Scott Dawson David Michael Harwood ( June 30 , 1984 ) is an American professional wrestler . He is signed to WWE , where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Scott Dawson . Along with Dash Wilder , he is one half of the former two time NXT Tag Team Champions , The Revival . Professional wrestling career . Anarchy Wrestling ( 2012 ) . Harwood would debut under the name KC McKnight on March 25 in a win against Jeremy Vain . He would challenge for the NWA RPW Heavyweight Title against then champ Kyle Matthews ( c ) but the match would go into a time limit draw . He would also challenge for the NWA North American Heavyweight Title but lose . AWA , CWF and RPW ( 2005 - 2007 ) . In his debut match he would challenge for the AWA / CWF Mid - Atlantic Television Title but lose . He would compete in an AWA / CWF Mid - Atlantic Heavyweight # 1 Contendership 30 Man Rumble but lose . His last match would be a loss in a TLC match for AWA / PPW Heavyweight Title . GOUGE Wrestling ( 2006 - 2008 ) . Harwood would make his debut on July 19 against Jay Swampwater is a losing effort . He would challenge for the North Carolina and Tag Titles but lose both attempts . His last match would be a loss in an Igloo Of Pain Falls Count Anywhere match against Eskimo Joe . NWA ( 2012 ) . Harwood first match would be a win against Jeremy Vain . He would go for North American Title but lose . His last match was a loss in a 8 - man Tag Team Rampage Rules match PWX ( 2006 - 2008 ) . Harwood would make his debut on August 4 in a losing effort to Deon Davis . He would challenge for the CWA World Title but lose . His last match was a tag team match where him and his partner Jesse Ortega defeated Jay Clinton and Jay Steel . PWE ( 2011 - 2012 ) . Harwood would make his debut on November 11 in a win against Robyn Golphin . His last match featured him challenging for the World Title in a 4 way but come out short . PRZ ( 2011 ) . Harwood competed in one match which was a loss against Shito Ueda . Vanguard Championship Wrestling ( 2011 ) . Harwood competed in one match which was a loss against Shorty Smalls . Wrestleforce ( 2012 ) . His first match would be for the World Title which he would lose . His last match was a loss in a tag match against Gunner and John Skyler . World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE . NXT ( 2013 – 2017 ) . Harwood signed with WWE in 2012 and was assigned to the WWE Performance Center , taking the ring name Scott Dawson . He made his television debut on the 7 March 2013 episode of " NXT " , teaming with Judas Devlin in a two - on - one handicap loss to Adrian Neville . Dawson made a further appearance in an enhancement role on the 10 April episode of " NXT " , in a six - man tag - team defeat against The Shield . In May 2013 Dawson formed a tag - team with Garrett Dylan , with the two managed by Sylvester Lefort . On the 26 June episode of " NXT " Dawson and Dylan lost a number one contender ' s match for the NXT Tag Team Championship to Corey Graves and Kassius Ohno . The team disbanded shortly afterwards when Dylan was released from the company . Following Dylan ' s release , Dawson initially worked as a singles competitor with little success and then formed a tag - team with Alexander Rusev , who was also being managed by Lefort . Rusev and Dawson participated unsuccessfully in a contendership battle royal for the NXT Tag Team Championship on the 12 September episode of " NXT " . Their alliance ended when Rusev turned on Lefort in favor of being managed by Lana , and shortly afterwards Dawson suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament which ruled him out of action for several months . On his return from injury , Dawson formed a team with Dash Wilder , with the two performing extensively at live events under the name The Mechanics . The duo made their debut on the 31 July 2014 episode of " NXT " , losing to the team of Bull Dempsey and Mojo Rawley . The duo made only one further televised appearance in 2014 , losing to Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady on the 23 October episode of " NXT " , but continued to wrestle extensively at house shows . On the June 10 , 2015 episode of " NXT " , Dawson faced Samoa Joe in a losing effort during the show ' s main event . Dawson and Wilder ' s team resurfaced and picked up their first televised win on the July 29 , 2015 episode of " NXT " , defeating Amore and Cassady . The duo were involved in an 8 - man tag - team match that was taped prior to . At , Dawson and Wilder were defeated in the semi - finals of the " Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic " by eventual winners Finn Bálor and Samoa Joe . On the October 21 episode of " NXT " , The Mechanics ' ring name was changed to Dash and Dawson . On the November 11 episode of " NXT " , Dawson and Wilder defeated The Vaudevillains to win the NXT Tag Team Championship . They subsequently defended the titles against Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady at . Beginning in February 2016 , the duo began performing under the team name The Revival . Dawson made his WWE main roster debut alongside Wilder at Roadblock , once again defending their NXT Tag Team Championships against Amore and Cassady . On April 1 at , The Revival lost the NXT Tag Team Championship to American Alpha ( Chad Gable and Jason Jordan ) . but the two won back the titles from American Alpha two months later at . At , The Revival retained the titles against Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa . On November 19 , 2016 at NXT TakeOver : Toronto The Revival lost the tag team titles in a two out of three falls match to # DIY ( Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano ) .