5 ingredients missing from the New Era of the WWE

3. A proper stable

Evolution dominated WWE during the early-2000s

True, the Nexus, the Shield and the Wyatts have all broken through in the last five years – but none of them fits the description of a proper stable. The Authority had been infecting the WWE main event scene for a couple of years, but it was more of a way for Triple H and Stephanie to run roughshod over superstars – not excluding Seth Rollins.

We have not had a proper wrestler focussed stable since Evolution disbanded – A quartet that had the experience from the past in Ric Flair, the prestige of the present in Triple H and the future in Randy Orton and Batista. The recent years have seen a new group forming simply to introduce new guys from NXT into the main roster.

A glorious exception to the rule was the Legacy in 2009 which had Orton, Cody Rhodes and Ted Dibiase – but it did not elevate Rhodes and Dibiase as intended.