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118-421: These moves involve one wrestler actually performing the move to an opponent. An ally of the attacker will do something to make the move more effective. For example, a wrestler could perform a DDT on an opponent. However, an ally could lift the opponent' feet off the ground first, making it an Aided DDT, a much more effective variation of the move. An aided brainbuster sees one wrestler help another wrestler perform

236-530: A Flatliner on opponent to increase the velocity and effect of move. This move sees an opponent with their upper body on the ropes and their feet on one of the attacking wrestler's shoulders, while the other wrestler charges at their partner, leapfrogging over them and straddling the opponent's lower back. This move was popularized by the World's Greatest Tag Team ( Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin ). Any double-team move in which one wrestler helps another to perform

354-399: A Gory bomb on the opponent, while their partner stands to their back side. When the original partner releases the opponent, the second executes a cutter as the opponent falls. This move first sees one wrestler place an opponent in a wheelbarrow facebuster position while the other wrestler applies a three-quarter facelock . One wrestler then drops to their back as their partner drops to

472-593: A brainbuster , usually by putting their own weight behind the move to increase its impact. This move is best known as being the finisher used by NJPW tag team and Bullet Club members Guerrillas of Destiny . In this move, Tanga Loa has an opponent lifted up in a wheelbarrow hold, while Tama Tonga executes a Double-Arm DDT on the opponent. This move is used by WWE Tag Team Awesome Truth as their finisher by name Truth Crushing Finale (TCF) . In this move The Miz performs his finisher Skull Crushing Finale (a full nelson facebuster ) on opponent while R-Truth performed

590-410: A neckbreaker by twisting/forcing the opponent down to the mat harder while a neckbreaker is performed. Another version of an aided neckbreaker, known as an elevated neckbreaker, sees one member of the attacking tag team get the opponent up into an elevated position to allow a wrestler to perform a neckbreaker from a greater height. This is a normal whiplash , but instead of having the opponent held in

708-430: A pendulum backbreaker and holds the opponent over their knee as another wrestler jumps down from the top rope and performs a diving attack . This variation sees the partner on the top rope hit the opponent with a diving elbow drop from the middle or top rope on the exposed head or chest, flipping the opponent over and down to the mat. This was the finisher move of former WWE Tag Team The Prime Time Players calling it

826-413: A powerbomb , either by aiding the wrestler to get the opponent up on to their shoulders or by pulling down on the opponent as they get dropped down, to force them into the mat harder. A three-person variation also exists, popularized by The Shield . The double team powerbomb is known as Old school Powerbomb, while the three-person variation is known as Triple Powerbomb. In this version one partner sits on

944-400: A belly-to-belly brainbuster, the wrestler stands facing a standing opponent and then wraps both arms around the opponent's torso, lifting them off the ground. The wrestler then shifts their grip so they are holding the opponent by their legs, gripping the opponent behind the knee. The wrestler then removes one arm from the opponent's leg and quickly applies a front facelock with that arm, lifts

1062-648: A losing effort to United Empire's , Aussie Open and T. J. Perkins . After the match, Aussie Open challenged FTR to a match for the IWGP Tag Team Championships. FTR made their first IWGP Tag Team Championship defense on night one of Royal Quest II , defeating Aussie Open in the main event. On January 4 2023 at Wrestle Kingdom 17 , FTR lost the IWGP Tag Team Championships to Bishamon ( Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI ), ending their reign at 192 days. FTR have been praised for their old-school style and knowledge of tag team wrestling. According to Harwood,

1180-882: A losing streak for the duo as three days later at Final Battle , FTR lost the ROH World Tag Team Championships to The Briscoes in a Dog Collar match , ending their reign at 253 days. After the match, FTR were attacked by rivals The Gunns , but were fended off by The Briscoes. On the December 22 edition of Dynamite , FTR lost to The Gunns. Two weeks later, they lost the AAA World Tag Team Championship to Dralistico and Dragon Lee at AAA Noche de Campeones , thus ending another title reign at 441 days. FTR made their return since losing all of their titles, at Revolution , confronting The Gunns, who had just retained their AEW World Tag Team Championships. On

1298-515: A match which saw manager Tully Blanchard banned from ringside. On the March 10, 2021 episode of Dynamite , FTR and Blanchard attacked The Inner Circle along with MJF , Wardlow , and Shawn Spears , with their new group being named The Pinnacle . On the October 16 special episode of Dynamite , FTR - disguised as luchadors called Las Super Ranas (The Super Frogs) - defeated The Lucha Brothers to win

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1416-420: A military press on the other partner and before throwing them, while the other opponent performs a 360° Splash . Also known as double suplex, a double-team move in which one wrestler help another to perform a suplex , usually by putting their own weight behind the move to increase its impact. This move sees one wrestler wrap a forward-facing opponent's legs around their waist and apply a gutwrench hold to lift

1534-510: A move in which two attackers perform separate moves on an opponent at the same time. A popular example of this would be the X-Mark performed by D-Generation X , where Shawn Michaels hits the Sweet Chin Music on an opponent, then followed up by a Pedigree by Triple H . One attacking wrestler performs a belly-to-back suplex while their partner climbs a turnbuckle. The attacking wrestler holds

1652-490: A name from those that worked so hard to build it up". A letter sent by Wheeler and Harwood's attorney, Michael E. Dockins, the following day, announced that Wheeler and Harwood's team name was not The Revolt but "FTR", which "would mean different things depending on their storyline and creatives", and that they could keep using the "Fear The Revolt" catchphrase regardless. While Konley and Riley claim that Wheeler and Harwood, who knew them personally, knew about their previous use of

