Probably not, but we can go over some speculation.
There are areas where they may disagree on issues (such as the matter of food sacrificed to idols). One relevant fact is that Revelation 2:8-11 is addressed to the church in Smyrna and the later bishop of Smyrna, Polycarp, was so heavily steeped in the Pauline epistles in his own letter to Philippi that it is clear that Polycarp regarded Paul’s letters as scripture (as did the author of 2 Peter, who possibly wrote around the same period). Paul spent much of his ministry in the churches of Asia Minor, so it is clear that many in the area would have held him in high regard.
However, there is the matter of Papias, who was the bishop of Hierapolis. I suspect Papias was thinking of Paul when he wrote that “unlike most people, I took no pleasure in hearing those who had a lot to say, but only those who taught the truth, and not those who recalled someone else’s commandments, but only those who recalled the commandments which have been given faithfully by the Lord and which proceed from the truth itself”. He thus valued the oral traditions of what Jesus said (from those who knew the apostles who met him in the flesh) more than the opinions of those who have “a lot to say” themselves, who gave their own opinions as commandments. That sounds a little bit like Paul (cf. 1 Corinthians 7:25, 14:37; 1 Thessalonians 5:27), and I have seen this proposal made somewhere in the literature. Papias shows a close affinity to Revelation, possibly alluding to it in one of the fragments, but at least sharing a similar chiliastic outlook.
(cred: zanillamilla)
https://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/12712-revelation-book-of seems to agree.
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