This led Luger, his longtime ally and tag team partner, to publicly question Sting as to where his allegiance lies. [5][6] The next week, Hall claimed to have a "big surprise" for fellow professional wrestler Sting. Nash and Hogan made people choose sides and then the "black and white" nWo became nWo Hollywood. nWo Hollywood clearly lacked the depth of the Wolfpac when it came to top stars, but the presence of someone as important as Bischoff helped them out. Excuse me. Fans loved watching the chaos unfold as Nitro become more of a must-watch product live than WWE provided with Raw. [20] At the end of the show, Piper and Bischoff began arguing in the ring. [16][17] At Halloween Havoc, Hogan's old rival Roddy Piper, whom WCW had just signed to a contract, came to the ring to confront Hogan. Horace Hogan. Curt Hennig and Rick Rude pulled off one of the more elaborate double-cross in the feud between the two New World Order factions. Later that evening, the feud between Hall and Larry Zbyszko came to an end when he defeated Hall by disqualification after Louie Spicolli, who had just signed with WCW a month earlier, interfered. Jarrett faced Vicious for the title again at Uncensored[citation needed] but lost. "Macho Man" Randy Savage, after weeks of roving with Sting as a "free agent", helped Hogan win. [34] Zbyszko later defeated Bischoff at Starrcade. The expectations saw WCW hoping Nash vs Hall would be the top Wolfpac vs Hollywood feud when Hulk Hogan entered programs with Diamond Dallas Page and Ultimate Warrior. [2] The nWo angle became one of the most influential storylines in the mid-to-late 1990s success of WCW and was instrumental in turning mainstream North American professional wrestling into a more mature, adult-oriented product. The August 11, 2014[citation needed] episode of Raw, which aired on Hulk Hogan's 61st birthday, featured Scott Hall and Kevin Nash as guests. I did everything for the kids! Find out which you prefer after reading five reasons nWo Hollywood was better and five reasons the Wolfpac was the best. At World War 3, nWo Hollywood attacked Scott Hall and kicked him out of the group for disrespecting Hogan and Bischoff a few weeks earlier. The group's main logo has been parodied in various WWE merchandise for various wrestlers and groups, such as rKo, nXt: next generation, and Santos Escobar's LdF. $27.26. The second match was a culmination of a storyline involving several Tonight Show skits involving Jay Leno making fun of Hogan, which resulted in Hogan and Eric Bischoff taking over the show and Diamond Dallas Page coming to save the day. [27][37][42] As the match was still going on, Nash pulled Savage on top of Hogan and went to revive Patrick as Bret Hart entered the ring. The Hollywood faction were legitimate heels and kept the heat going for the betterment of WCW having a hated act. Sting was the bigger injury since he would have had a huge role in the aftermath. At the event, Sting descended from the rafters and attacked the top members of the nWo: Hall, Savage, Nash and Hogan, cementing his allegiance to WCW. Nash lost the WCW Championship in a tag team match at Bash at the Beach in July[55] pitting him and Sting against Sid Vicious and Randy Savage as Savage pinned him. [3] Scott Hall is credited with the group's trademark hand-signals, and Taylor belatedly scrawled the group's most popular catchphrase, "When you're nWo, you're nWo 4 life," in one segment he scripted for WCW Monday Nitro in late 1996. During the interview, Hogan exclaimed that he, Hall and Nash were "the new world order of wrestling", giving the group its name the New World Order. Hogan then submitted to Sting's Scorpion Death Lock, and the entire WCW locker room came out to celebrate the defeat of Hogan. 11:16. nWo Sting vs nWo Giant - Tag Team Champion 6-98. The New World Order (nWo) was a professional wrestling stable of wrestlers, originally in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and later in the the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). This attack, which resulted in a "knee injury" caused by a chair to his knee, would be the storyline angle for writing Savage off of TV, and he would then take a hiatus from the company to recover from at least two major knee surgeries. WCW is back in control of the title and Hogan spends the latter half of the year fighting off Wolfpac and having celebrity tag team matches with Dennis Rodman and such as featured segments, but