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** The Ascension may well be the epitome of BadassDecay in WWE: after being a devastating, dominating force in NXT, their stint on the main roster has been so abysmally booked that it can't be ''anything'' other than intentional sabotage, far beyond anything that mere incompetence or laziness could account for.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Ascension were ''red hot'' on NXT. So of course, they got called up to the main roster, and completely and utterly ''buried,'' to the point that they'd probably be better off quitting and going to a different promotion. Even the commentators (including the heel commentator Wrestling/{{JBL}} who would normally support them) did nothing but disparage them as nobodies who were nothing compared to the teams they were based off (such as Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors and Wrestling/{{Demolition}}). There doesn't seem to be any reason for it either, it's just plain shoddy booking. When SLAM! Wrestling rated them the worst tag team of 2015, writer John Powell lamented that the team had worked so hard and had previously been so good, only to be completely squandered by the incompetence of WWE management.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Ascension were ''red hot'' on NXT. So of course, they got called up to the main roster, and completely and utterly ''buried,'' to the point that they'd probably be better off quitting and going to a different promotion. Even the commentators (including the heel commentator Wrestling/{{JBL}} who would normally support them) did nothing but disparage them as nobodies who were nothing compared to the teams they were based off (such as Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors and Wrestling/{{Demolition}}). There doesn't seem to be any reason for it either, it's just plain shoddy booking. When SLAM! Wrestling rated them the worst tag team of 2015, writer John Powell lamented that the team had worked so hard and had previously been so good, only to be completely squandered by the incompetence of WWE management.
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** The Ascension may well be the epitome of BadassDecay in WWE: after being a devastating, dominating force in NXT, their stint on the main roster has been so abysmally booked that it can't be ''anything'' other than intentional sabotage, far beyond anything that mere incompetence or laziness could account for.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Ascension were ''red hot'' on NXT. So of course, they got called up to the main roster, and completely and utterly ''buried,'' to the point that they'd probably be better off quitting and going to a different promotion. Even the commentators (including the heel commentator Wrestling/{{JBL}} who would normally support them) did nothing but disparage them as nobodies who were nothing compared to the teams they were based off (such as Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors and Wrestling/{{Demolition}}). There doesn't seem to be any reason for it either, it's just plain shoddy booking. When SLAM! Wrestling rated them the worst tag team of 2015, writer John Powell lamented that the team had worked so hard and had previously been so good, only to be completely squandered by the incompetence of WWE management.for.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Ascension were ''red hot'' on NXT. So of course, they got called up to the main roster, and completely and utterly ''buried,'' to the point that they'd probably be better off quitting and going to a different promotion. Even the commentators (including the heel commentator Wrestling/{{JBL}} who would normally support them) did nothing but disparage them as nobodies who were nothing compared to the teams they were based off (such as Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors and Wrestling/{{Demolition}}). There doesn't seem to be any reason for it either, it's just plain shoddy booking. When SLAM! Wrestling rated them the worst tag team of 2015, writer John Powell lamented that the team had worked so hard and had previously been so good, only to be completely squandered by the incompetence of WWE management.
