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Wrestling Magazine presents the Top 10 wrestling stables of all time. This list is, in my opinion, the top 10 wrestling stables of all time.

You may agree with me, you may not. Here’s the list.

10 J.O.B. Squad

Notable Members: 2 Cold Scorpio, Al Snow, Blue Meanie, Bob Holly, Duane Gill

In at number 10, it’s the J.O.B Squad. The “Just Over Broke” squad were a stable in the WWE from the late 1990’s and their gimmick was that they lost more matches than they won. The wrestlers in this stable were basically employed by the WWE to make the other wrestlers look better. To lose in wrestling is called jobbing and if you lose a lot, then you’re referred to as a jobber. If you’re a jobber, why not start a stable called the J.O.B Squad? Although they were not the most popular stable and even though they wasn’t on the cover of every wrestling magazine, they were a fun stable at the time. Their catchphrases included “Pin Me, Pay Me” and “1-2-3 4-life”

9 The Brood

Notable Members: Christian, Edge, Gangrel

During the late 90’s, the WWE had a Vampire stable called “The Brood”. They entered the arena from a ramp under the stage and Gangrel would hold a cup filled with “Blood”, which he would drink from and then spit out in the air before entering the ring. Many of The Broods opponents would be victim to a “Blood Bath” at the end of a match. This would involve the lights going out for a brief period and then coming back on, where the opponent would be covered from head to toe in “blood”. It was a cool gimmick and very original for it’s time.

8 The Radicalz

Notable Members: Dean Malenko, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn

The Radicalz were a group of guys from the WWE’s rival wrestling organisation, the now defunct WCW. They didn’t like the way they were being used in WCW and jumped ship to the WWE in 2000. It was a cool way the WWE brought the guys in. They made their debut on RAW IS WAR, the WWE’s Monday night show at the time as guests and friends of Mick Foley who happened to just be “in the audience”. It was an unusual and interesting angle as they all had street clothes on. The group broke up pretty much as soon as it started, as all the wrestlers in the group wanted to grow on their own.

7 The Dudley Family

Notable Members: Dudley Dudley, Big Dick Dudley, Snot Dudley, D W Dudley, Sign Guy Dudley, Bubba Ray Dudley, Chubby Dudley, Spike Dudley

The Dudley Family were a major part in ECW history. They were a large stable consisting of “Half Brothers” in the original ECW. The groups gimmick was that even though they all looked completely different, they were all the sons of a womaniser in the form of “Big Daddy” Dudley.

6 Evolution

Notable Members: Batista, Randy Orton, Ric Flair, Triple H

Evolution was a wrestling stable that consisted of “The Best” in professional wrestling from the past, present and future. The past being Ric Flair, the present being Triple H and the future being Batista and Randy Orton.

5 Nation Of Domination

Notable Members: Ahmed Johnson, Clarence Mason, Crush, D’Lo Brown, Faarooq, JC Ice, Kama Mustafa, Mark Henry, Owen Hart, Savio Vega, The Rock, Wolfie D

By any means necessary! The Nation Of Domination were a heel stable from the late 1990’s. Louis Farrakhan’s Nation of Islam seemed to be the inspiration for the group. This was around the late 90’s when the WWE has lots of stables or “gangs.” The Nation did tend to use the race card a lot in their angles suggesting they didn’t get title shots because they were black.

4 Hart Foundation

Notable Members: Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart, Owen Hart, Davey Boy Smith, Brian Pillman, Jimmy Hart

The Hart Foundation started in the WWE in 1985 when Bret “Hitman” Hart and Jim “Anvil” Neidhart were put together, with Jimmy “Mouth Of The South” Hart as their manager. In 1997 Bret Hart teamed up with Jim Neidhart, Owen Hart, The British Bulldog and Brian Pillman as another variation of the Hart Foundation which most people consider the most successful, holding every available WWE title at the time. The Hart Foundation were everywhere, from a wrestling magazine, to wrestling tshirts. Their Gimmick was of anti-americans. They would frequently come to the ring with Canadian and British Flags. Nattie Neidhart, Harry Smith and Tyson Kidd now wrestle for WWE with a new name, The Hart Dynasty.

