atFastlane, when Dawson pinned Gable.[26] AtWrestleMania 35, The Revival lost their titles toCurt Hawkins and Zack Ryder, ending their reign at 55 days. The following night onRaw, The Revival fought Hawkins and Ryder in a rematch, but failed to regain the titles. AtThe Shield's Final Chapter, The Revival once again unsuccessfully fought Hawkins and Ryder for the tag team championship in a triple threat match also involving Aleister Black and Ricochet.
After being drafted toRaw in theSuperstar Shake-up,The Usos began a rivalry with Dawson and Wilder where The Usos would repeatedly embarrass The Revival on numerous occasions. On the May 20 episode ofRaw, The Revival defeated The Usos.[27] At Super ShowDown, The Revival lost the rematch.[28] On the following episode ofRaw, The Revival defeated Hawkins and Ryder, and The Usos in a triple threat tag team match to win the Raw Tag Team Championships for a second time.[29] The Revival defeated The Usos atExtreme Rules to retain the tag titles. On July 29 episode of Raw, they lost the titles toLuke Gallows and Karl Anderson in a triple threat match that also involved the Usos, ending their second reign at 49 days.On the August 12, 2019 post-Summerslam episode of "Raw", during a scheduledtag team match where The Revival were facingLucha House Party (Lince Dorado andGran Metalik, withKalisto), the 24/7 championR-Truth ran out from backstage, being chased by several wrestlers. The match was called off and The Revival performed a "Hart Attack" on Truth and simultaneously pinned him to become the first co-champions of the24/7 Championship. However, in the same night, R-Truth pinned Dawson, with the help of Carmella, to regain the title.[30]
FollowingSummerSlam, The Revival began to appear onSmackDown Live, aligning themselves withRandy Orton in a feud againstThe New Day (Big E,Kofi Kingston, andXavier Woods).[31] On September 15 atClash of Champions, The Revival defeated The New Day's Big E and Woods to capture theSmackDown Tag Team Championship, making them the first team to hold the Raw, SmackDown, and NXT Tag Team Championships, and thus the first-everWWE Tag Team Triple Crown Champions.[32][5] As part of thedraft, The Revival was drafted to theSmackDown brand. As Randy Orton had become drafted to theRaw brand, this signified the end of The Revival's alliance with Orton.[33] On the November 8 episode ofSmackDown, The Revival lost the SmackDown Tag Team titles back to The New Day's Big E and Kingston, ending their reign at 54 days.[34] They received a rematch for the titles atTLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, but was again defeated by The New Day.[35] Later that same night, The Revival also aligned themselves withKing Corbin, assisting him in defeatingRoman Reigns, but that alliance ended quietly.[36]
On the January 31, 2020 episode ofSmackDown, The Revival lost toJohn Morrison and the Miz in afatal four-way tag team match also involving Heavy Machinery (Otis andTucker) and Lucha House Party, in a match where the winner would earn a Smackdown Tag Team Championship match atSuper ShowDown; this was The Revival's final televised match in WWE.[37] On the February 7, 2020 episode ofSmackDown, they attackedIntercontinental ChampionBraun Strowman alongsideSami Zayn andShinsuke Nakamura, in their final appearances in WWE.
