10 Terrible WWE Storylines One Tweak Away From Excellence

10. The Usos Vs The Revival (2019)

The Young Bucks and The Revival used the potential quality of an eventual doubles duel between the pairing as an excuse for a game of Twitter tennis once upon a time (before finally making it happen in AEW), but Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder had (at least) one match on the main roster that could have been greater-than-or-equal-to a potential clash with the Jacksons.

In The Usos, the former NXT Tag Team Champions has a pair that matched their stupendous psychological chops as a team whilst also offering a totally different physical dynamic thanks to their unique hybrid in-ring style. Jimmy and Jey had main card matches with The New Day as celebrated as The Revival's NXT classics with DIY and American Alpha. What could possibly go wrong in the shower cubicle or up Dash and Dawson's ringpieces?

One Tweak: (Super) Kick out the comedy.

So often in WWE, the matches make up for the miserable storytelling but can anybody remember an Usos/Revival banger akin to any of the combinations mentioned above? Can anybody remember anything beyond the shaving and the heels shuffling across the ring like dogs addressing anal irritation? Can anybody beyond Vince McMahon justify why one thing happened rather than the other?

Authored by Michael Hamflett

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First Posted On: 18th Mar 2020

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