Featured Pro wrestler with local ties hits the big time: Daniel Wheeler debuts on WWE as Dash Wilder BY DUSTIN CHANDLER Apr 8, 2017 Apr 8, 2017 Updated Apr 11, 2019 0 The Revival, with Dash Wilder (left) and Scott Dawson (right), made its Monday Night RAW debut Apr. 3, the night after Wrestlemania 33. Facebook Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BY DUSTIN CHANDLER Tag-team wrestling has been hitting a second wave in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), thanks in large part to a McDowell native and his partner.kAms2D9 (:=56C W3@C? s2?:6= (966=6CX :D @?6\92=7 @7 ((t’D %96 #6G:G2=[ E96 7@C>6C EH@\E:>6 E28 E62> 492>A:@?D :? E96 4@>A2?J’D 56G6=@A>6?E2= AC@8C2>[ })%] p?5 ?@H[ 2D @7 pAC] b[ E96 5F@ 92D >256 :ED >2:? 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