not always in the title picture, necessarily. However, the group would be wrecked by injuries when Hall's foot was accidentally backed over by a car and he was put on the shelf (and was subsequently stripped of the title), while Luger suffered a torn biceps and as a result he and Miss Elizabeth went on hiatus. So the way it is now, brother, with Hulk Hogan, and the new world organization of wrestling, brother, me and the new blood by my side whatcha gonna do, brother, when the new world organization[12] runs wild on you? On the first Nitro of the new year, which took place at Atlanta's Georgia Dome on January 4, Nash and Goldberg were scheduled to face off in a Starrcade rematch as Nash had promised on the December 28 episode of Nitro. [49][50], On the first Nitro after Starrcade (December 28[citation needed] episode), the main event would be between WCW/nWo president Eric Bischoff and WCW's franchise player Ric Flair. If you would like to support the channel and my work, please visit Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wrestling_biosOfficial Website: https://www.wrestlingbios. Hogan disregarded Okerlund and went into a tirade against the fans while taking another shot at Bischoff and some of the newer talent the fans were cheering. Updated on October 31st, 2021 by Akshay Thimmaya: The Monday Night Wars didn't truly kick off until the New World Order was formed. And as far as Billionaire Ted goes, Eric Bischoff, and the whole WCW goes, I'm bored, brother! Pretty soon, nWo Wolfpac and nWo Hollywood were born. [17][44][46] It was not a total loss for the red and black, however, as Sting defeated The Giant in a singles match for control of the vacated WCW World Tag Team Championship. WWE News: Eric Bischoff reveals the real reason why the NWO Wolfpac was formed. [57] They began by targeting the company's two biggest stars, Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock. A civil war of sorts dominated WCW programming, ending with the birth of nWo Elite. Last Monday night, I was on an airplane flying from L.A. to Atlanta. [14] On the September 2 episode of Nitro, the nWo claimed its first defection from WCW and their fifth member as The Giant, who just weeks earlier lost his title to Hogan, turned on his Dungeon of Doom teammates and attacked The Four Horsemen and Randy Savage. As the year went on, the nWo Black and White (B-Team) members slowly began distancing themselves from each other. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. [citation needed]. With all four men down, Anderson had no choice but to begin counting them out as he did not see the low blow. Hollywood: Hulk Hogan was the biggest star, 5 WCW Wrestlers Eric Bischoff Loved (& 5 He Had Backstage Heat With), 10 Most Successful nWo Wolfpac Members, Ranked, 5 Wrestlers Who Succeeded After Leaving The nWo (& 5 That Were Worse Off). Football teams such as the New York Jets and the Jacksonville Jaguars were selling jWo (Jets World Order and Jaguar World Order respectively) shirts at NFL games in 1998. On March 14, 2022, Hall died at the age of 63. Wolfpac was must see TV for several months, I remember being excited to see how the Red and Black was going to destroy the Black and White; Especially after the original NWO was getting stale.. Members Buff Bagwell (1999) Curt Hennig (1998) Eric Bischoff (1999) Hulk Hogan (1999) Kevin Nash (1998-1999) Konnan (1998) Lex Luger (1998-1999) Miss Elizabeth (1999) Randy Savage (1998) Rick Rude (1998) Scott Hall (1998-1999) Scott Steiner (1999) Sting (1998) See also The New World Order#1998 The WWE 2K22 nWo 4-Life Edition comes with all of the bonus digital content included in the WWE 2K22 Deluxe Edition, PLUS: - MyFACTION EVO Cards and alternate nWo attires for "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Syxx, and playable Eric Bischoff character - Souled Out 1997 and Bash at the Beach 1996 arenas The nWo Wolfpac . Hogan accepted Nash's request and took Goldberg's place in the main event. WCW Monday Nitro 9-28-98 nWo Hollywood Promo. Others, such as Kevin Nash, television director Craig Leather, chief WCW booker Terry Taylor, and Taylor's assistants Kevin Sullivan and Paul Orndorff, all contributed their own ideas to the nWo concept. This rivalry led up to Scott Hall going against Austin and Hogan going against The Rock at WrestleMania X8 (in matches which Hall and Hogan both lost). 