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WWE files trademark for former and current NXT wrestlers

Posted on by Ian Carey

WWE filed several new trademarks recently.

The company filed to trademark the former name of FTR’s Dax Harwood, “Scott Dawson,” on Friday, August 15. WWE had first registered the name in 2017, but the mark was canceled earlier this month after the company failed to file the required Section 8 declaration to keep it active. The USPTO notes that the previous registration was “cancelled because registrant did not file an acceptable declaration under Section 8.”

WWE also filed to trademark the name “Shawn Spears” for wrestling purposes on Friday, August 15, 2025. WWE previously filed for the name on March 7, 2024, one week after Spears returned to the company, but that application was rejected this February. The USPTO wrote, “A final Office action refusing registration has been sent (issued) because the applicant neither satisfied nor overcame all requirements and/or refusals previously raised.”

The name “Shawn Spears” is already registered to Spears himself. He originally filed for the mark in 2019 and was granted registration in 2020, and he remains the listed owner of the trademark on the USPTO site.

WWE also filed to trademark “Slapjack” on August 14 after allowing its previous application to become abandoned on June 20, 2025. The company filed to trademark “Ridge Holland” the same day. WWE had first filed for that name in October 2020, and the original application remains live, although WWE has been granted an extension for part of its filing several times. WWE has additionally filed to trademark “WWE Thunderdome” after its earlier application was abandoned on October 21, 2024, for failure to file a Statement of Use.

The Revival appear at NXT house show, face Undisputed Era

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Image: TDE Wrestling

With them returning home from WWE’s ongoing European tour, The Revival made a surprise appearance at last night’s NXT house show in Oklahoma City.

Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder, who are two-time NXT Tag Team Champions, interrupted the current title holders when The Undisputed Era’s Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong called out the locker room and claimed to be the top guys in WWE. Dawson & Wilder then unsuccessfully challenged for O’Reilly & Strong’s titles.

WWE uploaded a brief video of them answering O’Reilly & Strong’s challenge:

The Revival were called up to the main roster in 2017 and debuted on the Raw after WrestleMania, but both Dawson and Wilder dealt with injury issues last year that set them back. They returned to Raw last December when Dawson came back from a ruptured bicep.

This weekend’s NXT road tour will continue in Dallas, Texas tonight, with shows in San Antonio and Houston taking place over the next couple of days.

WWE Main Event results: The Revival vs. Titus Worldwide

Posted on by James Cox

The Big Takeaway: Raw rehash and WrestleMania build dominated the show this week. It otherwise saw The Revival steal a win against Titus Worldwide in the opener and a six-man cruiserweight tag match that ran at under two minutes in the main event.

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The Revival defeated Titus Worldwide (w/ Dana Brooke) (5:50)

Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder continued their build towards their appearance in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania with a win over Titus Worldwide. Vic Joseph put over on commentary again and again how they always know where the other is and what a successful team they have been of late, leading us to wonder how they will function in an every-man-for-themselves matchup.

Due to their cult following on the NXT roster, The Revival still get a strong crowd reaction when they come out — and that was especially apparent this week on Main Event. Apollo and Dawson started things off in the ring together in a match that was 50-50 throughout.

Titus O’Neil eventually got the heat and bulldozed both Wilder and Dawson, but Wilder managed to get them into a strong position when he blind tagged in so that The Revival were able to double team O’Neil and set up the Shatter Machine for the win.

Kalisto, Lince Dorado & Gran Metalik defeated Tony Nese, Ariya Daivari & Jack Gallagher (1:46)

Last week on Main Event, top billing was given to six-man cruiserweight tag action, but it was frustratingly short with the finish coming at just after two minutes of action. In what was almost a rematch of last week’s match, with TJP substituted for Gallagher, this one was even shorter with Kalisto sealing the victory for the luchador team.

The highlight of the match was when Metalik stood on the apron and ducked his head under the top rope, ushering Dorado to use him to propel him over the top rope. Dorado ran up and launched himself off Metalik’s shoulders to the outside, striking both Daivari and Gallagher onto the floor.

Over on 205 Live, the offerings this week were extremely strong, with Nese and Mark Andrews putting on a really quality singles match. Nese came up short there, just as he did here, when Kalisto nailed him with an enzuigiri and followed it up with the Salida del Sol for the victory.

The Revival back in action on WWE Raw

Posted on by Joseph Currier

After Scott Dawson was cleared to return from injury, The Revival had their first match as a team in over four months on Monday night.

Dawson & Dash Wilder took on Heath Slater & Rhyno in their return on Raw, with The Revival hitting the Shatter Machine to get the win. Apollo Crews, Titus O’Neil, and Dana Brooke were shown watching the match backstage while it was going on. And in a post-match angle, Kurt Angle told Slater and Rhyno that they need to toughen up a bit if they want more opportunities.

