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When The Miz moved to SmackDown Live in the recent Superstar Shake-Up, the majority of fans probably thought they’d seen the last of Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas in a regular spot on WWE television for a little while.
However, the former Miztourage members have gone from strength to strength as a duo on Raw and they became the #1 contenders for the Raw Tag Team Championships after winning a Battle Royal on Monday night.
In this article, we take a look at five things you need to know about the increasingly popular B-Team.
#5 Their fathers once wrestled each other
Curt Hennig (Curtis Axel’s father) and Mike Rotunda (Bo Dallas’ father) both spent the first half of the 1990s in WWE and the second half of the decade in WCW, so you would have thought that their paths would have crossed more than once during that time.
But, according to stats on wrestling database website Cagematch.com, the two men only faced each other in a singles match once during their careers, with Hennig (then known as Mr. Perfect) defeating Rotunda (then known as Michael Wallstreet) in less than a minute during an episode of Nitro in July 1997.
They would go on to team up with Barry Windham in a losing effort against George Hines, Jim Steele and Johnny Smith at AJPW’s King’s Road New Century show in 2001.
#4 Bray Wyatt thinks Bo Dallas is the most underrated wrestler of all time
If you like to keep your wrestling kayfabe, then we advise you to stop reading this article right… about… now. Spoiler: Bray Wyatt and Bo Dallas are brothers in real life!
Speaking in 2017 to Sports Illustrated, an out-of-character Bray described Bo as “possibly the most talented wrestler on either roster”, adding that “in my opinion, he is the most underrated Superstar of all time”.
The current Raw Tag Team champion also said he would like to form an alliance with his sibling at some point in the future – something that could be a very real possibility if The B-Team and The Deleters of Worlds ever do battle in an Ultimate Deletion match.
#3 Curtis Axel is celebrating 10 years in WWE
Curtis Axel tweeted on 1 June that he has been with WWE for exactly 10 years, which is quite an achievement considering how many mid-card talents have left the company in that time.
The best single moment of the Minnesota native’s career undoubtedly came at the Payback PPV in 2013, when he won the Intercontinental Championship on Father’s Day after defeating The Miz and Wade Barrett in a Triple Threat match.
At the age of 38 and with The B-Team proving a lot more successful than anticipated, there’s still plenty of time for Axel to create bigger and better moments in the future.
#2 Bo Dallas bo-lieves in lots of conspiracy theories
If you’re a fan of Chris Jericho’s 'Talk Is Jericho' podcast, there’s a good chance you heard Bo Dallas on there in 2017. If not, then we definitely recommend it and you can hear the episode – one of the most interesting in TIJ history – in full right here.
The former NXT champion spoke in depth about various conspiracy theories, including the idea that the earth is actually a hollow planet and that under the surface of the earth there are "reptilians" who run the world's economy and governments.
With theories like that, he would be a WONDERFUL addition to “The Woken Universe” with Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt!
#1 Curtis Axel wants to headline WrestleMania
During an episode of WWE Network show ‘Table For 3’, Curtis Axel told The Miz and R-Truth how his ultimate goal in WWE is to main-event WrestleMania one day.
Asked by Truth what he wants to do in the future, Axel said, “Talking about WrestleMania, I’d love to headline that thing. Watching it gives me goosebumps.”
The former Intercontinental champion’s biggest ‘Mania moment to date came at WrestleMania 31, where he was eliminated first in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal after spending the previous two months telling everyone how he was never eliminated from the 2015 Royal Rumble.
