The Revival (professional wrestling)

The Revival, formerly Dash and Dawson, is a professional wrestling tag team in the WWE at their development territory NXT consisting of Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder. They held the NXT Tag Team Champions on two occasions, the most for one team.

History

NXT

NXT Tag Team Championship reigns (2014–present)

In 2014, after returning from injury, Scott Dawson teamed up with a debuting Dash Wilder with the two performing extensively at live events under the name The Mechanics. The two made their debut on the July 17, 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 the October 23 episode of NXT, but continued to wrestle extensively at house shows.

The duo resurfaced and picked up their first televised win on the July 29, 2015 episode of NXT, defeating Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady. The duo were involved in an 8-man tag-team match that was taped prior to NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn. At NXT TakeOver: Respect, Dash and Dawson 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, Dash and Dawson' ring name was changed to Dash and Dawson. On the October 28 episode of NXT, Dash and Dawson would attack Enzo and Cass before their match, completely laying out Enzo while decimating Cass' knee, leaving him unable to compete.^[3] Due to an earlier victory over NXT Tag Team Champions The Vaudevillains, Dash and Dawson earned a title match on the November 11 episode of NXT, and won the match to become NXT Tag Team Champions.^[4] They successfully defended their titles against Amore and Cassady at NXT TakeOver: London. Beginning in February 2016, Dash and Dawson began performing under the team name The Revival.^[5]

On February 23, 2016, The Revival attacked Enzo Amore outside the WWE Performance Center.^[6] The team made their first appearance on WWE's main roster at Roadblock, successfully defending their 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).^[7] On June 8 at NXT TakeOver: The End, The Revival regained the titles from American Alpha, thus becoming the first team to gain the NXT Tag Team Championship twice.^[8] On the July 6 episode of NXT, The Revival faced American Alpha in a two out of three falls match for the titles. While losing the first fall via submission, the two were able to score the next two to retain the title. At NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II, the champions retained their titles over Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano. In a rematch between Ciampa and Gargano (now called #DIY), The Revival would lose their tag titles at NXT TakeOver: Toronto in a 2/3 falls match after scoring the first fall via pinfall.^[9]

In wrestling

• Double team finishing moves
  • Shatter Machine (Flapjack (Dawson) / Double knee facebreaker (Wilder) combination)
• Double team signature moves
  • (Dawson) Backbreaker hold / Diving elbow drop combination (Wilder)
  • (Wilder) Bear hug / diving leg drop combination (Dawson)
  • (Dawson) Belly to back lifts (Wilder) into a leg drop
  • Clubberin' (Double beat down in the corner)
  • Drop toe-hold (Wilder) into a running elbow drop (Dawson)
  • Figure four leglock (Dawson) followed by a diving stomp to the opponent's knee (Wilder)
  • (Wilder) Powerbomb lift / Diving clothesline (Dawson)
• Nicknames
  • "The Top Guys"^[10][11]
  • "GTTOAT"
• Entrance themes
  • "Southern Proud" by CFO$^[12] (May 13, 2015–Present)

Championships and accomplishments

• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked Wilder #132 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016^[13]
  • PWI ranked Dawson #135 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016^[14]
• WWE NXT
  • NXT Tag Team Championship (2 times)

References

External links

• Dash Wilder on Twitter
• Scott Dawson on Twitter
• Scott Dawson on WWE.com
• Dash Wilder on WWE.com
• David Harwood at the Internet Movie Database
• Daniel Wheeler at the Internet Movie Database