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As reported earlier, WWE might be planning to split The Hype Bros after last night’s Battle Royale spot which saw Mojo Rawley eliminating Zack Ryder. Ryder was visibly disappointed over his elimination from the Battle Royale by his own best friend.
The Broski took to Twitter to react to his best friend’s betrayal:
To this, Rawley replied:
However, Ryder understood the situation and seems to have let it go:
As previously reported, there is speculation that the beginning to the end of The Hype Bros is currently on-going on WWE programming after Mojo Rawley eliminated Zack Ryder from the Independence Day Battle Royal Tuesday night.
Bryan Alvarez discussed the Battle Royal on today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Radio and said it’s obvious that the team is splitting up. It’s believed that Zack will be the one to turn heel on Mojo in their on-going storyline.
We noted back in May via Wrestling Observer Radio that WWE has plans to push Mojo as a single’s star. Dave Meltzer indicated at the time that the company would probably split the team once Ryder got back from injury and it now appears that those plans are in place.
Luke Harper took to his Twitter account to call out WWE for not acknowledging his battle royal elimination of Konnor on Twitter. WWE ended up deleting the tweet and Harper both ended up deleting their tweets. Here is the exchange:
WWE Twitter:
“#AndreTheGiant Memorial #BattleRoyal winner @MojoRawleyWWE is on a ROLL, eliminating @KonnorWWE & @LukeHarperWWE! #SDLive”
Luke Harper:
“Who eliminated Konnor? Thanks for watching @wwe. My name’s Luke Harper.”
Many can understand Harper’s frustrations as he rarely appears on Smackdown Live anymore.
Daniel Bryan announced on tonight’s episode of SmackDown Live that an Independence Day Battle Royal to determine a #1 contender for the United States Championship will take place next week.
Also announced for next week’s show is the return of John Cena and The New Day will compete against The Usos in a rap battle.
Hype Bros vs. The Colons
With Zack Ryder’s recent return to WWE programming after a lengthy layoff due to injury, The Hype Bros have re-emerged as a threat in the Smackdown Live tag team division. Mojo Rawley’s momentum has been stalled since winning the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania this year, and Ryder’s return could not have come at a better time for Rawley.
After debuting on Smackdown Live as The Smoking Guns 2.0 several weeks ago, The Colons have yet again found themselves floundering in the lower mid-card. Primo and Epico are vastly underrated in the ring, but their presentation on WWE programming has robbed them of any and all credibility they had as a legitimate threat in the tag team division. This does not bode well for their chances tonight.
Speculation has already started that The Hype Bros’ run as a tag team will be short lived, with Zack Ryder set to turn on Rawley in the near future. This certainly seems to be a safe bet, but I don’t see it happening tonight. This match will serve as a momentum builder for them before their eventual split, which will make Ryder’s heel turn (or maybe even Rawley’s heel turn?) all the more dramatic when it finally occurs.
Winners: The Hype Bros
