10 WORST WWE Stables Ever

From The League Of Nations and The Mean Street Posse to The Truth Commission and Retribution, these are the 10 Worst WWE Stables Ever.
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[@stevenlannister184]

The Core was basically WWE admitting they screwed up with the Nexus and trying to get that momentum back.

[@RuanAntunes7]

And then they screwed up again

[@CalvinThang12]

How would they come back if Cena still involved.

[@kevinstull8552]

Corre with two R's 😂

[@shawnmichaels568]

Poor wade barret, He went from a world championship material to a jobber.

[@TeeKayBee]

He's still WC material imo. The return of bad news is eminent

[@Lastrit_JME]

@@TeeKayBee he’s retired.

[@jjwesker1061]

To a hell of a commentator

[@ericmonaco4509]

And was given the shaft cause he was good

[@alm5266]

His Bad News gimmick got over without Vince's permission. No way back after that.

[@RKOApexPredator]

The Spirit Squad absolutely sucked but its great to see how Dolph evolved from those horrible days

[@aleiterful]

He hasn’t really done much at all in years even tho he’s probably too 3 in ring performers in the last 20 years

[@Yessica.haircut]

@@aleiterful what you just said makes no sense

[@OhSoNasty]

@@aleiterful it blows my mind how Kenny dysktra was supposed to be the next big thing in the group. Glad dolph was able to keep his tenure for 16+ years. Yeah he hasnt done much since his title reign back in what 2011/12? But he sure as hell does put in the work and loves to put over new talent

[@Yeetusdeletus897]

I’ll die on the hill that the spirit squad was a so bad,it’s great gimmick

[@aleiterful]

@@Yessica.haircut how does that make no sense? What has he done since 2013?

[@CyberChamp]

Ali's leader reveal was pretty cool to be honest. I really liked that storyline but the issue mostly was - they never won matches, a dominating threat of Retribution never won a match.

[@alexubel]

The problem with Retribution was their momentum died the moment they were "given" WWE contracts. They worked much better as a group that were outsiders.

[@michaelrivera8360]

Also it was stll midcard if WWE thought they where a treat they would have headlined a show with his reaveal

[@zanethind]

Yeah Vince buried them pretty bad

[@Streetzzz]

They never won and then the pandemic really cracked down hard so they lost the big group of nameless goons that made them look better than..5 people in masks.

[@supersasukemaniac]

Considering how Retribution where supposed to be threats, at their hight I would have had Retribution ether win or steal some titles, Slap jack and T-Bar as tag champions, Mace as US or IC or NXT North American champion, Reckoning with on le of the Women's title and Ali with either the IC or US tiles, or the NXT Championship.

[@imanimercedes9139]

Love how every list he appears on Adam drags Alberto for being a terrible person.

[@StageRight123]

Rightfully so.

[@MichaelJW72]

As well he should.

[@venomousnate7263]

Well considering how he’s been to some of the women in his life, and some colleagues and promotions, he deserves it.

[@CarbonGod666]

@@StageRight123 no

[@CarbonGod666]

Imani ok

[@supersasukemaniac]

"P.M.S was a Vince Russo idea." I mean this is the same guy who pitched the idea of TNA (originally as a joke, but Jarrett actually loved the Idea as long as it was short for Total Nonstop Action) and made a stable in early TNA called S.E.X (Sports Entertainment Xtreme.)

[@randallrona9618]

S.E.X.? Really?! 😆😂🤣

[@mycahjofficial]

*I just always knew that the League of Nations were formed just to help get Roman over because that was the time when the Roman Reigns experiment was at an all-time high, where the company will try almost every pathetic attempt to get Reigns over as the top babyface of the company and it failed miserably time after time after time.*

[@SIMOLAMBOTZ]

Yeah, it was born for that

[@BlackPawn14]

the LoN's entire existence was just... so pathetic. 4 random international guys that have barely interacted with each other unite into a single stereotypical anti-America stable, with the sole purpose of being fed to an _incredibly_ unpopular Roman Reigns.

[@BunnyGathering]

If nothing else, the UNION had 100% absolute talent in its ranks

[@quentinkaasa47]

One of the best Supergroups in the history of the business.