1770-473: A non-title match following interference from Blanchard. On September 30, 2020, FTR successfully defended their tag team titles on Dynamite against SCU members Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky . On October 7, 2020, FTR retained their titles after defeating Hybrid2 . On October 14, 2020, they again successfully defended their tag team titles, this time against Best Friends. On November 7, 2020 at Full Gear , FTR lost their titles to The Young Bucks in

1888-407: A prone powerbomb position. The first wrestler keeps hold of the opponent's head at this point, holding it against their shoulder as with a hangman's neckbreaker while keeping the opponent's back and head parallel with the ground. From here the first wrestler falls to a sitting position while the other wrestler, who is holding the opponent in the powerbomb position, drops to their knees, thus driving

2006-477: A rematch against Gargano and Ciampa (now called DIY) at NXT TakeOver: Toronto , The Revival lost their tag team titles in a two-out-of-three falls match after scoring the first fall via pinfall, ending their second reign at 164 days. The match was later named "WWE Match of the Year" for 2016. At NXT TakeOver: Orlando , The Revival lost to The Authors of Pain ( Akam and Rezar ) in a triple threat elimination match for

2124-489: A rematch, but failed to regain the titles. At The Shield's Final Chapter , The Revival once again unsuccessfully fought Hawkins and Ryder for the tag team championship in a triple threat match also involving Aleister Black and Ricochet. After being drafted to Raw in the Superstar Shake-up , The Usos began a rivalry with Dawson and Wilder where The Usos would repeatedly embarrass The Revival on numerous occasions. On

2242-459: A sit out position, performing a cutter and a wheelbarrow facebuster. This variation sees one of the wrestlers lift the opponent into a Canadian backbreaker rack . From this position the second wrestler runs towards the opponent and grabs their head, performing a running cutter , while the other wrestler completes the inverted powerbomb , driving the opponent face-first to the mat. Roppongi 3K uses this move as Stargazer 3K. One wrestler hits

2360-586: A temporary hiatus. On the July 10 episode of Raw , The Revival attacked The Hardy Boyz ( Matt and Jeff Hardy ) after their match against Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson , and became embroiled in a three-way feud; however, shortly afterwards, Dawson suffered a ruptured bicep, putting him out of action for an estimated five months. The Revival returned again on the December 18 episode of Raw , defeating Heath Slater and Rhyno . At Raw 25 , The Revival lost to Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, marking their first defeat on

2478-593: A two out of three falls match. They made another successful defense in October at Battle of the Belts IV , defeating Gates of Agony . They made another successful defense defeating Top Flight ( Darius and Dante Martin ) on the November 23rd edition of ‘’Rampage’’. On the December 7th edition of ‘’Dynamite’’, FTR faced The Acclaimed for the AEW World Tag Team Championships, but lost. This loss resulted in

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2596-399: A wheelbarrow clutch the second wrestler applies a front facelock and DDT 's the opponent while the other wrestler drops to a sitting position, driving the opponent's face to the mat, finishing the wheelbarrow facebuster . Any double-team move in which one wrestler help another to perform a piledriver on an opponent by pushing down on the opponent’s foot for more impact. In a variation of

2714-551: Is a version of the DDT . It was innovated by Killer Karl Kox. In Japanese puroresu , the term "brainbuster" refers to a regular vertical suplex, while the move elsewhere known as a brainbuster is referred to as a "sheer drop brainbuster" or a "vertical (drop) brainbuster". The brainbuster was banned in WWE until WrestleMania XL , because the person receiving the move will land on the top of their head or neck without protection , as evident at

2832-478: Is done by one superstar placing an opponent on the top turnbuckle where his partner would perform a Super-plex on their opponent. This move sees one wrestler grab their partner's body while the partner is wrapping their legs around the opponent's neck. Then the partner swings and executes a headscissors takedown. This was the finishing move of the tag team known as Power and Glory ( Hercules Hernandez and Paul Roma ). Hercules would take an opponent and sit him on

2950-435: Is performed when a wrestler faces the opponent and crosses both of their arms on the opponent's chest before lifting the opponent upside down, then falling backwards to the mat onto their back, driving the opponent down on their head. Jay White uses this move, calling it Bladebuster. Also known as a revolution brainbuster, this brainbuster is performed when the wrestler delivering the maneuver twists their body while holding

3068-450: Is positioned in front of them. The partner then leaps upwards, grabbing the opponent from behind by the chin, and pulling them down into a double knee backbreaker while the first wrestler delivers the powerbomb. This elevated neckbreaker is performed when one attacking wrestler stands facing a bent-over opponent and seizes the opponent around the waist, flipping them over as in a suplex up onto another wrestler's shoulders, leaving them in

3186-513: The AAA World Tag Team Championship for the first time. After The Pinnacle dissolved FTR turned face, after siding with MJF's rival CM Punk . FTR made a surprise appearance at ROH Final Battle , attacking the newly-crowned ROH World Tag Team Champions The Briscoe Brothers and setting up a match between the two teams, which took place at Supercard of Honor XV . FTR won the match and became ROH World Tag Team Champions for

3304-517: The Condrey / Eaton version of The Midnight Express . After the two left WWE, Dawson and Wilder changed their names to Dax Harwood and Cash Wheeler, now using their real last names while paying tribute to Demolition 's Ax and Smash . The duo's finishing move, called the "Shatter Machine" in WWE, was inspired by the "Codebreaker" used by Chris Jericho , whom the two saw as a major inspiration; although WWE staff had told them they did not need it,

3422-450: The Condrey / Eaton version, two of the top teams of all time. The team uses the phrase "No flips, just fists" to convey their more traditional, mat based in-ring style in contrast to the more high flying style of some contemporary teams. They are the first team to have won WWE's Raw Tag Team Championship ( held twice ), SmackDown Tag Team Championship ( once ), and NXT Tag Team Championship ( twice ), and are recognized by WWE as being

