Ten Factions You May Not Remember Part 2

Factions are a big part of pro wrestling. A collection of wrestlers with a commonality banding together to achieve their goals. The world of pro wrestling moves so fast though that for every nWo and D-X that leaves a impact.

There are several factions that are easily forgotten. Here's ten more factions that you probably have forgotten about.

10. The Rising

Some people have longer smoke breaks than the amount of time The Rising was together as a group. The Impact Wrestling trio consisted of a guy looking to prove himself in Drew Galloway, another guy with off the charts charisma looking to make a statement named Eli Drake, and a guy who was there for a season named Micah who later became Tanga Loa.

The trio joined forces in 2015 shortly after Galloway debuted in Impact and spent the next few months feuding with the BDC (Beat Down Clan). They didn't win any titles, didn't have witty catchphrases, and disbanded due to force by losing to BDC. If you don't remember them, it's ok they didn't make an impact.

9. The First Family

Jimmy Hart is a legend in the world of wrestling managers, but in the late 90's managers were being phased out for valets and Jimmy already in his mid-50's was considered "ancient". His connection with Hulk Hogan probably helped him out here, so WCW decided to take it old school and give him a random assortment of wrestlers to manage with him being the commonality.

Using the name of his stable from the territory days The First Family was born in WCW. Consisting of members The Barbarian, Hugh Morrus, Jerry Flynn, and Brian Knobs. Meng was in the group very briefly before getting kicked out. That exciting group of wrestlers didn't go very far as a successful act in the late 90's land of WCW.

8. Team Bella

In the mid-2010's during the diva's revolution, WWE decided that there needed to be a few trio's of women's wrestlers. There was Team B.A.D. consisting of Sasha Banks, Naomi, and Tamina, and Team PCB or Submission Sorority which had Paige, Charlotte, and Becky Lynch as it's members. The decision was made to add Alicia Fox with The Bella Twins and it went nowhere.

Amongst the three factions they were seen as the weakest and the team quietly disbanded a few months after forming leading nowhere. 

7. Misfits In Action

Another Russo creation upon his return to WCW with Eric Bischoff. Misifts In Action (M.I.A.) were a military inspired unit with all of the wrestlers names being puns. General Hugh E. Rection (Hugh Morrus), Major Stash (Van Hammer), Lt. Loco (Chavo Guerrero), and Cpl. Cajun (Lash Leroux). Booker T. was briefly affiliated with the group using a prior gimmick of G.I. Bro before someone woke up and realized that was a horrible idea. They later added bombshell valet Major Gunns (Tylene Buck) and Sgt. AWOL (The Wall).

The group was nothing more than a mid-card comedy act full of talent they weren't sure what to do with. They were the Dark Order of 2000's WCW. 

6. S.E.X.

Sports Entertainment Xtreme (S.E.X.) was a faction that ran during TNA's early years, and upon looking at the acronym you can tell it had Vince Russo's finger prints all over it. With some nWo inspiration, S.E.X. featured a group of wrestlers led by Vince Russo ready to take over the still newborn TNA. The faction suffered from a really bad symptom of that time which was the overly bloated amount of members in a stable.

Featuring members like Glenn Gilberti (Disco Inferno), Sonny Siaki, Elix Skipper, Christopher Daniels, B.G. James (Road Dogg), Trinity, Low Ki, Raven and the list dragged on. It didn't land an impact, the pun got old after a while and then the group disbanded into a distant memory.

5. Serotonin

Besides his grunge look and siloquoy promos, one attribute often associated with Raven was his cult leader persona. In just about every promotion he wrestled in, Raven led a faction of followers.

The Nest in ECW and The Flock in WCW are the most popular. He led Dead Pool towards the end of his WCW run. He also led The Gathering in the early days of TNA. When you stop and think those names sound familiar, but there's one group he led you probably don't remember. That group was Serotonin.

Serotonin was a TNA stable with Raven leading Matt Bentley, Johnny Devine, and Kazarian (who deserved so much more). Bentley was renamed Martyr, while Devine was renamed Havok. Kazarian was shortened to Kaz.

They carried kendo sticks to the ring and were beaten with them whether they won or lost. No one cared for the group and it went nowhere, disappearing into the black hole of factions.

4. Da' Baldies

Most factions are formed because of a commonality between it's members, but each member being bald may have been a first. In ECW there was an collective of wrestlers known as The Baldies, which you guessed it every member of the stable was bald. 

The most well known member from the group are Big Vito and Rodney Mack. With guys like Tony Devito, Vic Grimes, PN News, Angel, and Rod Price rounding out the faction over the years. The group didn't amount to anything of substance, typically lose their matches to bigger names. They did however, have tough believable demeanors that they were always a worthy opponent. 

3. Triple X

Take three insanely talented wrestlers, make them a faction and don't do much with them. That's exactly what TNA did when they made Christopher Daniels, Elix Skipper, and Low ki members of a group known as Triple X. An off-shot of the horrendous S.E.X. stable, they won the then NWA tag team championships 3 times.

That was it, they dazzled in the ring and won those championships but TNA didn't do much with them to have them stand out. Which is such a shame based on how talented they are. The three are known more for their individual accomplishments than anytime as a unit.

2. The Nightmare Collective 

Just like that you may have blinked and missed The Nightmare Collective. They were honestly that bad, it was weird no one could tell exactly what they were going for with the group and it honestly should have been shot down when pitched. The group had Brandi Rhodes as the leader who even though she was a ring announcer her mic skills cutting a promo are not her strong suit, Awesome Kong and Melina Cruise shortened to Mel. The trio later added Dr. Luther who casual fans were not familiar with so that didn't help.

1. ECW Dangerous Alliance

Everyone remembers Paul E. Dangerously and The Dangerous Alliance in WCW during the early 90's. The faction had members such as Rick Rude, Arn Anderson, Madusa, Bobby Eaton, Larry Zbyszko, and a young Steve Austin. Well in late 1999 Sign Guy Dudley suddenly morphed into a modern day manager equipped with a oversized cellphone calling himself Lou E. Dangerously.

He eventually formed his own Dangerous Alliance consisting of CW Anderson, Simon Diamond, Johnny Swinger, Trinity, Erik Watts, and Billy Wiles. None of the members were taken seriously at that point, and I was a huge Simon Diamond fan at the time. They also ran during the tail end of ECW's run when their troubles outside of the ring was overshadowing the product. Great idea, with a good execution, but bad timing.