[@versansky75]

I actually liked The Social Outcasts. They were a funny, and talented group that led to Axel and Dallas becoming The B Team and Slater's I Got Kids Segments

[@IAWIA5]

It was another gimmick that the wrestlers who were assigned to it embraced and tried to make the most out of it, but unfortunately it was clear that the company and creative simply had nothing for them to do, not even enough comedic spots

[@LeesoP]

I forgot about The League of Nations. WWE killed them at Wrestlemania with Mick, Stone Cold, & HBK. 😂

[@reesebecker4838]

The Mexicools lawn mower entrances is one of the best things about that era of smackdown and I’ll hear nothing else

[@insignificantaftermathPROJECTS]

Hey! The Cabinet was a great group. The whole point was that his staff were there to protect JBL. It wasnt a faction to build new talent. It was to protect JBL.

[@zayviper]

I definitely agree with this. I rewatched a lot of the old smackdown episodes recently and that was pretty much the whole purpose JBL be the leader and boss everyone else around it fit the angle they were going for.

[@quentinkaasa47]

The thing I love most about the Cabinet is that the leader was objectively the superior member of the group, while everyone else was underneath him. Having the Basham's and those women as a part of it all wasn't even necessary, because JBL didn't need the help like Triple H did at the same time on RAW.

[@LordBork]

Came here to say the same thing. Loved The Cabinet.

[@xBIGFLATSx]

As a kid I absolutely loved the Mean Street Posse. They definitely served a purpose and job guys are pretty important. I don't think they really fit here bc they were never meant to be a big deal to begin with, just comedy relief. Nothing wrong with that

[@saywhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat]

100% agree. Not every faction has to be the 4 Horseman. MSP were fun, watching them get beat up was always entertaining, they did what they were supposed to do really well and were over. What more could you ask for?

[@NickC_479]

I will also 100% agree with you. Bad addition to this list because they were exactly what they were supposed to be. No more and no less. They were perfect for their role. Shane McMahon lackeys.

[@Useryuuihdaeg]

They just look good compared to what we have now 😂

[@xBIGFLATSx]

One thing I also forgot to mention was that their theme music was an absolute banger

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Them guys made smackdown 1. Let that sink in?

[@ClovissenpaiDotR]

the peak of the social outcasts was when a member entered the royal rumble and the crowd half pops because they thought it was the team extreme theme starting up

[@MegaShingo97]

Which rumble ?

[@mister_vulgar]

the unfortunate thing about the league of nations is that they had so much potential. 2 former world champs, 1 of which was even champ during the group, the united states champ, and 2 top heels. yet they went absolutely nowhere

[@optimus2008]

They were punching bags to be fair.

[@MykaelOnyx]

Basically a worst version of The United Kingdom faction in WWE 12. And honestly, it could of worked if they weren’t basically banded together to be pushovers for faces.

[@claytonrios1]

And suddenly I remember that the Basham Brothers were a thing. The only thing that stood out about them was that they were into bondage.

[@quentinkaasa47]

Remember Shaniqua? Lol You should hear Jim Cornette's rant about John Laurinaitis concerning the Basham's.

[@claytonrios1]

@@quentinkaasa47 Johnny was so bad at picking talent.

[@youngsharkydeluxe9899]

The Core Was my introduction to Stables as a kid and for that I have a super special love for them!

[@Sunprism]

I will always remember the Mean Street Posse for that amazing hardcore rivalry with Crash Holly...They snuck into his hotel room with a referee and attacked him with a room service cart

[@Thatguy-qv1wr]

The core had a pretty good theme song in my opinion

[@Extinguisher10]

I haven't watched wrestling consistently since early 2001, but I still can't help but enjoy these videos

[@dubbyu4286]

Heath Slater does look like the chick from Wendy’s 😂

[@howwesurvive767]

The Corre had an awesome entrance theme imo.

[@kalvinbaber5484]

"I Had Enough" "I Make Them See"

[@aleiterful]

“Lads, don’t be rubbish”

[@azharmoosa4005]

Please do a list of the craziest things Juvi has ever said or done. It will be an amazing piece of content.

[@spudsucker9489]

There is not enough time in the universe

[@namikstudios]

Juvi is more talented in the ring than 10 Dwayne Johnsons combined lol. Seriously, one of them pulls off 450 splashes and Juvi Drivers, while the other has... an elbow drop. A fricking elbow drop! The People's Elbow would have to be one of the weakest and most unconveniencing finishing moves in the history of the industry. Dwayne is lucky he's a good actor with mic skills because he can't wrestle for shite.

