6 Most Insane Things Happening In Wrestling Right Now (Nov 24)

4. The Least Faction-Looking Faction Ever

Shane McMahon Triple H
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A great wrestling faction should present a unified front in order to put over the idea that they are a unified front.

The Four Horsemen dressed elegantly in suits, to convey the idea that were both above you, and all business. The Nation of Domination adopted the colour scheme of their ancestral homeland as a celebration of it. DX circa 1998 wore army fatigues to put themselves at the forefront of conversation during the Monday Night War. The Shield all wore the same outfits - or at least they did, before it was decreed that Roman Reigns is still The Guy. He got to wear his own t-shirt at Survivor Series, adding to the resentment. Evolution dressed elegantly in suits, to convey the hilarious idea that early-'00s Triple H = mid-'80s Ric Flair.

You get the idea.

You get the idea; WWE creative, evidently, does not; on this week's RAW, Paige returned - and was joined by Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville in a new faction. They could not look like they hang out with one another any less. A goth, a Barbie and a kick-boxer isn't a wrestling faction; it's literally the set-up of a joke.

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