Nation of Domination
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The Nation of Domination is a now-defunct stable that used to exist in the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment).
The group was originally formed when wrestler Faarooq was joined by manager Clarence Mason. The two characters began preaching a rhetoric of "black power" based loosely on that of the Nation of Islam. The two men were also accompanied by several nameless actors who were supposed to represent other members of the Nation. Other wrestlers joined the Nation over time, including (in order) PG-13 (a tag team consisting of JC Ice and Wolfie D.), Crush, Savio Vega, and D'Lo Brown. This lineup of the group remained intact until Faarooq became angry with them and fired the entire group with the exception of Brown.
Faarooq promised that he would deliver a "bigger and blacker" version of the Nation, which lead to the induction of Kama Mustafa and Ahmed Johnson in to the group. Johnson would be forced out of the group due to injury and replaced by Rocky Maivia (later known as The Rock). Meanwhile, former Nation members Vega and Crush formed their own rival factions, Los Boriquas and the Disciples of Apocalypse.
The Rock would go on to usurp leadership of the Nation from Faarooq, at which point the group dropped "of Domination" from its name permanently. New members Mark Henry and Owen Hart would also be added at this point, and the group would engage in a memorable rivalry with the faction D-Generation X.
Eventually the group quietly disbanded as The Rock turned face and the other members moved on to their own storylines.