WWE: 10 Ways To Book A New Nation Of Domination

Race and wrestling go together like peanut butter and jelly. When it works, Caucasian wrestler Sputnik Monroe becomes the Memphis territory's most beloved of babyfaces by advocating for African-American fans to be allowed into buildings in order to watch him perform in the 1960s. When it doesn't, there's Tony Atlas as a stereotypical spear wielding African savage in the early 1990s as Saba Simba. Somewhere between these two concepts is the WWF's Nation of Domination. Started in 1996 as an appropriation as an angle from Memphis meant to get some steam behind Ron Simmons' re-tooled Faarooq character, the Nation of Islam knockoff lasted for two years in the WWF, and moreso than any level of racial disharmony, the group provided an incredible springboard to create new stars like D'Lo Brown, Mark Henry, Kama (later The Godfather) and of course, The Rock. Thus, when rumours surfaced this week that WWE is again looking to re-create The Nation of Domination with current WWE stars, the idea could yet again prove to make a new main eventer, as well as define a new tag team and refurbish an established singles star. Curious as to who and how? Well, here's the ten steps.
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Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.