10 WCW Ideas Eric Bischoff Can Use To Boost SmackDown

6. Bring Back Stable Wars

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Whether it was in the WWF, WCW or even in ECW, the boom period of the ‘90s saw the wrestling landscape littered with stables.

Previously, there had only been the odd stable here or there – such as the legendary Four Horsemen – but the ‘90s gave us the likes of the New World Order, D-Generation X, Hart Foundation, The Corporation, The Ministry, Raven’s Flock, and, er, Disciples of Apocalypse.

The New Day are the only official stable on SmackDown right now, but a great start to bringing back stables and factions would be to make Shane McMahon’s current group of minions into an official, formal group. Then again, some of Shane’s lackies are technically Raw guys. But still, the principal stands that having Shane O’Mac assemble his own villainous faction would make sense.

When done correctly and using talents who have natural chemistry with and against each other, stable wars can be all kinds of fun; Bischoff knows this better than most. Just please, no nWo B Squad.

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