WWE Moves Mia Yim To SmackDown

After RETRIBUTION's split, Mia Yim is heading to SmackDown!

by Andrew Pollard
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With RETRIBUTION having now been disbanded, a new PWInsider report claims that Mia Yim has been formally moved to the SmackDown brand.

Yim had previously spent two years on the NXT brand before making her main roster bow when RETRIBUTION debuted last year. After initially causing chaos on Raw and SmackDown, this faction eventually called WWE's red brand their home.

Of course, RETRIBUTION fell apart at last month's Fastlane PPV, where Yim - under her Reckoning name - walked out on the group. That departure was immediately followed by Slapjack making his own exit, before Mace and T-Bar left Mustafa Ali laying after hitting him with a double chokeslam.

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Since then, Ali has reverted to a singles act, while Mace and T-Bar turned up at the end of last week's Raw to seemingly align themselves with MVP and WWE Champion Bobby Lashley.

Where Mia Yim is concerned, it's not known exactly when she'll 'debut' on SmackDown, and there's no confirmation just yet on whether she'll be continuing on with her Reckoning gimmick or instead be presented in a similar way to how she was during her time in NXT.

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