It had been rumored for some time that The Revival wanted out of their deals with WWE, and weeks ago the duo was finally released.
The Revival are no longer WWE Superstars, and they have confirmed that they’ll be using the name The Revolt moving forward.
The former tag team champions opened up about their situation during the most recent episode of Talk Is Jericho, and they confirmed that they asked to be released back in January of 2019.
“It was right about the 15-month mark that we asked for our release,” Cash Wheeler said. “It was somewhere around mid-January 2019 that we asked initially, had asked the head office for our release. At the time, we were under impression, we were told that we were gonna get it. Things obviously changed. I remember it very clearly. We wrestled with Lucha House Party, and it was the first time we had gotten a victory over those guys.”
They went on to say that they didn’t want to seem like they were whining about their status, so they waited until they were receiving a little bit of a push before asking for their release.
It was noted that they were told they would be getting a run with the tag titles, but they weren’t happy with the state of tag team wrestling as a whole in WWE, so they asked to be released to prove a point.
“That’s when we asked because we wanted to make a point that we know things are going decent for us. They’re going well all things considered, but we’re not happy. The tag team titles, they don’t really mean anything,” Cash added. “This has nothing to do with Braun. Braun’s a great guy. I get along with him really well, but he had steamrolled the entire tag team division, and a 10 year old won the tag titles at WrestleMania.”
“No tag teams were featured on SummerSlam, until the last minute they added the Women’s Tag Titles, which I’m all for. It’s just that it was so last minute that people didn’t even know. We wanted to make the point that the tag division doesn’t get respect. It doesn’t get the time we think all of these teams deserve. We want to take chances on ourselves. So that’s why we asked when we asked. It went on for a long time.”
So far no official announcements have been made regarding their next move, but it’s been rumored for some time now that The Revolt will be heading to AEW.
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