On April 10, The Revival were granted their releases from WWE, fifteen months after their request in January 2019.[38][39][40] In an interview the following month, the duo explained that they had asked for their releases because "the tag team division doesn't get respect, it doesn't get the time that we think a lot of these teams deserve and we want to take chances on ourselves", and that they felt that otherwise they would have "no legacy aside from our NXT stuff".[41] They also stated: "The tag team titles, they don't really mean anything", pointing out thatBraun Strowman had "steam-rolled the entire tag team division" by himself before winning the Raw Tag Team Championship with 10-year old non-wrestler Nicholas Cone, a son of WWE refereeJohn Cone, atWrestleMania 34.[41] According to the duo, WWE management originally thought that The Revival was bluffing in order to receive apush, and that the push they received shortly after (they won the Raw Tag Team Championship the following month, with three more title wins later the same year) was a result of it, even after they repeatedly insisted that they did not want to win titles because they believed WWE's tag team championships were meaningless.[42]
During the two's last months in the company,Vince McMahon personally designed an entirely new gimmick for The Revival. However, the duo found the proposed characters "less than flattering", with Wilder stating that he laughed out loud when McMahon gave them pictures displaying their offered new looks.[43][44] The designs, which have since leaked online, had the two wearing lipstick, bright colors and tassels and carrying glow sticks, with Wilder also wearing suspenders and a large "Shatter Machine" sign on a chain necklace.[41][45] The duo stated that they had immediately told McMahon that these new characters were "bad", and that while they would portray them if WWE wanted, they would still leave the company once their contracts expired in June 2020. In the same May 2020 interview, Wheeler and Harwood stated their belief that this was the moment McMahon and WWE executives realized that the two actually intended to leave the company; this resulted in The Revival being permanently taken off-television until their release.[44]
Following their departure from WWE, the team released a video on their social media pages using the new catchphrase "Fear The Revolt" (FTR); this resulted in their new ring name being largely reported to be The Revolt. Furthermore, Wilder changed his ring name to Cash Wheeler while Dawson changed his to Dax Harwood (with both now using their real-life last names, while Wheeler was now using the first name he originally wanted in WWE).[38]
On May 10, 2020, the duo received acease and desist letter over the usage of the name "The Revolt" by the attorney ofCaleb Konley and Zane Riley, a duo who had been using the name on the independent circuit since 2015; the letter stated that "[Wheeler and Harwood's] conduct is not only unlawful, it is truly shameless that they would willfully steal a name from those that worked so hard to build it up". A letter sent by Wheeler and Harwood's attorney, Michael E. Dockins, the following day, announced that Wheeler and Harwood's team name was not The Revolt but "FTR", which "would mean different things depending on their storyline and creatives", and that they could keep using the "Fear The Revolt" catchphrase regardless. While Konley and Riley claim that Wheeler and Harwood, who knew them personally, knew about their previous use of the Revolt name, Dockins stated that his clients "were not aware of and, at worst, have no recollection of ever knowing of [Konley and Riley]'s claimed rights in a REVOLT-inclusive trademark."[46]
On the May 27, 2020 episode ofDynamite, Harwood and Wheeler made theirAll Elite Wrestling (AEW) debut as FTR, savingThe Young Bucks from an attack byThe Butcher and The Blade thus establishing themselves asbabyfaces in the process, and began going under the respective ring names Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler.[47] They made their in-ring debut on the June 10 episode ofDynamite, where they defeated The Butcher and The Blade.[48] During the following weeks, FTR had interactions with The Young Bucks and the AEW World Tag Team ChampionsKenny Omega andHangman Page, including a match atFyter Fest where FTR and The Young Bucks were defeated byThe Lucha Bros and The Butcher and The Blade in aneight-man tag team match.[49][50] In July 2020, after appearing on AEW television for two months without signing contracts, Harwood and Wheeler signed multi-year contracts with AEW.[51][52]
On the August 12 episode ofDynamite, FTR hosted Tag Team Appreciation Night where they invitedArn Anderson and Tully Blanchard andThe Rock 'n' Roll Express to the show. However, after a scuffle between Tully Blanchard and Ricky Morton, FTR attacked Rock 'n' Roll Express thus turning heel in the process.[53] The following week, FTR recruited Blanchard as their manager as they defeatedPrivate Party.[54] On the August 27 episode ofDynamite, FTR defeatedThe Natural Nightmares,Best Friends andThe Young Bucks in a Gauntlet match to earn anAEW World Tag Team Championship match atAll Out.[55] At All Out, they defeated Omega and Page to capture the titles, making them the first team to have held tag team titles in both AEW and WWE.[56]
On September 16, 2020, FTR defeated Jurassic Express membersLuchasaurus andJungle Boy in a non-title match following interference from Blanchard.[57] On September 30, 2020, FTR successfully defended their tag team titles onDynamite againstSCU membersFrankie Kazarian andScorpio Sky.[58][59][60] On October 7, 2020, FTR retained their titles after defeatingHybrid2.[61][62][63] On October 14, 2020, they again successfully defended their tag team titles, this time against Best Friends.[64][65] On November 7, 2020 atFull Gear, FTR lost their titles to The Young Bucks in a match which saw manager Tully Blanchard banned from ringside.