3540-472: The Ghost Buster or a hanging brainbuster, this is a variation of the standard brainbuster in which the executing wrestler holds their opponent in a vertical suplex position for up to 10 seconds before completing the maneuver. A variation of the brainbuster in which the wrestler lifts the opponent as if they were using a Northern Lights suplex and lands the opponent on the back of their head. This move sees

3658-466: The Hype Bros ( Zack Ryder and Mojo Rawley ), who called it the "Hype Ryder". This variation sees one of the wrestlers grasps the opponent's neck, lifts them up, while the partner behind them catches the opponent's legs. Simultaneously, the front wrestler will complete the chokeslam, and the back wrestler will complete the powerbomb. One wrestler sets up the opponent for a powerbomb while their partner

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3776-480: The ROH World Tag Team Championship , NJPW's IWGP Tag Team Championship , and the AAA World Tag Team Championship - holding all three titles simultaneously for the bulk of the year. All totaled between WWE, AEW, ROH, AAA, and NJPW, FTR are eight-time world tag team champions, making them the only team to have held championships in all five promotions. They are also the only people to have jointly won

3894-457: The Revolution event in March. In April 2024, FTR would participate in a tournament to determine the next AEW World Tag Team Champions. They defeated The Infantry in the first round, Top Flight in the semi-finals, but lost to The Young Bucks in a ladder match in the finals at Dynasty on April 21, due to interference from a returning Jack Perry . FTR would go to feud with The Young Bucks from

4012-654: The SmackDown Tag Team Championship , making them the first team to hold the Raw, SmackDown, and NXT Tag Team Championships, and thus the first-ever WWE Tag Team Triple Crown Champions . As part of the draft , The Revival was drafted to the SmackDown brand. As Randy Orton had become drafted to the Raw brand, this signified the end of The Revival's alliance with Orton. On the November 8 episode of SmackDown , The Revival lost

4130-586: The Super ShowDown of 2019 in Saudi Arabia, when Goldberg (who was concussed during the match) failed to execute his " Jackhammer " finisher on the Undertaker and performed an unprepared brainbuster instead. However it has supposedly been reintroduced as of April 06, 2024, as Sami Zayn used the move to turn the tide, and eventually win his Intercontinental Championship match against Gunther . Also known as

4248-543: The WWE 24/7 Championship and are hailed as one of the greatest professional wrestling tag teams of all time. Upon arriving in AEW, the duo took the name of FTR, alternately using the letters to mean "Forever The Revival" as WWE had ownership rights to the name "The Revival". The initialism is also a reference to "Fuck the Revival", an inside joke and catch-phrase coined by Cody Rhodes on

4366-425: The fireman's carry position while the other attacking wrestler runs and jumps up alongside both and takes hold or twists the neck of the opponent for any type of neckbreaker slam , as the first wrestler falls down to the mat, forcing the opponent down with them in a Samoan drop . This can see the wrestler performing the fireman's carry turn on the spot (an airplane spin ) while the other charges at them and performs

4484-451: The "Bada Boom Shakalaka". Another variation of this move has the elbow drop. This move is currently used by Bullet Club , who calls it “Rocket Launcher Elbow Drop”. One of the wrestlers ascends the top turnbuckle. Their partner then stands below them and reaches up, taking hold of them. The wrestler on the top rope then performs a top rope diving attack, with their partner throwing them, thus increasing their range and height. This refers to

4602-456: The "Ghetto Blaster". It was also used by former WWF Tag Team Demolition as "Demolition Decapitation". Brainbuster A brainbuster is a professional wrestling throw in which a wrestler puts the opponent in a front facelock , hooks their pants or thigh, and lifts them up as if they were executing a vertical suplex . The wrestler then falls onto their back so that the opponent lands on their head while remaining vertical. This move

4720-462: The "Mind Breaker" as their double-team finishing move in AEW, modeled after the Brain Busters's own finisher. In November 2020, Harwood and Wheeler revealed in an interview with Talk Sport journalist Alex McCarthy that FTR wanted to join AEW, despite being offered a huge amount of money to stay in the WWE, because they kept getting pulled from main roster events in the WWE. Harwood stated "We knew it

4838-459: The August 12 episode of Dynamite , FTR hosted Tag Team Appreciation Night where they invited Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard and The Rock 'n' Roll Express to the show. However, after a scuffle between Tully Blanchard and Ricky Morton, FTR attacked Rock 'n' Roll Express thus turning heel in the process. The following week, FTR recruited Blanchard as their manager as they defeated Private Party . On

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4956-437: The August 27 episode of Dynamite , FTR defeated The Natural Nightmares , Best Friends and The Young Bucks in a Gauntlet match to earn an AEW World Tag Team Championship match at All Out . At All Out, they defeated Omega and Page to capture the titles, making them the first team to have held tag team titles in both AEW and WWE. On September 16, 2020, FTR defeated Jurassic Express members Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy in

5074-727: The February 11 episode of Raw , The Revival finally defeated Roode and Gable for the titles, marking their first tag team championship win on the main roster. The following two weeks on Raw , The Revival were booked to lose to two different teams from NXT. This string of losses included against DIY and the team of Ricochet and Aleister Black . The team successfully defended their titles against Black and Ricochet and Roode and Gable at Fastlane , when Dawson pinned Gable. At WrestleMania 35 , The Revival lost their titles to Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder , ending their reign at 55 days. The following night on Raw , The Revival fought Hawkins and Ryder in

5192-517: The May 20 episode of Raw , The Revival defeated The Usos. At Super ShowDown, The Revival lost the rematch. On the following episode of Raw , The Revival defeated Hawkins and Ryder, and The Usos in a triple threat tag team match to win the Raw Tag Team Championships for a second time. The Revival defeated The Usos at Extreme Rules to retain the tag titles. On July 29 episode of Raw, they lost