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* BadassDecay mixed with TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Ascension may well be the epitome of something with potential for awesomeness in WWE turning into complete gunk. The Ascension were ''red hot'' on [[Wrestling/{{WWE NXT}} NXT]]. They were a devastating, dominating force, to the point they were the longest reigning tag team champions in the history of NXT, with many likening them to potentially being a tag team version of Wrestling/TheUndertaker. When [[Wrestling/KentaKobayashi Hideo Itami]] and [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Bálor]] made their NXT debuts with their establishing feud being against The Ascension, they actually had trouble taking them out until Bálor overwhelmed them by introducing the Demon King.\\
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So of course, they got called up to the main roster, and completely and utterly ''buried,'' to the point that they'd probably be better off quitting and going to a different promotion. Being given Mad Max/Illuminati fusion starter kits for entrance attire while boasting that they were the only good tag team ever was one thing. That type of stuff is standard fare for up-and-coming heels. But apparently someone backstage was so put off by it that before long the commentators (including the heel commentator Wrestling/{{JBL}} who would normally support them) did nothing but disparage them as nobodies who were nothing compared to the teams they were based off (such as Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors and Wrestling/{{Demolition}}). They subsequently got jobbed out to old school stars, then made the muscle for Stardust aka Cody Rhodes (who quit WWE not long after), were rated the worst tag team of 2015 by SLAM! Wrestling solely based off their booking despite writer Josh Powell even acknowledging how they'd previously been so good, and will probably spend their time jobbing until they get released. When brief terms as lackeys to the Social Outcasts and Breezango are considered ''promotions'', it goes without saying that their stint on the main roster has been so abysmally booked that it can't be ''anything'' other than intentional sabotage, far beyond anything that mere incompetence or laziness could account for.
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So of course, they got called up to the main roster, and completely and utterly ''buried,'' to the point that they'd probably be better off quitting and going to a different promotion. Being given Mad Max/Illuminati fusion starter kits for entrance attire while boasting that they were the only good tag team ever was one thing. That type of stuff is standard fare for up-and-coming heels. But apparently someone backstage was so put off by it that before long the commentators (including the heel commentator Wrestling/{{JBL}} who would normally support them) did nothing but disparage them as nobodies who were nothing compared to the teams they were based off (such as Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors and Wrestling/{{Demolition}}). They subsequently got jobbed out to old school stars, then made the muscle for Stardust aka Cody Rhodes (who quit WWE not long after), were rated the worst tag team of 2015 by SLAM! Wrestling solely based off their booking despite writer Josh Powell even acknowledging how they'd previously been so good, and will probably spend their time jobbing until they get released. When brief terms as lackeys to the Social Outcasts and Breezango are considered ''promotions'', it goes without saying that their stint on the main roster has been so abysmally booked that it can't be ''anything'' other than intentional sabotage, far beyond anything that mere incompetence or laziness could account for.
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* BadassDecay mixed with TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: BadassDecay: The Ascension may well be the epitome of something with potential for awesomeness in WWE turning into complete gunk. The Ascension were ''red hot'' on [[Wrestling/{{WWE NXT}} NXT]]. They were a devastating, dominating force, to the point they were the longest reigning tag team champions in the history of Wrestling/{{WWENXT}}. When they got to the main roster, they were buried so hard that Viktor briefly joining the Social Outcasts was considered a ''promotion''.
** For scale: in NXT,with many likening them to potentially being a tag team version of Wrestling/TheUndertaker. When [[Wrestling/KentaKobayashi Finn Balor and Hideo Itami]] and [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Bálor]] made their NXT debuts with their establishing feud being against The Ascension, they actually Itami had trouble taking them out.
** They got jobbed out to old school stars, then made the muscle for Stardust aka Cody Rhodes (who quit WWE not long after), and will probably spend their time jobbing untilBálor overwhelmed them by introducing they get released.
