Two-time WWE Hall of Famer Booker T has some advice for The Revival (Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson).
It was recently reported that the duo turned down a massive money offer from WWE, and once again requested their release from the company. Both men were reportedly offered more than $700,000 a year to remain with the company, but with that being said, the team simply is โjust ready to go.โ
Recently, Booker took to his podcast, โThe Hall Of Fame,โ to offer Wilder and Dawson some advice. The Hall Of Famerโs advice was simple โ take the money. (H/T Fightful)
โIf I could give them any advice, โTake the money. Take whatโs behind door number one.โ If they came to me and said, โHey Book, weโre going to give you a million dollars a year. Youโre not going to win any titles. Weโll give you TV time. A 15-year contract.โ Iโm gonna shut the hell up. I donโt give a damn about no titles.
โLegacy and all that is okay. But if I had the choice of getting the money, and not working, Iโm taking the money and Iโm not gonna care about the legacy. Iโm gonna take that $15 million and parlay that into 45 or 50. For me, it was about getting paid and parlaying professional wrestling into what Iโm doing right now. If they wouldโve said, โyou can take the money and work sporadicallyโ or โtake the money and stay at home.โ
โYou would have never saw me again. Iโm serious. I love the business. I got a school. I love watching these young guys going out there and live their dream. I loved living my dream as well. When I first got into the business, I had never left the state of Texas. And I was on a 15-hour flight to Japan. Iโm on a flight to Germany. Iโm on my way to The Islands.
โI went to North Korea. If I had to give it all back? No, I wouldnโt. But, if they would have gave me $1 million a year, I couldโve taken all those trips anyway and got a chance to enjoy them instead of going to the building and then to the airport.โ
As it stands, Dawsonโs deal with WWE is up in April, while Wilderโs runs through to June. All signs point to the pair jumping ship to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where a lot of their friends currently work.