Fans can have a separate discussion about whether WWE is overdoing it with all the factions that have formed lately (League of Nations, Wyatt Family, Team ECW, Social Outcasts). But regarding the newest quartet, WWE seems to be unclear on how to book this group of misfits. Two weeks ago, Heath Slater, Adam Rose, Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel teamed up to form the Social Outcasts, a group of underutilized wrestlers determined to make their own opportunities. The unity paid immediate dividends as they cheated to help Slater defeat Dolph Ziggler. Then last week, they stepped up to answer the Wyatt Familys challenge, and helped Ryback clear the ring of the backwoods cult. So it seemed like they might be toeing the line as faces. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BjQbnME9p4 Then on Smackdown, the four were back to being heels, defeating the mix-and-match group of Goldust, Zack Ryder, Jack Swagger and Damien Sandow (talk about social outcasts). Will this group get some direction, or will they just meander from opponent to opponent without any clear label?
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
