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... ... ... It's time...to talk...about RETRIBUTION... The story of RETRIBUTION is one that just got worse and worse...and worse...until it ended. It started in August last year when an episode of RAW saw frequent technical issues before a group of black-clad masked individuals were seen setting fire to a generator outside the Performance Center. Identifying themselves as wrestlers held down by the WWE system, RETRIBUTION would show up over the next few weeks, cause chaos, jump around and yell and...not really do anything else. Like, they ran in the ring during SmackDown...and didn't attack anybody. They threw a cinderblock through a glass door...and then left. They flipped a car...and then left. Nothing they did really meant anything. One time they ran in during the main event of RAW between Drew McIntyre and Keith Lee, only for them to get beat up by them & the Hurt Business even though they had a 6-to-9 advantage. They were ineffective goobers from day 1. At this point, ...

What happens when you put an incredibly talented but under-utilized wrestler in the ring with an awful but over-utilized wrestler? It ends up in this series. Today's entry takes a look at Shelton Benjamin vs Viscera at New Year's Revolution 2006. Benjamin was always considered one of the most underrated wrestlers in WWE during his time in the company, managing to snag the Wrestling Observer's Most Underrated award three straight times, the first wrestler to do so. Despite being incredibly talented, he never reached the main event in his seven year career. Viscera, on the other hand, managed to continue to be employed in WWE for years despite minimal talent. Debuting in the WWF in 1993 as Mabel, one half of the Men on a Mission, Viscera is best know for his horrendous King Mabel gimmick, which is commonly refereed to as the worst King of the Ring ever. Along with that, he's been described as incredibly reckless in ring and has a history of injuring wrestlers. Despite ...