Dawson was expected to return this month after suffering a ruptured right bicep in August and later undergoing surgery. It was noted in today’s daily update that Dawson was backstage at Raw and that The Revival could possibly be returning on the show.

While Dawson was out of action, Wilder wrestled on house shows and on Main Event as he waited for his tag team partner to return to the ring. After their post-WrestleMania call-up, Wilder also missed a couple of months earlier this year due to a fractured jaw.

WWE confirms Scott Dawson suffered ruptured bicep

Posted on by Bryan Rose

The Revival look to be on the shelf once again after an injury to Scott Dawson.

WWE put up a video this afternoon before Raw with Mike Rome reporting that Dawson had suffered a ruptured bicep over the weekend at a house show. Rome stated that Dawson would be out of action for an undetermined amount of time.

Pro Wrestling Sheet first reported the story, noting that Dawson’s arm was heavily bandaged at Saturday’s event in Ontario and that it seemed like he may have to undergo surgery. The Revival were programmed with Raw Tag Team Champions Cesaro & Sheamus on this weekend’s house show tour.

WWE’s post about the injury also mentioned that Dawson would most likely need to have surgery. If he does, he would likely be out of action about six months. Without surgery the time frame would be quicker, but still probably a few months.

This comes not long after Dawson’s tag team partner Dash Wilder returned from injury following a broken jaw that he suffered at an NXT live event earlier this year.

WWE reported on Dawson’s injury shortly after they officially confirmed that Bayley had separated her shoulder and would be off of SummerSlam. The Revival had recently been part of a feud with Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson and The Hardys, with the direction seemingly leading to a match at SummerSlam in some form.

WWE Main Event results: Kalisto vs. Scott Dawson

Posted on by James Cox

The Big Takeaway: Solid cruiserweight action held up the show again, while The Revival made it two weeks running on Main Event, this time with Scott Dawson in singles action.

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Rich Swann defeated Ariya Daivari (5:40)

Although it’s sad to see Rich Swann in a lesser position than he was in previously, this was a good advert for 205 Live. Swann starts quickly and is all over Daivari like a rash, even teasing an early Phoenix Splash. Daivari coaxes him out on to the apron and is able to send him head-first into the post.

Swann sells the move and acts as a deadweight as Daivari struggles to roll him back into the ring and stomps all over him. He slaps on a rear chinlock to slow things down. Swann works his way out and is able to hit Daivari with an enzuigiri to the back of his head as both men go down.

The last two minutes are excellent. Swann hits a beautiful modified Michinoku Driver, but Daivari kicks out. He counters with an inverted DDT and the Persian Lion Splash, but Swann kicks out. They go back and forth until Swann connects with a superkick to put Daivari in position for the Phoenix Splash, which he lands for the win. This was a very good opener.

Kalisto defeated Scott Dawson (w/ Dash Wilder) (4:40)

Kalisto takes no disrespect from Dawson, and after some early shoving, slaps him in the face. Dawson charges around the ring, hitting Kalisto with European uppercuts until Kalisto spins him around with a hurricanrana and dropkicks him outside.

Dawson goes to his tag partner and calls for a timeout as Kalisto teases a suicide dive onto both Dawson and Wilder. The Revival then try to team up on Kalisto, with Wilder handing the ring apron to Dawson to help him stop the momentum of a sunset flip. Dawson then regains his balance, and as the referee sees to the apron, he drives his knee into Kalisto’s left arm and we head to a break.

When we come back, Dawson tries to superplex Kalisto but is thrown off and eats a diving crossbody, followed by a springboard seated senton. Kalisto hits the spike rana, but Dawson kicks out at two.

Kalisto sends Dawson outside, then after punting Wilder, takes a huge clothesline on the apron from Dawson and looks in trouble. But back in the ring, Dawson tries for a suplex and Kalisto catches him in an inside cradle that he can’t kick out of in time, so Kalisto steals a plucky win.

The Revival debut on the Raw after WrestleMania

Posted on by Bryan Rose

Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder, known collectively as The Revival, made their debut on the Raw after WrestleMania tonight, accepting an open challenge issued by The New Day. They defeated them, pinning Xavier Woods with the Shatter Machine before laying out Kofi Kingston after the match.

The Revival were last seen at NXT TakeOver: Orlando this past Saturday night in a losing effort against The Authors of Pain and DIY in a triple threat elimination match for the NXT tag team titles. After losing the match, it figured that they would be making their way to the main roster at some point soon.

Dawson and Wilder started teaming together in 2014 at NXT live events, going under the name The Mechanics. After a year of being used as enhancement talent on television, they were given a push, eventually winning the NXT Tag Team Championship in November of that year.

They held the belts twice before losing them for a final time to DIY at NXT TakeOver: Toronto last November.