Top 10 Factions In Pro Wrestling History

Members: AJ Styles, Robert Roode, James Storm, Frankie Kazarian, Ric Flair (manager)

TNA has had its ups and downs. They brought in many talented wrestlers from WWE. However, they have done a good job at building their own homegrown talent. Styles, Roode, Storm and Kazarian have been with TNA since the beginning and achieved success on their own. With Flair trying to recreate the Four Horsemen, these individuals got over as a formidable unit in TNA.

Members; Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon, The Rock, Big Boss Man, Ken Shamrock, Test

The evil boss and son, the henchmen and the hand-picked champion. It couldn't have been scripted any better. The Rock was trying to reach the level of Stone Cold Steve Austin, but he would still hear a smattering of boos. Vince and Shane helped Rock win the WWE Championship at the 1998 Survivor Series and the top heel was born. The Rock excelled as the cocky heel and was a great addition to the Austin/McMahon rivalry.

Members: Andre the Giant, Rick Rude, King Kong Bundy, Haku, Mr. Perfect, Bobby Heenan (manager), and others

While there were many versions of The Heenan Family, the WWE version had the biggest exposure. Trying to take out Hulk Hogan and Hulkamania, Heenan aligned himself with any superstar he could. In addition, the Family did its best to win as many championships as possible, and its members captured all the championships at one point or another. The Family ultimately failed at taking out Hogan, but their mark was made.

Members: Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns

The Shield is the most-recent faction on my list, but with good reason. The three rookies made a huge impact at the 2012 Survivor Series (does everything memorable happen at this event?). They targeted Ryback in the main event and would go on to triple powerbomb everyone in their way, including The Undertaker and The Rock. The three captured gold at the 2013 Extreme Rules. While the group is now separated, they made a huge impact on the WWE Universe in a short amount of time.

Members: Bret Hart, Owen Hart, British Bulldog, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, Brian Pillman

In the second half of 1997, Bret Hart was a heel and began cutting anti-American promos after the events of WrestleMania 13. The pro-Canadian group were easy heels for the WWE fans to hate. It helped even more when they went after the top guy, Steve Austin. At one point, the group held all of the championships available.

The group disbanded months later after the death of Brian Pillman and Bret Hart left for WCW. However, the success of the group was not to be ignored.

Members: Triple H, Ric Flair, Randy Orton, Batista

This group began with Flair helping Triple H retain his World Heavyweight championship on multiple occasions. A few months later, Flair would began accompanying Batista to the ring. Orton joined a few weeks later, and the formation was complete. All four men would hold championships at the end of the 2003 Armageddon pay-per-view. Evolution would be no more by the time 2005 rolled around.

The group reunited briefly in 2014 to challenge The Shield. Who knows if they will reunite again, but the fact remains they were the most dominant group on Raw.

Members: Triple H, X-Pac, Road Dogg, Billy Gunn, Chyna

Are you ready? I said, are you ready? Then, let's get ready to talk about DX. The original group was Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Chyna and Rick Rude. They were good, but the second version was much better. The antics by the new DX grabbed the attention of fans in every demographic. The feud with The Nation put Rock and Triple H on the map. Also, all four men (and women) were talented. Along with Austin and Rock, DX were a mainstay on WWE programming during the Attitude Era.

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Members: Michael "P.S" Hayes, Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy, Buddy Roberts

The Fabulous Freebirds were the innovators of the three-man team. The group had an excellent rivalry with the Von Erich family all over the state of Texas, with the Freebirds being the heels. During their run in NWA, the group won the tag titles, forcing promoters to create the "Freebird Rule," which means any two members of the group could defend the titles. That rule was used by many teams in the future.

The Freebirds would be a part of every major promotion in the 1980s. Hayes was a great promo, and Gordy and Roberts were two great wrestlers. The Freebirds were good looking and they would never let you forget it. There will be a time when they will get into the WWE Hall of Fame.

Members: Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall

In order to compete with WWE (WWF at the time), Eric Bischoff signed a lot of big-name stars from his rival. Nash and Hall were two of the younger guys and were brought in to create an invasion of sorts. The two would fight any WCW guy who got in their way. The nWo would form at the 1996 Bash at the Beach when Hogan walked down and leg dropped Randy Savage.

The three would wreak havoc all over WCW. It didn't take long for other superstars to join and water the group down. While the nWo had its adversaries, the group was never shown losing or having a weakness. That is what hurt the nWo and WCW. The original group with Hogan, Nash and Hall was innovative and created a buzz around professional wrestling that didn't exist for the longest time.

Members: Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson, Tully Blanchard, J.J. Dillon (manager)

Was there another option? The Four Horsemen were the best group throughout the 1980s. Flair was the cocky, successful star and aligned himself with his storyling cousins, the Andersons. Dillon was a great mouthpiece, but Flair could cut a great promo, too.

The Horsemen battled with every babyface on the NWA roster, like Dusty Rhodes, Magnum T.A, The Road Warriors and Rock & Roll Express. They usually held most, if not all, of the titles in the company and bragged about it.

There were many variations of the Four Horsemen, including Lex Luger and Barry Windham, but were not as successful. The group would later reunite in WCW and battled the nWo, but couldn't get the upper hand.

The Four Horsemen stable was the benchmark of successful factions in professional wrestling. The group was finally recognized by being inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012.