** The Ascension may well be theDemon King.\\
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epitome of BadassDecay in WWE: after being a devastating, dominating force in NXT, their stint on the main roster has been so abysmally booked that it can't be ''anything'' other than intentional sabotage, far beyond anything that mere incompetence or laziness could account for.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Ascension were ''red hot'' on NXT. So of course, they got called up to the main roster, and completely and utterly ''buried,'' to the point that they'd probably be better off quitting and going to a different promotion.Being given Mad Max/Illuminati fusion starter kits for entrance attire while boasting that they were the only good tag team ever was one thing. That type of stuff is standard fare for up-and-coming heels. But apparently someone backstage was so put off by it that before long Even the commentators (including the heel commentator Wrestling/{{JBL}} who would normally support them) did nothing but disparage them as nobodies who were nothing compared to the teams they were based off (such as Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors and Wrestling/{{Demolition}}). They subsequently got jobbed out There doesn't seem to old school stars, then made the muscle be any reason for Stardust aka Cody Rhodes (who quit WWE not long after), were it either, it's just plain shoddy booking. When SLAM! Wrestling rated them the worst tag team of 2015 by SLAM! Wrestling solely based off their booking despite 2015, writer Josh John Powell even acknowledging how they'd lamented that the team had worked so hard and had previously been so good, and will probably spend their time jobbing until they get released. When brief terms as lackeys only to be completely squandered by the Social Outcasts and Breezango are considered ''promotions'', it goes without saying that their stint on the main roster has been so abysmally booked that it can't be ''anything'' other than intentional sabotage, far beyond anything that mere incompetence or laziness could account for.of WWE management.
** For scale: in NXT,
** They got jobbed out to old school stars, then made the muscle for Stardust aka Cody Rhodes (who quit WWE not long after), and will probably spend their time jobbing until
** The Ascension may well be the
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Ascension were ''red hot'' on NXT. So of course, they got called up to the main roster, and completely and utterly ''buried,'' to the point that they'd probably be better off quitting and going to a different promotion.
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* BadassDecay mixed with TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Ascension may well be the epitome of something with potential for awesomeness in WWE turning into complete gunk. The Ascension were ''red hot'' on Wrestling/{{WWE NXT|NXT}}. They were a devastating, dominating force, to the point they were the longest reigning tag team champions in the history of NXT, with many likening them to potentially being a tag team version of Wrestling/TheUndertaker. When [[Wrestling/KentaKobayashi Hideo Itami]] and [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Bálor]] made their NXT debuts with their establishing feud being against The Ascension, they actually had trouble taking them out until Bálor overwhelmed them by introducing the Demon King.\\
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* BadassDecay mixed with TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Ascension may well be the epitome of something with potential for awesomeness in WWE turning into complete gunk. The Ascension were ''red hot'' on Wrestling/{{WWE NXT|NXT}}.[[Wrestling/{{WWE NXT}} NXT]]. They were a devastating, dominating force, to the point they were the longest reigning tag team champions in the history of NXT, with many likening them to potentially being a tag team version of Wrestling/TheUndertaker. When [[Wrestling/KentaKobayashi Hideo Itami]] and [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Bálor]] made their NXT debuts with their establishing feud being against The Ascension, they actually had trouble taking them out until Bálor overwhelmed them by introducing the Demon King.\\
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* BadassDecay: The Ascension were the longest reigning tag team champions in the history of Wrestling/{{WWENXT}}. When they got to the main roster, they were buried so hard that Viktor briefly joining the Social Outcasts was considered a ''promotion''.
** For scale: in NXT, Finn Balor and Hideo Itami had trouble taking them out.
** They got jobbed out to old school stars, then made the muscle for Stardust aka Cody Rhodes (who quit WWE not long after), and will probably spend their time jobbing until they get released.
** The Ascension may well be the epitome of BadassDecay in WWE: after being a devastating, dominating force in NXT, their stint on the main roster has been so abysmally booked that it can't be ''anything'' other than intentional sabotage, far beyond anything that mere incompetence or laziness could account for.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Ascension were ''red hot'' on NXT. So of course, they got called up to the main roster, and completely and utterly ''buried,'' to the point that they'd probably be better off quitting and going to a different promotion. Even the commentators (including the heel commentator Wrestling/{{JBL}} who would normally support them) did nothing but disparage them as nobodies who were nothing compared to the teams they were based off (such as Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors and Wrestling/{{Demolition}}). There doesn't seem to be any reason for it either, it's just plain shoddy booking. When SLAM! Wrestling rated them the worst tag team of 2015, writer John Powell lamented that the team had worked so hard and had previously been so good, only to be completely squandered by the incompetence of WWE management.