[@namikstudios]

The Mexicools were obviously just yet another case of WWE failing to do something WCW had pulled off very successfully - the LWO.

[@BunnyGathering]

How about looking at the best WCW or IMPACT stables? (Excluding the NWO)

[@michaelrivera8360]

Cultholics barely do outside WWE stuff they mostly do WWE related videos

[@danmount9462]

Wasn't one the options on the Raw Roulette wheel to make your version of the Corre theme?

[@gabvillagepanda]

Of the the stables mentioned, the two with the most tragic tenures were probably the league of nations and the cabinet. Whereas the former were composed of proven championship-caliber workers but achieved little to no success together, every wrestler in the latter held gold at a shared point in time but were outshined by other wrestlers during that era. Neither had realized their group’s potential-as champions or as contenders.

[@supersasukemaniac]

Considering that The Truth Commission was based off the Truth and Reconciliation Committee from Apartheid-era South Africa, the fact WWE decided to replace the only South African on the team kind of spelled disaster. It would be like signing Col. DeBeers and stripping away his South African military gimmick and making him a carbon copy of Sgt. Slaughter,which would be a cruel irony since DeBeers and Sarge had a long standing fued in the AWA.

[@TheMrCGW]

I Think this is the most I've seen South Africa mentioned on a wrestling list, Robin B. Smith (The commandant) , Adam Rose and Justin Gabriel all mentioned

[@foxincrocs]

Least believable thing for League of Nations was an Englishman and an Irishman getting along

[@RussianBot-kp8wn]

Yeah retribution deserves number 1 One week it would be 5 of them attacking a random person, next week it was 20 attacking the whole roster

[@johnquigley4900]

I’ve noticed that up until very recently WWE barely did factions and even more rarely did they have more than 3 people up until now

[@kyleolson8977]

League of Nations: The Alliance to End Reignsamania or the Nation of Doom. They only needed Kevin Sullivan and a Doomsday Cage.

[@Kingleon5551]

You should put the pacitti club as number 1 hahah. Jk happy new year cultaholic and subs!!

[@andreaswiesheu2240]

Where is the Legacy? That was one of the worst stables, that did nothing for their members, killed the career of Ted Dibiase jr. despite having a ton of potenial - that was one of the greatest wasted opportunities in the last 20 years at leat

[@michaelrivera8360]

To quote a podcast that I hear:"Legacy felt like they where put together to put Randy over as a star who already was a star"

[@andreaswiesheu2240]

@@michaelrivera8360 yeah, that was basicly the feeling.... total waste.

[@brandonbates9259]

It killed Ted's career??? But not Cody's??? Truth is you can have potential but that doesn't mean it will work out.Ted and Cody had a feud with DX without Randy that they actually won.Problem is after Legacy, nothing else worked for Ted

[@uttermanbo]

I actually liked JBL's Cabinet. The problem was Orlando Jordan was not a big enough star, or personality to be able to survive eating so many pins. He got the U.S title in a fluke victory because Cena was being elevated to the top title. The Bashams wore those Demolition gimp masks, but were never near as dominant. Their title runs were pretty unremarkable. I think all three of the guys could have been elevated if booked a little stronger. JBL himself was never anything but a mid card tag team guy before the Summer of 2004. He got a total makeover, and got over. The cabinet actually helped elevate him.

[@willfields2096]

Agreed

[@ljaquos]

Man I'm gonna level. I'd take the Union a thousand times before I had to deal with a P.M.S. segment.

[@vladbrad1389]

Wade Barret is such a cool guy, I met him once and had a light convo with him, he's such a cool who deserves more success and credit then he's gotten. A talented wrestler he is.

[@citizenstrife]

Just think: six months ago, Judgment Day could have been on this list.

[@RussianBot-kp8wn]

Yeah, it looked like it was finished when edge was out and they were only doing backstage segments every week, if triple h wouldn't have took over it would have been dead for months now

[@sk8terboi876]

Honestly I loved the Social Outcasts, I don’t think I ever laugh so hard from wrestling as the first time I heard Ye! Ye! Ye!