3:07. . The leadership roles of Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan made fans forget that Randy Savage played the biggest role in the New World Order split. Rodmans friendship with Hulk Hogan convinced him to join the New World Order and even wrestle matches. The NWO Wolfpac made their debut. This led to the nWo starting a segment on Saturday Night, called nWo Saturday Night, where nWo stable members wrestled local jobbers inside an empty arena. At nWo Souled Out, Hogan and The Giant fought for the WCW Championship to a no contest in the main event due to the nWo referee, Nick Patrick, being biased toward Hogan. Bret Hart is still upset with how WCW used him when he joined the company after his hottest run in WWE. The stable originated in WCW with the gimmick of a group of unsanctioned wrestlers aiming to "take over" and control WCW in the manner of a street . Eric Bischoffs initial plans sound like a very solid idea to me and I believe Bischoff couldve easily executed his plan successfully with some help from Ted Turner and WCW could have also won the Monday Night War against WWE. As Nash entered the ring, Eric Bischoff came sprinting from the back and slid into the ring to intercept him. Even with more established names like Randy Savage, Sting and Lex Luger, Nash was the leader of the group and delivering the best character work of his career. [2][68] Afterwards, the nWo storyline was stopped and the remaining members drifted apart. While this was allowed, due to the match being no disqualification, it also meant that no one was able to stop Hogan and Disciple from doing whatever they wanted to Savage. nWo Wolfpac was a stable during 1998 and 1999 in WCW . [citation needed], Current New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) stable Bullet Club takes some of its gestures from the nWo like the "too sweet" hand gesture as an homage,[75] and have been considered the stable that most closely resembles the nWo since its inception. Scott Steiner returned and rejoined the group after attacking Vicious. However, while referee Randy Anderson checked on a downed Hall, Hall grabbed his shirt while Nash nailed Savage with a low blow which knocked both men to the mat. Rick Rude (who previously had been in WCW during the early to mid '90s) would join the nWo, later on that year. The NWO Wolfpac made their debut during an episode of WCW Nitro back in 1998 as Nash along with Randy Savage and Konnan appeared sporting black shirts with a red NWO logo on it. The stable originated in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) with the gimmick of a group of unsanctioned wrestlers aiming to "take over" and control WCW in the manner of a street gang. Nash was getting over as a top face, so WCW wanted to have a big singles feud against his former partner. They are excited to throw each other over the top rope in the . Savage also claimed that Hogan had dropped the ball, and that he was going after Sting to try to bring the world championship back to the nWo. [citation needed], The differences within the nWo were becoming more apparent as Savage and Nash were suddenly realizing that Hogan was only looking out for himself, and the nWo was seen as secondary. 2:15. . Hart eventually joined the Hollywood chapter of the nWo to add more star power. [39], The rift between the different factions of the nWo grew even wider after Syxx, who had been out since October with a severe neck injury,[citation needed] was released from his contract and sent to rehab for his ongoing alcoholism. [18] This led to an announcement on the November 11 episode of Nitro that Jarrett would be facing Giant in a rematch at World War 3.[19]. The ending of the match symbolized a new beginning for WCW heading into 1999 and appeared to be the possible conclusion to the nWo storyline. From now on, I consider myself a free agent, but that doesn't mean that you won't see the Stinger; from time to time, I'm gonna pop-in when you least expect it.