3 DX

Notable Members: “Bad Ass” Billy Gunn, Chyna, “Road Dogg” Jesse James, “Ravishing” Rick Rude, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, X-Pac

D-Generation X aka Degeneration X, DX and D-X were a popular stable originating in the attitude era of 1997 for the WWE. Their gimmick was that they did and said what they thought were funny no matter how provocative the things they said and did were. The original version of DX consisted of Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Chyna and “Ravishing” Rick Rude. When Shawn Michaels became injured, Triple H took over and brought in X-Pac and the New Age Outlaws and the second version of DX was born. The last incarnation was of just Shawn Michaels and Triple H. In 2010 they broke up as Shawn Michaels retired.

2 The Four Horsemen

Notable Members: Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson, Tully Blanchard, James J. “JJ” Dillon

Forming in 1986 in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), The Four Horsemen were a group of guys that were the best of the best. More often than not, they all held a title. They rode limos to arenas and slept with lots of women and generally lived a playboy lifestyle. They were many incarnations of The Four Horsemen, but the main one was of Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson and Tully Blanchard with James J. “JJ” Dillon as their manager.

1 nWo

Notable Members: Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Eric Bischoff

At number 1 we have the greatest wrestling stable of all time, the New World Order or as they are more commonly known, the nWo. The nWo was a wrestling stable originating in WCW. Their gimmick was of an invasion of WCW by what appeared to be WWE superstars. Scott Hall and Kevin Nash, (who wrestled as Razor Ramon and Diesel in the WWE), invaded WCW using the name “The Outsiders” and with the promise to take over the company. It was a confusing and interesting idea as they were what appeared to be WWE wrestlers working for the WWE coming to take over WCW. They recruited Hulk Hogan to join them as the New World Order. This was a massive thing at the time as Hulk Hogan was the ultimate good guy and for him to turn on his fans made it exciting to watch.

Each week the nWo would beat up a member of WCW on screen then that member either joined the nWo or got beaten up by them. The nWo were massive. At least 1 member would be on the cover of a wrestling magazine nearly every week. There were many incarnations of the nWo, including the wolfpac and many imitations such as Latino World Order and the Blue World Order. Why is this group number 1? Because I truly believe that the nWo started the whole attitude era and made Wrestling a more adult show for the more mature viewers and less of a cartoon for kids.

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Wrestling Magazine presents the top 10 baby faces of all time. This list is in my opinion, the top 10 baby faces of all time. Some may call this list controversial; other people may think I should have included other wrestlers. Feel free to discuss. Here’s the list.

10. Mick Foley/Mankind/Cactus Jack/Dude Love

He’s more than just a glorified stuntman…. Mick Foley and all his personas come in at number 10. Trained by Dominic DeNucci, Mrs Foley’s baby boy has basically lived for wrestling all his life. Not only is he one of the most loved baby faces in the business but he is also a New York Times bestselling author.

9. The Undertaker

The Undertaker debuted in the WWE in 1990 at the survivor series. Originally brought in to the WWE as a heel (bad guy), he soon turned into a fan favourite. Undertaker has an impressive streak of 17 wins and 0 losses at the biggest wrestling event ever, Wrestlemania. Apart from his American Bad Ass gimmick, which the little we say about the better, Undertaker has been a top face for years and at 44 years old, he’s still kicking ass.

8. Goldberg

Bill Goldberg was originally a football player with the Atlanta Falcons and quickly got into wrestling even though originally he wasn’t a wrestling fan and had no real interest in wrestling. He signed up at the WCW Power Plant, the training facility for aspiring wrestlers and was soon on national TV. Goldberg quickly became a top face during the late 1990’s mainly because of his ridiculous winning streak which was like 173-0 until it got ended by Kevin Nash and Scott hall. Goldberg was WCW’s top star during the Monday Night Wars and deserves his place at number 8.

