The Authors of Pain previously had a WWE run from 2016-2020, and they held the NXT Tag Team Championship and the RAW Tag Team Championship. They were released in a wave of cuts in April 2020.

[10:51 onwards] Alongside the Authors of Pain, their on-screen WWE manager Paul Ellering was also let go. This was seen as a wasted opportunity by Russo, who thought that Ellering had much to ...

WWE gave Karrion Kross and Scarlett a faction when Paul Ellering and the Authors of Pain joined their side as the Final Testament. The group was regularly featured in the first half of 2024 but ...