$33.50. J. J. Dillon, who was appointed as WCW commissioner during Bischoff's suspension, later had Big Bubba Rogers and Mr. Wallstreet removed from the nWo due to a contractual technicality. RELATED: WCW: Every Version of The nWo, Ranked. Much like NWO Hollywood, the Wolfpac also consisted of several top superstars from the WCW roster as the likes of Lex Luger, Curt Hennig, Rick Rude, Miss Elizabeth and NWOs biggest rival Sting who also joined forces with Kevin Nash as part of the red and black faction. WWE News: Eric Bischoff reveals the real reason why the NWO Wolfpac was formed. "They made it possible for heels to be. Hogan accepted Nash's request and took Goldberg's place in the main event. [40][41] Hogan and The Disciple then attacked Nash and Savage to close out the show. [citation needed], The nWo has inspired many parody factions like Stevie Richards' bWo, Eddie Guerrero's lWo and the dMp (for Demon Making Plant) in the Japanese manga Kinnikuman. [5] The nWo also used their "financing" to purchase ad time during WCW programming, which amounted to low budget anti-WCW propaganda, or "hijack" the broadcast signal. WCW/nWo Revenge was released almost 11 months after WCW vs. nWo World Tour. I did everything for the charities! [74], When Hulk Hogan joined Total Nonstop Action Wrestling in January 2010,[citation needed] Hall, Nash and Waltman (all of whom had been with the company previously) began to appear as The Band, a group whose name was a reference to the 2000 incarnation of the nWo's "the band is back together" slogan. Hogan also gained a second bodyguard when Ed Leslie, who had previously tried to join the nWo at Road Wild in 1996, debuted as a barely recognizable bearded biker dubbed "The Disciple". Nash even ended the undefeated streak of Goldberg due to the fans viewing him as the new top face. I'm not going to go that in depth but I always thought that Wolfpac Vs Hollywood should have been a bigger deal. And I've carried the WCW banner, and I have given my blood, my sweat, and my tears for WCW! It was practice for WCW events to have co-brand naming (see WCW/nWo Starrcade) from January 24, 1998[citation needed] to March 14, 1999. The New World Order (commonly abbreviated NWO, in logo stylized as nWo) a professional wrestling stable originally consisted of "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall, best known for their appearances in WCW from the mid to late 1990s. Pro wrestling is his strongest passion with a lifetime fandom and countless live shows attended. At Fall Brawl, as Team WCW was being interviewed, Sting told his teammates that he had nothing to do with the attack, but Luger did not believe him. Hall and Nash were then dubbed as The Outsiders, randomly appearing at WCW events to cause trouble and inevitably be led out of the building by security.[5][7]. Check it out, Be the first one to comment on this story. Last Monday night, I was on an airplane flying from L.A. to Atlanta. They were still around as the B-Team of the New . 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. The addition of Luger was what convinced Sting to join the Wolfpac. 2:15. [26] Bischoff re-awarded them the titles the next night on Nitro after claiming that Randy Anderson, who ran in to officiate after Patrick was knocked down, was not the official referee. 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. Bret Hart and a few others had relevance, but it was obvious that Hogan was the leader. The feud provided mixed results for WCW. [30] Hogan regained the title at Road Wild after Rodman, dressed up as Sting, hit Luger with a baseball bat. After the split into 2 different stables, those who didn't join the nWo Wolfpac and still stayed true to their black and white nWo colors, were known as the nWo Hollywood. This led Luger, his longtime ally and tag team partner, to publicly question Sting as to where his allegiance lies. That's right, doubted the Stinger! The launch of WCW Thunder as a second show was originally meant to be a program solely for the New World Order. The alliance of Rodman was to Hogan and made him remain on the Hollywood side of the faction. 