Top Ten Stables In WWE History

Hayat Khan by Contributor Written on August 11, 2009

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In pro wrestling, singles competition, fighting alone is great but if you have an entourage to back you up whenever you need back up, wrestling will be that much greater and more entertaining.

The WWE, WWF, WCW and ECW have had amazing Stables in the past and these stables have excelled and paved the way for future factions in the years to come.

Here is a look at 10 stables who made my Top 10 list.

Comment please and hope you enjoy the slideshow.

10. Radicalz

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Members: Eddie Guerrero
Perry Saturn
Chris Benoit
Dean Malenko
Terri Runnels

The Radicalz were formed after they jumped from WCW to WWE. They first appeared in WWF as guests of Mick Foley and ambushed The New Age Outlaws after Road Dogg slapped one of them.

Every single person in the Radicalz had excellent skills to excel to the top of WWE, which caused them to drift apart and be officially disbanded.

9. Nation of Domination

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Members: Farooq
Clarence Mason
Crush
D-Lo Brown
Savio Vega
PG-13
DLo Brown
Mark Henry
Kama Mustafa
The Rock
Ahmed Johnson
Owen Hart

This group was based on pro-black theme and was a rough 'n tough faction.

There were 3 different versions of the stable, but the latest one was the most popular which mainly consisted of Farooq, Rocky Mavia, D'Lo Brown and Kama Mustafa.

This stable was made to prove a point and if anyone got in their way would be decimated .

8. The Alliance

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Members: Stephanie McMahon
Paul Heyman
Shane McMahon
Several ECW,WCW and WWF "Traitor" superstars, most notably "Stone Cold" Steve Austin

After Shane purchased WCW, he planned to invade and destroy the WWF. The WCW then joined forces with Stephanie McMahon, Paul Heyman and their ECW Alumni and this coalition was now called The Alliance.

In the next few months, The Invasion storyline was made where WCW and ECW invaded Raw and Smackdown to make them their own.

However it all was ended at Survivor Series 2001 when the two sides picked 5 of their best to go up against each other in a traditional 10 Men Survivor Series Match with the winner take all.

WWF won this match after Angle turned his back on the Alliance, giving WWF the win.

7. The Million Dollar Corporation

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Members: Ted DiBiase
Kama the Supreme Fighting Machine
Nikolai Volkoff
1-2-3 Kid
Irwin R. Schyster
Sycho Sid
Bam Bam Bigelow
"Ringmaster" Steve Austin
Tatanka
King Kong Bundy

The Million Dollar Corporation was made by Ted DiBiase Sr., this was one of the most dominant forces in the mid 90s.

Dibiase bought one of the best wrestlers by his enormous fortune and once again proved that "Everybody's Got a Price."

6. Corporate Ministry

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Members: Shane McMahon
The Undertaker
Vince McMahon
Paul Bearer
Big Bossman
Triple H
Mideon
Chyna
Viscera
The Acolytes: Bradshaw & Farooq
The Mean Street Posse: Joey Abs, Pete Gas & Rodney
The Brood: Edge, Christian & Gangrel

I was going write down and The Corporation and Ministry of Darkness as two different stables, but I remembered that they both were once combined therefore decided to write it as one.

This was by far the most dominant stable in WWE's history. They completely destroyed the WWE however their glory days were short-lived as a stable named U.P.Y.O.U.R.S (Mankind, Ken Shamrock, Test and Big Show), Steve Austin and The Rock disbanded it.

5. Evolution

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Members: Triple H
Ric Flair
Randy Orton
Batista

Evolution was by far the most dominating stable of the 2000s. Together they had all the titles on Raw (except Women's) and were the force to be reckoned with.

They would destroy anything in their path and did so with several superstars (especially Goldberg).

However, the members of this stable were far too athletically skilled to be in a stable and Triple H would not be the only World Champion in the faction.

First, Orton became the champion which made Triple H jealous causing him to kick Orton out.

Then Batista won the Royal Rumble and quit because he wanted Triple H's title.

#4: The Four Horsemen

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Members: Ric Flair
Arn Anderson
Ole Anderson
Tully Blanchard
JJ Dillon

Although there have been many incarnation of this legendary stable, I decided to only put the original Horsemen.

This legendary group was formed in 1986 when the Flair and the Andersons injured Dusty Rhodes.

The four then came together and compared their destruction to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse hence giving them their name.

This stable paved the way for other factions in the years to come as they had almost all of NWA titles at one time.

#3: NWO

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Members: http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/profiles/factions.php

There have been 7 different NWOs in WWE's history:
NWO Original NWO B&W/ NWO B-Team
NWO Hollywood NWO 2000/ NWO Silver
NWO Wolfpac NWO WWF
NWO Reunion/NWO Elite

This faction started out as outsiders from the WWF who came to WCW to take over and turned into one of the most incredible gimmicks in pro-wrestling history.

Originally Hogan, Hall, and Nash satrted the stable and eventually recruited dozens of superstars. NWO then separated into Hollywood and Wolfpac which then feuded against each other.

From that time there have been many different NWOs and all of which (except B&W) have been really successful.

2. D-Generation X

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Members: Triple H
Rick Rude
Shawn Michaels
Stephanie McMahon
Chyna
Tori
X-Pac
New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn & Road Dogg)

DX was (soon to be is) a great stable, as heel and face. It was definitely the most humorous. D-X has had one of the most memorable feuds and matches, when heel, they were one of the most hated people in the wrestling history.

They gave WWE fans moments they will remember the rest of their lives, and that is why they made my Top 10 List.

1. Spirit Squad

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Just Kidding

#1: The Hart Foundation

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Members: Bret Hart
Jimmy Hart
Owen Hart
Brian Pillman
Jim Neidhart
The British Bulldog

The Hart Foundation was the best stable in the history of sports entertainment. The faction started in the late 80s when Bret and Jim teamed up and fought as a tag team, however it disbanded and reunited several times since then.

The strongest time of the Foundation was after WM13 when Bret turned heel and reformed with Neidhart, only this time they recruited Owen, DB Smith and Brian Pillman.

The stable was extremely strong pro-Canadian group who fought against various top American wrestlers but the stable was disbanded in a period of months as Pillman died; Bret, Jim and Smith quit due to the "Montreal Screwjob" and Owen was the only Hart Foundation member remaining in the WWE.

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