RETRIBUTION Buried On WWE Raw

How NOT to book a heel wrestling stable...

The Fiend T-Bar
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One week removed from failing to deliver a promised explanation following Mustafa Ali's reveal as the group's leader, RETRIBUTION were handed a proper, old-school burial on last night's episode of Raw.

Alexa Bliss and 'The Fiend' Bray Wyatt opened the show. Quickly, they were interrupted by RETRIBUTION, though the duo disappeared before things could get ugly. This set Ali's stable up for what would come not long after.

RETRIBUTION then wrestled The Hurt Business to an 11-minute defeat in their very first match with Mustafa as leader, falling limply as Bobby Lashley made T-Bar submit to the Hurt Lock. Then, as if losing on their maiden voyage wasn't bad enough, RETRIBUTION were single-handedly demolished by Wyatt, who took the stable out one by one, with T-Bar eating the final Sister Abigail, having just stopped Ali from taking a bullet.

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This is not how you book an effective, threatening heel stable, and is reminiscent of the way wrestling promotions would traditionally book an act on its way out, serving them an emphatic shellacking from which they wouldn't need to rebound. Doing so will now be very, very difficult for RETRIBUTION, who were already struggling to look threatening prior to this, and now look meeker than ever.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for six years and is currently WhatCulture's Senior Wrestling Reporter. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.