Randy Orton’s Close Mates, Who Felt Disrespected by Vince McMahon, Put Their Rumored WWE Return on Hold: “He Just Didn’t Like Us..”

Several superstars and WWE fans are not happy with Vince McMahon’s return. Randy Orton’s close mates have also made this list. Recently, on his podcast, FTR with Dax Hardwood the former WWE superstar Dax Hardwood mentioned why he and his in-ring tag team partner Cash Wheeler are not returning to WWE. And he stated that Vincent Kenedy McMahon is the reason behind this.  Cash Wheeler and Dax Hardwood, formerly known as Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder respectively, together were a part of WWE a few years back. They used to fight under the team name “The Revival”. However, they left WWE as Vince McMahon was not fond of them.  

Hardwood shared his story 

During the podcast, Hardwood mentioned that Vince didn’t treat them well after they won the Raw tag team championship. 

Hardwood said, “He just didn’t like us. He wasn’t enamored with us. I think it had a lot to do with this accent that I have, coming from North Carolina because he’s from North Carolina. His real father grew up in North Carolina. He went to East Carolina, and he hated that whole culture. I think that maybe the accent or maybe just us, in general, reminded him of that. Maybe he just didn’t like us period. That’s okay too. Maybe he didn’t like our work. That’s okay, too. But he didn’t like us for some reason, and he made sure to tell us that that day with our brand-new belts in our hands, on a high.”

“We’ve the first-ever WWE Triple Crown Tag Team Champions, WWE Raw, WWE SmackDown, WWE NXT, no one else had ever done that at the time, except for us. We were so proud of that moment, and he decided to take a shit on us in that moment. That’s the kind of things, as a human being, I will never forget how you try to make people feel. The fans were with us, so obviously we didn’t hurt your business. We went out there, put our life on the line, for you, for your company, and coming back to the back as much endorphins running through our body, and you decide to say that to us. That’s one of the things I can’t ever forget. We talk about what I’m gonna do in the future, and now that I think about that, and with him back at the helm, ah, makes this a little questionable for me.”

The Revivals and WWE

Cash Wheeler and Dax Hardwood were already close friends before entering the world of professional wrestling. WWE hired Hardwood in 2012, followed by the hiring of Wheeler in 2014. Thanks to the WWE producer Dusty Rhodes, Hardwood and Wheeler became a team. On the November 11, 2015, episode of NXT, they defeated The Vaudevillians to become the NXT tag team champions. 

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In early 2016, Dash and Dawson started to perform under the team name “The Revival”. They made their main roster debut on Raw in April 2017. During 2017-19, they became part of several on-screen rivalries. In February 2019, The Revival defeated Roode and Gable for the WWE tag team championship. 

After WrestleMania 35, The Revival feuded with The Usos initially. And then they won the Raw tag team championship in a triple-threat match. The same year, The Revival also won the SmackDown tag team championship. This made them the first team to win all Raw, SmackDown, and NXT tag team championships. However, the Next year in April, WWE granted their requested release.

Later that year, Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson joined AEW and started to compete as Cash Wheeler and Dax Hardwood, respectively. Currently, both fight under the team name #FTR. Even in AEW, they are doing pretty well. So, it is likely that they won’t return to WWE, especially now that Mr Mcmahon is back.

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