5310-697: The Miz in a fatal four-way tag team match also involving Heavy Machinery ( Otis and Tucker ) and Lucha House Party, in a match where the winner would earn a Smackdown Tag Team Championship match at Super ShowDown ; this was The Revival's final televised match in WWE. On the February 7, 2020 episode of SmackDown , they attacked Intercontinental Champion Braun Strowman alongside Sami Zayn and Shinsuke Nakamura , in their final appearances in WWE. On April 10, The Revival were granted their releases from WWE, fifteen months after their request in January 2019. In an interview

5428-572: The NXT Tag Team Championship that also featured DIY, in what would be their last match in NXT. On the April 3 episode of Raw , The Revival made their main roster debut, defeating The New Day . The following week on Raw , they defeated The New Day once again. On April 14, Wilder subsequently suffered a fractured jaw during a live event, and was estimated to be out for eight weeks, putting the team on

5546-510: The NXT Tag Team Championship to American Alpha ( Chad Gable and Jason Jordan ), ending their reign at 142 days. On June 8 at NXT TakeOver: The End , The Revival regained the titles from American Alpha, thus becoming the first team to win the NXT Tag Team Championship twice. On the July 6 episode of NXT , The Revival defeated American Alpha in a two-out-of-three falls match to retain the titles. At NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II , they retained their titles over Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa . In

5664-474: The Revolt name, Dockins stated that his clients "were not aware of and, at worst, have no recollection of ever knowing of [Konley and Riley]'s claimed rights in a REVOLT-inclusive trademark." On the May 27, 2020 episode of Dynamite , Harwood and Wheeler made their All Elite Wrestling debut as FTR, saving The Young Bucks from an attack by The Butcher and The Blade thus establishing themselves as babyfaces in

5782-528: The SmackDown Tag Team titles back to The New Day's Big E and Kingston, ending their reign at 54 days. They received a rematch for the titles at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs , but was again defeated by The New Day. Later that same night, The Revival also aligned themselves with King Corbin , assisting him in defeating Roman Reigns , but that alliance ended quietly. On the January 31, 2020 episode of SmackDown , The Revival lost to John Morrison and

5900-506: The YouTube series Being the Elite . It was later revealed that it stood for Fuck The Rest, as noted in their shirts and their theme music video. That year, Pro Wrestling Illustrated ranked them number one on their inaugural PWI Tag Team 50 list. Wheeler and Harwood were longtime friends before being made into a team, and had wrestled together on the independent circuit . In 2012, Harwood

6018-462: The air with the aid of the ring rope, they are kept in the elevated position by another wrestler. This wrestler has the opponent's legs on their shoulders and is facing the first wrestler. When the whiplash is performed, the extra wrestler will often twist down to the mat and land on top of the opponent. The move is also known as the "Magic Killer" or the "Tornado-Plex", originally used by Tomko and AJ Styles , then by Tomko and Giant Bernard before it

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6136-416: The air, before falling to their back, slamming the opponent to the ground on the back of their head/neck. It is used by Jun Akiyama who calls it Sternness Dust Gamma . The wrestler begins behind and facing a standing opponent. The wrestler then pulls the head of the opponent back and applies an inverted facelock to the opponent with one arm. The wrestler then places their other arm under the lower back of

6254-512: The apex of the powerbomb while the second dives off the top rope and impacts the opponent with a missile dropkick , driving the opponent backwards and finishing the powerbomb with extra force. This was also used by the WCW Tag Team Harlem Heat as the "Heat Seeker". One wrestler sets up the opponent for a powerbomb with their back to a turnbuckle, while their partner climbs that same turnbuckle. The first attacking wrestler then holds

6372-530: The apex of the powerbomb, while the second dives off the top rope and impacts the opponent with a diving seated senton , driving the opponent backwards and finishing the powerbomb with extra force. A somersault variation can also be used. Edge and Rey Mysterio used this as the Bombs Away One wrestler sets up the opponent for a powerbomb with their back to a turnbuckle, while their partner climbs that same turnbuckle. The first attacking wrestler then holds

6490-425: The attacker from the back falls to their back. This move sees one of the attacking wrestlers stand back-to-back with the opponent, reach over their shoulder, take hold of the opponent by their head or neck, and take a couple of steps forward so that the opponent's torso is facing the sky. Meanwhile, the other attacking wrestler climbs the top turnbuckle and jumps from the top turnbuckle onto the opponent's chest, while

6608-418: The attacker holding the opponent's neck falls to the mat onto their back to drive the opponent's back and neck into the mat so both wrestlers end up falling simultaneously to the mat. This can refer to one of two moves. The traditional version features a combination of a flapjack and a cutter . This maneuver sees an opponent get pushed upwards in a flapjack throw by one partner; then, as the opponent falls to

6726-404: The attackers facing the opponent and the other attacker behind the opponent. The attacker in front of the opponent grabs the opponent around the waist and lifts them up, while the partner who is behind the opponent reaches over their shoulder and takes hold of the opponent by their head or neck. Both partners fall to the mat simultaneously so the attacker in the front falls on top of the opponent and

6844-585: The company's first-ever WWE Tag Team Triple Crown winners . After being released by WWE in April 2020, and signing with AEW the next month, they made their AEW debut on the May 27, 2020, episode of Dynamite , winning the AEW World Tag Team Championship the following September at AEW's All Out . In 2022, due to AEW co-owner Tony Khan 's purchase of Ring of Honor (ROH), and AEW's partnerships with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) and Mexico 's Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), FTR would win

