10 Short-Lived Wrestling Stables That Could Have Been Much Bigger

From The League of Nations in WWE to The Magnificent Seven in WCW, these are 10 Short-Lived Wrestling Stables That Could Have Been Much Bigger.
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[@dkupke]

I actually loved Sheamus, Rusev, and Barrett as a trio. They just had great chemistry. Del Rio was like adding oil to water.

[@riqodinero]

Del Rio is undoubtedly an asshole but the dude could go in the ring and played his heel character perfectly he wasn't a wasted addition to the group he actually fit really well

[@DallasdotMPEG]

​@@riqodineroArguable (especially with Barrett being injured) Rio was the best wrestler in that stable and he was the US Champ after beating Cena for it.

[@DallasdotMPEG]

​@@riqodineroPeople always talk about Cena's US open challenges but never talk about how it was Del Rio who ended it.

[@riqodinero]

@@DallasdotMPEG I agree lol I think you might have @ the wrong person lol

[@faraanbabar1473]

I loved The League of Nations so much too as Alberto was the fit slim straighten player of the group and I consider Sheamus, Rusev and Del Rio the main trio, while King Barrett was the newest recruit to all fours for making the kingdom for them.

[@BreakerX42]

It's weird to think the Shield was only around for maybe 2 years but its argueably the most influential stable right now

[@mitchellima7548]

Not only are they the most influential faction of the last 15 years in North American wrestling(only the bloodline is even really close imo) they were also just really good, even in a time we’re wwe was at a relative creative low.

[@MrJ077]

That’s because all 3 members were main event material even back then the WWE management saw their potential especially Triple H at least for Seth and Roman Roman was their first choice but when he wasn’t getting over with fans before WM31 Seth was given the go ahead for the cash in and cemented his spot in the main event Roman of course now is in his legendary part of his career as for Dean he admitted himself in a talk is Jericho years ago that the WWE system isn’t for him and how he was treated on the way out made it where he would never come back and he has AEW now and has been a world champion there so yeah all 3 did reach their potential in under 10 years

[@MasterOfViewership]

actually, the Bloodline is nowhere close to the Shield. Sikoa has no character, the usos are mid-card at best and Reigns is a wimpy coward. As for the Shield, they never shied away from competition, all 3 could speak for themselves and didn't rely on constant interference to score the W and all could handle the main-event@@mitchellima7548

[@abdurrahim7539]

same with DX@@MrJ077

[@_Pauper_]

Didn’t someone call them “2 indie nerds and a football player”?

[@mycahjofficial]

*The Hurt Business should have been on the list. I was so invested into this group and they one of the best things during the pandemic era. Two years later and I am still fumed of how the company decided to split up the group just right before WrestleMania 37. Way to go WWE, way to go. SMH.*

[@jeremywilliams5141]

Well we kind of have a Hurt Business stable now with Lashley and The Street Profits even though they don't have a name yet.

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Made me a Cedric Alexander fan

[@kingsmith989]

@@jeremywilliams5141it’s literally the hurt business

[@SaintPhoenixx]

I personally get bored of the "Generic black guys form a group because they're all black and that's all they have in common" teams and stables. They just remind me of Vince's booking and I find it hard to care about them.

[@TotsNater]

Nah. Hurt Business were a dollar store Nation of Domination.

[@Dooty294]

OG Nexus and the Core should've been on here, maybe at the top even

[@waytosid]

team angle was really something special

[@newelljoseph5060]

Sanity & Retribution would have been good additions to the list, given that they were handle with the delicacy of putting nitro on a tilt-a-whirl

[@TotsNater]

Sanity was great. Retribution was a laugh.

[@_Pauper_]

@@TotsNaterSanity certainly had moments. If they had turned it down just *a touch* they would have been a lot better.

[@wanderlustwarrior]

I'm certain The Hurt Business kept breaking up so that Bobby Lashley couldn't get too big and overshadow Roman Reigns. It also ties in to Lashley never being allowed to get back the title he never lost, and the two never being onscreen for similar shows. So each time Lashley and the Street Profits spin their wheels for another week, it's just more of the same.

[@riqodinero]

Bobby is legit too which makes it that more confusing

[@Rocketboy1313]

It is frustrating how much of Roman's decade long push is just holding back other people.

[@Tsunami_Symon]

If Vince never split up American Alpha, they would have been successful tag team.

