WWE made an interesting and potentially smart move last week by taking four wrestlers and throwing them together as a new heel stable. Most of the group Sheamus, King Barrett and Rusev had been loosely affiliated previously, and they simply added Alberto Del Rio to the fold. None had really been setting the world on fire individually. Partnering these four up could prove the old adage that there is strength in numbers. The new League of Nations includes two singles champions and the current King of the Ring, so on paper they it should be a strong stable. But the question remains whether this is an actual stable with staying power, or if its going to serve solely as a collection of heels for world title challenger Roman Reigns to plow through en route to beating Sheamus for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRVhmz4eHhI Fans could get an indication of this answer on Monday night, especially after Reigns managed to beat the League in a 4-on-1 match on Smackdown (albeit via countout).
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
