Significant tag team feud nixed due to injury

[Prince Bálor]

SPOILERS BELOW! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

There have been plans to do a feud in WWE NXT with TM-61's Shane Thorne and Nick Miller against The Revival's Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder but that feud has been put on hold as Thorne suffered an injury at the January 5th NXT TV tapings from Full Sail University.

Thorne is set to undergo knee surgery, possibly today, and he will be out of action for several months. The injury came during a TM-61 vs. Revival match that should air on January 25th. That match ended quickly and a post-match injury angle was done with Thorne. Our correspondent speculated at the time that the angle may have been done to cover an injury in the storylines.

No word yet on who The Revival will work with next but their program with TM-61 was planned to be a significant feud.

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That's a damn shame if it's true, considering people were really starting to like TM61.

This feud was supposed to elevate TM61 to the next level and should've been a send-off for The Revival.

With TM61 now sidelined, there's nobody else left for The Revival to feud with. Therefore, they should debut on the main roster (hopefully on SD) by WM.

 

[ShaRpY HaRdY]

Blah bad timing.. you could tell TM61 was about to elevate themselves in NXT.. rough stuff, hopefully it's a speedy/safe recovery..

any idea what the injury he suffered was?

 

[CEOHaize]

TM-61 needs to be on the main roster they're so good.

 

[Prince Bálor]

TM-61 needs to be on the main roster they're so good.

With Thorne now sidelined, TM61 ain't hitting the main roster any time soon.

 

[Snowman1]

Total side-note here... I wish the New Day hadn't have lost the titles.

Assuming they aren't just going to do a DIY vs Revival rematch because there's no real other options that I know of, Revival oughta get a big "NXT Star" debut pop, and get a small push off the bat... And the PERFECT introductory feud for them was New Day. These no-nonsense, no flips just fists crew taking out the unicorn-wearing somewhat lovable jackasses was too great of a debut. Instead, them vs Sheamus and Cesaro could be a lot of fun, but lacks spice... Them vs the Club, hell no. They can ALWAYS go down the well of American Alpha again, of course. If they have an NXT-style tag match and not a WWE one that could hook a new fan or two to stick around.

Wonder if the plan was to have the Hype Bros win the belts on Smackdown after they won the battle royal, so they could transition them over to the Revival later? Then the Alphas took their place? Hmmmm.
There's a 100% chance this team will be beyond repair by Summerslam, so lets enjoy it while it lasts

 

[Prince Bálor]

Total side-note here... I wish the New Day hadn't have lost the titles.

Assuming they aren't just going to do a DIY vs Revival rematch because there's no real other options that I know of, Revival oughta get a big "NXT Star" debut pop, and get a small push off the bat... And the PERFECT introductory feud for them was New Day. These no-nonsense, no flips just fists crew taking out the unicorn-wearing somewhat lovable jackasses was too great of a debut. Instead, them vs Sheamus and Cesaro could be a lot of fun, but lacks spice... Them vs the Club, hell no. They can ALWAYS go down the well of American Alpha again, of course. If they have an NXT-style tag match and not a WWE one that could hook a new fan or two to stick around.

Wonder if the plan was to have the Hype Bros win the belts on Smackdown after they won the battle royal, so they could transition them over to the Revival later? Then the Alphas took their place? Hmmmm.
There's a 100% chance this team will be beyond repair by Summerslam, so lets enjoy it while it lasts

I wouldn't put The Revival on RAW, tbh, I'd put them on SmackDown. They'd be much better off there (seeing the 'beyond repair' part of your post further solidifies my point), same goes for the majority of upcoming NXT call-ups.

And, no way The Wyatts would've dropped the titles to the fucking Hype Bros of all people. They were just going to serve as the cannon fodder to them.

But, I guess with Ryder's injury they've been speeding things up, as in The Wyatts dropping the titles a helluva lot sooner and starting to fall apart before the Rumble.

As for The Revival's main roster debut, when do you think it'll happen, given there's nothing left for them to do in NXT?