5 ways WWE can salvage RETRIBUTION

#1 Bring back a number of Superstars who were released to join RETRIBUTION

They don't look too happy, do they?

It's hard to forget the wave of releases that swept through WWE during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. It almost felt like a culling, with long-time mainstays such as Heath Slater, Zack Ryder, Rusev, and even Kurt freakin' Angle all let go of their contracts and forced to look for work elsewhere.

Then, WWE used it as part of a storyline with one of the announced releases, Drake Maverick. It revolved around his attempt to earn his spot back on the roster and the NXT Cruiserweight Championship.

For those of you in suspense (for some reason), it turned out OK...

Now, many people were upset at the angle (not at Drake, clearly, as he's awesome) as it turned a tough situation for a lot of people into storyline fodder. However, 1.) this is WWE we're talking about, don't act so surprised and 2.) with the genie out of the bag, WWE might as well have kept rolling with it.

So, when one heard about RETRIBUTION and how they were a bunch of wrestlers with a serious grudge against WWE, it was thought "are they bringing back some of these releases and putting them in a faction?"

Well, no, it turns out that RETRIBUTION isn't anything like that... but there's no reason why they can't incorporate that now.

Ali has already established that RETRIBUTION is out to destroy WWE because of greed. What's "greedier" than releasing perfectly good employees during a worldwide pandemic just to save some money?

Look, the point of this isn't to trash WWE. However, the Drake Maverick story kind of opened the door to go in that direction. So, they might as well walk through it.

You can add an extra layer to the whole RETRIBUTION story, give some unemployed workers and chance to make a paycheck again, and WWE can once again prove that they're at least sort of self-aware.

And fewer things are entertaining as a self-aware WWE.

What do you guys think? Is RETRIBUTION beyond saving (and, therefore, beyond ThunderDome)? Or do you think any of these ideas might work?

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