Five-Man Band/Professional Wrestling: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 00:31, 2 January 2014

Most Professional Wrestling groups are at least four of the Five Man Band, although to be technical, most of them are also the villains, too.

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 Power Stable archetypes: ||The Hero||Centerpiece|| ||The Lancer||The Heir Apparent|| ||The Big Guy||The Muscle, The Point Man|| ||The Smart Guy||The Enforcer, The Manager|| ||The Chick||The Hanger-On||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 The Four Horsemen (1986-1990) ||The Hero||Ric Flair|| ||The Lancer||Arn Anderson|| ||The Big Guy||Ole Anderson, Barry Windham, Lex Luger, Sid Vicious... the spot rotated|| ||The Smart Guy||Tully Blanchard|| ||Tagalong Kid||J.J. Dillon||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 The Kliq (1992-1997) ||The Hero||Shawn Michaels / Michael Hickenbottom|| ||The Lancer||Triple H / Paul Levesque|| ||The Big Guy||Razor Ramon / Scott Hall (though Kevin Nash, of course, had elements of this)|| ||The Smart Guy||Diesel / Kevin Nash (though Scott Hall also had elements of this)|| ||Tagalong Kid||XPac/Sean Waltman|| ||The Chick||Sunny/Tammi Sytch (if you believe the rumors)||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 The NWO (1996-97) ||The Hero||Hollywood Hogan|| ||The Lancer||Randy Savage|| ||The Big Guy||Scott Hall|| ||The Smart Guy||Kevin Nash|| ||The Chick||Elizabeth||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 The Hart Foundation (1997) ||The Hero||Bret Hart|| ||The Lancer||Owen Hart|| ||The Big Guy||Davey Boy Smith and/or Jim Neidhart|| ||The Smart Guy||Brian Pillman|| ||The Chick||Diana Hart-Smith (at least at IYH: Canadian Stampede)||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 D Generation X (1998) ||The Hero||Triple H|| ||The Lancer||X-Pac|| ||The Big Guy||Billy Gunn|| ||The Smart Guy||Road Dogg|| ||The Chick||Chyna (Subversion: she often was an emergency Big Guy)||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 The Union (1999) ||The Hero||Mankind|| ||The Lancer||Ken Shamrock|| ||The Big Guy||The Big Show|| ||The Smart Guy||Vince McMahon|| ||The Tagalong Kid||Test||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 The Radicalz (2000-01) ||The Hero||Chris Benoit|| ||The Lancer||Eddie Guerrero|| ||The Big Guy||Perry Saturn|| ||The Smart Guy||Dean Malenko|| ||The Chick||Terri Runnells||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 Evolution (2003-04) ||The Hero||Triple H|| ||The Lancer||Randy Orton|| ||The Big Guy||Batista|| ||The Smart Guy||Ric Flair||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 The Cabinet (2004) ||The Hero||John Bradshaw Layfield|| ||The Lancer||Orlando Jordan|| ||The Big Guy||Danny Basham|| ||The Smart Guy||Doug Basham|| ||The Chick||Amy Weber||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 The ECW Originals (2006-2007) ||The Hero||Rob Van Dam|| ||The Lancer||Sabu|| ||The Big Guy||Sandman|| ||The Smart Guy||Tommy Dreamer|| ||The Tagalong Kid||Balls Mahoney (only loosely associated with the group)||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 Generation Next (2005-06) ||The Hero||Austin Aries|| ||The Lancer||Jack Evans|| ||The Big Guy||Roderick Strong|| ||The Smart Guy||Matt Sydal|| ||The Chick||Daizee Haze, then Jade Chung|| ||Treacherous Advisor||AJ Styles to Matt Sydal||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 Team "Lakers" (the "Lakers" vs "Nuggets" Take That match) ||The Hero||Batista|| ||The Lancer||John Cena|| ||The Big Guy||Mr. Kennedy|| ||The Smart Guy||MVP|| ||The Obi Wan||Jerry Lawler||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 Team WWE (Summerslam '10) ||The Hero||John Cena|| ||The Lancers||Edge and Chris Jericho ( both are also the Token Evil Teammates)|| ||The Big Guy||R-Truth|| ||The Smart Guy||John Morrison|| ||The Sixth Ranger||Bryan Danielson|| ||The Obi Wan||Bret Hart||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 Fortune (as faces) ||The Hero||AJ Styles|| ||The Lancer||Christopher Daniels|| ||The Big Guy||James Storm|| ||The Smart Guy||Robert Roode|| ||The Chick||Kazarian||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 WWE's major pay-per-views ||The Hero||Wrestlemania|| ||The Lancer||Summer Slam|| ||The Big Guy||Royal Rumble|| ||The Smart Guy||Survivor Series|| ||The Chick||King of the Ring||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 "Team Teddy" (Wrestlemania 28) ||Big Good and Team Dad||Theodore Long|| ||The Hero||Santino Marella|| ||The Lancer||Zack Ryder|| ||The Big Guy||The Great Khali|| ||The Smart Guys||Kofi Kingston and R-Truth|| ||Sixth Ranger||Booker T||

Every Face team in WWE's Survivor Series.

