3 reasons why The Revival retained the RAW Tag Team Championship

This week on RAW, Aleister Black and Ricochet faced off against Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson for the WWE RAW Tag Team Championship. The odd pairing of Black and Ricochet have been on a roll ever since they debuted on the main roster a few weeks ago. They had already defeated The Revival twice in tag matches and were the heavy favorites heading into this match.

While the match itself was quite good which was excepted given how talented the four men are. The finish was a bit anti-climatic as The Revival won the match via count-out as Dawson trapped Ricochet while he was trying to beat the 10-count.

Although the match left a bitter taste in the mouth due to the finish, it did leave the door open for a multi-man tag match at WrestleMania 35 for the RAW Tag Team Championships.

The Revival hasn't been a dominant team ever since they won the RAW Tag Team Championship and are excepted to defend their straps at The Grandest Stage. Here are three reasons why Dash and Dawson retained their titles on RAW.

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#3 Aleister Black and Ricochet are going to be dual champions

Black and Ricochet have been a dominant force on Monday nights

Ricochet and Aleister Black have been unstoppable as a tag team ever since they started teaming up together after debuting on the main roster. They have already defeated accomplished tag teams like DIY and The Revival and have only lost twice (both times via a tricky finish) ever since teaming up.

While many thought that the duo's main roster debut would bring an end to their NXT run, they still have unfinished business to take care off.

Black and Ricochet won the 2019 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic by defeating The Forgotten Sons (Wesley Blake and Steve Cutler) in the finals and winning the Dusty Cup. They also received an NXT Tag Team Championship match and will be facing off against current Champions, War Raiders at NXT Takeover: New York.

This means that the duo could be doing double-duty during WrestleMania weekend. Black and Ricochet could shock the world by winning both the NXT and the RAW Tag Team Championships and become the first team to hold both titles at the same time.

Given how much the company has invested on both of them, Black and Ricochet becoming double champions isn't an impossibility.

#2 WWE is trying to keep The Revival happy

Dawson and Wilder have been unhappy with their position in the company

The Revival has been quite unhappy with the way they have been booked on the main roster. Dash and Wilder have on multiple occasions expressed their discontentment via social media.

After debuting on the main roster following WrestleMania 33, Dawson and Wilder went through a patch of unfortunate injuries which kept the duo out of action for the better part of 2017.

Once pegged to be a top team on the red brand, The Revival would be buried over the next few months, which saw them losing to the B-team and having pointless matches against Lucha House Party.

Things came to such a point where rumors began surfacing that The Revival had asked for their release from the company. This further gained strength when the duo had a Twitter exchange with The Young Bucks.

⏰ https://t.co/7y25PCZqu7

— Scott Dawson (@ScottDawsonWWE) December 4, 2018

Many feel that Dawson and Wilder are going jump ship to All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The duo finally won the RAW tag team titles from Bobby Roode and Chad Gable on the February 11, 2018, edition of RAW.

This looked like the company's way of keeping the duo happy so that they don't ask out of their current contract. While they still don't have a confirmed match at WrestleMania 35, it is almost a given they will be a part of some sort of a multi-man tag match, this Sunday. (H/T- PW Insider)

WWE can't afford to lose a team like The Revival, especially now that AEW has become a reality. Dawson and Wilder will be lapped up by many promotions across the globe if they were to leave WWE.

Dawson and Wilder retaining the RAW Tag Team Championship perhaps has to do with the Revival's status with the company, as the company would do everything in its power to keep them.

#1 The streak is going to end at WrestleMania

Hawkins and Ryder are former Tag Team Champions

One of the most compelling stories of the past few months has been the re-emergence of The Major Brothers (The Edge-heads) as a tag team.

It all started when Curt Hawkins was asked by The Revival to referee one of their matches where he would stop The Revival from using nefarious means to win the said match. Dawson and Wilder would eventually end up losing the match and would attack Hawkins before Zack Ryder would make the save.

The next few weeks would see the duo losing tag matches with Hawkins blaming it on his losing streak and Ryder trying to cheer up his partner. Ryder and Hawkins were part of a segment on this week's RAW where they demanded a Tag Team Championship match against The Revival at WrestleMania 35.

Hawkins' losing streak currently stands at 269-0 (as per Hawkins himself) and the former Brian Myers has been looking for that elusive win for quite some time.

Given how WrestleMania has become the place when streaks come to an end, it would make for a great moment to see Hawkins finally get one on the win column and become the RAW Tag Team Champion along with Ryder.