10 WWE Wrestling Storylines That Turned Badasses Into Wimps
2. The Revival - Ucey Hot
In another example of former NXT tag team wrecking machines being well and truly neutered before long on the main roster, here is the time the now-former-AEW World Tag Team Champions were forced to squirm over stinging testicles on live TV.
In truth, The Revival we knew and loved on the black and gold brand had been long lost for some time already. But the pair's programme with The Usos on the back of the 2019 Superstar Shake-Up was undoubtedly the point of no return for the former NXT Tag Team Champions.
Catching the pair shaving each other's backs in the locker room and tricking the old school unit into applying some sweat-activated "Ucey Hot" cream to their sensitive area, the violent pair quickly found themselves the victim of Vince McMahon's infamous penchant for juvenile slapstick nonsense.
Despite picking up a SmackDown Tag Team Championship and becoming the first-ever Triple Crown Tag Champs in WWE history after this, there was simply no going back to the days of badassery for the unit who once looked set to reinvent the promotion's tag team scene with an injection of "no flips, just fists".