Scott Dawson, Dash Wilder of The Revival Released from WWE Contracts

WWE announced Friday that it came to terms on the immediate release of Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder of The Revival.

Dawson and Wilder first became a tag team in NXT in 2014, where they became the first team to win the NXT Tag Team Championships twice. They got called up to the main roster in 2017, where they won the Raw Tag Team Championships twice and SmackDown Tag Team Championships once.

The Revival leave WWE as the only tag team to have won each of the company's three current men's tag team titles.

It has long been rumored that The Revival's release was forthcoming, as Dawson and Wilder often hinted at their unhappiness on social media and seemed to be preparing for life after WWE.

Wilder filed a trademark for the name "Cash Wheeler," and both Wilder and Dawson own trademarks for several words and phrases related to The Revival tag team.

Last month, Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio (h/t WrestlingInc.com's Marc Middleton) reported that Dawson hadn't been paid by WWE in six or seven weeks.

On Thursday, Dawson tweeted the following:

While such an accomplished tag team could be attractive to several wrestling companies across the globe, including New Japan Pro-Wrestling, Ring of Honor and Impact Wrestling, it appears likely that Dawson and Wilder will end up in AEW.

They have long teased a rivalry and match with The Young Bucks, plus AEW has been a landing spot for several former WWE Superstars during its existence.

Chris Jericho, Jon Moxley, Cody, Jake Hager, Brodie Lee, Dustin Rhodes and Shawn Spears all experienced varying degrees of success in WWE, and they are all key members of the AEW roster currently.

AEW has a strong commitment to the tag team division, and while its tag ranks are already solid, signing The Revival would bring a different look and style to the table and create the possibility of several new and fresh matchups.

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