Brian Myers, formerly referred to as Curt Hawkins, celebrated the most important win of his WWE profession at WrestleMania 35, when he and Matt Cardona defeated The Revival for the RAW Tag Team Titles. The victory marked the top to Myers’ famous 269-match losing streak, but in keeping with the TNA star, the match can have never happened if it wasn’t for a conversation he had with former WWE CEO Vince McMahon.
During a recent appearance on “Insight” with Chris Van Vliet, Myers explained that he had custom-made Recent York Jets gear created for WrestleMania, considering it would not be a problem knowing he’d likely be utilized in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal. Nevertheless, McMahon disapproved the gear, leading Myers to confront his boss just days before WrestleMania.
“Now I’m all mad about my gear and stuff and I’m like, I got to love say something. So, we caught him … I said, ‘You didn’t approve my WrestleMania gear.’ He goes, ‘No.’ And I’m like, ‘What is going on on?’ I said, ‘Do you realize the importance of it?’ He goes, ‘Let me guess, the Recent York Jets.’ And first, I’m shocked that he got me on that,” he explained. “I do not know if it similar to re-fired me up and I’m like, ‘Yeah, I’m WWE’s biggest underdog and the NFL’s biggest underdog stadium and a hometown guy and all and it means something to me.’ And he goes, ‘Oh God, rattling it Hawkins just wear the gear’ … But I’m convinced whatever happened in that talk got his wheels spinning and he just made that match with Revival.”
Just two months after their WrestleMania 35 win, Myers and Cardona would lose the titles to the Revival on “WWE Raw,” with the duo never recapturing the gold as a tag team again.
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