Five-Bad Band/Professional Wrestling


 * Power Stable archetypes:
 * The Big Bad: The Centerpiece
 * The Dragon: The Heir Apparent
 * The Brute: The Muscle, The Point Man
 * The Evil Genius: The Enforcer, The Manager
 * The Dark Chick: The Hanger-On


 * The Main Event Mafia from TNA Wrestling
 * The Big Bad - Kurt Angle
 * The Dragon - Samoa Joe
 * The Evil Genius - Booker T
 * The Brutes - Kevin Nash, Scott Steiner
 * The Dark Chicks - Sharmell Sullivan-Huffman, Jenna Morasca
 * The Sixth Ranger - Sting


 * The Four Horsemen (original version)
 * The Big Bad - Ric Flair
 * The Dragon - Arn Anderson
 * The Brute - Ole Anderson, Barry Windham, Lex Luger, Sid Vicious... the spot rotated
 * The Evil Genius - Tully Blanchard
 * The Tagalong Kid - J.J. Dillon


 * The Four Horsemen (1996-1999)
 * The Big Bad - Ric Flair (as always)
 * The Dragon - Arn Anderson (until retirement), Curt Hennig (until Face Heel Turn), Dean Malenko
 * The Brute - Steve "Mongo" McMichael
 * The Evil Geniuses - Brian Pillman, Chris Benoit
 * The Tagalong Kid - Jeff Jarrett


 * The NWO (1996-97)
 * The Big Bad - Hollywood Hogan
 * The Dragon - Randy Savage
 * The Brute - Scott Hall
 * The Evil Genius - Kevin Nash
 * The Dark Chick - Miss Elizabeth


 * The Hart Foundation (1997)
 * The Big Bad - Bret Hart
 * The Dragon - Jim Neidhart
 * The Brute - Davey Boy Smith
 * The Evil Genius - Owen Hart
 * The Dark Chick - Brian Pillman


 * The Corporation
 * The Big Bad - Vince McMahon
 * The Dragon - The Rock
 * The Evil Genius - Big Boss Man, Shane McMahon (during his European title reign)
 * The Brute - Ken Shamrock, Test, The Big Show
 * The Dark Chick - Chyna
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor - Kane


 * Raven's Flock [WCW]
 * The Big Bad - Raven
 * The Dragon - Saturn, later replaced by Horace, who was in turn replaced by Kanyon
 * The Evil Genius - Sick Boy
 * The Brute - Hammer, Ron Reis
 * The Dark Chick - Kidman
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor - Riggs
 * Tagalong Kid - Stevie Richards, Lodi


 * The Ministry of Darkness
 * The Big Bad - The Undertaker
 * Co-Dragons - The Acolytes
 * The Evil Genius and Team Dad - Paul Bearer
 * The Brute - Viscera
 * Tagalong Guy - Mideon


 * The Corporate Ministry
 * The Big Bad - Vince McMahon
 * Co-Dragons -The Undertaker and Triple H
 * The Brute(s) - Viscera, Big Boss Man
 * The Evil Genius - Shane McMahon
 * The Dark Chick - Chyna


 * Evolution
 * The Big Bad - Triple H
 * The Dragon - Randy Orton (also the Sixth Ranger Traitor)
 * The Evil Genius - Ric Flair (also The Mentor)
 * The Brute - Batista
 * The Sixth Ranger - Chris Jericho until his Heel Face Turn around late 2003 to early 2004
 * The Tagalong Kid - Eugene


 * D Generation X (first run)
 * The Big Bad - Shawn Michaels
 * The Dragon - Triple H
 * The Evil Genius - Rick Rude
 * The Brute - Chyna


 * D Generation X (second heel run)
 * The Big Bad - Triple H
 * The Dragon - X-Pac
 * The Evil Genius - Road Dogg
 * The Brute - Billy Gunn
 * The Dark Chicks - Stephanie McMahon and Tori


