10 Most Dominant Wrestling Stables Of All Time

9. The Nation Of Domination

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The Nation Of Domination was crucial for the progression of Rocky Maivia, and morphed from a middling heater squad for Faarooq into something entirely different by the summer of 1998.

Padding out the bulk of an understaffed midcard during WWE's return to the creative and commercial summit, Ron Simmons' former underlings used the elevated profile alongside the 'Most Electrifying Man In Sports Entertainment' to make stars of themselves in the most unlikely of circumstances. And while the D-Generation X parody skit is best left at arm's length decades later, the very concept created the need for fleshed out personas beyond simply doing The Rock's bidding.

That summer saw Mark Henry marry his rage with a romantic streak, Kama morph into The Godfather and D'Lo Brown delight the last remaining workrate pervs with a series of endless bangers with X-Pac. It all fed into The Rock's SummerSlam defeat to Triple H, but the video packages leave out just how much heat the group garnered beforehand. Hunter's Madison Square Garden triumph wouldn't have resonated half as well without it.

 
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