** For scale: in NXT, Finn Balor and Hideo Itami had trouble taking them out.
** They got jobbed out to old school stars, then made the muscle for Stardust aka Cody Rhodes (who quit WWE not long after), and will probably spend their time jobbing until they get released.
** The Ascension may well be the epitome of BadassDecay in WWE: after being a devastating, dominating force in NXT, their stint on the main roster has been so abysmally booked that it can't be ''anything'' other than intentional sabotage, far beyond anything that mere incompetence or laziness could account for.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Ascension were ''red hot'' on NXT. So of course, they got called up to the main roster, and completely and utterly ''buried,'' to the point that they'd probably be better off quitting and going to a different promotion. Even the commentators (including the heel commentator Wrestling/{{JBL}} who would normally support them) did nothing but disparage them as nobodies who were nothing compared to the teams they were based off (such as Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors and Wrestling/{{Demolition}}). There doesn't seem to be any reason for it either, it's just plain shoddy booking. When SLAM! Wrestling rated them the worst tag team of 2015, writer John Powell lamented that the team had worked so hard and had previously been so good, only to be completely squandered by the incompetence of WWE management.
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* BadassDecay: BadassDecay mixed with TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Ascension may well be the epitome of something with potential for awesomeness in WWE turning into complete gunk. The Ascension were ''red hot'' on Wrestling/{{WWE NXT|NXT}}. They were a devastating, dominating force, to the point they were the longest reigning tag team champions in the history of Wrestling/{{WWENXT}}. NXT, with many likening them to potentially being a tag team version of Wrestling/TheUndertaker. When they got to the main roster, they were buried so hard that Viktor briefly joining the Social Outcasts was considered a ''promotion''.
** For scale: in NXT, Finn Balor and[[Wrestling/KentaKobayashi Hideo Itami Itami]] and [[Wrestling/FergalDevitt Finn Bálor]] made their NXT debuts with their establishing feud being against The Ascension, they actually had trouble taking them out.
** They got jobbedout to old school stars, then made the muscle for Stardust aka Cody Rhodes (who quit WWE not long after), and will probably spend their time jobbing until they get released.
** The Ascension may well beBálor overwhelmed them by introducing the epitome of BadassDecay in WWE: after being a devastating, dominating force in NXT, their stint on the main roster has been so abysmally booked that it can't be ''anything'' other than intentional sabotage, far beyond anything that mere incompetence or laziness could account for.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Ascension were ''red hot'' on NXT.Demon King.\\
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So of course, they got called up to the main roster, and completely and utterly ''buried,'' to the point that they'd probably be better off quitting and going to a different promotion.Even Being given Mad Max/Illuminati fusion starter kits for entrance attire while boasting that they were the only good tag team ever was one thing. That type of stuff is standard fare for up-and-coming heels. But apparently someone backstage was so put off by it that before long the commentators (including the heel commentator Wrestling/{{JBL}} who would normally support them) did nothing but disparage them as nobodies who were nothing compared to the teams they were based off (such as Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors and Wrestling/{{Demolition}}). There doesn't seem They subsequently got jobbed out to be any reason old school stars, then made the muscle for it either, it's just plain shoddy booking. When SLAM! Wrestling Stardust aka Cody Rhodes (who quit WWE not long after), were rated them the worst tag team of 2015, 2015 by SLAM! Wrestling solely based off their booking despite writer John Josh Powell lamented that the team had worked so hard and had even acknowledging how they'd previously been so good, only and will probably spend their time jobbing until they get released. When brief terms as lackeys to be completely squandered by the Social Outcasts and Breezango are considered ''promotions'', it goes without saying that their stint on the main roster has been so abysmally booked that it can't be ''anything'' other than intentional sabotage, far beyond anything that mere incompetence of WWE management.or laziness could account for.
** For scale: in NXT, Finn Balor and
** They got jobbed
** The Ascension may well be
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Ascension were ''red hot'' on NXT.
