It should really be written into your wrestling contract that if you get put in a faction,

you'll win a lot. Otherwise, why did you team up with these people to begin with?

It didn't work, and now, yes, suck. It also just allows a group to really find some momentum,

and 9 times out of 10 leave their mark on the industry. And if you would like some evidence,

alright. For I am Simon from What Culture, please do go and touch that subscribe button,

and this is 10 great wrestling factions that held all the gold. Number 10, The Shield.

The Shield made their debut in 2012 as CM punks his boys, but less than one year later,

they had moved on from that, and were cementing their own legacy. The first major success was at the

2013 Extreme Rules pay-per-view, where they all won titles. Dean Ambrose became the US champion,

whereas Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins found themselves with a tag belt. It did wonders

for their legitimacy, because even if you didn't watch that event, you tuned into Raw,

and there they were shining away. They'd basically just taken over two different divisions.

Even after this, the trio were always aiming for top prizes, and it's why after they broke up,

each individual has smashed it. We all know the deal with our tribal chief,

Rollins is one of the best of the generation, and the re-named John Moxley helped cement a brand

new promotion. I'm not sure any of that happens without what The Shield did, and it goes to show.

Titles may not mean what they once did, but man, they still help a lot. Number 9, Imperium.

A good old wrestling trobe is to start a stable to protect the leader. He's usually a heel that

doesn't want to fight if he can help it, but that wasn't the case with Imperium at all.

Their king was Gunter, or Walter, and the point is, he was always ready to try and destroy someone.

The cool thing with this is that there was an idea his soldiers were basically people he could

tolerate to be around. It was so damn cool. Marcel Bartel, Fabian Eichner and Alexander Wolfs

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