7 Ups And 7 Downs From Last Night's WWE Raw Superstar Shakeup

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7. Say It With Shirts

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The backstory leading to the rematch between New Day and the Revival was that the former NXT Tag Team Champions did more than just beat the former Raw tag champs last week.

Before the match, Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson knocked over New Day’s pop-cycle (earning a big cheer from the post-WrestleMania crowd). Afterward, they jumped Kofi Kingston and broke his ankle, putting him on the shelf.

But more than that, Monday, they marched out to the ring with Dash wearing a T-shirt declaring that they had broken Kofi’s ankle, and Dawson donning a black T-shirt emblazoned with a depiction of the pop-cycle and “RIP, 2017-2017” on it. It was simple, but an effective way to put a spotlight on themselves.

They’re not the first to use one-off shirts to call attention to their latest antics, but the Revival deserve props for being the latest to do it right.

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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.