Not every faction or stable has worked in professional wrestling. While The Four Horsemen are considered the greatest of all time, it did have its bumps along the way. The party of four had to deal with missteps of inclusion which meant Sting, Paul Roma and Psycho Syd were pretty bad decisions.
Let’s not forget the New World Order was supposed to be a quaint group of hellions who ruled WCW and it metastasised into a huge mess of factions, that broke off into their own little world. The fiasco was more damning than anything else. And WCW’s version of “Dudes with Attitudes” ranks right up there as a lost opportunity .
Today, WWE is still dealing with its own bad planning, with groups like the Social Outcasts and MB# that went nowhere fast. Some factions were simply dull, some were bad and some were downright awful. Here’s a look at the five worst factions in WWE history.
#5 The Corre
Take a really great concept like The Nexus, break it up into two factions and you have The Corre.
This was WWE’s way of jumping the shark and watching it fail miserably. The stable was formed after Wade Barrett, Justin Gabriel, and Heath Slater left The Nexus and allied with Ezekiel Jackson.
This turn of events, also allowed CM Punk to once again have a major angle as he took over as the ring leader of the remaining members of The Nexus. While under Punk, Gabriel and Slater refused to perform their initiation to stay in the group and left Nexus, eventually reforming a bond with Barrett.
#4 X-Factor
The heel faction led by X-Pac that featured Justin Credible and Albert enjoyed early success, before succumbing to failure.
X-Pac won the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship twice, the WCW Cruiserweight Championship once, while Albert won the WWF Intercontinental Championship once. The fact it was created in February of 2001 and disbanded in October of the same year proved WWE had no future plans for the group.
The fact the two men won the singles titles helped in the demise of the group. Albert went on to form a tag team with Scotty 2 Hotty.
#3 Right to Censor
The heel faction didn’t last very long, from mid- 2000 to early 2001. The group was a parody of the Parents Television Council (PTC) who was protesting the level of violence and sexual content in WWF programming and threatening to boycott several of their sponsors.
Somehow I don’t think it had anything to do with the change in the programming of WWE today. Comprised, of Stevie Richards, Bull Buchanan, Val Venis, Ivory, The Godfather and The Kat, they tried to erase anything that was deemed inappropriate by the company.
This didn’t go over well with the fanbase that was highly in favour of the Attitude Era and salacious programming WWE was producing at the time.
#2 JOB Squad
The basic premise was simple. The members of the group were formed from perennial jobbers in the wrestling business – losing to the veteran talent of stars on the rise. The J.O.B. Squad wore shirts resembling nWo’s shirts as a parody of the several nWo factions and offshoots in World Championship Wrestling (WCW).
Al Snow, Scorpio and Bob Holly were the original members of the faction. The Blue Meanie and Duane Gill (Gillberg) eventually joined the faction. Their time together was short-lived, as the faction lasted three months in the company.
#1 The Spirit Squad
I’ll say this once more. The best thing about this faction is that Dolph Ziggler came out of it. Sporting green and white male cheerleading outfits, they rose to fame as a heel faction that was actually recognised as WWE Tag Team Champions.
Nicky (Ziggler), Mikey, Kenny, Johnny and Mitch (sounds like Pac-Man figures) have had an on and off again career in the company and are still part of a current storyline involving Ziggler, The Miz and the Intercontinental Title. This past weekend, Ziggler beat Kenny and Mikey and Ziggler to win gold and keep his job.
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