 * The McMahon-Helmsley Faction Regime Facgime
 * The Big Bad - Vince McMahon
 * The Dragon - Stephanie McMahon
 * The Evil Genius - Shane McMahon
 * The Brute(s) - Triple H, Kurt Angle


 * Nation of Domination (Farooq's reign)
 * The Big Bad - Farooq
 * The Dragon - Kafa Mustafa
 * The Evil Genius - D-Lo Brown
 * The Brute - Mark Henry
 * The Starscream - The Rock


 * Nation of Domination (The Rock's reign)
 * The Big Bad - The Rock
 * The Dragon - D-Lo Brown
 * The Evil Genius - The Godfather
 * The Brute - Mark Henry
 * Sixth Ranger - Owen Hart


 * The Cabinet
 * The Big Bad - John Bradshaw Layfield
 * The Dragon - Orlando Jordan
 * The Brute - Danny Basham
 * The Evil Genius - Doug Basham
 * The Dark Chick - Amy Weber


 * La Famillia
 * The Big Bad and Team Dad - Edge
 * The Dragon - Chavo Guerrero
 * The Evil Genius and Team Mom - Vickie Guerreo
 * The Brute(s) - Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder
 * Sixth Ranger - Bam Neely


 * Right To Censor
 * The Big Bad - Steven Richards
 * The Dragon - Val Venis
 * The Evil Genius - The Goodfather
 * The Brute - Bull Buchanan
 * The Dark Chick - Ivory


 * The Age of the Fall
 * The Big Bad - Jimmy Jacobs
 * The Dragon - Necro Butcher, Delirious
 * The Evil Genius - Tyler Black
 * The Brute - Brodie Lee
 * The Dark Chick - Lacey, Allison Wonderland, MsChif


 * The Rottweilers
 * The Big Bad - Homicide
 * The Dragon - Low Ki (can alternate as The Big Bad)
 * The Evil Genius - Ricky Reyes
 * The Brute - Rocky Romero
 * The Tagalong Kid - Julius Smokes (can alternate as The Evil Genius)


 * Sweet 'n' Sour Inc. 2007
 * The Big Bad - Chris Hero
 * The Dragon - Matt Sydal
 * The Evil Genius - Larry Sweeney
 * The Brute - Tank Toland
 * The Dark Chick - Sara Del Rey
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor - Bobby Dempsey


 * Sweet 'n' Sour Inc. 2008:
 * The Big Bad - Adam Pearce
 * The Dragon(s) - Chris Hero, Davey Richards, Eddie Edwards
 * The Evil Genius - Larry Sweeney
 * The Brute(s) - Go Shiozaki, Tank Toland
 * The Dark Chick - Sara Del Rey (can alternate as The Brute, teased as Sixth Ranger Traitor)
 * The Tagalong Kid - Shane Hagadorn
 * Sixth Ranger Traitors - Bobby Dempsey, Brent Albright


 * The Embassy (2005-2006)
 * Big Bad: Jimmy Rave
 * The Dragon: Alex Shelley
 * The Brute: Abyss
 * The Evil Genius: Prince Nana
 * The Dark Chick: Daizee Haze


 * Team "Nuggets" (the "Lakers" vs "Nuggets" Take That match)
 * Big Bad - Randy Orton
 * Co-Dragons - Cody Rhodes and Ted DiBiase
 * The Brute - The Big Show
 * Evil Genius - The Miz


