Cesaro and his Inner Circle regroup backstage but Slater, Axel and Sandow's morale has taken a serious blow. Cesaro attempts to calm his troops, explains that these kind of revenge plots don't happen overnight and if not for Zack Ryder then they wouldn't have found themselves in such a position.
Slater and Axel start talking over each other frantically before Cesaro notices Sandow is physically shaking, staring at the ground, looking as if to have a mental breakdown. Cesaro grabs Sandow's upper arms and looks him in the eye, "I can't lose you now Damien, I need you to control that rage, use it to your advantage."
Sandow grits his teeth, blinking back tears of anger, "He… humiliated me. Again."
Cesaro presses his forehead against Sandow's, "I swear to you, Damien. You will get your retribution against Cena. I will not sleep until you do."
Sandow steps back, breathing heavily, unable to understand why Cesaro of all people would be willing to do this for him. "Alright," he agrees quietly, before walking out of the room.
The Free Agents make a change of plans, using the information Sandow and Axel gathered from The Resistance's base to stalk The Neo Authority's ambushes against the Wyatt's. After a few failed attempts, Kane, Roman and Dean manage to rise victoriously in a match against Bray, Strowman and Harper before interrogating Bray for the method to summon the Undertaker. Once The Resistance take their leave, Bray looks around and asks where Rowan is. He immediately comes to the conclusion that The Neo Authority has kidnapped him.
A match with Axel against a surprise opponent is booked for the main event of the next Raw (of which mostly consists of The Wyatts going after anyone allied with The Neo Authority to look for Rowan). When it's time for the main event Axel comes to the ring alone, waiting for his mystery opponent. No theme hits but Cesaro and Sandow appear from backstage escorting a handcuffed, goat-masked Rowan. Slater dances around them, ringing a triangle in place of his theme.
Rowan is thrown in the ring and Axel gets on the mic, explaining that Rowan stole his Royal Rumble opportunity from him, that every action has a reaction, even if it's delayed by a year. Axel removes the handcuffs himself and the bell is rung. Axel and Rowan get into a brutal slugfest. Axel holds the upperhand until the fight spills into ringside and he is put through the announcers table by Rowan. Before the ref can count them out The Wyatts' signature ambush sound effects play and the light go out. When they come back, Cesaro, Sandow and Slater are blocking the Wyatts at the bottom of the ramp who all begin to brawl.
Axel recuperates and drags Rowan back to the ring where the match continues with back and forth attacks, slowly wearing each other out. Finally, Alex hits a one-armed swinging neckbreaker before performing the Perfect-Plex and pins Rowan for a three count victory. Axel kicks a lifeless Rowan out of the ring as the rest of the Free Agents rush to Axel's side, cheering him and celebrating. It is a satisfying first big victory for them.
At this point The Resistance are pissed off that The Free Agents caused them so much injury from the Wyatts over a mistaken kidnapping. Aware of their "revenge plot", they recruit the Primetime Players and lure the Free Agents into a tag team match at the next PPV. With a few weeks to prepare Cesaro and Slater are confident they have enough time to train for a shot at beating the Primetimes.
The PPV rolls around and the second match of the night is the Primetime Players vs the team of Cesaro and Slater. Like any match, with the Primetimes, Cesaro and Slater rotate to slowly wear down Darren Young, keeping him away from possibly tagging Titus O'Neil in. A distraction from The Neo Authority as Kane and Zack Ryder walk out to watch the match leads to a miscommunication between Cesaro and Slater, allowing Darren to tag in Titus. With Slater as the legal man, Titus sends Cesaro to ringside where Kane and Zack Ryder run down start brutally wailing on him. Alone in the ring with a tired Slater, Titus hits Clash of the Titus and pins Slater for a three count.
The Primetime Players don't have much time to celebrate their victory as Titus grabs a mic and demands Kane and Ryder explain what the hell they're doing interrupting the match. Kane explains that Cesaro is being taken in for questioning by The Resistance for the commotion they've caused between them and The Leigon over petty revenge plots.
Titus questions Slater about the mentioned revenge plot, saying how he's confused and that he thought they were friends. Slater says that Titus abandoned him for better friends (gesturing to Darren) after he returned to the WWE and he felt like he was left behind when he needed a friend most. He explains how he's been lost in the WWE ever since, until he joined Cesaro. Titus seems taken aback for a few moments before genuinely apologising, saying he hadn't realised and never intended to hurt Slater.
Ryder interrupts their moment, alerting Slater and the rest of the Free Agents that their faction is as good as dissolved with the removal of Cesaro. Kane drapes the Swiss Superman over his shoulder, walking up the ramp. Ryder warns the Inner Circle not to dare try and avenge Cesaro or it will have dire consequences.
Titus shakes his head in frustration as Darren takes the mic, who accuses The Resistance to be too under The Neo Authority's influence which is causing them to play just as dirty as The Legion. Titus says the Primetime Players are formally resigning their position within The Resistance. He turns to Slater and puts a hand on his former partner's shoulder, "And we'd like to ally with the Free Agents. If you'll take us, friend."
Slater seems surprised at first but grins in relief. He realises that he never wanted revenge on Titus, he only wanted his friend back. Slater agrees, "Yeah.. I'd like that. Right now we need all the help we can get."