5 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (Jan 18)
4. The Revival Continue To Give No F*cks
Matt Taven, alongside TK O’Ryan and Vinny Marseglia, is working a conspiracy gimmick in Ring Of Honor. They're being held down by the man, and all that.
The Revival are working something similar too, much to Taven's consternation - but it's not as if The Revival are doing this of their own volition. If Vince McMahon refused to afford Kenny Omega creative control as part of the recent mega deal he offered him, he's hardly going to let an NWA-indebted tag team do as they wish.
In response to the claims of plagiarism, Scott Dawson disclosed a hilarious revelation; at a 2012 WWE tryout, Taven apparently stole tanning lotion, leading to everybody getting a right old b*llocking. Six years later, Dawson broke the code of brotherhood for the banter, painting a glorious picture of Taven as some sort of Repo Man/Hulk Hogan hybrid. In response to that, Taven stole the Shatter Machine at an ROH show. The camera work was so poor, and the Revival give so few f*cks now, that it's a wonder they didn't say "Who directed that, Kevin Dunn? Looks like sh*t".
The Revival apparently requested their release, on Monday, while still wearing their gear. They're going nowhere, of course: Vince is hardly going to gift AEW a tag team dream match years in the making.
Sadly, for us all, they're used to it.