[@WhiskeyBrewer]

They should have revealed it being Sting who was attacking The Magnificent Seven, which would have worked into having Sting vs Flair on the Final Nitro

[@scottmccurdy6493]

Why don't we talk more about the unknown assailant of The Magnificent Seven in regards to wrestling's unsolved mysteries and less about who raised the briefcase, since we actually know who did that one (Big Boss Man)?

[@louisverdie4829]

Seth's faction with AOP and Murphy should be on this list

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Theory briefly

[@louisverdie4829]

@@claymathewselevator8121 Yeah i remember that too, this could have been great

[@gw7120]

League of Nations had So MUCH potential

[@Keeping-AlCien]

Team Angle was gold!

[@danc3488]

Cosmic Wasteland would've worked great if #1 Stardust was treated the right way and #2 If Ascension hadn't directly compared themselves to The Road Warriors in a promo shortly after their main roater debut.

[@Patrick-xf1cw]

Judgement Day with Edge as leader was cut way, way too short. We needed a proper Edge heel run in his comeback run so it was a shame they took him out of JD so soon into it.

[@SIMOLAMBOTZ]

I think it was Edge who decided to turn face again. He didn't like where the story was going.

[@Filmation77]

1.The League of Nations AND The Un-Americans both lacked a Charismatic KINGPIN to put them over the top 2. All the Great Stables in Wrestling have to have an undeniable CHEMISTRY about three of the entries on your list Didn't have that. Everyone in a wrestling stable has a ROLE than fans can identify with.

[@MasterOfViewership]

I'm a bit surprised the Cabinet wasn't here. If you take away the useless chick, you have WWE, Tag Team, and U.S. Title Reigns at different times as a faction

[@MasterOfViewership]

True. I guess it just doesn't work if you can't have a character that matches your accolades.@@urbaindelva7869

[@Sketch105]

Always come to these lists hoping for a UNION reference. I loved the rag tag group of Big Show, Ken Shamrock, Mick Foley and Test and wished they had been given more time to develop into something bigger.

[@franklangston265]

Wow no mention of the hurt business

[@TheBenevolentJoker]

That's KING BOOKA!!!!

[@Devondavis-fm2dz]

Team angle could been spacial

[@UndisputedFigureCollector97]

I litterraly don't remember Stardust teaming with the ascension

[@MrJ077]

Yeah it was right towards the end of his departure from the company originally they were like his stormtrooper bodyguards

[@TotsNater]

Because it was lame as hell. "Welcome to the cosmic wasteland!" Wtf?

[@ryan_fsk]

Lucha dragons my favorite

[@B3anr]

Triple threat from ECW? They had a lot of great talent and shane was a good leader

[@RobSkillz881]

The Radicalz was January 2000

[@markmagician2471]

Wasnt the League of Nations inspired by the group Sheamus led in WWE 12's Career mode?

[@zanethind]

Actually the PG Era Hart Foundation takes a bigger beating than the 1997 iteration. The late 2000s and early 2010s was some of the worst years for WWE 😢

[@notmyrealname3901]

The Un-Americans definitely got heat. I liked all the individual wrestlers, but my patriotic nerve was struck.

[@parsath_2584]

They were great babyfaces.

[@Veggieman87]

Ah, yes, the League of Making Roman Look Strong While Representing Several Nations…

[@cynthiachristie1059]

fun fact viktor is zyon in nwa

[@tomMFjones]

No nWo? Felt that their run was cut way too short

[@StageRight123]

😂

[@claymathewselevator8121]

I liked The Cosmic Wasteland

[@Lele-fu7fw]

The shield was simply PERFECT

[@tjazraf7293]

the hate for league of nations in my school was unbelievable, that really shows how good they could've been

[@shaebryant1916]

League of Nations was great. Although seeing sheamus, a guy wearing Celtic crosses and loach on his attire, team with Barrett, an English guy, was always weird.

[@JM1993951]

At a time when Americans were calling French fries “Freedom Fries”, The UnAmericans were hilarious. Christian is always good as a heel.

[@yadielenielbellecolon982]

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[@KegOfMeat]

I remember The League of Nations was basically the UK faction from WWE 12. 10:58 it was 2000 Cultaholic, not 2001.

[@SlowmovingGiant]

2 vids today on Factions/Stables from 2 Wrestling Channels and no love at all For The Jersey Triad. DDP, Kanyon and Bam Bam.

[@GM85x]

One of the finest stables ever.

