Judgment Day & 9 Other Great Wrestling Factions Where All Members Felt Equal

WWE has set a tone with Judgment Day today as a faction where everyone feels equally important, but that is extremely rare for stable acts. Most all-time great groups will see at least one or two names standing above the rest, like Hulk Hogan leading the New World Order or Triple H and Shawn Michaels being the top stars of D-Generation X.

The idea of all members of a stable feeling equal to each other is hard to pull off on paper. Strong creative and unselfish talents are needed to make such a concept work and feel natural. Quite a few groups have made it happen despite the odds being against it. The following wrestling factions had all members feeling like equals to achieve great success together.

10 Judgment Day

Recent reports indicate that WWE views the Judgment Day as the top act on Raw and a huge part of their future. The main reason that Judgment Day works so well is that all four members feel equally important and share a real-life chemistry that plays out on-screen.

Finn Balor started out as the leader, but all three other members have become equally important to him. Rhea Ripley, Damien Priest and Dominik Mysterio have all become stars for WWE during their time in the group, and this run should not even any time soon.

9 The Elite

Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks started The Elite as a subsection of Bullet Club since they did things together outside of New Japan. Cody Rhodes, Adam Page and Marty Scurll made up the rest of the faction in their early stages as the top ROH act.

Scurll would eventually be out of the loop as the other four joined AEW from day one as Tony Khan’s first hires. Omega, Page and the Young Bucks all feel equal to each other when having joint angles as a faction. Cody had the same scenario during his time in The Elite as part of the gang.

8 Filthy Animals

WCW placed real-life friends together when Konnan, Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero and Billy Kidman formed the Filthy Animals. Fans loved the babyface act since it seemed like they were genuinely having fun and each member had history together as friends or former rivals in the cruiserweight division.

Torrie Wilson eventually joined as Kidman’s manager and love interest to feel like an equal to the others as well. The Filthy Animals didn’t have a leader as everyone called the shots together as a group effort based on friendship to have their underrated stint.

7 The Radicalz

WWE debuted the Radicalz together when four of WCW’s hardest workers jumped ship at the same time. Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit, Perry Saturn and Dean Malenko were placed together since it made perfect sense as the WCW names that joined WWE together.

The Radicalz had a solid run for most of 2000 that helped them feel more important as one act. Benoit and Guerrero were placed in some bigger angles eventually, but the faction saw them come off as equals. The eventual split led to Malenko and Saturn struggling after experiencing their peak WWE moments in the group act.

6 Team Canada

TNA recycled an idea that was used in WWE and WCW with a heel faction of Canadian wrestlers running down the United States for heel heat. Team Canada was more well-balanced in TNA with Petey Williams, Bobby Roode and Eric Young all feeling like equally credible talents.

Scott D’Amore was the mouthpiece, but he was never placed above the other members since they represented a team spirit, even as heels. All members of Team Canada benefited from the group, with most being ready for new opportunities after it ended.

5 The Shield

WWE found lightning in a bottle when The Shield became the hottest act in wrestling as three newcomers taking over the main roster. Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns were all viewed as top prospects to warrant being protected with such a push.

Ambrose did win the United States Championship as a singles champ, but he never was slotted above the others when The Shield were on-screen together. Fans truly believed them when they were on the same page and defeated all of their rivals by not letting their egos get involved.

4 The Dangerous Alliance

WCW gave Paul Heyman his own faction titled the Dangerous Alliance as a top heel act in the early 1990s. Heyman gave a lot of orders, but the overall vibe of the faction was that no one was above anyone else, despite the name value involved.

Steve Austin, Rick Rude, Arn Anderson and Madusa all felt equally important to Heyman with everyone having a valued role. The Dangerous Alliance became a huge hit thanks to everyone contributing to play outstanding heels at the same time with the same motive.

3 The Un-Americans

WWE created the Un-Americans faction after 9/11 when the United States was extremely patriotic. Lance Storm, Test, Christian and William Regal made up the group that talked down to American fans and took their hate even further by attempting to burn the United States flag multiple times.

None of the four members were placed into a leadership role as everyone worked together with the same goal. The Un-Americans received massive heat for their actions, but they reportedly had a short run due to most of the members not being comfortable with that much hate outside of the ring.

2 Blackpool Combat Club

AEW has done a solid job making the Blackpool Combat Club feel like a real team with everyone mattering. Bryan Danielson and Jon Moxley felt like they’d be above other members as true top stars, but Claudio Castagnoli joining changed the dynamic.

All three established wrestlers treated each other as equals to confirm no one is a leader above the others. Even the progress of Wheeler Yuta sees him as their peer after earning the respect of each member. Blackpool Combat is one of the factions that also just works better creatively without a leader.

1 New Day

All three members of New Day pitched the idea to management with full effort before getting it approved. New Day became a successful act after various ups and downs, but they never portrayed any of the members being a leader above the others.

Kofi Kingston winning the WWE Championship saw Big E and Xavier Woods as part of the story. Big E felt a bit distance from the other members during his title reign due to being split up in the brand split. New Day has thrived for almost a decade now with all three members being peers rather than a leader calling the shots,