'%20x='0'%20y='0'%20height='100%25'%20width='100%25'%20%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20xlink%3Ahref='data:image/jpg;base64,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'%3E%3C/image%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Losers: The Authors of Pain
Trending
It's astonishing how badly the Authors of Pain have been used on the main roster. Sure, they "stood tall" at the end of this segment, but this was the kind of match that they should have dominated. They didn't take the pinfall, but there was nothing about them that stood out, and the entire affair felt like filler.
It's apt that the Ascension were in the mix of this contest because it's not much of a stretch to say that the Authors of Pain have become the new Ascension. Dominant in NXT, they've done nothing in their six months on the main roster except taking a few embarrassing losses here and there. Their record is itself part of a trend of breathtakingly bad treatment of this year's NXT call-ups in general.
This match really helped no one, but the Authors of Pain lost the most.