 * The Nexus: Although they started out with eight, it's been whittled down to a group that fits this pretty well.
 * Big Bad: Wade Barrett of course, he's the leader and the one who takes on the main eventers and gets the WWE title shots.
 * The Dragon: Justin Gabriel was the second-last eliminated in the SummerSlam tag, and is the only one other than Barrett who routinely faces guys like John Cena and Randy Orton one on one. His 450 Splash is also the Nexus' strongest weapon.
 * The Evil Genius: David Otunga, who graduated Harvard and is the most well-spoken. When the Nexus first showed up on Raw, it was Otunga who handled the negotiations with management. Also doubles as The Starscream.
 * The Brute: Michael Tarver, who behaves like an attack dog, often delivering the most vicious beatings during a Nexus attack, and who can knock anyone out in 1.9 seconds. Skip Sheffield fit this trope like a glove before his injury.
 * The Dark Chick: Heath Slater definitely doesn't fit in with the rest, being more goofy than threatening.
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor: John Cena, who lost a recent match with Wade Barrett, forcing him to join the Nexus. Ultimately a sympathetic example, as he's following Barrett's orders only because the GM of Raw threatened to fire him if he didn't. Daniel Bryan is also a good example of this trope in action.
 * Cena even took out Michael Tarver prior to the GM's ruling, making him The Brute of Nexus as well as the Sixth Ranger Traitor.


 * Fourtune
 * Big Bad - Ric Flair
 * The Dragon - AJ Styles
 * The Brute - Beer Money, Inc
 * The Evil Genius - Douglas Williams
 * The Dark Chick - Kazarian


 * Immortal
 * Big Bad: Hulk Hogan (Who felt like Dixie Carter didn't fulfill her promises to him)
 * The Dragon: Jeff Hardy (Who joined Immortal cause...)
 * The Brute: Abyss (Who is slavishly loyal to Hulk Hogan)
 * Evil Genius: Eric Bischoff (Who dislikes being told what to do)
 * The Dark Chick: Jeff Jarrett (Who wants to hurt people)
 * Quirky Miniboss Squad: Fourtune (Who know which way the wind blows)


 * The Bruderschaft des Kreuzes
 * Big Bad - Ares
 * The Dragon - Claudio Castagnoli
 * The Evil Genius - Tim Donst / Pinkie Sanchez
 * The Brute - Tursas
 * The Dark Chick(s) - Sara Del Rey & Daizee Haze
 * Sixth Ranger Traitor - Lince Dorado
 * Team Pet - Delirious


 * Kamikaze USA
 * Big Bad: SHINGO
 * The Dragon: YAMATO
 * The Evil Genius: Jon Moxley
 * The Brute / Sixth Ranger Traitor: Akira Tozawa
 * The Dark Chick: Gran Akuma


 * Blood Warriors
 * Big Bad: CIMA
 * The Dragon (s): Naruki Doi, Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk
 * The Evil Genius: Ricochet, Yasushi Kanda
 * The Brute: Brodie Lee, Uhaa Nation, Cyber Kong (formerly)
 * Tagalong Kid: Ryo Saito, Gamma (formerly), Tomohawk T.T (can alternate as The Brute)
 * The Dark Chick: Genki Horiguchi, Naoki Tanisaki, Kzy


 * The New Nexus
 * Big Bad: CM Punk
 * The Dragon: David Otunga
 * Those Two Bad Guys: Husky Harris & Michael McGillicutty
 * The Brute: Mason Ryan


 * Team Johnny (Wrestlemania 28)
 * The Big Bad and Team Dad - John Laurinaitis
 * The Dragon - David Otunga
 * The Brute - Mark Henry
 * Those Two Bad Guys - Jack Swagger and Dolph Ziggler
 * Evil Genius - Drew McIntyre
 * Sixth Ranger - The Miz
 * Sacrificial Lion - Christian


 * Every Heel team in WWE's Survivor Series.