6962-511: The entire tag team division" by himself before winning the Raw Tag Team Championship with 10-year old non-wrestler Nicholas Cone, a son of WWE referee John Cone , at WrestleMania 34 . According to the duo, WWE management originally thought that The Revival was bluffing in order to receive a push , and that the push they received shortly after (they won the Raw Tag Team Championship the following month, with three more title wins later

7080-509: The final team eliminated in the match. Following this they began a feud against Lucha House Party ( Kalisto , Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado ) and suffered various losses in handicap matches labeled "Lucha House Rules". On the December 17 episode of Raw , The Revival defeated Lucha House Party, The B-Team and Authors of Pain (Akam and Rezar) in a fatal-4-way match, earning a shot at the Raw Tag Team Championship . Throughout

7198-621: The first time, and with their AAA Tag Team Titles, became double champions. On June 26, 2022, FTR added the IWGP Tag Team Championship from New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) when they won a Three-way Winner Takes All tag team match against IWGP Champions United Empire ( Great-O-Khan & Jeff Cobb ) and Roppongi Vice ( Rocky Romero & Trent Beretta ) at AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door , making them triple champions (AAA, ROH, IWGP). At Death Before Dishonor , FTR defended their ROH Tag Team Championships against The Briscoes, in

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7316-422: The following March 8 edition of Dynamite , Harwood and Wheeler stated their intentions of capturing the AEW World Tag Team Championships. FTR confronted The Gunns on the March 22 edition of Dynamite , seeking a title shot, but were continuously refused. The title match was finally granted upon Harwood's proposition that if he and Wheeler were to lose to The Gunns, they would quit AEW. The title match took place on

7434-455: The following month, the duo explained that they had asked for their releases because "the tag team division doesn't get respect, it doesn't get the time that we think a lot of these teams deserve and we want to take chances on ourselves", and that they felt that otherwise they would have "no legacy aside from our NXT stuff". They also stated: "The tag team titles, they don't really mean anything", pointing out that Braun Strowman had "steam-rolled

7552-422: The head of the opponent into the ground. This move is also known as a Fisherman brainbuster or a Leg hook brainbuster Yoshi-Hashi uses this as his finisher. In this variation, the wrestler puts the opponent in a front facelock and uses their free arm to go under the opponent's near leg and hook the far one. After lifting the opponent off the ground, the wrestler jumps up and falls down on their back, slamming

7670-460: The lack of faith some coaches had for them at the Performance Center (with WWE chairman Vince McMahon 's dislike for southern accents being well-known backstage). They were notably told that they would not get to do many promos, although Rhodes, a fellow resident of North Carolina, insisted that they should. In 2014, after returning from injury, Dawson teamed up with a debuting Wilder, with

7788-498: The main event of the April 5 edition of Dynamite , where FTR defeated The Gunns, capturing the AEW World Tag Team Championships for the second time. FTR lost the titles to Big Bill and Ricky Starks on the October 7 episode of Collision , ending their second reign at 185 days. Going into 2024, FTR would feud with Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli of the Blackpool Combat Club, with Moxley and Castagnoli defeating FTR at

7906-526: The main roster. On January 28, 2018 at the Royal Rumble pre-show, The Revival defeated Gallows and Anderson. On SummerSlam pre-show, The Revival lost to The B-Team ( Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel ) in an attempt to become the Raw Tag Team Champions . At Survivor Series , they were part of Team Raw, but lost to Team SmackDown in the 10-on-10 Survivor Series tag team elimination match. The Revival were

8024-502: The mat onto their back, driving the opponent head-first down to the mat. It is also the primary finisher of Jon Moxley who calls it Death Rider in NJPW and Paradigm Shift in AEW . A fisherman buster is a variation of the brainbuster in which the wrestler hooks the opponent's leg to aid in lifting them off the ground. With the opponent elevated, the wrestler performs a fisherman suplex , driving

8142-400: The mat, the other partner applies a cutter, forcing the opponent's head down to the mat. The alternative version starts with one attacker performing a delayed back drop . A second attacker will grab the defending wrestler's head and rest it on their own shoulder. Both attackers then drop to their backs simultaneously, delivering the back drop and a neckbreaker to the defending wrestler. The move

8260-448: The mat. This elevated neckbreaker is a combination of a belly-to-back suplex and a neckbreaker . This maneuver sees an opponent get pushed upwards in a belly-to-back suplex lift by one partner, then as the opponent falls to the mat, the other partner applies a headlock neckbreaker, forcing the opponent's head into the mat. This was the finisher used by Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel when they teamed together. This move starts with one of

8378-643: The match to become the NXT Tag Team Champions for the first time. They made their first successful title defense two weeks later, defeating The Vaudevillians in a rematch. Afterwards, they successfully defended their titles against Amore and Cassady at NXT TakeOver: London . Beginning in February 2016, Dash and Dawson began performing under the team name The Revival. The Revival made their first appearance on WWE's main roster at Roadblock , successfully defending their championships against Amore and Cassady. On April 1 at NXT TakeOver: Dallas , The Revival lost

8496-620: The move in America, dubbing his version the Snowplow . Ridge Holland currently uses this as the Northern Grit . This variation is performed when a wrestler faces the opponent and hooks one of their arms, lifts the opponent upside down, then falls backwards to the mat onto their back, driving the opponent down on their head. It's used by Finn Bálor in the WWE as 1916 , and during his New Japan Pro Wrestling tenure as Bloody Sunday . This variation

8614-600: The move, the second wrestler jumps off the turnbuckle while pushing the opponent’s feet downward for even more damage, this is well known as a spike piledriver (not to be confused with a one-person spike piledriver ). The move was famously used by the Brain Busters , the New Age Outlaws , and FTR , the latter of which dubbed it the "Mind Breaker". Also known as a spike powerbomb, this is any double-team (sometimes triple-team) move in which one wrestler help another to perform

