The nWo (New World Order) was both a professional wrestling storyline and the stable of wrestlers who were its central players. The nWo storyline, run by WCW, began on the July 7, 1996 Bash at the Beach PPV. This storyline involved a faction from "outside" WCW Рoriginally Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and Hulk Hogan (who would change his name to Hollywood Hogan while a member of the nWo) Р"invading" WCW. This proved to be a turning point in the history of wrestling, as it drew millions of new fans to WCW, and helped bring pro wrestling back into mainstream entertainment. Image File history File links NWoLogo. ... Professional wrestling is generally any form of wrestling in which the wrestlers receive payment for participating. ... In professional wrestling, an angle is a fictional storyline (the wrestler Kurt Angles name is a coincidence). ... In professional wrestling, a stable is a group of wrestlers within a promotion who have a common element -- friendships, either real or storyline, a manager who manages all of them, or a common storyline, which puts them together as a unit (recent examples include Evolution, La R̩sistance, The Cabinet... World Championship Wrestling or WCW, was a highly successful professional wrestling promotion that was based in Atlanta and existed from 1986 to 2001. ... July 7 is the 188th day of the year (189th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 177 days remaining. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Bash at the Beach was a yearly professional wrestling event presented on pay-per-view by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). ... Pay-per-view is the name given to a system by which television viewers can call and order events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to their homes later. ... This article is about the professional wrestler. ... Kevin Scott Nash (born July 9, 1959 in Detroit, Michigan) is a professional wrestler who has performed for World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. ... Terrence Gene Bollea (born August 11, 1953 in Augusta, Georgia), best known professionally as Hulk Hogan (and occasionally Hollywood Hulk Hogan), is an American professional wrestler and actor. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

The idiosyncratic capitalization of the group's initialism, nWo, comes directly from the official logo that WCW created for the stable. Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial letter or letters of words, such as NATO and XHTML, and are pronounced in a way that is distinct from the full pronunciation of what the letters stand for. ... A logotype (from the Greek λογότυπο), commonly known as a logo, is the graphic element of a trademark or brand, which is set in a special typeface and/or font, or arranged in a particular, but legible, way. ...

Original storyline

According to the storyline, the nWo were representitives of another wrestling organization (alluded to, but not actually mentioned, as the WWF, since its three founding members all formerly wrestled there), and planned to take over WCW. Scott Hall appeared first on Memorial Day of 1996, interrupting shows by harassing the announcers. He promised a "big surprise", which ended up being Kevin Nash. Hall & Nash were collectively referred to as "The Outsiders." Both men then took to showing up unexpectedly during Nitro broadcasts, usually jumping wrestlers backstage, distracting wrestlers by standing in the entranceway of the arenas, or walking around in the audience. Within a couple of weeks, they announced the appearance of a mysterious third member (the story goes that Sting was asked to play this part, but he wasn't enthusiastic about becoming a heel). Bret Hart was actually the first choice for the third man, but WCW wasn't able to acquire him from the WWF (at least not for another year, after the Montreal Screwjob). To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require removal of its excessive redlinks. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... WCW Monday Nitro logo, 1999-2001. ... Steven James Borden, better known by his ring name Sting (born March 20, 1959 in Omaha, Nebraska), is an American professional wrestler who has wrestled with several promotions since the mid 1980s. ... In professional wrestling, a heel is a villain character who is portrayed as behaving in an immoral manner; sometimes they are humourously referred to as evil. ... Bret Sergeant Hart (born July 2, 1957 in Calgary, Alberta) is a Canadian former professional wrestler, and part of the famous Hart wrestling family. ... Earl Hebner (on orders from Vince McMahon) rings the bell. ...

At Bash at the Beach, Hall & Nash were scheduled to team with their mystery partner against Lex Luger, Randy Savage and Sting. Hall and Nash came out without a third man. "Mean" Gene Okerlund came to the ring confused, demanding to know where their mystery partner was. They simply said he's in the building, but they didn't need him right then. Shortly into the match, Sting hit Nash with a Stinger Splash in the corner. However, Nash happened to be holding Luger at the time, and the splash knocked Nash into Luger, thus crushing Luger in the corner. Luger was knocked to the outside, and paramedics came out and took Luger away, reducing the match to Hall & Nash vs. Sting & Savage. Towards the end of the match, Hulk Hogan appeared, then shocked wrestling fans worldwide by attacking Savage & Sting to help Hall and Nash, with the match ending in a no-decision. In a post-match interview, Hogan claimed the reason for the turn was that he was tired of fans that had turned on him. Hogan labeled the new faction a "new world order of professional wrestling", and this began a long and bitter feud between WCW and the nWo. During one Nitro broadcast from the Disney-MGM Studios, Hall & Nash covered up the free-standing WCW logo with 3 spraypainted bedsheets (one to cover up each letter of WCW). When the deed was done, the bedsheets read "nWo" where the WCW logo had once been. Lawrence Wendell (Larry) Pfohl, better known by his ring name, Lex Luger, is an American professional wrestler and former professional American football player. ... Randall Mario Poffo, (born November 15, 1952), better known by his ring name Macho Man Randy Savage (and alternately Randy Macho Man Savage), is a professional wrestler who achieved prominence in the World Wrestling Federation and later World Championship Wrestling. ... “Mean” Gene Okerlund Eugene “Mean Gene” Okerlund (born November 29, 1942 in Sisseton, South Dakota), is a professional wrestling interviewer and announcer. ... In professional wrestling, a promo is short for promotional interview, a dialogue or monologue used to advance a storyline. ... In professional wrestling, a turn occurs most frequently when a wrestler develops a new gimmick (persona) and changes, frequently from face to heel or sometimes vice versa. ... A professional wrestling feud is a staged disagreement between two wrestlers or factions of wrestlers over a purported slight or insult. ... Disney-MGM Studios is a theme park in the Walt Disney World Resort, Florida, USA. It opened on May 1, 1989. ...

