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Originally Posted by Jaded-Dragon
Everyone knows that there are a ton of things missing or wrong with the current WWE product. Mainly bad writing, HHH, and a botching ho bag. But, after watching some old wrestling videos I noticed that a big thing that made the late 90's so much fun to watch were the stable wars.
NWO vs WCW
DX vs The Nation (when The Rock was the leader)
The Corporate Ministry vs The rest of the WWF
etc.
The parodies DX did of the Nation and the Corporation were gold (imagine that, an entertaining promo involving HHH). I miss seeing the stables interfere in each others matches, and the end result being a big showdown between the two groups at a PPV.
Evolution was always like, the entire stable vs whoever was challenging HHH for the title. Jericho, Benoit, Shelton, and HBK should of formed a stable and war'd with Evolution.
Anyway, yeah, I thought I would mention something that not a lot of people mention, yet it was a crucial part to the Attitude era.
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Stable Wars WERE entertaining. But have we not learned a thing from the WWE trying to bring back other ideas? Simply because it was successful once does not make it automatically successful a second time. IF that was true, the endless iterations of DX and the nWo would have rocked in and of themselves, instead of being so asinine they bordered on Wrestlecrap material. It's like Cena coming out on a YJ Stinger truck. It was awesome when Austin did beer, and even when Angle took a shot at him with the mil truck, but this would just be a lame reiteration.
I say let it lie.
Why? Because it will be hard to find original concepts that will not look like halfassed attempts to reform one of the major stables. There will never be another Hart Foundation, NoD, nWo, DX, 4 Horsemen, etc.
You need to take multiple group concepts that are not only wrestling oriented, but have a level of appeal. Then you have to find one that would not just be DX-Lite. Because that wouldn't really get peoples' attention.
That aside, we run into another problem: On Raw, this would conflict with Triple H, and any such resulting stable would be squashed, destroying a lot of the collective over-ness. On Smackdown, it might work to some level, given the current "Cabinet." However, I do not believe that the environment is exactly right on either show (Especially Raw, but Smackdown's got its share of reasons).
That's more of an aside issue, the primary one being more important. You see, if we keep looking to the past for answers, we solve nothing. If they had done that in the Attitude Era, Austin would have been drinking milk and telling kids to say their prayers, taker their vitamins, and so on.
I also think the current roster shape is an issue, but not as big of one.