10 Mistakes WWE Has Already Made With RETRIBUTION
7. The SmackDown Ring Invasion
First impressions are everything in the wrestling business. Once that debut has been made, there is no going back in the eyes of the fans. RETRIBUTION made their presence known on the 7 August episode of Smackdown in which they "caused chaos".
What that means is they sloppily attacked the set in the Performance Center. Attacking members of the crowd, smashing on the protective shielding and cutting the ring ropes with a chainsaw. This act of destruction may have made for passable viewing if the characters in the ring didn't act like obnoxious cheerleaders.
The performance of the masked attackers really made this segment a laughing stock. Each member was cheering and screaming in a juvenile way. This wasn't a carefully constructed attack on WWE. It was more like a pep rally. This was our introduction to the group and it should have been a terrifying invasion of Smackdown. On their first appearance, RETRIBUTION looked like a joke in both the eyes of the audience and WWE.