BY MICHAEL GOODPASTER
(FOUR) LWO
The question is was the LWO a parody of the NWO or an extension of it? The Latino World Order had a pretty nice crew of Mexican cruiserweights and luchadores. It was an amusing run for while it lasted. I think it’s a big reason for La Parka’s popularity in America. His charisma really shined when this group was active.
(THREE) TRIPLE X
TNA used to have its own identity and branding before becoming a WWE-lite. At one point they had a kick ass X-Division group that featured Christopher Daniels, Low-ki, and Elix Skipper. Daniels hung out with TNA for the long haul, Low-Ki had a run in WWE, and sadly Elix seemed to have stepped away from the business. These guys just meshed really well together and were a really cool stable. If TNA were higher profile at the time they would have been really popular.
(TWO) TEAM CANADA
This is another early TNA stable. Scott D’Amore managed a pretty rad sour man squad with A1, Bobby Rood, Petey Williams, and Eric Young. It actually blows my mind that I didn’t have to look that up. I could be completely wrong, but I’m going to just be happy that I retained SOMETHING from TNA’s blurry and screwed up lineage. This group was also victim of being around before they were on Spike and as established as they are (or aren’t) right now.
(ONE) MILLION DOLLAR CORPORATION
In the 90’s Ted DiBiase came back as an evil manager. He put together a stable of odds and ends and ran with it. He took on older wrestler clients, he brought in Steve Austin, and most importantly he screwed up Tatanka and Lex Luger’s friendship. That era of cartoon-character driven wrestling was a little hokey, but DiBiase was a consistent quality addition to every angle he was in. I remember loving to hate the guy at this point in time. When people talk about the Million Dollar Man they bring up his classic spots with Andre and with Virgil, but that mid-90’s manager run is nothing to sneeze at.
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