Strength in numbers: pro wrestling's greatest stables

#7 The Nation of Domination

The Nation of Domination

After the departure of top stars like Rick Rude and Davey Boy Smith, Vince McMahon became reluctant to promote wrestlers under their real names. Thus, when first black heavyweight champion Ron Simmons was signed to a WWF contract, he was re-christened Faarooq and was repackaged as a black separatist with his own stable: The Nation of Domination.

Though the membership varied, the most famous of the group were Kama Mustafa, D-Lo Brown, Faarooq, and a young Rocky Maivia. In fact, it was working with the Nation that the Rock gimmick was born, and he would eventually depose Faarooq to take over leadership of the faction.

Controversial at the time, the Nation garnered a lot of heat from the predominantly white crowds of the mid-1990s. Eventually, the stable became problematic, as changing societal mores reflected a greater sympathy for people of colour and their struggles, and the stable was disbanded. But not before they went on a path of destruction. Here they are taking on the Road Warriors.