Not all professional wrestling stables have been as successful as The Four Horsemen were.
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Like anything in wrestling, for every stable that captured the fans' imagination, there were at least as many that never should have made it past the drawing board. In some cases, the wrestlers composing these failed stables would have been better off staying solo and in other cases, the concepts behind these misguided factions were just atrocious. In fact, these stables were so bad that wrestling fans still remember them years later for all the wrong reasons.
Take a look back at the five worst stables in professional wrestling history.
5. Natural Born Thrillers
When WCW Nitro and Thunder's ratings began declining in the late 1990s, it seemed as though Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo were willing to form any stable, regardless of whether or not the gimmick made any sense. The concept of a group of young WCW wrestlers banding together had potential, but the creative team did nothing with them. Chuck Palumbo and Sean O'Haire had a nice run as a tag team, but the stable's feuds were random and forgettable.
4. The Corre
The Nexus had one of the greatest debuts in WWE history. Like the Natural Born Thrillers, The Nexus consisted of young WWE wrestlers who had just made it to the main roster. But after Wade Barrett left Raw for Smackdown, he formed a new stable that can be best described as Nexus-lite. The Corre consisted of other former Nexus members Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater, along with Ezekiel Jackson. In short order, WWE fans grew bored with The Corre.
3. The Spirit Squad
The concept of a stable of male cheerleaders is so ridiculous for pro wrestling, that it would take incredible talent, mic work, and script writing to make it work. Unfortunately, nothing helped The Spirit Squad get over and DX (literally) boxed up the stable and sent them back to OVW. The Spirit Squad had a long run as World Tag Team Champions, but Nicky is the last member of this failed stable still wrestling in the WWE. Today, Nicky is known as Dolph Ziggler.
2. Latino World Order
As my bio below proudly proclaims, the NWO is my favorite wrestling storyline in history. However, this refers to the early days of the NWO and not the days of half the WCW roster either being "Hollywood" or "Wolfpack." When WCW formed the Latino World Order, the NWO has ceased being cool a long time ago. Even ECW was mocking the stable with its own Blue World Order. The LWO is an example of a stable of great wrestlers with a terrible concept.
1. No Limit Soldiers
When people rank the mistakes of WCW near its end, the formation of The No Limit Soldiers is always near the top. In 1999, WCW signed Master P to a contract and formed a stable of wrestlers named The No Limit Soldiers around him. Unfortunately, WCW mostly appeared in the south where rap wasn't particularly popular. Although the stable was a babyface faction, fans cheered the country heel stable of The West Texas Rednecks in their failed rivalry.
Patrick Michael lives in New Orleans and has always been a big fan of pro wrestling. Patrick's favorite wrestling promotion was Mid-South Wrestling back in the 1980s. Patrick's favorite wrestling angle of all-time was the NWO and his favorite wrestler is Roddy Piper. Follow Patrick Michael on Twitter at patmichael84.
