Post by The-Rock on Jul 10, 2019 0:42:15 GMT -5
I haven't watched wrestling in forever, but today I saw an instagram post with a bunch of the biggest WCW and WWE stars from the late 99s and the caption said "pick your stable". This made me realize that somehow in 2001/2002 WWE really missed an opportunity to officially create what would have been a monumental stable consisting of HBK, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, HHH, and/or Sean Waltman.
Obviously WWE had various iterations of these guys together as the nWo and DX, and everyone knew they were buddies/a backstage crew,...but WWE they never capitalized on these 4-5 as a distinct faction. They could've had their own iconic merchandise and it would've worked as both a heel or face faction given how much main event talent was on the roster back then and with the brand split. I think it also would've been successful because it would have been a "novel" stable rather than a half baked reincarnation of the nWo or DX. Heck when they split up it could've turned into an nWo vs. DX battle.
The only caveat to such an idea would be that it may have prevented or delayed the formation of Evolution, but then again it may have been a catalyst for the forming of Evolution and/or a natural rival to the group emanating from HHH's dissatisfaction/greed to be the top guy. Another interesting aspect would be that the existence of such a stable could have also been used to treat Brock Lesnar as more of a modern Goldberg-type face character rather than the back and forth face/heel turn booking he had in 2002 and 2003.
Obviously WWE had various iterations of these guys together as the nWo and DX, and everyone knew they were buddies/a backstage crew,...but WWE they never capitalized on these 4-5 as a distinct faction. They could've had their own iconic merchandise and it would've worked as both a heel or face faction given how much main event talent was on the roster back then and with the brand split. I think it also would've been successful because it would have been a "novel" stable rather than a half baked reincarnation of the nWo or DX. Heck when they split up it could've turned into an nWo vs. DX battle.
The only caveat to such an idea would be that it may have prevented or delayed the formation of Evolution, but then again it may have been a catalyst for the forming of Evolution and/or a natural rival to the group emanating from HHH's dissatisfaction/greed to be the top guy. Another interesting aspect would be that the existence of such a stable could have also been used to treat Brock Lesnar as more of a modern Goldberg-type face character rather than the back and forth face/heel turn booking he had in 2002 and 2003.
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