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I really like your comparison between stables in the Attitude Era and the ones that exist in today's wrestling. I think one of my favorites was the McMahon-Helmsly faction, because that group was the centerpiece of the show. Everything else was really built up around it. I think a great advantage that creating a legitimate stable like that gives you is creating a sense of black and white in terms of the positions of the rest of the roster.
In that year leading up to Wrestlemania 16, there was great definition between the heels and the faces. Now, however, notice when John Cena is getting beat down or something, odds greatly against him, when the "flood of face wrestlers" rush the ring to save him, who does it usually consist of? Goldust. Mark Henry. Evan Bourne. Insert mid card face wrestler with no identity here. Not good.
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