The 10 Best Brood Rivalries

Described by Jerry "The King" Lawler and Jim Ross as living a "gothic lifestyle," The Brood were a stable from The Attitude Era that are still remembered fondly today for their unique gimmick, their intense entrance music, and the bloodbaths they would deliver to opponents.

While The Brood were only a group for around 12 months, Edge, Christian, and Gangrel made plenty of enemies during their time together. Whether it was just the trio or when they partnered with the Ministry Of Darkness, The Brood would intimidate their rivals with their unusual antics, much to the delight of fans.

10 Viscera

Edge, Christian, and Gangrel didn't exactly play nice with the other members of the Ministry Of Darkness. They would often disappoint their leader, The Undertaker, and when they did, Viscera would be waiting to punish them.

Big Daddy V would squash all three members easily by using his enormous mass to overpower them. While the trio would attempt to use their speed to attack Viscera, it was never enough to stop the beating from the big man.

9 Ken Shamrock

The World's Most Dangerous Man first crossed The Brood when he was a member of The Corporation. With The Undertaker preparing to sacrifice Stephanie McMahon, Shamrock would isolate Christian and force him to give up the location of the Billion Dollar Princess by torturing him with the ankle lock.

The Undertaker would punish Christian, but The Brood would get their revenge on Shamrock with a blood bath attack. When the Ministry and Corporation joined forces, The Brood was the first to leave the new stable.

8 Big Boss Man

After choosing not to become part of the newly formed Corporate Ministry, The Brood would be punished for their insubordination by several members, including Viscera, The Acolytes, and The Big Boss Man.

Boss Man would go one on one with each member of The Brood to deliver his form of justice for choosing not to become members of The Corporate Ministry. After disposing of Edge and Christian, Boss Man would fight Gangrel and get a blood bath for his troubles.

7 The Oddities

The Oddities were an exciting group of characters that were meant to resemble a circus freak show. Gangrel, Edge, and Christian's first match as a group would be against The Oddities on an episode of Sunday Night Heat.

The Brood would win the bout, but their feud didn't end there. Over the coming weeks, Kurrgan, Golga, and Giant Silva would take on the individual members of The Brood, but come up short each time. Gangrel would end the feud by delivering his first blood bath while laughing from his ring of fire.

6 The Acolytes

When the Acolytes first formed, they would act as enforcers for The Undertaker and carry out any work that would need to be done, including brutally beating other wrestlers. Farooq and Bradshaw would get the order to take out The Brood after they refused to remain members of the Corporate Ministry.

The two groups would clash at Backlash: In Your House with Viscera evening up the teams. However, the match was far from even and Bradshaw, Farooq, and Viscera would demolish The Brood, ending the feud.

5 Kane

Kane got on the wrong side of The Brood when the stable was first established, and The Big Red Machine attempted to burn Edge on an episode of RAW. While the trio would keep their distance from Kane for some time, The Brood would set the sights on him after they left the Corporate Ministry.

Kane and X-Pac were tag team champions when The Brood stepped up to challenge them for the titles. Edge and Gangrel would represent the stable but could not defeat the champions, but they did get their revenge on Kane's attempt to burn Edge by attacking him with a bloodbath.

4 The New Age Outlaws

The Road Dogg Jesse James and Bad Ass Billy Gunn were two of The Brood's earliest rivals. Both teams would regularly end up fighting to no-contests, and Road Dogg would find himself covered in blood on more than one occasion that would send him over the edge.

For several weeks, The Outlaws would hunt The Brood backstage but would come up short due to the supernatural trickery of Gangrel. James and Gunn would eventually move on once The Brood became members of the Ministry Of Darkness.

3 X-Pac

X-Pac would cross paths with The Brood on two separate occasions. The first time saw DX and The Brood come to blows on RAW, with X-Pac teaming with The New Age Outlaws to take on all three men.

X-Pac would also regularly face Christian one on one, but it would quickly disintegrate into a war between DX and The Brood. The trio would later target X-Pac when he teamed with Kane and attempt to neutralize him backstage so his partner would be isolated against Gangrel and Edge for their tag team title matches. However, The Brood was unsuccessful in winning the championships.

2 The J.O.B. Squad

Some fans may not remember The J.O.B. squad that featured Al Snow, Too Cold Scorpio, and Bob Holly. The group referred to their status within the company, which was to lose to up and coming superstars. Once the stable was formed, they were surprised to find themselves winning matches.

One of these was against Gangrel and The Brood. Al Snow would score a victory over the leader of the group but would be rewarded with a blood bath. Disturbed by the event, Snow would not bath or change his clothes for weeks and compete in matches covered in the substance courtesy of The Brood.

1 The Hardy Boyz

Jeff and Matt would be one of the last rivalries for The Brood. The brothers would have Michael Hayes in their corners when they faced Gangrel, Edge, and Christian in six-man tag team matches. The Hardys would also team up against Edge and Christian and give fans a preview of what was to come.

Both teams were hungry and pulled out some crazy maneuvers to secure the victory. After Gangrel turned on Edge, he would recruit The Hardys as part of The New Brood, but this trio would only last a few weeks.

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