The Revival On Short-Lived Stable With Randy Orton: WWE Left Money On The Table

The Revival discusses their run with Randy Orton.

During Randy Orton’s summer feud with Kofi Kingston, Orton aligned himself with Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder (The Revival) to combat Kingston and his New Day running mates Xavier Woods and Big E. The trio of Orton and The Revival looked like it had legs beyond Orton’s feud with Kingston, but the three were split during the WWE Draft.

And The Revival believe WWE made a big mistake.

“The most fun I’ve had since we came up from NXT, personally,” said Wilder on Sky Sports Lock Up podcast when asked about the partnership. “Just learning from him and seeing how he works up close and picking his brain after, there’s not many guys like him that has accomplished what he’s accomplished, for as long as he’s accomplished it. I wish we could have had more time as a faction. Hopefully, we have a chance to work with him again down the line.”

Dawson was more direct with his frustration saying, “There was a lot of money left on the table whenever that was dissolved. We could have done a lot of good things for professional wrestling and a lot of good things for the WWE. But that’s not how they saw it, unfortunately. We learned a lot from Randy Orton and became good friends over those two months. I think he really enjoyed being with us because he hasn’t had that — not that we’re super young guys — but that youthful vibrance of wanting to steal the show every night. He hadn’t been around that for awhile. He got with us and every single night, we wanted to steal the show and work harder than everybody else. I think he enjoyed that but he also respects that. We grew this kinship, friendship, and bond with him that we haven’t had on the main roster with anybody else.”

As reported by Fightful Select, Orton went to Vince McMahon directly and pushed to work with The Revival.

If you use any of the quotes above, please credit Sky Sports Lock Up with a h/t to Fightful for the transcription.