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. At Slamboree, Hall made his return to WCW in the colors of the Wolfpac for The Outsiders' title defense. [citation needed], After the WWF bought the WCW video library and trademarks in 2001, Vince McMahon brought in Hogan, Hall and Nash, the original nWo, at No Way Out as hired thugs in an attempt to "kill" the WWF so that McMahon would not have to share power with new WWF kayfabe co-owner Ric Flair. WCW Nitro - Lex Luger joins nWo Wolfpac. Earlier that night, Hall lost his World War 3-earned title match against Sting. On the July 2, 1998 episode of Thunder, Goldberg was granted a title match against Hogan for the July 6 episode of Nitro. I DON'T BELIEVE YOU STING!' The fourth man for the nWo was indeed the nWo Sting, who convinced everyone (including the broadcast team) that the real Sting was nWo. Hogan, who had not been seen on WCW television for some time, climbed into the ring to chase away Nash and tore off his T-shirt, as he had done many times before. After a while, nWo would get substantially crowded, which would dilute its potency. In addition to winning, per a pre-match stipulation, the nWo gained the right to challenge for any WCW championship whenever and wherever they pleased. Vicious won the match and Hall left WCW for good. Tomato Sting is the worst Sting. Jul 19, 2013 - Explore T Rican's board "nWo WOLFPACK" on Pinterest. Hall was the bigger concern to the WWF, as he had not fully distanced himself from his Razor Ramon character, continuing to use the character's mannerisms and speaking with the character's pseudo-Cuban American accent. April 14th 1997- Sting, Luger, DDP & The Giant vs. nWo. [35], Shortly after Hogan lost the title at Starrcade, the nWo started showing more signs of division within the group. Rick Rude (who previously had been in WCW during the early to mid '90s) would join the nWo, later on that year. Flair declared he would give up all his possessions if he lost. [37], The nWo continued to expand their ranks into the new year as former WWF star Brian Adams jumped ship to WCW and immediately joined the nWo. I did everything for the kids! On January 4th, 1999 WCW tried to bring back the fire they had when the nWo first appeared with a reunion of some of the original OG's, they were called the nWo Elite. After the match Dusty Rhodes, who had been in the broadcast booth that night and who Zbyszko had asked to accompany him to the ring, joined Hall and Spicolli in attacking Zbyszko and joined the nWo, where he served as a mentor to Hall. 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. [citation needed]. Hart picked up the title belt, struck Nash with it, rolled Hogan back over Savage, and revived the referee so he could count the pinfall for Hogan. Both Savage and Nash formed the Wolfpac and wore the black-and-red shirts before recruiting the others to join them. [2][65] Michaels then literally "kicked" Booker T out of the nWo a week later. Hall and Nash were both fully employed by WCW, but the storyline implied that they were WWF wrestlers "invading" WCW. [citation needed] Hogan won the match, thus forcing Nash to retire. Your login session has expired. Konnan became WCWs version of Road Dogg with the audience chanting along to his catchphrases. Hogan then submitted to Sting's Scorpion Death Lock, and the entire WCW locker room came out to celebrate the defeat of Hogan. Wrapping up the event on pay-per-view, a still-stunned Tony Schiavone said: "Hulk Hogan, you can go to hell straight to hell". The heel character of Bischoff mixed the reality of his real role of having power with his character abusing it to help the faction. History has shown the Wolfpac was a beloved group since the merchandise sells well. The official match result was a no contest and Savage had to be carried from the ring by an exhausted Sting. "My goal was to create two separate brands. The backstabbing moment landed Hennig in Hollywood with Rude remaining at his side. Find out what exactly went into the thinking of the nWo Wolfpac vs nWo Hollywood storyline. WWE is still selling Funko Pops of the look since WCW fans still have a love for it all these years later. Okerlund (pointing at the debris on the mat): Look at all of this crap in this ring! [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. [citation needed]. Shortly after, Steiner beat him down and threw him out of the group. The popularity of Rodman was huge due to his wild persona and being a part of Michael Jordans Chicago Bulls dynasty. [36][43] However, nWo Hollywood made their own effort to woo Sting. [citation needed], The nWo appeared in a Heavy on Wrestling (HOW) show on August 18, 2018 during a match between X-Pac and Arik Cannon vs. Darin Corbin and Ryan Cruz. The red face paint allowed him to change his look and completely rebrand after the era of The Crow character was put on hold to push other stars. Hogan dropped the WCW World Heavyweight Championship in a First Blood barbed wire steel cage match at Uncensored to Ric Flair and Steiner lost the World Television Championship to Booker T after Buff Bagwell accidentally nailed him with a chair. Find this clip! speech, stating that