On the March 10, 2021 episode ofDynamite, FTR and Blanchard attackedThe Inner Circle along withMJF,Wardlow, andShawn Spears, with their new group being namedThe Pinnacle.[66]
On the October 16 special episode ofDynamite, FTR - disguised as luchadors calledLas Super Ranas (The Super Frogs) - defeated theLucha Brothers to win theAAA World Tag Team Championship for the first time. After The Pinnacle dissolved FTR turned face, after siding with MJF's rivalCM Punk.
FTR made a surprise appearance atROHFinal Battle, attacking the newly-crownedROH World Tag Team ChampionsBriscoe Brothers and setting up a match between the two teams, which took place atSupercard of Honor XV. FTR won the match and becameROH World Tag Team Champions for the first time, and with their AAA Tag Team Titles, became double champions. On June 26, 2022, FTR added theIWGP Tag Team Championship fromNew Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) when they won aThree-wayWinner Takes Alltag team match against IWGP ChampionsUnited Empire (Great-O-Khan &Jeff Cobb) andRoppongi Vice (Rocky Romero &Trent Beretta) atAEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door, making them triple champions (AAA, ROH, IWGP). AtDeath Before Dishonor, FTR defended their ROH Tag Team Championships against The Briscoes, in a two out of three falls match.[67] They made another successful defense in October atBattle of the Belts IV, defeatingGates of Agony.[68] They made another successful defense defeating Top Flight (Darius andDante Martin) on the November 23rd edition of ‘’Rampage’’.[69] On the December 7th edition of ‘’Dynamite’’, FTR faced The Acclaimed for the AEW World Tag Team Championships, but lost.[70] This loss resulted in a losing streak for the duo as three days later atFinal Battle, FTR lost the ROH World Tag Team Championships to The Briscoes in aDog Collar match, ending their reign at 253 days.[71] After the match, FTR were attacked by rivalsThe Gunns, but were fended off by The Briscoes. On the December 22 edition ofDynamite, FTR lost to The Gunns.[72] Two weeks later, they lost the AAA World Tag Team Championship toDralístico andDragon Lee atAAA Noche de Campeones, thus ending another title reign at 441 days.[73]
FTR made their return since losing all of their titles, atRevolution, confronting The Gunns, who had just retained their AEW World Tag Team Championships.[74] On the following March 8 edition ofDynamite, Harwood and Wheeler stated their intentions of capturing the AEW World Tag Team Championships.[75] FTR confronted The Gunns on the March 22 edition ofDynamite, seeking a title shot, but were continuously refused. The title match was finally granted upon Harwood's proposition that if he and Wheeler were to lose to The Gunns, they would quit AEW.[76] The title match took place on the main event of the April 5 edition ofDynamite, where FTR defeated The Gunns, capturing the AEW World Tag Team Championships for the second time.[77] FTR would go on to successfully defend their titles against various teams such asJay Lethal andJeff Jarrett atDouble or Nothing,[78] The Young Bucks atAll In,[79] andAussie Open atWrestleDream.[80] FTR lost the titles toBig Bill andRicky Starks on the October 7 episode ofCollision, ending their second reign at 185 days.[81]
In January 2024, FTR aligned withDaniel Garcia in a feud against theHouse of Black (Malakai Black,Brody King, andBuddy Matthews), teaming with Garcia in a victory over the group in anEscape The Cage Elimination match.[82][83] In February 2024, FTR would feud withJon Moxley andClaudio Castagnoli of theBlackpool Combat Club, with Moxley and Castagnoli defeating FTR at theRevolution event in March.[84] In April 2024, FTR would participate in a tournament to determine the next AEW World Tag Team Champions. They defeated The Infantry in the first round,[85] Top Flight in the semi-finals,[86] but lost to The Young Bucks in aladder match in the finals atDynasty on April 21, due to interference from a returningJack Perry.[87] FTR would go to feud with The Young Bucks from the rest of the summer facing them in May atDouble or Nothing in anAnarchy in the Arena match, and in August atAll In in a three-way tag team match for the tag titles, also involvingThe Acclaimed, both ended in defeat for FTR.[88][89] In late 2024, FTR once again began feud with the Blackpool Combat Club, now known as theDeath Riders. On December 28 atWorlds End, FTR along withAdam Copeland appeared after the main event and brawled with the Death Riders. The trio of FTR and Cope were named "Rated FTR".[90]