8732-514: The neck of the opponent into the shoulder of this wrestler from an elevated position. Beer Money, Inc. members James Storm and Bobby Roode would use this move as their tag team finisher, naming the move "DWI – Drinking While Investing". This move also used by the Authors of Pain . One wrestler sets up the opponent for a powerbomb with their back to a turnbuckle, while their partner climbs that same turnbuckle. The first attacking wrestler then holds

8850-511: The neckbreaker as they spins. Another variation is when someone holds the opponent in a fireman's carry position. The partner then gives the opponent a side headlock and, at the same time, they do a double rolling somersault into a combination of the rolling fireman's carry slam and the corkscrew neckbreaker . the former WWE Tag Team Cryme Tyme used the Samoan Drop/Corkscrew Neckbreaker, dubbing it "G9". One partner sets up

8968-438: The next two weeks, The Revival faced Bobby Roode and Chad Gable for the titles, but Dawson and Wilder were unsuccessful in winning the titles in controversial fashion each time. Shortly after, Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer reported that the duo asked for their release from their WWE contracts. This information was reported following their bout against Lucha House Party on the January 14, 2019 episode of Raw . On

9086-487: The opponent as if they were using a vertical suplex , and lands the opponent on the back of their head. Innovated by The Great Sasuke , this move is also known as the Michinoku Driver (not to be confused with another move with a similar name ) and a butterfly brainbuster, this move sees a wrestler first face an opponent and apply a double underhook , then lifting the opponent upside down and falling backwards down to

9204-409: The opponent at the apex of the powerbomb while the second dives off the top rope and impacts the opponent with a diving clothesline or a flying lariat , driving the opponent backwards and finishing the powerbomb with extra force. One wrestler sets up the opponent for a powerbomb with their back to a turnbuckle, while their partner climbs that same turnbuckle. The first attacking wrestler then holds

9322-404: The opponent at the apex of the powerbomb while the second dives off the top rope and impacts the opponent with a diving neckbreaker , driving the opponent backwards and finishing the powerbomb with extra force. One wrestler sets up the opponent for a powerbomb with their back to a turnbuckle, while their partner climbs that same turnbuckle. The first attacking wrestler then holds the opponent at

9440-417: The opponent at the apex of the powerbomb while the second dives off the top rope and impacts the opponent with an aerial attack , often a clothesline or a seated senton, driving the opponent backwards and completing the partner's powerbomb with added force. Certain attacks can also be timed so that, instead of hitting the opponent at the apex of the move, they can impact at the exact moment the powerbomb impacts

9558-401: The opponent at the apex of the powerbomb, while the second dives off the top rope and impacts the opponent with a diving crossbody driving the opponent backwards and finishing the powerbomb with extra force. One wrestler sets up the opponent for a powerbomb with their back to a turnbuckle while their partner climbs that same turnbuckle. The first attacking wrestler then holds the opponent at

9676-496: The opponent at the apex of the powerbomb, while the second dives off the top rope and impacts the opponent with a diving elbow drop , driving the opponent backwards and finishing the powerbomb with extra force. This double team move was also another finisher move used by WCW Tag Team Harlem Heat as the "Heat Bomb". One wrestler sets up the opponent for a powerbomb with their back to a turnbuckle, while their partner climbs that same turnbuckle. The first attacking wrestler then holds

9794-437: The opponent at the apex of the powerbomb, while the second dives off the top rope and impacts the opponent with a diving leg drop just as the opponent lands on the mat, crushing their neck, face, or chest. The leg drop can sometimes be a somersault variation. One wrestler sets up the opponent for a powerbomb with their back to a turnbuckle while their partner climbs that same turnbuckle. The first attacking wrestler then holds

9912-418: The opponent at the apex of the powerbomb, while the second dives off the top rope and impacts the opponent with a diving spear , driving the opponent backwards and finishing the powerbomb with extra force. This device variation sees one of the wrestlers lift the opponent onto their shoulders, into the powerbomb position, while standing with their back to the corner turnbuckles. Another wrestler then climbs to

10030-407: The opponent at the apex while the second wrestler performs a diving leg drop , driving the opponent into the mat. The Viking Raiders use this move as their tag team finisher '"Fallout". Sasha Banks and Bayley also use this move. Where one wrestler performs a spinebuster on their opponent while the opponent is being attacked by a leg lariat from the wrestler's partner. This move was innovated by

10148-439: The opponent down to the mat head first. A variation of the fisherman buster, in this version the wrestler traps the opponent's free leg between their own legs when delivering the move, resulting in a small package . It is used by Seth Rollins who named his version God's Last Gift , and Kushida , who calls it Back To The Future . This variation involves grabbing and pulling by the opponent's wrist, then lifting them up into

10266-687: The opponent in the upwards position, usually dropping their opponent during the rotation. Masaaki Mochizuki is the Japanese wrestler who popularized this move and called Twister as finisher. Peyton Royce uses this move as her finisher dubbed Deja Vú . FTR (professional wrestling) FTR (often stylized as #FTR ; standing for Fuck The Rest ) is a professional wrestling tag team of Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood , who are signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and are former two-time AEW World Tag Team Champions . Before coming to AEW, they were known for their tenure in WWE as The Revival , under

10384-455: The opponent into any type of jawbreaker from a raised height. Most notably this sees the opponent's legs being held on the shoulders of one wrestler while another wrestler catches hold of the head of this opponent. At this point the wrestler will lock a hold onto the head of the opponent and drop them into the jawbreaker. This is where one wrestler (usually a larger wrestler) backs up to the corner turnbuckles and allows another wrestler to climb

