CLEVELAND —After the thrill of The Revival’s Raw Tag Team Title victory quickly soured with the agony of consecutive defeats, it seemed the “Top Guys’” title run might wither on the vine. But rumors of their demise were greatly exaggerated, as Dash & Dawson’s Triple Threat title retention at WWE Fastlane was vindication in every sense of the word for the embattled champions, who looked much more like the cunning team that clawed their way to the top than the overmatched bullies of the past two weeks.
It was also a showcase for the tag team wrestling excellence that The Revival have long advocated for; their four challengers were as hungry and skilled as the titleholders themselves, most visibly the high-flying duo of NXT imports Aleister Black & Ricochet. One of the two newcomers was legal for almost the entire match, and if The Revival and the other third of the match — Bobby Roode & Chad Gable — thought they’d be easy pickings due to their inexperience, those hopes were dashed almost immediately. The Dutch Destroyer and The One and Only delivered flips, fists and everything in between, leaving their opponents hard-pressed to come up with an answer.
Aleister Black lays waste to his foes in a Triple Threat Match for the Raw Tag Team Championships: Courtesy of WWE Network.
Roode & Gable, hungry for “glorious redemption,” however, kept trying to their ultimate detriment. The bad vibes from their faceoff this past Monday carried over into the match, and it played into the deciding moments of the bout, wherein Roode tossed Black into the barricade and Gable tagged Ricochet as the high-flier soared over the top turnbuckle to level The Glorious One outside the ring. The Revival seemed to be waiting for just such a moment, and they quickly picked off Gable with a Shatter Machine much in the same way they did to win the Raw Tag Team Titles several weeks ago.
Dash & Dawson’s moment was short-lived, unfortunately for them, as Black & Ricochet quickly cleaned house with a 630 and Black Mass to end the evening standing tall. It seemed to be an indication that circumstance alone is what kept them from winning the titles at Fastlane. But they might be getting ahead of themselves even then. Two on two, after all, is where The Revival thrive, and they clearly do their best work when everyone else has counted them out.
CLEVELAND —After the thrill of The Revival’s Raw Tag Team Title victory quickly soured with the agony of consecutive defeats, it seemed the “Top Guys’” title run might wither on the vine. But rumors of their demise were greatly exaggerated, as Dash & Dawson’s Triple Threat title retention at WWE Fastlane was vindication in every sense of the word for the embattled champions, who looked much more like the cunning team that clawed their way to the top than the overmatched bullies of the past two weeks.
It was also a showcase for the tag team wrestling excellence that The Revival have long advocated for; their four challengers were as hungry and skilled as the titleholders themselves, most visibly the high-flying duo of NXT imports Aleister Black & Ricochet. One of the two newcomers was legal for almost the entire match, and if The Revival and the other third of the match — Bobby Roode & Chad Gable — thought they’d be easy pickings due to their inexperience, those hopes were dashed almost immediately. The Dutch Destroyer and The One and Only delivered flips, fists and everything in between, leaving their opponents hard-pressed to come up with an answer.
Aleister Black lays waste to his foes in a Triple Threat Match for the Raw Tag Team Championships: Courtesy of WWE Network.
Roode & Gable, hungry for “glorious redemption,” however, kept trying to their ultimate detriment. The bad vibes from their faceoff this past Monday carried over into the match, and it played into the deciding moments of the bout, wherein Roode tossed Black into the barricade and Gable tagged Ricochet as the high-flier soared over the top turnbuckle to level The Glorious One outside the ring. The Revival seemed to be waiting for just such a moment, and they quickly picked off Gable with a Shatter Machine much in the same way they did to win the Raw Tag Team Titles several weeks ago.
Dash & Dawson’s moment was short-lived, unfortunately for them, as Black & Ricochet quickly cleaned house with a 630 and Black Mass to end the evening standing tall. It seemed to be an indication that circumstance alone is what kept them from winning the titles at Fastlane. But they might be getting ahead of themselves even then. Two on two, after all, is where The Revival thrive, and they clearly do their best work when everyone else has counted them out.