[1][6][15]. Sting revealed his decision on the following week's Nitro, fooling Hogan into believing that he was going to join his side, then turning on him and tearing off the black and white T-shirt he was wearing to reveal a red and black one underneath. The rate at which the batter gets a hit when he puts the ball in play. [69] Near the end of the match, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash inducted Cannon as a first new member of the nWo in nearly a decade with Eric Bischoff appearing at the event. See more ideas about nwo, professional wrestling, wcw. WCW 1996 - sting and nwo attacks lex luger. Il y remporte une fois le championnat du monde par quipes de l'AWA avec Curt . Vincent left the group and joined The West Texas Rednecks alongside former nWo stablemates Curt Hennig and Barry Windham, changing his name to "Curly Bill" and later to "Shane" (as another slap at Vince McMahon). Starrcade 1998 could have had a decent 4 on 4 cage match to decide which nWo can stay in WCW. Hogan still had huge matches against Goldberg, Randy Savage, and others when leading Hollywood. [citation needed]. Bischoff said that he had found three men who would answer their challenge, but would not name them. When I got to Atlanta, I tuned in the TV to Nitro. The addition of Luger was what convinced Sting to join the Wolfpac. 23:05. nWo Outsiders vs nWo Giant & Sting. At Slamboree, Hall made his return to WCW in the colors of the Wolfpac for The Outsiders' title defense. [64] Austin defeated Big Show and Flair in a Handicap match at Judgment Day. On the July 29, 1996 episode of Nitro, The Outsiders attacked Arn Anderson, the American Males (Marcus Bagwell and Scotty Riggs) and Rey Misterio Jr., whom Nash threw the latter into the side of a WCW production truck before leaving in a limousine. These memorable things being removed from the equation would have been a huge mistake. Randy Savage left for surgery and didnt return until the summer of 1999 when the New World Order completely ended. WCW/nWo Revenge was released almost 11 months after WCW vs. nWo World Tour. On the May 4 episode of Nitro, Nash, Savage, and Konnan appeared wearing black shirts with a red nWo logo, as opposed to the familiar white logo. The new shirt became a hot seller for WCW as most fans wanted to rock the black and red. Eric Bischoff stated. The Horsemen responded by challenging the nWo to a WarGames match at Fall Brawl in September. [5] On the July 15, 1996 edition of Nitro, Hogan returned wearing all black and helped Hall and Nash attack Lex Luger and Big Bubba Rogers during the Nitro main event. And I thought, I was watching a rerun! Hall, Nash and Jarrett interfered on Hart's behalf in his match with Goldberg, causing Hart to win the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship. The next night,[citation needed] Hogan returned to Nitro and accepted a challenge from Savage for the championship; Nash interfered by hitting a Jacknife Powerbomb on Savage and gave Hogan the victory, but the next week[citation needed] Nash attacked Hogan during a match with Vicious and aligned himself with Vicious and Rick Steiner. [citation needed] Hogan won the match, thus forcing Nash to retire. [2][58] As a result of Hogan shaking hands with The Rock and getting a positive response from the crowd after his match at WrestleMania, he turned face and began feuding with Hall and Nash, with The Rock and Kane at his side on occasion. and The Warrior on the September 21 episode of Nitro after being "kidnapped" by The Warrior in the previous weeks. Later that night, Hogan made his return to WCW for the first time since November 1998 and was challenged by the reigning champion. Despite this, The Giant maintained his alliance with Sting, but strongly suggested that Sting had a decision to make in terms of his allegiance. [citation needed], The nWo logo has even made an appearance in college football. Hulk Hogan's nephew, Horace Hogan got into the nWo because that's how nepotism . It was a very convincing film. [36] Nash sided with Savage after Hogan had interfered in a number of Sting/Nash matches, not wanting to have to face Nash for what Hogan claimed was "his title". Hogan returned to his red and yellow attire on Nitro shortly before, and subsequently dropped the "Hollywood" moniker from his name. The show closed with the three wrestlers continuing to taunt the fans, who booed and pelted them with garbage. The Outsiders came back into the ring to celebrate with their now-revealed partner as Hogan dropped the leg on the fallen Savage a second time, and after the three men all shook hands, Hogan threw the referee from the ring and hit Savage one last time. Goldberg was the main competition as the top face character, but the Wolfpac started to become the top act after a few months since they had four main event faces. Late in the match, Bret Hart, who had been feuding with Sting over the previous few weeks, came out in an attempt to attack Sting. Moreover, the group would