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According to Fightful, The Revival were offered huge deals to re-sign with WWE. The former RAW and NXT Tag Team Champions have been rumoured to leave WWE for a while now and were said to have been offered 5-year contracts that would see both of them receive a monetary compensation of $500,000 each.
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Now that's a pretty big figure for midcard talent in WWE, but Fightful reports that The Top Guys are yet to sign a contract or may even have turned it down. We can completely understand why this is the case. There are multiple reasons for The Revival to delay signing their contracts. Ultimately, their objective is self-interest and to make sure that they're satisfied on all fronts.
We've seen what happened with Dean Ambrose and even Seth Rollins, the ultimate company man, revealed that the place can often be frustrating. Here's why The Top Guys didn't re-sign with WWE yet.
#5. 5 years is way too long
This is one of the biggest factors where The Revival's point of view is completely understandable. We're sure that for most superstars, WWE has been their life's goal and it's the place where they want to end up.
As a result, they're happy to take a job for life over there and be with the company for as long as possible - where they can get a guaranteed paychecks. There are several mid to lowcard talents who would take this.
But not The Revival. They have absolutely no guarantee that they'll be happy with five years in the company and they know that if they are to sign a contract with them, it definitely would be a shorter time span where they have the option of exploring other promotions at a later point.
#4. Creative frustration
When The Revival supposedly asked for their release in January, they were told to wait it out and see how things change so that they could change their mind. The biggest source of their frustrations were the creative aspect of it, where they reportedly believed that the tag team division was completely mishandled.
This alone goes to show that the two of them really care about tag team wrestling, because anyone who has seen them in NXT knows the level in which they can perform when given the opportunity to do so.
Over the last few months, they did get a brief reign with the RAW Tag Team titles, but after WrestleMania, it really felt like it was back to square one. Perhaps for that reason, they haven't been satisfied on the creative front and want a change, something that WWE isn't willing to give. It's hard to blame The Revival.
#3. General state of the tag team division
Anyone who has been consistently watching RAW for the past year knows that the tag team division has been in absolute shambles post-Superstar Shakeup last year. Admittedly, WWE has injected some life into the tag team division again by bringing in top dogs like The Usos, but even then, one can't help but feel that a lot more damage has been done to the division than many realize.
The past year has done so much damage to the division that it's going to take a long time to restore its prestige again. The Usos feuding with The Revival is one way to go about it, but The Revival possibly feel that the damage has already been done and that they won't get the opportunity to move to SmackDown Live until next year anyway.
With the division still in shambles, they likely feel defeated.
#2. Negotiation tactics
This is another obvious one where you can't really blame The Revival. They're in a very interesting position and the reaction they got after asking for a release last time was certainly interesting too.
You can be sure that with rumours of them refusing to re-sign, other companies such as ROH, NJPW and AEW will be seeking The Top Guys, ready to push them to the top of their tag team division.
They're a no-nonsense old school team that can succeed practically anywhere, which is why they will likely have offers or if not, will be waiting for more. Also, stalling on re-signing the contracts gives them more leverage and they're either going to negotiate their salaries or the length of their contract.
One would think that they will try to negotiate the years down to 2 and their salaries even higher. We wouldn't be surprised if they got it too.
#1. AEW opportunities
AEW will swoop up The Revival the moment they get the opportunity too and they most certainly won't hold back financially. It would be a huge buy for them and they could centre their tag team division around The Young Bucks and The Revival.
Now that is how you get a division started. The Young Bucks nor The Revival have hidden their desire to face each other and with AEW set to be one of the biggest things in wrestling in years, there is a very high chance that they've already made the offer to The Revival.
Even if its lesser than what WWE is offering them, one can't help but think that The Revival want to take a gamble on themselves and go to AEW. If they follow the route of The Young Bucks and Cody, then it'll be more of an investment, because they can make seven figures at one point of time.