he and unnamed allies had a challenge for WCW executive vice president Bischoff and any WCW wrestlers. [citation needed] The WCW World Heavyweight Championship occasionally received this co-branding as well, particularly in ring introductions performed by Michael Buffer. The next night on Nitro, Hall was introduced as the newest member of nWo Hollywood. [20] As Piper continued to badger Bischoff, The Giant entered the scene and grabbed Piper from behind. Hogan returned to his red and yellow attire on Nitro shortly before, and subsequently dropped the "Hollywood" moniker from his name. The Wolfpac had four former and future world champions to put them highly above Hollywood in the depth chart. 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. [1] Nick Patrick became the group's official referee after he began showing partiality to nWo members during their matches. 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. nWo was the catalyst for. [37] Although Hogan was now WCW World Heavyweight Champion for a fourth time and appeared to have once again taken the reins of the nWo, the members of the group itself were now going to have to choose whose side of the faction they would be on: Hogan's or Nash's. The Wolfpac always did a great job getting over before the bell even rang. [citation needed]. The Hollywood faction were legitimate heels and kept the heat going for the betterment of WCW having a hated act. 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. Across their careers, Sting and Kevin Nash clashed multiple times, but would eventually join forces in the nWo Wolfpac. With all four men down, Anderson had no choice but to begin counting them out as he did not see the low blow. [2][67] On the following Raw on July 15, Vince McMahon came out to the ring to the entrance of the nWo music and made the announcement that the group was officially disbanded as Eric Bischoff became Raw General Manager. Miss Elizabeth turned against The Four Horsemen and joined the group as Hogan's valet. [2][66] Michaels, then in the midst of a four-year retirement from professional wrestling, became the first nWo member who had never wrestled in WCW. 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. There's a good chance that without the nWo there would be no Attitude Era, no Austin or Rock as we know them, or anything else that came out of that era of wrestling. It was around this time in April 1997 that tensions began to surface within the nWo. The Rock meets The nWo: No Way Out 2002. Eric Bischoff was recently a guest on Monday Night Raws 25th Anniversary show last night in New York. Team WCW then entered with all three members wearing face paint as a sign of solidarity. After assaulting the nWo, Sting left the ring and Team WCW, yelling at an apologetic looking Luger "Is that good enough for you right there? The match was made by Bischoff who believed that Flair would not be able to compete after he had a kayfabe heart attack during a promo. This event was done as a test run for a permanent changeover of Nitro to an nWo-centric show, with the soon-debuting Thunder becoming the WCW-centric show. Despite this, The Giant maintained his alliance with Sting, but strongly suggested that Sting had a decision to make in terms of his allegiance. Blooline (Jimmy & Jey Uso) VS nWo (Hulk Hogan & Kevin Nash) for the Raw Tag Team Titles Championship #wwe #nwo #bloodline #wickedkrew #wwe2k23 When Jacob Peeler was hired as receivers coach at the University of Mississippi (also known as Ole Miss) before the 2017 season, he sought an identity for his group and came up with "Nasty Wide Outs", creating a wrestling-style championship belt with the original nWo logo affixed to it. Il y remporte une fois le championnat du monde par quipes de l'AWA avec Curt . During that time, the nWo factions were at war, pitting the babyface Wolfpac against the heel Hollywood! World Championship Wrestling (1996 - 2000), Hogan becomes World Champion; Bischoff's secret is revealed, Dissension; nWo Hollywood and nWo Wolfpac. Nov 18, 2015. The opening promo segment from the Wolfpac faction created great entertainment. RELATED: 10 Most Successful nWo Wolfpac Members, Ranked. According to Bischoff, this was also the reason why WCW had decided to bring in Bret Hart at that point in time. They were interrupted by The Ascension, who were beaten down by the nWo, The APA, and The New Age Outlaws. [36] In addition to the title being vacated, Scott Hall was still slated to face the world champion at SuperBrawl VIII as per the stipulation surrounding his World War 3 win, therefore this also would have to be resolved along with the vacant championship.