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#2 The Revival's "slide"

A clear slide

This is a more interesting one than you might realize. Although it took us a while to notice, the commentators pointed out that The Revival has been on a slide recently, taking a lot more losses than they would have hoped.

The latest episode of SmackDown was no exception as they took on their old rivals from RAW last year - The Usos. They were handily defeated, and thankfully, there was no itchy cream or rubbing each others' backs involved this time.

It was a fairly straightforward match and they lost once again. The note about them being on a slide coincides with what the Wrestling Observer Newsletter wrote recently - that The Revival is almost all but certain to leave WWE and this is merely the tradition of burying them on their way out.

To add to it, The Revival even filed for a trademark outside of WWE, adding fuel to the fire of speculation. It appears as though every year, there are always rumors about The Revival potentially leaving the company and after that - accepting new deals. If they start getting pushed again soon, then you know for sure that they put the pen on paper with their WWE contract.