10502-405: The opponent is held face-up across both shoulders of the attacking wrestler. The second attacking wrestler then grabs the racked opponent's head and, along with the first wrestler, falls to the ground, driving the opponent's head and neck into the mat below. Another variation is when the attacking wrestler falls backwards and the partner then does a cutter on the opponent as they falls face first into

10620-451: The opponent on the floor. Like all the below variations, this move does not have to see the second attacking wrestler dive from the turnbuckle; it can be performed from any elevated surface, or alternatively the wrestler could springboard off the ring ropes to gain height. One wrestler sets up the opponent for a powerbomb with their back to a turnbuckle while their partner climbs that same turnbuckle. The first attacking wrestler then holds

10738-410: The opponent picks up the other partner and makes a 180° turn before dropping the partner on the opponent. The wrestler can lift their partner in a variety of ways (military press, wheelbarrow suplex, etc.) before dropping them on the opponent. Another variation starts with both partners on either the right or left side of an opponent who is lying face-up on the mat. The one closest to the opponent performs

10856-436: The opponent up off the ground. The partner then steps in front of both wrestlers and grabs the opponent's arms or shoulders and yanks them upward, just as the first attacker throws themself and the victim backwards in a wheelbarrow suplex. This increases the momentum with which the victim is thrown backwards onto their upper back, neck, and head. This move was famously used by the former tag team The British Bulldogs . This move

10974-414: The opponent, using that arm to elevate the opponent until they are vertical. The wrestler then jumps up and falls down on their back, driving the head of the opponent to the mat. Also known as the spike brainbuster or brainbuster DDT. Instead of just falling down onto their own back, the attacking wrestler jumps up and uses their momentum to drive the opponent down onto the top of their head. Also known as

11092-719: The process. They made their in-ring debut on the June 10 episode of Dynamite , where they defeated The Butcher and The Blade. During the following weeks, FTR had interactions with The Young Bucks and the AEW World Tag Team Champions Kenny Omega and Hangman Page , including a match at Fyter Fest where FTR and The Young Bucks were defeated by The Lucha Bros and The Butcher and The Blade in an eight-man tag team match . In July 2020, after appearing on AEW television for two months without signing contracts, Harwood and Wheeler signed multi-year contracts with AEW. On

11210-565: The rest of the summer facing them in May at Double or Nothing in an Anarchy in the Arena match , and in August at All In in a three-way tag team match for the tag titles, also involving The Acclaimed , both ended in defeat for FTR. After winning the IWGP Tag Team Championships at AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door , FTR made their first appearance for New Japan Pro-Wrestling , at Music City Mayhem, where they teamed with Alex Zayne , in

11328-494: The ring names Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson, respectively. The team was created by Dusty Rhodes in 2014, then as The Mechanics , and later simply Dash and Dawson when they made their television debut on WWE NXT . The team adopted the name The Revival in 2016, referencing reviving the classic tag-team wrestling style of the 1980s, which has led to the two being compared favorably to the Brain Busters ( Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard ) and The Midnight Express , particularly

11446-403: The ring. Although it was initially used by ECW tag team The Pitbulls , The Dudley Boyz went on to popularize this move, usually by putting their adversaries through tables. This move starts with both partners on either the right or left side of an opponent who is lying face-up on the mat, with one partner in front of the other and both of them facing away from the opponent. The one closest to

11564-536: The same year) was a result of it, even after they repeatedly insisted that they did not want to win titles because they believed WWE's tag team championships were meaningless. During the two's last months in the company, Vince McMahon personally designed an entirely new gimmick for The Revival. However, the duo found the proposed characters "less than flattering", with Wilder stating that he laughed out loud when McMahon gave them pictures displaying their offered new looks. The designs, which have since leaked online, had

11682-531: The tag team approach to wrestling is having boundaries and rules and work with them, usually breaking them. Pro wrestling booker and manager Jim Cornette , known for his old-school approach, has praised the team on several occasions. The team uses the phrase "No flips, just fists" to convey their more traditional, mat based in-ring style in contrast to the more high flying style of some contemporary teams. The duo said that they were modeled after The Brain Busters and

11800-475: The team name was changed to "Dash and Dawson". On the October 28 episode of NXT , Dash and Dawson attacked Amore and Cassady before their match, completely laying out Amore while decimating Cass' knee, leaving him unable to compete. Due to an earlier non-title victory over the NXT Tag Team Champions , The Vaudevillains , Dash and Dawson earned a title match on the November 11 episode of NXT , and won

11918-478: The titles to Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson in a triple threat match that also involved the Usos, ending their second reign at 49 days. On the August 12, 2019 post-Summerslam episode of "Raw", during a scheduled tag team match where The Revival were facing Lucha House Party ( Lince Dorado and Gran Metalik , with Kalisto ), the 24/7 champion R-Truth ran out from backstage, being chased by several wrestlers. The match

12036-417: The top rope facing the ring. The second partner stands behind the opponent (both facing the first partner). The second partner then puts their head under one of the opponent's arms and lifts them into the air, placing them on the first partner's shoulders (with the opponent's legs around their neck). From there the first partner stands up and jumps forward, powerbombing the opponent from the second rope down to

12154-399: The top rope then performs a flying body splash , with their partner throwing them, thus increasing their range, height, and impact. This move was named and innovated by The Midnight Express . A variation of this move has the throwing partner pressing down on the back of the falling partner to further increase the impact. This move was formerly used by Enzo Amore and Big Cass , who called it

12272-548: The top turnbuckle (as to set up a superplex) near his partner Roma. When Hercules set up the opponent and was ready to perform the superplex, he would tag in Roma. Roma would run to the next turnbuckle and climb up. As Hercules executed the superplex, Roma would fly off the top turnbuckle with a splash, timing the landing on the opponent so that he would hit immediately after Hercules landed. With an opponent kept up in an elevated position by one wrestler, another wrestler has chance to drop