On April 6 atDynasty, Rated FTR unsuccessfully challenged the Death Riders for theAEW World Trios Championship. After the match, FTR attacked Copeland, turning heel in the process.[91] On the April 23 episode ofDynamite,Stokely was revealed as FTR's new manager, with the duo then further cementing their heel turn by attacking theRock 'n' Roll Express.[92] On May 25 atDouble or Nothing, FTR defeatedDaniel Garcia andNigel McGuinness.[93] On July 12 atAll In Zero Hour, FTR defeatedThe Outrunners. On the main show, FTR sat ringside during the AEW World Tag Team Championship match betweenThe Hurt Syndicate, JetSpeed, andThe Patriarchy. After the match, FTR joined The Patriarchy in attackingChristian Cage, but would be fended off by a returning Adam Copeland.[94] AtAll Out on September 20, FTR were defeated byAdam Copeland and Christian Cage.[95] AtFull Gear on November 22, FTR defeated Brodido to win their record-tying third AEW World Tag Team Championships.[96]
After winning theIWGP Tag Team Championships atAEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door, FTR made their first appearance forNew Japan Pro-Wrestling, at Music City Mayhem, where they teamed withAlex Zayne, in a losing effort toUnited Empire's,Aussie Open andT. J. Perkins.[97] After the match, Aussie Open challenged FTR to a match for the IWGP Tag Team Championships.[98] FTR made their first IWGP Tag Team Championship defense on night one ofRoyal Quest II, defeating Aussie Open in the main event.[99] On January 4 2023 atWrestle Kingdom 17, FTR lost the IWGP Tag Team Championships toBishamon (Hirooki Goto andYOSHI-HASHI), ending their reign at 192 days.[100]
FTR have been praised for their old-school style and knowledge of tag team wrestling.[101][102][103] According to Harwood, the tag team approach to wrestling is having boundaries and rules and work with them, usually breaking them.[104] Pro wrestling booker and managerJim Cornette, known for his old-school approach, has praised the team on several occasions.[105] The team uses the phrase "No flips, just fists"[106] to convey their more traditional, mat based in-ring style in contrast to the more high flying style of some contemporary teams. The duo said that they were modeled after TheBrain Busters and theCondrey/Eaton version ofThe Midnight Express.[107]
After the two left WWE, Dawson and Wilder changed their names to Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler, now using their real last names while paying tribute toDemolition'sAx andSmash.[108]
The duo's finishing move, called the"Shatter Machine" in WWE, was inspired by the"Codebreaker" used byChris Jericho, whom the two saw as a major inspiration; although WWE staff had told them they did not need it, the two asked for Jericho's approval to use the move, which he gave them. The duo confirmed after leaving WWE that they would change the move's name.[109] As FTR, the duo renamed the move to the "Goodnight Express", an homage to The Midnight Express.[48] They later renamed the move again to "Big Rig" after the lateBrodie Lee before returning to the “Shatter Machine” name in 2023 atRevolution. FTR also uses anassisted spike piledriver called the "Mind Breaker" as their double-team finishing move in AEW, modeled after the Brain Busters's own finisher.
In November 2020, Harwood and Wheeler revealed in an interview with Talk Sport journalist Alex McCarthy that FTR wanted to join AEW, despite being offered a huge amount of money to stay in the WWE, because they kept getting pulled from main roster events in the WWE. Harwood stated "We knew it was time for us to move on because money is great, and I am so fortunate and lucky to take care of my beautiful wife and perfect little six year old daughter because of professional wrestling, but that's what it's because of – professional wrestling."[110] Wheeler stated "Once we got pulled from all of our dates on the main roster, it was down to NXT as the option and we talked toHunter at length, there were offers on the table that were very tempting because we loved NXT and we loved our time there, but at the end of the day like Dax said, we knew that our time there was done."[110]
The Revival made theirvideo game debut as playable characters inWWE 2K17,[111] and have since appeared inWWE 2K18,[112]WWE 2K19,[113]WWE 2K20.[114] andAEW Fight Forever.
