10 Failed Attempts To Recreate Great Wrestling Stables

10. The Flock

Creativity was never WCW's strong suit, so in hindsight, Raven shouldn't have expected much in the way of inventiveness when he left ECW to join the high-flying Atlanta company in 1997.

In ECW, Raven was the leader of his own stable, the Nest, a waif and stray assemblage of lackeys, henchmen and paramours, who assisted Raven in his feuds and title wins.

Debuting in the crowd in WCW in late 1997, the nihilistic Raven recruited a new 'flock' of followers to do his bidding for him while he misanthropically watched on from the sidelines.

The angle was well recieved by fans and appeared to be picking up steam as Raven was joined by fellow ECW alumni Perry Saturn and Stevie Richards - and then it went to s**t.

Readily admitting he didn't understand the Raven character, Eric Bischoff had little interest in the flock or its leader and the company's booking soon began to reflect its lack of) vision.

After being joined by recovering heroin addict Kidman, the flock quickly became a gang of jabronis, including wrestlers WCW had been trying and failing to get over for years ,such as Van Hammer, Ron Reese and Scotty Riggs.

By 1998, WCW had disbanded the group and by 1999, Raven was back in ECW.