"Unbelievable amount invested" - Ex-WWE personality questions popular faction's run
WWE is days away from hosting SummerSlam in Ohio, and many stars have not yet found a place on the card. Meanwhile, the former host of The Bump Matt Camp questioned the creation of The Final Testament.
Last year, Karrion Kross teased the return of The Authors of Pain and ended up creating The Final Testament alongside the former NXT Tag Team Champions and their manager, Paul Ellering. The faction had a major storyline against The Pride heading into The Grandest Stage of Them All in Philadelphia.
Unfortunately, both stables got lost in the shuffle in the coming months. Speaking on The Wrestling Matt, Camp addressed how the creative wasted Bobby Lashley. Later, the former Bump host questioned why the popular faction was created under Triple H's regime, as he believes the group's a low mid-card attraction with heavy investment.
"You can't sell me that that group's ever going to make. Think of how much money is invested in that group. Two guys are a tag team, two managers, and [Karrion] Kross. That act is five people. You can't tell me more than 2% of a crowd is going to see that and that's a high number. That is an unbelievable amount invested in a low mid-card group. [From 04:00 to 04:33]
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What are The Pride and The Final Testament doing in WWE?
Last year, Bobby Lashley created The Pride on Friday Night SmackDown after missing WrestleMania in California. Following a feud with Rey Mysterio and the Latino World Order, the fans automatically turned the faction face and cheered for them.
Later, The Final Testament was created by Karrion Kross in WWE, as The Herald of Doomsday went after The Pride. The feud eventually culminated in Philadelphia and the two factions went their separate ways as The Pride remained on SmackDown and The Final Testament moved to WWE RAW.
After Bobby Lashley's WWE absence, there's no update on the faction's future heading into The Biggest Party of The Summer in Ohio. Meanwhile, Karrion Kross' group has been feuding with The New Day for several weeks on WWE RAW, and Kross is set to face Xavier Woods in a one-on-one bout next Monday.
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