Scott Dawson (wrestler)

David Michael Harwood (born June 30, 1984) is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs in their developmental territory NXT 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.

Early career

Harwood made his professional wrestling debut in 2004. He wrestled for a variety of independent promotions as KC McKnight, most notably for CWF Mid-Atlantic, AWA Superstars of Wrestling and a number of NWA-affiliated organizations including NWA Anarchy and Pro Wrestling Zero1. In 2010, he made an appearance for Ring of Honor in a dark match prior to ROH The Big Bang!. He also performed as KC McKnight at various North Carolina independents including United Professional Wrestling Association in Wilmington North Carolina. He worked with the likes of Zane and Dave Dawson, Daniel Messina, Charlie Dreamer, Marcus Shields, etc.

WWE

NXT (2012–present)

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 NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn. At NXT TakeOver: Respect, 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 NXT TakeOver: London. 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 NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 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 NXT TakeOver: The End. At NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II, 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).

• Finishing moves
  • Inverted figure four leglock
• Signature moves
  • Dragon screw legwhip
  • Front dropkick to a seated opponent
  • Gory special
  • Leg hook saito suplex
  • Shin breaker
  • Short-arm clothesline
  • Feint punch transitioned into a snap DDT
  • Slingshot suplex
  • Spinebuster
• With Dash Wilder
  • Double team finishing moves
    • Shatter Machine (Flapjack by Dawson into a double knee facebreaker By Wilder)
• Managers
  • Sylvester Lefort
• Nicknames
  • "Captain Roughneck"
  • "Southern Beef"
• Entrance themes
  • "Southern Proud" by CFO$ (NXT; May 13, 2015 – present; used while teaming with Dash Wilder)

• "NXT 10-Count: Scott Dawson". WWE. November 20, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2015. 
• "Scott Dawson on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-05-05. 

• American Championship Pro Wrestling
  • ACPW Heavyweight Championship
• Pro Wrestling Illustrated
  • PWI ranked him #135 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2016
• WWE NXT
  • NXT Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Dash Wilder

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• "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 2016". The Internet Wrestling Database. Retrieved September 1, 2016.