10 WWE Stars Who Were TRULY Buried
8. The Ascension
Right.
The Ascension were never going to make it; if a goofy '80s-inspired gimmick weighed down the far more talented Bludgeon Brothers, the audience was hardly about to take Viktor and Konnor, and their Road Warriors riff, with much seriousness.
But.
For f*ck's sake, they never stood a bloody chance.
Their cards were marked on the 19 January 2015 Monday Night RAW, on which they were dealt a remonstrative lesson by WWE for... performing a gimmick handed to them within the WWE system.
"You're both big lads, and you're a tag team. Here, do something like the Road Warriors used to do."
"Sure."
"HOW DARE YOU BETRAY THE NAME OF THE ROAD WARRIORS, A TEAM, INCIDENTALLY, WE DIDN'T EXACTLY PUSH WITH THE MOST CONVICTION!"
Weird as f*ck, man. Weird. As. F*ck.
When the Ascension disrespected the nWo, in accordance with the f*cking script, JBL didn't take too kindly to it. He blasted them as if this was wrestler's court, and not a scripted segment on the scripted Monday Night RAW television programme. And, when he took Viktor's head off with the Clothesline From Hell, he looked down upon him with just the weirdest sense of satisfaction - the sinister smile of the vigilante.
Weird as f*ck.