RybAxel

RybAxel is a heel tag team of Ryback and Curtis Axel. Both had formerly worked together as "Paul Heyman guys", but then rejected their mentor and formed a tag team together.

Their team name is a portmanteau formed from the shared A of Ryback (derived from "Ryan the Silverback") and Axel, the surname Joseph Curtis Hennig chose to honor his grandfather.

Background
Axel used to hold the Intercontinental Championship until he lost it to Big E. Besides being proteges to Paul Heyman under their new identities, they were both former members of Nexus as Skip Sheffield and Michael McGillicuddy.

Teaming
November 25 they were defeated by Henry & Langston

November 29, 2013 Smackdown results Ryback was in the corner of Axel, but Axel lost to Mark Henry (accompanied by Langston).

December 2 they defeated Kofi Kingston after his partner Miz abandoned him.

December 6 they defeated

December 9 they teamed up with The Real Americans but lost to the combined team of The Rhodes Dynasty and Show & Mysterio.

December 13 Axel accompanied Ryback, but he lost to Big Show (accompanied by Rey Mysterio).

December 16 they defeated Tons of Funk with Ryback pinning Tensai. This caused Brodus Clay to attack Tensai, and the team's breakup. Truth & Consequences ran out to rescue Tensai but RybAxel had left at that point.

December 27 they were defeated by The Prime Time Players.