10 Greatest Ever Formations Of Wrestling Factions

This list isn't about great factions, per se, but focussed on the most brilliant formations of a group. In that regard, the fleeting Team ECW of 2001 deserves praise.

In reality, the buzz served up by this formation was quelled by the time that 9 July '01 episode of Raw came to a close. But for a brief moment, fans thought they were in for something great.

To recap, Chris Jericho and Kane were defending the WWF's honour against WCW's Lance Storm and Mike Awesome. Shockingly, the (re)debuting Tommy Dreamer and Rob Van Dam came out of the crowd to attack Jericho and Kane, prompting a slew of WWF stars to rush to the rescue.

Then, there was the sudden realisation that the fix was in, as those would-be saviours joined Storm and Awesome as the penny dropped that each of Tazz, Raven, Rhyno, Justin Credible and the Dudley Boyz were all once top tier players for ECW.

As the perfect cherry on the top, Paul Heyman emerged from the commentary desk to announce he'd formed his own Team ECW that would decimate both the WWF and WCW.

At that precise moment, you had six former ECW World Champions (Tazz, Raven, Rhyno, Awesome, Dreamer, Credible), the greatest tag team in ECW history (the Dudley Boyz), the most popular star in ECW history (RVD), and one of the best in-ring workers in ECW history (Storm).

It's absolutely criminal, then, that later that night saw Stephanie McMahon revealed as the owner of ECW, merging the group with WCW to form the Alliance.