Abstract
The Nation of Domination was a outstanding faction in WWE identified for its black illustration and profitable members.
Farooq, D’Lo Brown, Kama Mustafa, Owen Hart, and The Rock have been key members with distinctive profession paths post-Nation.
The Rock, specifically, turned extremely profitable in each WWE and Hollywood, making him one of many largest stars globally.
In what got here to be often known as the Angle Period in WWE within the mid to late Nineteen Nineties, faction warfare turned commonplace. The WWE began to type a number of totally different factions, reminiscent of D-Technology X, The Ministry of Darkness and The Company.
The Nation was one among WWE’s first stables, alongside DX, which shaped one of many earliest constructions of factions in WWE, with each events feuding always from 1996 to 1998. The Nation’s run was solely a brief one with the faction solely current for simply over two years. Nonetheless, their legacy lives on with among the largest names inside and outdoors skilled wrestling.
This faction turned well-known as a result of their prominence of black illustration, but additionally for the potential proven by a lot of their youthful members. The Nation, in hindsight, has proven the calculated transfer it was with the quantity of success a lot of its members had following the disbandment of the faction.
We have checked out D-Technology X beforehand, so now it is time to have a look at the Nation of Domination turning into a well-known chapter within the historical past of WWE and what occurred to the 5 most important members of one among WWE’s most profitable stables.
Farooq
Ron Simmons, often known as Farooq, was the founder and chief of the Nation of Domination. Changing into the primary black World Champion in American skilled wrestling when he was a member of the WCW roster, Farooq was an apt option to be the chief and mentor for the rising expertise WWE needed to supply.
After shedding the management of the Nation to The Rock, Farooq swiftly left and moved to the Ministry of Darkness, the place he turned a tag crew enforcer for the secure with Bradshaw. The tag crew, which turned often known as the Acolyte Safety Company, or APA for brief, went on to turn out to be one among WWE’s most profitable tag groups, feuding with the likes of the Hardy Boyz, the Dudley Boyz, Edge & Christian, and the New Age Outlaws.
Simmons went on to work backstage in WWE after his partnership with Bradshaw ended, whereas nonetheless making the odd cameo look for WWE to at the present time.
D’Lo Brown
D’Lo Brown was seen as one of many brightest younger stars in WWE within the late Nineteen Nineties. Debuting within the WWE as a member of The Nation of Domination, Brown’s in-ring prowess was proven all through as a member of the secure. Brown went on to type a tag crew inside the faction with lesser member Mark Henry close to the top of the secure’s life.
After leaving the secure, D’Lo Brown went on to win each the European Championship and Intercontinental Championship on the similar time, a feat solely achieved by Kurt Angle, Rob Van Dam, and Jeff Jarrett.
Brown left the WWE in 2003 after a struggling singles profession on the flip of the Millennium. After he departed from the WWE, he went on to wrestle for promotions reminiscent of TNA and New Japan Professional Wrestling till 2022, when he retired from wrestling.
Kama Mustafa
Charles Wright returned to the WWE in 1997 after an notorious run as Papa Shango years prior. Whereas the Shango gimmick hadn’t labored and is understood principally for his gaffe within the WrestleMania VII most important occasion, Wright got here again as Kafa Mustafa and joined the Nation of Domination.
Kama turned often known as the Nation of Domination’s “Supreme Preventing Machine” throughout his year-long tenancy within the secure. Nonetheless, the Kama character additionally didn’t final too lengthy, with Wright being become The Godfather shortly after the dissolution of the Nation of Domination.
Arguably taking place as one of many Angle Period’s most memorable and appreciated characters, the Godfather went on to win the Intercontinental Championship and was immortalised within the WWE Corridor of Fame in 2016.
Owen Hart
Arguably probably the most complicated addition to the Nation of Domination, the late Owen Hart joined the faction in April 1998, turning into co-leader till the top of the faction in October of the identical 12 months.
Changing into often known as the “Black Hart”, the youthful brother of Bret Hart made the Nation of Domination his residence and seamlessly joined the faction with out many individuals questioning the partnership not too lengthy after. His tenure with the Nation of Domination allowed him to flee the fixed rumours of backlash surrounding the exit of his brother Bret, who infamously left the WWE after the Montreal Screwjob at Survivor Collection in 1997.
His wealth of expertise as an in-ring wrestler and talent to chop comedic, in addition to critical promos, helped the Nation of Domination keep outstanding all through the top of its run and was solely cut up up as a result of majority of the members turning into profitable singles stars.
Hart tragically handed away throughout the stay Over The Edge pay-per-view in Could 1999, falling from the rafters of Kansas Metropolis’s Kemper Area. His loss of life was dominated formally as inside bleeding from blunt pressure trauma, with Hart being aged simply 34 years outdated.
The Rock
Simply probably the most profitable member of the Nation of Domination, if not all {of professional} wrestling, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson joined the Nation shortly after his failed singles push at the beginning of his profession inside the WWE. Beginning his profession as “Rocky Maivia”, Johnson turned so disliked by the WWE crows that you could possibly hear chants of “Die Rocky, Die”.
Upon becoming a member of the Nation of Domination, the Heel flip for The Rock allowed his cocky aspect to disclose itself to the group and finally turned the chief as a result of sheer rise in his reputation. His rise by way of the Nation of Domination allowed him to have one among his most iconic feuds when Triple H and The Rock feuded over the Intercontinental Championship, with each wrestlers swapping the title a number of instances.
After leaving the Nation, The Rock went on to win almost the whole lot there may be within the WWE. However extra success got here to Johnson in Hollywood, the place he turned one of many largest film stars on the planet.
His funding in TKO holdings over the previous 18 months has seen him return extra to the WWE, together with being in the principle occasion of WrestleMania 40 in a tag-team match with Roman Reigns towards Seth Rollins and Cody Rhodes.
