10 Worst Factions In Modern Wrestling

2. RETRIBUTION

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In 2020, Dominik Dijakovic, Shane Thorne, Mia Yim, Dio Maddin and Mercedes Martinez were some of the most underappreciated members of the NXT roster. Additionally, Mustafa Ali was widely regarded as one of the most underutilized members of the main roster. Individually, they all had reasons to be upset with the WWE system, making a great foundation for a group seeking retribution.

That all quickly went out the door as the NXT contingent were all given masks and ridiculous names in T-BAR, Slapjack, Reckoning, MACE and Retaliation. Despite the talent of all the performers involved, there was no chance of success given their atrocious look, names, and booking. The only silver lining being that Mercedes would see the writing on the wall and would ask to be removed from the faction shortly after debuting.

After losing rivalries to The Hurt Business, The New Day, on top of failing to recruit Ricochet, Ali would leave RETRIBUTION, signalling the merciful end of arguably the worst faction in the history of WWE.

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