[@Not_Sal]

The core was just nexus from wish

[@thomashooks84]

I actually like PMS at the time. Truth... when you read it out loud it sounds dumb af. I remember them feeding Meat some viagra and BossMan stepping on his...uh...meat when he pinned him. Haha good times

[@23iPRO]

The jbl stable might not be the best but it worked for smackdown. At least for the cena angle. I enjoyed it.

[@RoyalJoshR]

I liked Retribution. They were just used way wrong. Ali is a legit star and so was Mia Yim (the only woman in the group). They all had the look and talent to take off. But the way WWE used them was not only bad, but a huge missed opportunity. Retribution was another pit of gold and they fumbled it. I hated it. Retribution could've been something.🖤

[@nsnwcole7840]

7:11 that picture of Bo Dallas is screaming, “Howdy” 🤔

[@LuxioV2]

I remember the Mexicools but I completely forgot they rode to the ring on a lawnmower 😂 Vince and his stereotypes

[@lowki5573]

I don't care what nobody say!! 🤷 THE MEXICOOLS WAS A GOOD STABLE WWE was the ones who dropped the ball with the cruiserweight division in 2005-2006 was a great year for that division they had so much talent it was crazy. Super crazy deserved a title run

[@johnnyirons222]

9:26 didn’t know Cena joined Nexus (far right)😂

[@quentinkaasa47]

You mean you're not familiar with the Juan Cena storyline? 😲

[@lolxd9924]

There was a storyline where Cena had to join nexus for a brief time as he lost to Wade Barett

[@johnnyirons222]

@@lolxd9924 I know but look at the time stamp the dude looks like Cena

[@scottmiller3930]

Alot of Stables really suffered from lack of time, you really don't know how well they would have done if they got more airtime and an actual solid storyline.

[@lukeledger9104]

I really liked The Cabinet lol

[@arizonashane]

I liked the Mean Street Posse.

[@leatherface964]

I liked their theme song too

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Brooks Jensen should show up on a NXT Halloween Havoc in Truth Commission gear and go as his dad

[@life0093]

I always felt the Nexus and the Core’s problem was that the whole was better than the sum of their parts. None of those guys stood out to me.

[@thesaffimirza]

Dolph could be so much more than what he is now and it's sad.

[@IslandboyWes]

Sad watching him be used to try to get theory over.

[@UltimaKombat]

Eh when you think about it, he has had an incredibly memorable and potentially hall of fame career. Wrestling is scripted after all, being memorable is more important than being a winner.

[@ShowdeQuetzal]

Its really sad that such a good song was wasted on the social outcast, altho I think I remember them having a pretty good match against The New Day

[@aleiterful]

Wait who tf was mantaur in the truth commission

[@cnotes1790]

The cabinet was awesome! It's like the perfect combo a right hand, a tag team, and a female.... it was dope

[@otsdroy3]

that tank dude looks like an older bron breaker ngl

[@user-wj1ec5pw9y]

I honestly would have liked to see Three Count, Team Canada,the Filthy Animals,and the Jersey Triad have runs in the WWE. Would have been interesting.

[@TaliaIGhul]

The Kurgan had a lowkey successful Hollywood career after WWE. Not like Cena, The Rock, or Batista, but it was a success.

[@FirearmofMutiny]

Best known for breaking RDJ's nose filming a fight scene in Sherlock Holmes 😆 But yeah, I always cheered for him, glad he found a good post-wrestling career

[@TaliaIGhul]

@@FirearmofMutiny He was also a tall Persian soldier in 300.

[@Extinguisher10]

I loved the Jackyl in Spider-Man!

[@davidcollinsjr4288]

I refuse to lookup what the timeline relation between Social Outcasts and the B Team, but wasn't that after?

[@sgtplaya7]

i started watching wwe again as an adult with the tlc ppv where sheamus was with the league of nations, i persoanlly loved them but maybe thats because i didn't know much

[@kcams358]

Yoooo the Cabinet was sick, what you talking bout Lolol 😭😭😭

[@SurfsUp-cw9rv]

I actually really liked watching the Mexicools once they got rid of Juventud. Super Crazy and Psicosis had some great smackdown matches over the years haha

[@wrestlingandamusementparkl7789]

Retribution had its optinity but looked like they raded a Sprit Halloween and found what non license mask they could find

[@undertakernumberone1]

04:41 And again we ignore that, from what I've read, the Mexicools THEMSELVES came up with the idea and it was meant to be a parody of the stereotype.