[@IamLegendaryguy1998]

Toxic attraction should be on this list

[@craiganderson5813]

But they dominated NXT for months on end

[@cynthiachristie1059]

agreed@@craiganderson5813

[@Devondavis-fm2dz]

They was a great faction in nxt until Mandy got released from wwe

[@RuanAntunes7]

They don’t count as Short-Lived

[@mattalan6618]

they were actually around for over a year

[@multiyapples]

Rest in peace to those that passed away.

[@c0mpr3nd3]

If you watch the Magnificent Seven era WCW creatively was on the up. There were some shortfalls (it was WCW afterall) but the overarching creative was solid, with Steiner taking out most of the top faces (except Goldberg, that was a Russo hangover no one had a work round for) building up to either a big return for them all or a star making moment for the guy to finally beat him. Sadly the creative of the Russo era was atrocious and it seemed that that's what was presented to Turner execs when they enquired where all the money was going. I don't know if the company would have been competitive again but they would at least have looked respectable. Although with all the fans they ran off they may still have struggled.

[@faraanbabar1473]

The Shield, League of Nations, Team Angle are awesome stables, the rest were terrible except Nation of Domination and The-UnAmercians

[@Ben-dd5dg]

The WAY should be on this list

[@lilpoetat]

Thanks 🎉

[@ericgatison2154]

AOP Murphy and Rollins? They were short lived as well

[@_Pauper_]

The Hart Foundation 3 guys with personalities for make up for the total vacuum that is Bret.

[@daltonpinell6251]

I feel if Retribution had been handled correctly, they could’ve made for a compelling and imposing unit, but of course, Vince gonna Vince

[@mattalan6618]

certainly did help matters with those god awful names either

[@TotsNater]

​@@mattalan6618 My thoughts exactly. They sounded like the names of generic bad guys in an 80s beat em up video game. Seriously, is this WWE or Bad Dudes for NES?

[@SIMOLAMBOTZ]

They lacked starpower and a proper leader probably. The story was weird as well because they were like against the system but they asked for contracts...

[@cst039]

How about The Union.

[@MichaelTaylor-qp2xf]

ALL HAIL KING BOOKER!!!

[@wake-up720o4]

Is 'Underrated Wrestling Faction Day' today? Both you guys and Wrestle with Andy posted a video on it today. But a shout out to the Dogs of War, I guess, it was just another throw together group to try and get Roman over at the time, but it's a shame such a great faction name went wasted on something that lasted so little.

[@Evs78101]

I’d put Straight Edge Society as an honorable mention. That faction was seriously getting heat…but then they had the big show completely neuter the faction…. Smh

[@warfang67-PS5]

I will continue to say this the pinnicale was the best stable before blackpool 😢I wish it lasted longer

[@Julian-xj6mh]

Lol

[@StageRight123]

4:57 And sadly that resulted in Owen's passing.

[@fireyay]

I was hoping the Social Outcasts would be on here somewhere. I thought they were funny.

[@Official_GoldVader]

Where is the hurt business

[@twrx9801]

Mexi-cools first comes to mind

[@williambstyles]

Radicalz was January of 2000 not 2001

[@mattalan6618]

the Mega Powers

[@StageRight123]

This list isn't about tag teams that stayed together for two years. It's about stables that were short lived.

[@mattalan6618]

@@StageRight123 oh ok. then The Mega Powers

[@conradojavier7547]

AKA if Vince didn't Stroke his Ego.

[@mister_vulgar]

League of Nations could’ve been awesome if they weren’t made just to put Roman over

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Social Outcasts

[@theharv1490]

I know this isn't WWE but the Outcasts in AEW didn't last either

[@ericthomas917]

The Un-Americans was a bad idea considering 9/11 happened just a year prior

[@wriththing9489]

The Greater Good should've lasted longer

[@edgefriends]

CTC

[@LwandaMandla-eo3io]

Yeet

[@CSC52698]

I was looking forward to the League of Nations, and then Del Rio joined the group. Lost all interest immediately. Plus, they were only so Roman could have someone to beat up.

[@Boyforsale]

Never been first before

[@Julian-xj6mh]

How fkin sad how that's an accomplishment for you

[@dasher920]

League of nation was much better in the WWE video game

[@dasher920]

@@urbaindelva7869 WWE 12 It consisted of William Regal , Alberto Del Rio, Drew, McIntyre, and shamus

[@GryHen-pg9iy]

I miss the ascension! To me they were a better version of the demolition

[@willurbanovitch3020]

All this page has done was complain about the League of Nations, yet you wanted it to be longer?

[@wanderlustwarrior]

Better, not longer. Also, "page"?

[@manikfl0385]

I'd trade the Hurt Business to the Bloodline👋 some interest?🫶