FTR are now officially part of All Elite Wrestling, and Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler recently spoke to Fightful Select to discuss a number of topics, including their time in WWE. Known as The Revival during that period, Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson weren't treated particularly well on the main roster, hence why they left for greener pastures.
Things did start looking up for them when they were paired with Randy Orton to become FTRKO, but that never really managed to get off the ground and Vince McMahon clearly didn't see them as top guys.
Now, Harwood has talked in detail about both Orton and former WWE Champion Roman Reigns going to McMahon to try and help them receive the push they deserved.
"I told them (WWE) that if they messed up this opportunity with us and Randy, there is no reason to resign these contracts. None at all," he explains. "We watched Roman Reigns go to Vince and say I want to work with these guys and he said I want them to beat me. We watched Bray Wyatt do that, and also Matt Hardy, The Usos, New Day and then of course we watched Randy do it on a weekly basis. The reason it lasted for 6 or 8 weeks was because Randy pushed for it so hard for that long."
"The things we were doing with him and New Day could have been such a great money making venture, but that wasn’t the plans. That’s not what Vince wanted."
Explaining that The Revival would write pitches which were frequently ignored, Harwood noted that Randy was such a fan of their work that he actually trained with them for his match against Edge at Backlash.
"Randy respected our work and our work ethic to the point that, and I don’t know if he would want us to tell this, but he can’t get too mad at us because he loves us. He flew down to Ashville to work with us for his Greatest Match of All Time at Backlash because he wanted to get ready and get his technical wrestling down and things like that. We created a bond and a friendship."
WWE made a huge mistake not making use of The Revival when they had the chance, but it says it all that McMahon wanted to turn them into a comedy gimmick with clown gear (seemingly to poke fun at their love of tag team wrestling).
Now, though, things are looking up for them in AEW...