The nWo Appreciation Thread

[Myers, Michael]

I see that nobody has done it yet so I am. Any and all memories of the nWo. All formations of the group.

[Special Killa B]

The Best nWo - The Original Version in WCW, Hogan - Hall - Nash

My Second Favorite Version - Russo's nWo Version, Hart - Hall - Nash - Jarrett - S. Steiner and The Harris Brothers

[Rich]

My favorite versions:

Black & White = Hogan, Hall, Nash
Red & Black = Sting, Nash, Savage, Konan, Luger

[Myers, Michael]

I agree that the best version was the original three. However, I enjoyed through 97 when you wondered who was going to join next. I also enjoyed the nWo split storyline when they split into nWo Wolfpac and nWo Hollywood. It was just too bad they never had a climax to the storyline. I always thought they should have had a War Games match between the two groups.

[Rich]

I agree Myers. WCW always had awesome ideas, but they seemed to fall short in terms of knowing how to pull them off. Other times it would simply be the backstage politics changing shit at a short notice. Read Eric Bischoff's book. It will give you a brand new perspective on what went on in that company.

[Special Killa B]

The one thing I hated about the wolfpac is Sting and Luger joining it! They spent all those months helping WCW fight off the nWo and what do they do? Join the nWo Wolfpac! I just felt this did not make any sense whether the Wolfpac were babyfaces or not they were still nWo members!

[Myers, Michael]

Sting in it kind of worked for me. Luger didn't feel right though. But I didn't hate it either.

I wish that the dvd that the WWE made a couple of years ago featured more about other versions of the nWo besides the original and 2002 versions.

[Rich]

It definitely made sense for Lex Luger, because in WCW, he's made a career of turning heel. He did it more times to Sting than one can count.

With Sting it kind of made sense, because remember, he turned into The Crow because he felt that WCW turned on him by believing the bogus Sting that came out of that car was really him and not trusting him. He came back a The Crow and fought off the nWo, but was more after Hogan then the nWo, the only reason he even fought the rest of the nWo is because they were simply in the way of him and Hogan. Then the nWo split in two seperate factions and Sting made the choice to join one of them. Keep your friends close, but keep your enemies closer in order to conquer your greatest enemy of all. When you look at the story line from that perstective it made perfect sense. Plus it was awesome to see Sting in the red and black facepaint.

I like WWE's original nWo. I loved when they ran the truck into the Rock's ambulance! That was quality television and true nWo style. Once Hulk went back to Hulkamania, it killed it.

WCW will go down as the best faction organization ever though, for the creation of the 4 Horsemen and the nWo.

[Myers, Michael]

The Sting Wolfpac look was my favorite of him.

I heard some years ago that the original plan for the nWo was for the third man at Bash at the Beat to be Bret Hart before he resigned with the WWF in 1996. Does anyone know the story behind that?

[Rich]

That is the first time I have ever herd that one. From my understanding, Eric wanted Hogan to be the third man from the get go, and he really had to talk Hogan into it too. Hulk Hogan's character was loosing momentum in WCW. He wasn't selling ppvs like he used to because A) his gimick was played out and B) he came from a northern company and was no working for the southern competition, and it was very easy for fans to hate him just because of that. Eric, from my understanding, wanted to make Hulk the bad guy and this was the perfect opportunity to do it.

[Myers, Michael]

That's probably true. It's just a rumor I heard a while back. But it's probably like a lot of things you read on the internet, a rumor.

[Toejam]

I loved the NWO when it first formed,(Hogan, Nash, and Hall)
all the way through '97 until Starcade when the Hogan vs. Sting match
fell totally flat with its screwed up ending. In fact, I believe that is when
WCW as a whole began its slow descent into pitifulness.

[Deathscythe]

Wolfpac theme was badass back in the day.

Don't turn you back on the Wolfpac.

[Rich]

The Wolfpack did have an awesome theme. I was a big fan of the regular nWo and the undercard nWo themes as well.

[Toejam]

I liked most of the various NWO themes.
and, yes the Wolfpac theme was badass.

[JVY2K]

The one thing I hated about the wolfpac is Sting and Luger joining it! They spent all those months helping WCW fight off the nWo and what do they do? Join the nWo Wolfpac! I just felt this did not make any sense whether the Wolfpac were babyfaces or not they were still nWo members!

I fully agree. I hated that shit! I spent countless hours bitching about it while my buddies and I watched Nitro and WCW PPV's. Sting was the WCW franchise; he was the last person who should have joined. I always hoped for Luger/Sting feud out of that with Sting remaining loyal to WCW. Like you say, he'd spent months trying to stop the nWo only to join them. Goldberg didn't, DDP didn't. But Sting did. It made him look stupid. The nWo was the nWo, regardless of what faction it was. Pissed me off. Not to mention it only really left DDP and Goldberg as WCW members. Oh yeah, and the Ultimate Warrior :rolleyes:...

WCW's problem with the nWo was that they never truly finished the angle. At some point there should have been a winner take all type of match. At Fall Brawl in an ultimate battle for supremacy. They started the angle so strong and in the end it just kinda died off with no mention as they made way for the new era. I had high hopes of the black/white/red nWo but too many injuries caused that one to fade out. They really should have just capped it off with one big match instead of resurrecting it so many times. My best memories of the nWo will always be 1996-1999. Anything after that I just didn't like. I kinda stopped watching WCW all together around that time as well...

And Bret Hart was used terribly in WCW. For such a great score in bringing in Hart, WCW did fuck all with him and probably left him worse off then had he stayed in the WWF. That was truly an unfortunate state. Especially in how Goldberg’s inexperience cost Bret his career. It’s sad, in Bret’s 20+ year career; he’d never injured a guy in the ring. Then we have Goldberg who three years into his career ends a legends career. What a joke (Goldberg was!)…I only ever liked him through 1998. Then he got lame…

[Deathscythe]

In dedication to the nWo we should form our own, I can be Scott Hall.:cool:

[Myers, Michael]

Sounds cool. I'll be Wolfpac Sting.