5 most disappointing WWE factions of all time

The Corre. No, seriously, that's what they were called.

#2. The League of Nations weren't accepted by the WWE Universe

Anyone remember playing WWE '12 and going through the Road to WrestleMania mode? If you do, you'll probably recall a section in which you controlled Sheamus as he led a faction of his fellow countrymen. He led William Regal, Wade Barrett and Drew McIntyre in an attempt to do what all bad guy factions try to do, which is win all the titles and beat everybody up.

Yes, it was a video game, but it was awesome. And after the game came out, fans began to wonder "why can't WWE do something like this? This rules." And so, WWE did just that. Three years later. And not nearly as good.

Enter the League of Nations, consisting of Barrett, Alberto del Rio of Mexico, Sheamus of Ireland and Rusev of Bulgaria. On paper, it doesn't seem all that bad.

In 2015, all four of these guys were at the peak of their careers, even Del Rio wasn't a complete mess at that point. They even won their share of championships, with Del Rio winning the WWE United States title twice. Sheamus also successfully cashed in his Money In The Bank briefcase against Roman Reigns to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

Reigns. There's the issue.

Roman Reigns is awesome, but at the time, WWE was really trying their hardest to make him their marquee good guy and... it wasn't going well. So, what better way to get him over than to have him go up against a slew of foreign heel wrestlers? Essentially, this group wasn't put together to tell a story, they were put together to try and make Roman more popular.

Sheamus, Rusev and Del Rio took on The New Day at WrestleMania 32 in a winning effort, only to be humiliated by Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Mick Foley afterwards.

The next night on RAW, the group kicked Barrett out before getting attacked by the Wyatt Family of all people.

The League of Nations were a group of really talented wrestlers who were put together for the wrong reasons. During an interview with Fightful, Rusev said:

"Theoretically, on paper, it could have been the best faction in history, but they never had a chance. They were there to be a punching bag for Roman Reigns, which is okay. We did great, we built him up and he went on to win the title [at WrestleMania] so we did our job right."

Nowadays, Rusev is known as Miro in AEW, Wade Barrett is on commentary for NXT, Sheamus is still in WWE's mid-card after a successful tag team run with Cesaro as The Bar, and del Rio? Yeah. The less said about him, the better.

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