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“Three of The Best Dudes I’ve Ever Met”- Cash Wheeler on the New Day Split

Published 10/19/2020, 11:16 AM EDT

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Cash Wheeler, who is one half of the AEW Tag-team Champions ‘FTR,’ posted a heartfelt tweet regarding The New Day splitting up. The Revival faced The New Day in their debut match on Monday Night Raw. They most recently feuded over the SmackDown Tag Team Championships before The Revival jumped ship to AEW.

The Revival debuted against the New Day

 

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The Revival made their debut the night after WrestleMania 33. The New Day made an open challenge to any team on the roster and out came the former NXT Tag Team Champions to a huge pop from the crowd. Consequently, the Revival destroyed the New Day’s ice cream cart and  proceeded to beat them in their very first match on Raw.

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Cash credited the New Day with being the most helpful trio in the business. He said, “Guys who went out of their way to help others any chance they got.” He also referred to them as, “three of the best dudes I’ve ever met.

The Revival and the New Day had quite the rivalry on both Raw and SmackDown. After their debut victory against Woods and Big E, they proceeded to shatter Kingston’s left knee.

The following episode of Raw, they picked up another win against Big E and Woods, hitting the latter with a Shatter Machine in midair for the win.

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Rivalry over SD Tag Titles in 2019

The teams’ paths crossed once again in 2019. The Revival showed up on SmackDown to challenge the New Day for the SD Tag belts. At Clash of Champions 2019, Woods tapped out to an inverted figure-four and lost the titles to Dawson and Wilder. The New Day won back the titles on an episode of SmackDown and ended the rivalry in a fantastic ladder match at TLC 2019.

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The New Day vs The Revival provided fans with some quality wrestling. While the New Day were the longest reigning Tag champs on Raw, the Revival was killing it in NXT against the likes of American Alpha and #DIY.

The respect each team has for the other is palpable. The future of the trio is up in the air after being split by the Draft. FTR, however, are ruling the AEW Tag division.

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