10 WWE Superstars that were precursors to the Attitude Era

#7 Faarooq

The leader of the Nation of Domination

On the subject of Survivor Series '96, one of WWE's newest acquisitions debuted not only a new look, but a new supporting group as well that night. Shortly after this event, the Nation Of Domination began playing the role of a militant group that focused on the poor treatment of minorities, specifically African-Americans.

With questionable verbiage used during incredibly controversial promos, Faarooq was very effective in playing the oppressed NOD leader, all before WWE took RAW to a TV-14 rating.

The Nation was originally meant to be a vehicle to get Faarooq over, but a toned-down version of it, ironically seen during the much more liberal Attitude Era, helped boost The Rock - not Faarooq - to stardom.