Factions are back. For a long old while, WWE especially just forgot that wrestling groups rule,

and it sucked. It's like being in school. To get through it, you need to have a bunch of

individuals around you. Otherwise, you're toast. They are popular again today, which means sometimes

some bizarre people get thrown into the mix for something to do. Can you believe it? It works.

That is the beauty of sports and entertainment.

So who are these heroes that figured it out? Well, I am Simon Miller. Let's go through the 10 most unlikely members that totally made it work. Number 10, Akira Tazawa in the Alpha Academy.

When Tazawa was added to the then-Chad Gable-led Alpha Academy in October 23, there was a worry.

We'd seen W.W.E. do this kind of thing before, and it was not good.

Back in the old era, it would have spelled the end despite his talent, when nope, Tazawa went and figured it out.

Even though his role wasn't big, he would make these facial expressions that made you laugh,

and in the ring he was Mr. Sympathy. Because WWE saw him as the lowest on the totem pole, he got his ass kicked,

but hey, just meant you started to care for the guy. That's the secret source. It was also subtle,

but go look at Tazawa when Chad finally went off the rails. He looked so sad. Again,

nothing major, and Tazawa's wrestling talent deserves

more, but in terms of making lemons out lemonade, this is the way. Given the Alpha Academy is still

together and Super Baby Faces, I still hope we give Tizau more at some point. Remember when he and

Otis went down to NXT and he was allowed to sort of be the guy? The dude is great. Let's do less of that dancing, though.

You don't need that. Number five, Brandon Cutler in the elite. Aside for being underrated in his

own right and always game for a laugh, Brandon Cutler has been the glue keeping the young bucks together.

Face, heel, didn't matter. Brandon would be there and gave them a reason why their backstage skits were

being filmed. He was the cameraman. He was also loyal even when Matthew and Nicholas Jackson used him as a verbal punching bag. While this is a simple role, let's use those two words again, it works. Not only is it helpful for storylines, but do you remember when the Bucks Bell from AEW when it was Cuddle who got the ass who

went. Small things like that go a long way. Given that you could also describe Brandon as a comedy

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