12390-500: The top turnbuckle, faces away from the ring, and grabs a three-quarter facelock on the opponent, performing a shiranui , while the other wrestler slams the opponent down. This variation sees one of the wrestlers perform a suplex, but the partner behind them catches the opponent's waist. At that point, the front wrestler will complete a suplex, and the back wrestler will complete their powerbomb. This move first sees one wrestler place an opponent in an Argentine backbreaker rack where

12508-452: The turnbuckle, then up onto their shoulders. This wrestler then jumps off to perform any type of diving splash (i.e. Shooting star press ) on a supine opponent. Sometimes this move sees the first wrestler climb up on the turnbuckle as well, getting even higher before the second wrestler gets up and jumps off them. One wrestler ascends the top turnbuckle. Their partner then stands below them and reaches up, taking hold of them. The wrestler on

12626-447: The two asked for Jericho's approval to use the move, which he gave them. The duo confirmed after leaving WWE that they would change the move's name. As FTR, the duo renamed the move to the "Goodnight Express", an homage to The Midnight Express. They later renamed the move again to "Big Rig" after the late Brodie Lee before returning to the “Shatter Machine” name in 2023 at Revolution . FTR also uses an assisted spike piledriver called

12744-468: The two needed to become a team. According to a May 2020 interview of the duo, Rhodes was not only highly influential in both the creation and development of the team, but had "unwavering faith" in them even as some of the other coaches had doubts, and was their "biggest supporter and pushed for [them] harder than anybody" until his passing in 2015. Wheeler and Harwood, who were both from North Carolina , acknowledged that their southern accents contributed to

12862-531: The two performing extensively at live events under the ring name The Mechanics. The duo resurfaced and picked up their first televised win on the July 29, 2015 episode of NXT , defeating Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady. At NXT TakeOver: Respect , The Mechanics were defeated in the semi-finals of the Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic by eventual winners Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe . In the following weeks,

12980-477: The two wearing lipstick, bright colors and tassels and carrying glow sticks, with Wilder also wearing suspenders and a large "Shatter Machine" sign on a chain necklace. The duo stated that they had immediately told McMahon that these new characters were "bad", and that while they would portray them if WWE wanted, they would still leave the company once their contracts expired in June 2020. In the same May 2020 interview, Wheeler and Harwood stated their belief that this

13098-436: The wrestler put the opponent in a front facelock , scoop one of the opponent's thighs with their free hand, lift the opponent upside down, and then drop to their side or back, driving the opponent to the mat on their neck and shoulders, or on the top of their head. Innovated by Akira Hokuto and popularized by her husband Kensuke Sasaki as Northern Lights Bomb. Tetsuya Naito calls this move Valéntia. Al Snow popularized

13216-558: Was called off and The Revival performed a " Hart Attack " on Truth and simultaneously pinned him to become the first co-champions of the 24/7 Championship . However, in the same night, R-Truth pinned Dawson, with the help of Carmella, to regain the title. Following SummerSlam , The Revival began to appear on SmackDown Live , aligning themselves with Randy Orton in a feud against The New Day ( Big E , Kofi Kingston , and Xavier Woods ). On September 15 at Clash of Champions , The Revival defeated The New Day's Big E and Woods to capture

13334-517: Was hired by WWE based in part on a match he previously had with Wheeler, and performed there under the name Scott Dawson, mostly in tag team matches on NXT and live shows. Wheeler had hoped to join WWE, with the two also hoping to form a tag team there. In 2014, Wheeler joined the WWE Performance Center , and on his very first day of promo training, performed a promo with Dawson; WWE producer Dusty Rhodes immediately became convinced that

13452-560: Was later used by Bernard and Karl Anderson , the latter of whom went on to also use it with Luke Gallows as part of the Good Brothers . Guerrillas of Destiny and Evil and Sanada also used it as well. This was also used by Rob Conway and Sylvain Grenier of La Résistance with this move being called "Au Revoir". A wheelbarrow facebuster can be combined with many facebuster and DDT variations. While one wrestler holds an opponent in

13570-464: Was now using the first name he originally wanted in WWE). On May 10, 2020, the duo received a cease and desist letter over the usage of the name "The Revolt" by the attorney of Caleb Konley and Zane Riley, a duo who had been using the name on the independent circuit since 2015; the letter stated that "[Wheeler and Harwood's] conduct is not only unlawful, it is truly shameless that they would willfully steal

13688-580: Was popularized by WWE Hall of Famers the Dudley Boyz as the Dudley Death Drop , or 3D for short. The Usos would adopt their move in 2022 as the 1D . Variations include the Shatter Machine , where the flapjack is dropped into a double knee facebreaker, and 3K , where the flapjack is dropped into a reverse STO . One wrestler (usually the larger one) places an opponent over their shoulders in

13806-629: Was the moment McMahon and WWE executives realized that the two actually intended to leave the company; this resulted in The Revival being permanently taken off-television until their release. Following their departure from WWE, the team released a video on their social media pages using the new catchphrase "Fear The Revolt" (FTR); this resulted in their new ring name being largely reported to be The Revolt. Furthermore, Wilder changed his ring name to Cash Wheeler while Dawson changed his to Dax Harwood (with both now using their real-life last names, while Wheeler

13924-420: Was time for us to move on because money is great, and I am so fortunate and lucky to take care of my beautiful wife and perfect little six year old daughter because of professional wrestling, but that's what it's because of – professional wrestling." Wheeler stated "Once we got pulled from all of our dates on the main roster, it was down to NXT as the option and we talked to Hunter at length, there were offers on

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