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Today, we have a lot of interesting stories to touch on involving the return of the Smackdown
hacker and other retribution related issues, so let’s start things off with the Smackdown
hacker storyline
I’m still disappointed and surprised that the Smackdown hacker storyline didn’t go
anywhere in WWE
I felt like it would’ve been an easy character to write considering he had so much power,
he had these cameras everywhere, he had hundreds of screens watching every superstar
So the possibilities were endless for this character, you could’ve had him reveal anything
and the audience would be forced to respect it since he had eyes on everyone
That was the great thing about this character, you can literally make him show anything “backstage
camera” related and we would have to accept it as the truth
Similar to his one and only reveal with Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose
At first, it seemed like the hacker’s main goal was to stop the lies between teammates
That’s why he went after Mandy and Sonya to start things off with
He later revealed his list of targets and we saw The New Day, Alexa and Nikki, The Miz
and Morrison, and so much more
So it seemed like that was going to be his overall direction, but as we know, the storyline
was dropped and they acted like he never existed
Well thanks to the recent events of Ali joining retribution, reports claim that we may actually
get a chance to revisit to hacker storyline for a brief moment
So it’s not that much of a secret anymore, but Mustafa Ali was 100 percent behind the
Smackdown hacker character and he was going to be revealed as the hacker at a later date
We never got much hints about the hacker’s identity except for that circular ring of
light, the same one that belongs to Ali
As far as the discussion among the fans, no one knows why the character was cancelled
During the time of the hacker’s promos being aired on TV, Ali was constantly tweeting about
his frustrations with WWE and how he just wanted to wrestle
So many fans have discussed numerous reasons for the character’s disappearance, one of
the reasons possibly being that maybe Ali wasn’t the biggest fan of the character
and it just wanted to wrestle, so that’s why they dropped it?
We don’t know, when it comes to that, all we can do is speculate
WWE did record three voice for the Smackdown Hacker though, they recorded the voices of
Ali, Shorty G, and Xaiver Woods
Those three were expected to be the main foundation of the group as well
Ali would be the leader, Shorty G was Ali’s tag partner earlier this year, so maybe Ali
convinced him to join, and Xavier woods would’ve join after being forgotten about by Big E
and Kofi
That brings us up to current day where Ali is now leading retribution
Reports claim that the tie-in and reveal that they’re planning is for Ali to confess and
admit to being the Smackdown Hacker from earlier this year
As far as the character disappearing, Ali could also give us a reason for that as well
The idea I had was for Ali to just mention something along the lines of “it wasn’t
enough, I needed to do something bigger” and we can buy that and respect it because
it makes sense
How can one hacker take on the whole locker-room by himself?
So It makes sense storyline wise for Ali to abandon his plans to expose the truth about
everyone and just start recruiting frustrated WWE talent to join him instead
That makes perfect sense and that’s why I still think they absolutely picked the perfect
leader with Ali
He already had the Smackdown hacker story going for him, he was verbally frustrated
with his position and usage in the WWE, so it makes perfect sense that he not only was
the hacker, but the retribution leader as well
So that’s how WWE plans to tie up those loose ends, Ali will once and for all be revealed
as the forgotten Smackdown Hacker
If WWE had this planned all along then I would give them a lot of credit for this longterm
storyline connection and really putting all the pieces together wonderfully, but the latest
reports claim that this wasn’t longterm storytelling
The decision to make Ali the leader of Retribution was made only days before we saw the reveal
on raw, so it wasn’t brilliant storytelling they had in mind all along, it was a last
second decision that actually ended up making a lot of sense
So I’m happy we still revisited the forgotten hacker storyline in some way, but I still
wished WWE did more with the hacker character because the potential was there
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As far as retribution goes, it looks like their story will continue on Raw
Another one of those moments that once again makes no sense storyline wise at all is when
Raw drafted Retribution
We’re supposed to believe that Raw can’t stand Retribution and they’re ruining their
show, but why is Raw selecting and drafting retribution to be on their program?
If they’re really that disruptive, why would Raw draft them and give them an open invitation
back to the show?
Makes no sense at all, just how WWE giving them contracts made no sense, Raw inviting
them back to the show and drafting them makes even less sense
I think it would’ve been at least a little interesting for Retribution to go undrafted
It would’ve shown that both Raw and Smackdown don’t want anything to do with retribution
And it would’ve helped Retribution’s overall case because they can be like “look, WWE
abandoned us again, no surprise there...”
Then from there on Retribution could appear on both Raw and Smackdown since they’re
“free agents”
I love that idea because I think that would’ve reignited that fire within Retribution because
even after everything they did, no brand wanted to draft them, so that would make them even
more angry with WWE, I would’ve loved to seen that.
It would’ve made for a great free agency storyline
But instead we have retribution on Raw.
We don’t know what the next storyline is for retribution after they get done with The
Hurt Business, but we did get a huge teaser of something we can see down the line via
twitter
Retribution’s T-Bar took to twitter to say:
“No WWE Superstar is safe”
You’re all done
Hashtag RETRIBUTION”
A fan tagged Bray Wyatt and bray responded by saying that he was already “done”
T-Bar responded to Bray by posting a picture of Alexa Bliss and asking “Is She?”
So that seemed like a big threat there by retribution to go after Alexa Bliss to get
to Bray Wyatt
Alexa Bliss did stand up for herself and responded to T-Bar saying this on twitter:
“Dare ya to find out.... hashtag Let Him In” she also posted a zombie emoji
I love interactions like this from the superstars on twitter because it just opens up so much
discussions and speculation
Bray and Alexa just got on Raw, so we’ll see what’s in store for them there, but
imagine a crossover with Retribution
Obviously 2 on 5 is unfair and it will a massive mismatch, but what if The Fiend and Alexa
Bliss start expanding their new wyatt family?
What if Bray Wyatt is able to get 5 members to go up against Retribution’s big 5?
Now you’re talking about a huge matchup right there, a possible huge match for something
like survivor series
Alexa Bliss can also get physical in this matchup since retribution has Mia Yim as well,
that will give Alexa Bliss something to do in the feud
who knows where you can go from there, maybe Retribution attempts to steal Alexa Bliss
from The Fiend and have her join Retribution
Retribution is down to just one woman in their group, so they can definitely use the help
Similar to the Smackdown Hacker, I think Retribution and the pairing of Alexa Bliss and The Fiend
both have so much potential to do huge things.
Am I worried that WWE may mess them both up?
I’m a bit concerned, but hopefully that doesn’t happen at all, hopefully they all
have big things coming up for them and their storylines will pull us right back in
We can only hope.
But what are your thoughts on today’s wrestling news?
Today was really focused around Retribution, so let us know what your thoughts are on all
of those retribution rumors and theories
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