 
7. Dusty Rhodes

He’s just a common man! Born Virgil Riley Runnels, Jr. it’s hardly surprising the guy changed his name to Dusty Rhodes. Arguably. the most charismatic and entertaining wrestler ever, Dusty was the biggest face of the late 70’s and early 80’s. “The American Dream” won his first world heavyweight title from Harley race in 1979 and would go on to win it 2 more times. Dusty also has 2 sons that are professional wrestlers, Goldust and Cody Rhodes.

6. The Rock

Can you smell what The Rock is cooking? Dwayne Johnson is one of the most influential, charismatic and slickest baby faces of all time. The Rock is a third generation wrestler, his father is Rocky Johnson and his grandfather was the late Peter Maivia. He has lots of relatives that were or are wrestlers such as his uncles, The Wild Samoans and his cousins Manu, Yokozuna, Rikishi, Rosey, and Umaga. The Rock was brought in originally to the WWE as the ultimate baby face, he even had the nickname “The Blue Chipper”, but was booed a lot and chants of “Die Rocky Die” and “Rocky Sucks” were frequent amongst his early matches as he was coming across as being too clean-cut. This was during the time Stone Cold Steve Austin was becoming popular and the attitude era was starting. Rocky changed his name to The Rock, went on to do some of the best promos ever, which included talking about himself in the third person. These entertaining promos quickly won the fans over and made them realise The Rock was not just a one dimensional good guy. The Rock went from wrestling into acting to star in many Hollywood Films such as The Mummy Returns and The Scorpion King.

5. Ultimate Warrior

The face painted, muscleman from Parts Unknown was so intense he would run to the ring before a match, shake the ropes and then beat someone up in about 30 seconds. He couldn’t do a promo to save his life, he’d look up to the heavens and the gods and talk gibberish for about 2 to 3 minutes, but that didn’t matter, he looked awesome and his energy and intensity soon took him to super stardom.

4. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin

The rattlesnake revolutionised wrestling in the late 1990’s with his “Don’t give a damn” attitude. Although Austin was originally brought into the WWE as a heel, he quickly became a fan favourite for kicking everyone’s ass. He ever got to beat up his boss and who wouldn’t love to do that? The whole Attitude era of the late 1990’s should be down to Vince McMahon and Stone Cold Steve Austin.

3. Bret “Hitman” Hart

Bret “Hitman” Hart is without a shadow of a doubt the best wrestler ever to come from Canada. Some people even argue he is the best wrestler of all time. Coming from the famous Hart Family, Bret has had a number of relatives that are or were wrestlers, such as Jim Neidhart, Owen Hart and “The British Bulldog” Davey Boy Smith. Starting out in the WWE as one half of “The Hart Foundation” with his brother in law, Jim “The Anvil” Neidhart, the self proclaimed “Best there is, best there was and the best there ever will be” soon became a singles competitor and was quickly a top baby face throughout the early 1990’s in the WWE. The “Excellence of Execution” deserves his space at number 3.

2. Sting

Sting is probably the most famous wrestler to have never worked for WWE. Sting was WCW’s top baby face in the 80’s 90’s and 00’s before its demise and was on many of their wrestling magazine covers. Sting now wrestles for TNA. Sting is a legend and an icon and definitely deserves his spot as the number 2 baby face of all time.

1. Hulk Hogan

Hulk Hogan is without question the number 1 baby face of all time. During the 80’s, Hogan had 24 inch arms or “pythons” as he called them and he encouraged his little hulksters or hulkamaniacs to “train, say your prayers, and take your vitamins!” Alongside Vince McMahon, Hulk Hogan changed the face of wrestling from the “circus like” dingy territories to a global phenomenon. Hulk Hogan is like a cartoon character that has come to life. He even had his own cartoon! He graced the cover of many a wrestling magazine, probably more than anyone else in the business. He has loads of Merchandise from wrestling clothes to wrestling games. The larger than life superhero was and still is a role model for many children of the 1980’s. The real American has beaten everyone in the business. Hulkamania WILL never die, it was and still is running wild brother…

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