Several WWE Wrestlers Wanted To Work With FTR

They were popular guys. AEW has done a lot of things differently than WWE in their brief existence. They have focused on several aspects of the wrestling game and one of them is their focus on tag team wrestling. The company has treated tag wrestling as a major point since it came into existence and that includes bringing in some top level teals. One was so top level that they had other wrestlers wanting to work with them.

Earlier this summer, FTR jumped from WWE to AEW. This was far from a surprise as the team had seemingly not been happy with WWE for several months. WWE has not exactly been the strongest supporters of tag team wrestling and Revival did not fit in with a lot of their style. Various wrestlers in the company did not seem to think so though, and the team had quite a few people interested in them.

FTR was recently interviewed by Fightful and mentioned that several WWE names were interested in working with them. These names included Roman Reigns, Bray Wyatt, the Usos, New Day and Shane McMahon. Reigns even spoke to Vince McMahon about such a program. One of the few big names who did get to work with them was Randy Orton, who also requested to do so. The team said that WWE not allowing Orton to continue to work with them was their final straw and the deciding factor in leaving the company.

The team worked well for a good bit. Check out their effective alliance:

Opinion: The most important thing about FTR is how different they felt. They came off as a much more old school style tag team and that set them apart. So many modern teams are about going as fast as they can and being as elaborate as possible. That can be very entertaining, but if so many teams are doing the same thing, it stops meaning as much. Change it up and the attention will come, though the opportunities might not come with it.

What did you think of FTR’s time in WWE? Who would you have liked to see them work with? Let us know in the comments below.

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