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So of course, they got called up to the main roster, and completely and utterly ''buried,'' to the point that they'd probably be better off quitting and going to a different promotion.
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** The Ascension may well be the SugarWiki/MostTriumphantExample of BadassDecay in WWE: after being a devastating, dominating force in NXT, their stint on the main roster has been so abysmally booked that it can't be ''anything'' other than intentional sabotage, far beyond anything that mere incompetence or laziness could account for.
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** The Ascension may well be the SugarWiki/MostTriumphantExample epitome of BadassDecay in WWE: after being a devastating, dominating force in NXT, their stint on the main roster has been so abysmally booked that it can't be ''anything'' other than intentional sabotage, far beyond anything that mere incompetence or laziness could account for.
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** The Ascension may well be the SugarWiki/MostTriumphantExample of BadassDecay in WWE: after being a devastating, dominating force in NXT, their stint on the main roster has been so abysmally booked that it can't be ''anything'' other than intentional sabotage, far beyond anything that mere incompetence or laziness could account for.
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** They got jobbed out to old school stars, then made the muscle for Stardust aka Cody Rhodes (who quit WWE not long after), and will probably spend their time jobbing until they get released.
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** They got jobbed out to old school stars, then made the muscle for Stardust aka Cody Rhodes (who quit WWE not long after), and will probably spend their time jobbing until they get released.released.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Ascension were ''red hot'' on NXT. So of course, they got called up to the main roster, and completely and utterly ''buried,'' to the point that they'd probably be better off quitting and going to a different promotion. Even the commentators (including the heel commentator Wrestling/{{JBL}} who would normally support them) did nothing but disparage them as nobodies who were nothing compared to the teams they were based off (such as Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors and Wrestling/{{Demolition}}). There doesn't seem to be any reason for it either, it's just plain shoddy booking. When SLAM! Wrestling rated them the worst tag team of 2015, writer John Powell lamented that the team had worked so hard and had previously been so good, only to be completely squandered by the incompetence of WWE management.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: The Ascension were ''red hot'' on NXT. So of course, they got called up to the main roster, and completely and utterly ''buried,'' to the point that they'd probably be better off quitting and going to a different promotion. Even the commentators (including the heel commentator Wrestling/{{JBL}} who would normally support them) did nothing but disparage them as nobodies who were nothing compared to the teams they were based off (such as Wrestling/TheRoadWarriors and Wrestling/{{Demolition}}). There doesn't seem to be any reason for it either, it's just plain shoddy booking. When SLAM! Wrestling rated them the worst tag team of 2015, writer John Powell lamented that the team had worked so hard and had previously been so good, only to be completely squandered by the incompetence of WWE management.
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** For scale: in NXT, Finn Balor and Hideo Itami had trouble taking them out.
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** For scale: in NXT, Finn Balor and Hideo Itami had trouble taking them out.out.
** They got jobbed out to old school stars, then made the muscle for Stardust aka Cody Rhodes (who quit WWE not long after), and will probably spend their time jobbing until they get released.
** They got jobbed out to old school stars, then made the muscle for Stardust aka Cody Rhodes (who quit WWE not long after), and will probably spend their time jobbing until they get released.
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* BadassDecay: The Ascension were the longest reigning tag team champions in the history of Wrestling/{{WWENXT}}. When they got to the main roster, they were buried so hard that Viktor briefly joining the Social Outcasts was considered a ''promotion''.
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* BadassDecay: The Ascension were the longest reigning tag team champions in the history of Wrestling/{{WWENXT}}. When they got to the main roster, they were buried so hard that Viktor briefly joining the Social Outcasts was considered a ''promotion''.''promotion''.
** For scale: in NXT, Finn Balor and Hideo Itami had trouble taking them out.
** For scale: in NXT, Finn Balor and Hideo Itami had trouble taking them out.
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