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#6. WWE's surprising new direction for The Revival
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You may be irked by the end of what you're about to read but when it comes to WWE, such things should be expected.
Dave Meltzer reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that the WWE plans on turning The Revival into comedy characters. Yes, let that sink in.
Dash Wilder tripping on a recent episode of SmackDown was apparently set to be the beginning of a character transformation for the former Tag Team Champions.
The idea of the comedy characters is to do a spoof of The Fabulous Ones, a tag team from the 1980s. While it was added that the idea could be shot down as the reception has been mixed, WWE Creative is considering having the Top Guys indulge in some top comedy.
Here Meltzer noted:
The booking plan on Smackdown is to turn The Revival into comedy characters. There are mixed feelings on this for obvious reasons and it still may get shot down, but the deal where Wilder tripped and fell during the ring entrance was supposed to be the start of it. The Revival only has a few months left on their contracts and haven’t agreed to a new deal after attempting to get a release months ago. The proposed idea is to do a spoof of the Fabulous Ones, which, funny enough, is actually the original Fargos heel gimmick in the late 50s. Obviously the Revival persona is as different from the Fargos as possible,
#5. Paul Heyman's call for the Royal Rumble
As reported by Dave Meltzer in the latest WON, Paul Heyman made the call a few months ago to build towards a Royal Rumble match between Becky Lynch and Asuka.
It should be noted that Asuka was originally scheduled to face Lynch after The Man won the WrestleMania 35 main event. It was one of the reasons why WWE booked Asuka to go over Lynch clean at the last Royal Rumble in the SmackDown Women's Championship match.
However, WWE kept the plan on the backburner and revived it this time for the Royal Rumble.
The current plan is for Asuka to challenge Becky Lynch for the RAW Women's Championship at the Royal Rumble.
