10 WWE Wrestlers Who Were Nothing Without Their Managers
6. The NWA (1998)
If it felt like Jim Cornette was being ribbed by Vince Russo in the early stages of 1998, it's because he probably was.
The NWA was a stable less ancient than it actually felt as the Attitude Era took shape in a rapidly changing organisation but Barry Windham, The Rock & Roll Express and Jeff Jarrett in his most dated persona looked and wrestled as if they were 30 years older than themselves, let alone their peers.
The group floundered quickly, without presence or purpose during a time where virtually everything got over, but what sucked the most about this half-baked bullsh*t was its origin story.
Cornette had incinerated the ills of modern wrestling in some hugely powerful promos at the backend of 1997 that didn't seem to have an end destination beyond getting fans to consider absolutely everything they were watching and make WWE seem less insular in general. They were tweaked to turn this into this. James E, as he always used to, deserved better.