10 things we learned from The Revival (The Revolt) on Talk Is Jericho

The Revolt, who were formerly known as The Revival in WWE, were recently guests on Talk Is Jericho. They opened up about a number of aspects during the interview. This included what the future may hold for them, what convinced them to turn WWE's lucrative contract offer down as well as their reasons for wanting to leave.

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#10 The Revival's reaction to recently pitched gimmick by Vince McMahon

Photos recently leaked online of Vince McMahon's new gimmick idea for The Revival. Dax and Cash revealed their reaction to the gimmick when Vince McMahon told them about it.

Here's what Harwood had to say:

He presented us with three characters that were less than flattering to us. It wasn't what I felt that we could represent or should represent. And, I don't know too many guys who, if they had any kind of self-worth of if they had any kind of...if they believed in themselves as characters, as people if they would have taken that opportunity and we just said no.

Wheeler said that the photos that leaked online were 100% legitimate. Wheeler added the following about his reaction:

We sat down and Vince hands us these. I'll put my hand on the Bible, and tell you right now, I laughed out loud in front of everybody. It was me and David, Vince, Bruce Prichard, and Corino. They were all serious, they told us why they thought that would be a good idea.

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#9 WWE higher-ups didn't believe that they actually wanted to be released

The Revival went of to speak about when they first asked for their release early last year. They said that when they first asked for it, WWE may not have believed that they actually wanted to leave and were "bluffing".

Dax, while speaking of the issue, said that WWE didn’t believe they really wanted to go. They then informed us that from the moment they asked for their release, it took WWE 15 months to finally grant it.

#8 How the news of them asking for their release leaked

The Revival's request for release from WWE leaked soon after their meeting with talent relations

The Revival had a meeting with higher-ups to request their release early last year in January. Cash said that somehow as soon as they left the talent relations meeting, the word had gotten out and everyone knew about it.

They added that despite asking for their release, they worked really hard in 2019 to try and elevate the tag division but it just didn’t pan out. They also said that they went out of their way to not comment on the release rumors.

Dax said he believes that the tag-titles were put on them to try and get them to stay, but it wasn’t about the title for them and they just wanted the tag division to be taken seriously. Dax added that he believed that singles stars put together as a tag-team had a better chance of being pushed in WWE than tag-team specialists who looked and wrestled in a similar style.

#7 What inspired Dash Wilder's ring name in WWE

Dusty Rhodes helped come up with the name Dash Wilder

Cash Wheeler spoke about how he came up with his ring name in WWE - Dash Wilder. He revealed that Dash Wilder was not his first choice and that the man behind the name was the late great Dusty Rhodes. Wheeler said that Dusty got the name "Dash" from Cody's old 'Dashing' Cody Rhodes gimmick:

At the time, Dusty was helping us assign names in NXT, and he liked Dash. I never told the story really, but he liked Dash because of 'Dashing' Cody Rhodes. I never told Cody that, but I'll never hear the end of it now.

Dax and Cash went on to talk about how Dusty Rhodes had influenced them, revealing that he helped them get put together as a tag-team, while others in the PC didn't believe in them. They also revealed a hilarious story about how Dusty gave them homemade ice cream and took them out of class to talk and listen to Willy Nelson songs in his office.

#6 Bret Hart sent The Revival message after news of their release broke

Bret Hart

Dax Harwood revealed that Bret Hart messaged them on the day they were granted for their release and asked him to pass the message to Wheeler. He added that the message validated their decision to leave. Speaking about the message, he said that Bret congratulated them for standing up for their beliefs and told them how proud he was of The Revival.

Here's what Dax Harwood had to say about Bret messaging him about The Revival's release:

The day that we were granted our release, that day, I got a text message from Bret Hart. He told me how proud he was of us. He asked me to send it to Daniel (Cash), which I did. He told me how proud he was that we stood up for ourselves, and stood up for what we believed in, because it would have been so easy to sit back and collect the money. And when he sent the text, I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt, that we had done the right thing.

#5 Dax Harwood's grandmother helped convince him to turn down a lucrative offer from WWE

The Revolt were formerly known as The Revival in WWE

Dax said it was very hard for him to turn down the lucrative WWE contract. He said that it was something Cash thought about also but what they really wanted to do was to make an impact on professional wrestling. Dax added that he spoke to his grandmother about it and she helped him come to his decision to turn down the lucrative WWE contract. Harwood and Wheeler then decided to run down their contracts while doing whatever WWE wanted them to do in the time they had remaining.

Speaking about turning down the offer from WWE, he believed that there was a ton of opportunity for The Revival outside WWE and that the company just wanted to keep them away from it.

Wheeler added that while they wanted money, they weren’t happy being complacent and collecting a paycheck while not doing anything meaningful. They believed that they are good enough to be successful outside WWE.

#4 Wheeler opened up about his childhood

Dash Wilder is now known as Cash Wheeler

Wheeler revealed that he grew up having nothing, and there were times he and his family had to stay at the homes of family friends. He then said that professional wrestling helped pull him out of it and now he wanted to give something back to it, instead of sitting on the sidelines.

Wheeler also added that when they considered leaving the WWE, Chris Jericho was one of the people they took inspiration from because he bet on himself and went on to find success. They also named Christian and Eddie Guerrero as inspiration for their decision.

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#3 The Revival comment on FTR and The Young Bucks

The Young Bucks started FTR on Being The Elite

Asked about where they thought FTR first came from, Wheeler said it came from jealousy on side of The Young Bucks. Dax Harwood said that The Young Bucks were so used to being the best tag-team in the world for years, they were taken aback when they saw The Revival tearing the house down in NXT.

They added that they probably still haven’t met The Young Bucks face to face to this day and that they had no animosity towards them. Dax added that he couldn’t wait to ask The Young Bucks face to face regarding how FTR first came up.

#2 The biggest factor in The Revival's decision to leave WWE

The Revival wanted to be at the forefront of tag-team wrestling

The topic of tag-team wrestling thriving right now came up in the conversation, brought up by Chris Jericho. Cash Wheeler agreed with this and said that the biggest factor for them leaving WWE was that tag-team wrestling is now featured heavily in every major promotion apart from WWE. However, despite promises of focusing on the division, WWE never got to it.

He added that they couldn’t wait on the sidelines and wanted to prove how good they are to show the world what they can do. He added that in his opionion, The Revival are one of the best tag-teams in the world and wanted to show it.

At another point in the show, The Revival had spoken about how WWE didn't respect tag-teams while citing the example of Braun Strowman destroying everyone in the division at one point.

The WWE tag-team titles were also discussed and they said that since the division was treated so poorly. in their opinions, the titles did not hold much weight.

#1 The Revival's (The Revolt) post-WWE plans

What's next?

With their release from WWE finally granted, Chris Jericho brought up the topic of what is next for the duo.

The Revival said that they have had talks about it but are not in any sort of rush to make a decision as to who to sign with. Wheeler added that there were a number of tag-teams they wanted to wrestle. He said that they wanted to work with tag-teams from AEW, Impact Wrestling as well as New Japan Pro Wrestling. He named The North, The Briscoes, The Young Bucks and a number of other tag-teams as those they wanted to face in the future.

Harwood said that they loved wrestling but were forced to take a step back and slow down now with the coronavirus pandemic. They said that they have a chance to think about it slowly and evaluate their next move. Wheeler added that wrestling was in an exciting place right now and they have a ton of options ahead of them and they wanted to take time to decide their next step.