10 Worst Wrestling Stables Of The '90s
3. The West Texas Rednecks
WCW in 1999 were big fans of throwing anything at the wall to see what stuck. However, unlike WWE at the time, who would have saw what stuck and gone with it, WCW would see what stuck, rip it off the wall and smash it with a hammer, lest it make them money or change their fortunes. Such was the case for the West Texas Rednecks, a stable/country music band led by Curt Hennig, and joined by the Windham brothers, Bobby Duncum Jr., and near the end, Virgil (he played the tambourine, because of course that’s what Virgil would play).
Pushed as heels, the Rednecks’ major feud was with the No Limit Soldiers, a group of non-wrestlers led by rapper Master P. The problem was that the Rednecks were positioned as the heels, but as the No Limit Soldiers greatly outnumbered them, they did not get the sympathy of the people. Furthermore, the Rednecks' 'Rap is Crap' single went over big-time with a largely Southern crowd who shared very similar sentiments.
Rather than go with how the audience was reacting and capitalizing on their success, WCW continued to push the Rednecks as heels before disbanding the group by October. It was certainly a silly gimmick for a stable, but it could have avoided this list had WCW not... well, WCW’ed the whole thing.