WWE has been pushing Retribution on RAW and SmackDown for weeks now, but this Monday's episode put the spotlight on them in a big way. As well as opening the show, they also main evented the show and received monikers like Slapjack, T-BAR, and Mace.
The faction claims to have now signed with WWE - which pretty much goes completely against the message they've been sending - and the response to them has been once of ridicule online.
It seems the response in WWE has been a similarly negative as the WrestleVotes Twitter account recently explained. "Just talked to a source who was in the building last night...said the presentation of Retribution was a major topic of discussion, met w/ LAUGHTER at times backstage. Direct quote: 'The masks & names are already making the road for these guys impossible to climb.'"
That's not even remotely hard to believe, and it does feel like the odds may be stacked against Retribution moving forward, especially with a terrible gimmick and not much support from fans!