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 "Team WWF" (2001) ||The Hero||The Rock (Was the last member on his team to survive and won the match) ||The Lancer||Chris Jericho (Had a clear rivalry with The Rock and became The Starscream immediately after being pinned) ||The Big Guy||Kane (Was originally the biggest man in the match until The Big Show was brought in) ||The Smart Guy (Genius Bruiser)||The Undertaker (Spent a lot of the angle being the level-headed strategist for the WWF when not having crappy matches with KroniK)|| ||Tagalong Kid / The (other) Big Guy||The Big Show (Replaced Team Dad Vince McMahon in the match and was the biggest wrestler in the match; first guy to be eliminated)||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 "Team Angle" (2003) ||The Hero||Kurt Angle|| ||The Lancer||Chris Benoit (Had a clear and historical rivalry with Angle, yet they respect each other)|| ||The Big Guy (Genius Bruiser)||Bradshaw (the biggest man in the team)|| ||The Chick / The Load||Hardcore Holly (The first person to be eliminated as he was immediately disqualified)|| ||Tag Along Guy / The Smart Guy||John Cena (A Delinquent who uses street smarts and fighting style)|| ||Sacrificial Lion||Ron Simmons||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 "Team Austin" (2003) ||Big Good and Team Dad||Stone Cold Steve Austin|| ||The Hero||Shawn Michaels|| ||The Lancer||Booker T|| ||The Big Guys||Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley|| ||The Smart Guy||Rob Van Dam||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 "Team Guerrero" (2004) ||The Hero||Eddie Guerrero|| ||The Lancer and The Smart Guy||Rob Van Dam|| ||The Big Guy||The Big Show|| ||Fourth Ranger||John Cena (Mysterio's replacement; See below)|| ||Sacrificial Lion||Rey Mysterio (Was supposed to be the original Lancer until Teddy Long removed him from the team.)||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 "Team Orton" (2004) ||The Hero||Randy Orton|| ||The Lancer and The Big Guy||Chris Benoit|| ||The Smart Guy||Chris Jericho|| ||The Chick||Maven||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 "Team Raw" (2005) ||The Hero||Shawn Michaels|| ||The Lancer||Chris Masters (Also the Token Evil Teammate)|| ||The Big Guys||The Big Show and Kane (The latter is also the Token Evil Teammate)|| ||The Smart Guy||Carlito (Also the Token Evil Teammate)||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 "Team Smackdown" (2005) ||The Hero||Batista|| ||The Lancer||Randy Orton (Also the Token Evil Teammate and The Starscream)|| ||The Big Guy||Bobby Lashley|| ||The Smart Guy (Genius Bruiser)||JBL (Also the Token Evil Teammate)|| ||The Tagalong Kid||Rey Mysterio|| ||Sacrificial Lion||Eddie Guerrero (Originally The Lancer until his untimely death.)||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 "Team WWE Legends" (2006) ||The Hero||Ric Flair|| ||The Lancer||Arn Anderson|| ||The Big Guy||Sgt. Slaughter|| ||The Smart Guy||Dusty Rhodes|| ||The Chick / The Load||Ron Simmons|| ||Sacrificial Lion||Roddy Piper||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 "Team D Generation X" (2006) ||The Hero||Shawn Michaels|| ||The Lancer||Triple H|| ||The Big Guy||Jeff Hardy|| ||The Smart Guy||CM Punk|| ||The Chick||Matt Hardy||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 "Team John Cena" (2006) ||The Hero||John Cena|| ||The Lancer||Bobby Lashley|| ||The Big Guy||Kane|| ||The Smart Guy||Rob Van Dam|| ||The Chick||Sabu||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 "Team Triple H" (2007) ||The Hero||Triple H|| ||The Lancer||Jeff Hardy|| ||The Big Guy||Kane|| ||The Chick||Rey Mysterio|| ||Sacrificial Lion||Matt Hardy||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 "Team HBK" (2008) ||The Hero||Shawn Michaels|| ||The Lancer||Rey Mysterio|| ||The Big Guy||The Great Khali|| ||The Smart Guys||Cryme Tyme (Shad & JTG)||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 "Team Batista" (2008) ||The Hero and The Big Guy||Batista|| ||The Lancer||Matt Hardy|| ||The Chick||R-Truth|| ||The Smart Guy||CM Punk|| ||The Tagalong Kid||Kofi Kingston||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 "Team Morrison" (2009) ||The Hero||John Morrison|| ||The Lancer||Matt Hardy|| ||The Big Guy||Finlay|| ||The Smart Guy||Shelton Benjamin|| ||The Chick||Evan Bourne||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 "Team Kingston" (2009) ||The Hero||Kofi Kingston|| ||The Lancer||Christian|| ||The Big Guy||Mark Henry|| ||The Smart Guy||MVP|| ||The Chick||R-Truth||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 "Team Mickie" (2009) ||The Hero||Mickie James|| ||The Lancer||Melina|| ||The Big Guy||Gail Kim|| ||The Smart Guy||Eve Torres|| ||The Chick||Kelly Kelly||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 "Team Rey Mysterio" (2010) ||The Hero||Rey Mysterio|| ||The Lancer||Kofi Kingston|| ||The Big Guy||The Big Show|| ||The Smart Guy||MVP|| ||The Tagalong Kid||Chris Masters||

||border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 "Team Orton" (2011) ||The Hero||Randy Orton|| ||The Lancer(s)||Sheamus or/and Kofi Kingston|| ||The Big Guy(s)||Mason Ryan or/and Sheamus|| ||The Smart Guy||Kofi Kingston|| ||The Tagalong Kid||Sin Cara||