[@mitchcolburn1216]

In other words the Mexican Cryme Tyme

[@matthewpulama106]

The fact that the sheer awfulness that was The Authority wasn't on this list is a major shame. That stable was just the fucking worst.

[@lookitsricdan]

I lovvvvvvvved the mexicools. Couldn't wait to see them

[@mkgky15]

I loved the Mexicools... 😭

[@weldontucker3435]

Did the 2k story with the same stable(except swap Rusev with Drew McIntyre) come b4 or after LON???

[@claymathewselevator8121]

Pete Gas and Bobby Fish should tag team as Gas Fish or Fish Gas

[@DwayneIsK1NG]

Ngl, the Mexicools has got to be one of the best stable names I've ever heard

[@quentinkaasa47]

We are not Mexican! We are Mexicools!

[@AMarquise0211]

When he said "The mean streets of Greenwich Connecticut" I cried 😭😭😭😭😭

[@wlaw6639]

That was the joke of the group.

[@PROSKULL37]

I’d say the best are: 1. DX 2. The Shield 3. Evolution 4. The Ministry Of Darkness 5. Bloodline Honorable mention: The New Day, The Straight Edge Society, The Nexus Then if we are talking the worst here’s my 5: 1. 3 Man Band 2. The Core 3. League of Nations 4. The Cabinet 5. The Social Outcasts

[@GreenKaizer]

i liked the cabinet. it was something fresh to see on tv. during that time, the heel work they did was great. Social outcast would have been a good group if they got alot of exposure.

[@kingnotail3838]

Yo you dealin with the X-FACTOR

[@Phantazma1988]

I loved the Mexicools!

[@michaelscriver5395]

It's not that they didn't work out but somebody has to do the job and you can't push 8 guys at one time

[@antimike11]

X Factor was a bad one X-Pac's rip off version of DX

[@yeahthelozgaming]

Disrespectful to the Mexicools 😂

[@stirfry5560]

:06 the hart foundation pic goes mega hard

[@zanethind]

If Vince McMahon actually pushed these 10 people in the right way man what could've been that and if some of them got training Shane's buddies!

[@stujohn6569]

League of Booty. That was the end of them 😂.

[@ChrisBl33p]

10:35 something from this shot disappeared for almost 20 years.

[@ItsNoelleNow]

"Sometimes they got it right" Shows picture of the Shield, which was a TERRIBLE stable that was somehow over The Mean Street Posse was a superior stable to the Shield, and I will die on that hill.

[@teddycaliendo6744]

I loved the corre as a kid, it’s too bad we didn’t get new nexus corre turf ward

[@scottmccurdy6493]

Did they ever make Retribution t-shirts? I would like to get one. You know, for the irony.

[@thegoat2874]

Didn’t the corre have like 6 theme songs😂

[@derjan6666]

the mexicools were hands down one of my favorite stables

[@Afrochilla]

The Corre may have been a very bad stable, but at least their theme song was fire.

[@Bobber_Foote]

League of Nations member status Sheamus: Active and Recovered Rusev: AEW and sort of recovered Wade Barrette: Retired and is a commentator Del Rio: Arrested? Nobody knows if Del Rio is even anything

[@RedrumZombies]

Wrong about The Corre. 9:46 I was there. That's Nassau Coliseum.

[@shoebert31]

I just saw a random movie yesterday and it had kurgan in it

[@Extinguisher10]

Terri went from Pretty Mean Sisters to the Terri Invitational Tournament. Hmmmm

[@erickennedy3322]

Oddiets , and Ail guy stable was pathic

[@zanethind]

The Hart Foundation and DX were some of the best

[@namikstudios]

DX were just a lame imitation of the nWo, just as most of WWF's output during the Attitude Era was just following WCW's lead.

[@ReasonablyHilarious]

Women’s Stable In WWE that i would like or would’ve loved to have seen: Group 1: Charlotte, Tamina, Natalya, & Dana Brooke Group 2: Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill, & Ember Moon Group 3: Rhea Ripley, Liv Morgan, & Alexa Bliss Group 4: Auska, Iyo Sky, & Kairi Sane Group 5: Ronda Rousey, Shayna Bazler, & Sonya Deville

[@KnightfallStorm1337]

PBC formally know as submissions sorority. That was a weird group