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Wrestling: Supergroups
Date Added: November 21, 2009
Story By: Rio Ashley
Good day my peeps...Rio is here again with some strange news. It seems that the powers that be in the WWE obviously reads the column of this esteemed individual. On the WWE classics channel there's this show called legends where a panel of former wrestlers and announcers partake in round table discussions on certain topics. Now, last topic I talked about was how wrestling is missing managers. What was this months' topic on WWE classics? Managers! The points they made were the same one's I did, so I should keep up the good work huh? All kidding aside, this week my topic is something else we need in our favorite sport once again, Super groups: Now there is a difference between groups and super groups you have tag teams, you have groups of 3 like the Freebirds, and the Russians and the 4 Horsemen, But I'm not talking about those, I'm talking the SUPER groups like the Nation of Domination, and The Corporation for you people that were fans of the attitude era; or even the one group that single handedly destroyed the WCW; the NwO. However,there are differences, let me talk about them first, The super groups were groups of five or more that nine times out of ten were bad guys that most likely would come together and led by the top manager in the area to end the top good guy's reign and try to end his career. Normally, it was one main eventer and the rest were mid carders to "protect" him. Sometimes the main eventer was the manager as well. One team that comes to mind was the Tennessee Stud Stable where it was Robert Fuller(who was manager as well) and others like Jimmy Golden, Phil Hickerson, the Ninja, Lord Humongous, and Brickhouse Brown. Their job was to "destroy" Jerry Lawler and stop Lawler from capturing the Southern Heavyweight Championship from Fuller. There was also the "First Family" in the UWF; that featured Eddie Gilbert,Rick Steiner, Sting, Terry Taylor and Gary Young they were managed by Missy Hyatt Basically to protect Gilbert's tv title. Then there was the Dangerous Alliance in WCW (led by Paul E. Dangerously) with Rick Rude, Arn Anderson, Larry Zbyszko, Bobby Eaton,and Steve Austin, when Rude and Austin had singles titles.What these groups did was put a spotlight on guys "lost in the shuffle" and give them TV time AND a manager to enhance them. Eventually, more stars would emerge without having to give someone too much buildup because normally this guy already had heat and will turn on the group. Prime examples are Sting, Brickhouse Brown, and Bobby Eaton then, they too will go on to success in their own right. Every once in a while, the case would be when the leader is ousted like Farooq in the Nation; then another major star will emerge to take the group over, like the Rock. These super groups were a good thing because it would give fans a chance to see some of their favorite guys put their own group of good guys together to combat them (like the Dudes with Attitudes); thus, adding a REASON and a dimension for matches like War Games, Tower of Doom, and Survivor Series battles. Nowadays, these groups don't exist because of the fact there aren't even any true tag teams anymore(another topic for later)and the fact that there aren't any MANAGERS to make them work any longer. Other groups that come to mind are Devastation Inc. in World Class, the Sheik's army and Paul Jones' army in AWA and NWA, The House of Humperdinck and Kevin Sullivan's army in Florida I can go even further with the "original" Legion of Doom in Georgia. All of these groups spawned new stars like Lex Luger, the Warlord, Barbarian, Road Warriors, Kamala, Jake "the Snake" Roberts, and even Mad Dog Buzz Sawyer, all of which went on to Major success. If this aspect was brought back into wrestling again then maybe the sport will get back to the variety it needed that made the PPVs special and make the stars needed without having to waste TV time trying to build up a guy that's not good enough.