 * Team Alliance (2001)
 * The Big Bad and Team Dad - Shane McMahon
 * Dragon-in-Chief - Stone Cold Steve Austin
 * The Evil Genius - Rob Van Dam
 * The Starscream - Kurt Angle
 * The Brute - Booker T


 * Team Lesnar (2003)
 * The Big Bad - Brock Lesnar
 * The Dragon - The Big Show
 * The Brute(s) - Matt Morgan, Nathan Jones and A-Train
 * The Evil Genius and Team Dad - Paul Heyman


 * Team Bischoff (2003)
 * The Big Bad and Team Dad - Eric Bischoff
 * Co-Dragons - Chris Jericho and Christian
 * Evil Genius - Teddy Long
 * The Brute(s) - Mark Henry and Scott Steiner
 * The Tagalong Chick / Token Good Teammate - Stacy Keibler
 * Sixth Ranger - Randy Orton
 * Eleventh Hour Ranger - Batista


 * Team Angle (2004)
 * The Big Bad and Evil Genius - Kurt Angle
 * The Dragon - Mark Jindrak
 * The Brute(s) - Luther Reigns and Jesus
 * Tagalong Kid - Carlito


 * Team Triple H (2004)
 * The Big Bad - Triple H
 * The Dragon - Batista
 * The Starscream - Edge
 * The Brute - Snitsky
 * Evil Genius and Team Dad - Ric Flair


 * Team Spirit Squad (2006)
 * Big Bad - Kenny
 * Co-Dragons - Johnny and Nicky
 * The Dark Chick(s) - all of them.
 * The Brute - Mikey
 * Evil Genius - Mitch


 * Team Rated RKO (2006)
 * Big Bad Duumvirate - Edge and Randy Orton
 * The Dragon - Johnny Nitro
 * The Dark Chick - Melina
 * The Brute - Mike Knox
 * Evil Genius - Gregory Helms
 * Tagalong Chick - Kelly Kelly


 * Team Big Show (2006)
 * Big Bad - The Big Show
 * Co-Dragons - Finlay and Test
 * The Dark Chick - Montel Vontavious Porter
 * The Brute - Umaga
 * Evil Genius - Armando Allejandro Estrada
 * Tagalong Kid - Hornswoggle


 * Team Umaga (2007)
 * Big Bad - Umaga
 * Co-Dragons - Finlay and Mr. Kennedy
 * The Dark Chick - Montel Vontavious Porter
 * The Brute - Big Daddy V
 * Evil Genius - Matt Striker


 * Team JBL (2008)
 * Big Bad - John Bradshaw Layfield
 * Co-Dragons - The Miz and John Morrison
 * The Dark Chick - Montel Vontavious Porter
 * The Brute - Kane


 * Team Smackdown (2008)
 * Big Bad - Michelle McCool
 * The Dragon - Victoria
 * Token Good Teammate - Maria
 * The Brute - Natalya
 * Evil Genius - Maryse


 * Team Orton (2008)
 * Big Bad - Randy Orton
 * The Dragon - Cody Rhodes
 * The Dark Chick(s) - William Regal & Layla
 * The Brute - Mark Henry & Manu
 * Evil Genius(es) - Shelton Benjamin & Tony Atlas


 * Team Miz (2009)
 * Big Bad - The Miz
 * The Dragon - Jack Swagger
 * The Dark Chick - Dolph Ziggler
 * The Brute - Sheamus
 * Evil Genius - Drew McIntyre


 * Team Orton (2009)
 * Big Bad - Randy Orton
 * Co-Dragons - Cody Rhodes & Ted DiBiase
 * The Dark Chick - William Regal
 * Evil Genius - CM Punk


 * Team LayCool (2009)
 * Big Bad Duumvirate - Lay Cool
 * The Dragon / The Evil Genius - Jillian Hall
 * The Dark Chick - Alicia Fox
 * The Brute - Beth Phoenix


 * Team Alberto Del Rio (2010)
 * Big Bad - Alberto Del Rio
 * The Dragon - Drew McIntyre
 * The Dark Chick - Cody Rhodes
 * The Brute(s) - Jack Swagger & Tyler Reks


 * Team Barret (2011)
 * Big Bad - Wade Barrett
 * Co-Dragons - Cody Rhodes and Dolph Ziggler
 * The Brute - Jack Swagger
 * The Evil Genius - Hunico