Who should be in a Monday Night War chess set?

WWE Bishops: The APA

Justin Bradshaw and Farooq during their APA days.

The Bishop is an essential piece in chess. Its ability to move diagonally helps it to threaten pieces all of the way across the board.

If you want threatening, look no further than the APA, Farooq and Bradshaw. During the Monday Night Wars this pair were inseparable, wreaking havoc upon the WWE's tag team division, and occasionally taking money to attack singles stars as well.

Big, menacing and much quicker than they look, the APA is the perfect pair of Bishops for the WWE side of the Monday Night War chess set.

WCW Bishops: The Outsiders

The Outsiders Scott Hall and Kevin Nash.

For the WCW side's bishop piece, we look to the other aspect of the piece, which pertain to their representation of political power.

Though unofficially beyond the purview of government, the bishops represent the religious aspect of wielding political power. They are often able to gain a lot more power than one would think and can greatly influence the way a kingdom operates.

That sounds a lot like Scott Hall and Kevin Nash, who despite being contracted as wrestlers managed to wield a great deal of power behind the scenes in WCW.

It was the WCW bishop pairing that in fact triggered the monday night wars. Hall and Nash's move to the WCW was the first shot that rattled the WWE.