experience dissension, especially between Hollywood Hogan and Randy Savage, and the . Hogan and Savage tried to one-up each other on episodes of Nitro and Thunder over the next few weeks,[36] which led to a steel cage match at Uncensored in March which ended in a no contest. [citation needed] The show was headlined by a NJPW vs. UWFi match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, as New Japan's Shinya Hashimoto defeated UWFi's Nobuhiko Takada. On July 22, 2019,[citation needed] during WWE Raw Reunion, Hall and Nash appeared as an aid to Seth Rollins and D-Generation X to confront A.J. Also at The Great American Bash, both Hall and Nash pressed Bischoff to name his company's three representatives for their impending match. [11] Hall and Nash came to the ring by themselves, leaving speculation open as to who the third man was. On the same night Sting made his speech, the nWo inducted its sixth official member into the group, Syxx. Dennis Rodman appearing on WCW television was a huge deal at the time in the late 90s. The idea of Kevin Nash, Sting, Randy Savage, and Lex Luger all in a face faction was like an All-Star team for the wrestling world during the Monday Night Wars. [20] As Piper continued to badger Bischoff, The Giant entered the scene and grabbed Piper from behind. They were interrupted by The Ascension, who were beaten down by the nWo, The APA, and The New Age Outlaws. At Starrcade, Nash handed Goldberg his first loss and won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship. But for all of the people, all of the commentators, all of the wrestlers, and all of the best friends who did doubt me, you can stick it! Hogan, Hall, Nash, and X-Pac then appeared at WrestleMania 37 (the night after the group's induction into the WWE Hall of Fame) in a backstage segment with Bayley and Titus O'Neil. The Wolfpac would get to play the faces, but Hollywood doubled down on the heel run. Joey is a writer with a decade of experience writing about sports, entertainment, and pop culture. [citation needed], As 1999 began, the divided nWo factions were headed by world champion and de facto leader Nash, who was unhappy with Hall's actions at Starrcade, and Scott Steiner, who had taken over nWo Hollywood following Hogan's retirement in November. The next night on Nitro, Sting chose Nash as his tag team partner and the two began defending the titles. Goldbergs success as the dominant WCW Champion with an undefeated streak saw the New World Order face group of the Wolfpac passing him for a short time. Pro wrestling is his strongest passion with a lifetime fandom and countless live shows attended. Former WCW President Eric Bischoff recently sat down for an exclusive interview on the Pancakes and Powerslams show to discuss why the New World Order became crowded faction and revealed the original reason why the NWO Wolfpac was formed. At Hog Wild, the newly rechristened "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan won the match after knocking The Giant out with his title belt. There were a total of 62 members of the group in its existence. [71] In Uncasville, Connecticut, the nWo held its reunion show at the Mohegan Sun Arena on March 2, 2019. [citation needed], At the following pay-per view Souled Out,[citation needed] Nash defeated Funk to become WCW commissioner, but his reign was cut short after he suffered a broken ankle and had to withdraw from WCW for a while. During that time, the nWo factions were at war, pitting the babyface Wolfpac against the heel Hollywood! The reunited nWo did not last long for either faction. Most of the best Hollywood segments came when he and Hogan were the ones doing the talking. While in Japan, nWo Sting began to rise in popularity and became a prominent member of nWo Japan, regularly teaming with group leader Masahiro Chono. The group later appeared in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) after the purchase of WCW by the WWF. Hogan defeated Nash to become the new champ with the infamous Finger Poke of Doom causing the Wolfpac and Hollywood to merge into one New World Order as the Elite. However, The Giant joined nWo Hollywood shortly before Slamboree as retribution for Nash injuring him at Souled Out back in January. [42], The next night on Nitro, Hogan issued a challenge to the new champion for his title, and WCW commissioner Roddy Piper made the match a no disqualification match and declared that no run-ins would be permitted.