It was around this time that the World Wrestling Federation filed a lawsuit, alleging that the nWo storyline implied that Hall & Nash were invaders sent by Vince McMahon to destroy WCW. The lawsuit would drag out for several years before being settled out of court. The settlement eventually led to the WWF having the right to bid on the assets of WCW should it ever be offered for sale, which happened in March 2001. World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... Vince McMahon on WWE RAW Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24, 1945 in Pinehurst, North Carolina) is an American professional wrestling promoter, on-screen personality, and former play-by-play announcer. ...

At Fall Brawl 1996, team nWo defeated team WCW in the "war games" match, cementing their stranglehold on WCW. Sting, who was one of WCW's main supporters, grew disgusted at the accusation that he had joined the nWo, and after the war games match, he told WCW to "stick it", and went on a hiatus (rumor was that Sting had wrestled all the matches he was required to according to his contract). The nWo debuted an Imposter Sting that made the fans think that Sting betrayed them. The nWo continued to dominate WCW, and new members soon appeared, including Ted DiBiase, Syxx, and The Giant. They even had their own referee, Nick Patrick. Legendary superstar "Macho Man" Randy Savage took the lead in the battle against the nWo, but in the end he lost to Hogan and disappeared. Fall Brawl was an annual PPV in World Championship Wrestling held in the month of September from 1993 through 2000. ... Farmer as The nWo Sting Jeff Farmer is a professional wrestler best known as The nWo Sting or Imposter Sting. ... Theodore Marvin (Ted) DiBiase (born January 18, 1954 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American Christian minister and former professional wrestler, known under the moniker, The Million Dollar Man. // Life Before Wrestling Both of DiBiases parents were wrestlers. ... Sean Waltman (born July 13, 1972 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American professional wrestler, also known by the ring names The 1-2-3 Kid, Syxx, X-Pac, and Syxx-Pac. ... Paul Wight, Jr. ... Nick Patrick Nicholas Patrick Hamilton also known as Nick Patrick (born November 9, 1959, in Lakeland, Florida) is a professional wrestling referee currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment as the SmackDown! brand as a Senior Referee. ...

The odds were too much to bear for WCW, and soon Rowdy Roddy Piper surfaced in WCW to battle old nemesis Hulk Hogan, who had now dubbed himself "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan. He shocked WCW further by exposing WCW President Eric Bischoff as the mastermind behind the nWo, one of the reasons the stable had such incredible clout. Piper gained a victory over Hogan, but could not capture the title. Roderick George Toombs (born on April 17, 1954 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan), best known by his ring name of Rowdy Roddy Piper, is a Canadian professional wrestler of Scottish descent. ... Eric Aaron Bischoff (born May 27, 1957 in Detroit, Michigan) was a professional wrestling promoter and personality, who served as President of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and later as an on-screen General Manager of World Wrestling Entertainments RAW brand. ...

In November 1996, the nWo lost its first member. The Giant won the 60-man battle royal at "World War III," earning a title match against Hogan. Because The Giant insisted on his title shot, he was expelled from the nWo. In January 1997, the nWo made great strides when they held their very own PPV titled Souled Out. In the main event, Hogan faced The Giant and defeated him thanks to shady officiating by Nick Patrick. Nash & Hall lost their tag titles to the Steiner brothers, but the next night, Bischoff gave the belts back to the nWo, claiming that Randy Anderson, who ran in to referee the match after Nick Patrick was knocked out, was not a sanctioned referee for the event. In February 1997, Randy Savage returned and shocked WCW by joining the nWo. Through 1997, the nWo controlled the power in WCW. WCW scored a major victory on an episode of Nitro in August 1997, when Lex Luger won the title from Hogan, despite massive interference from the rest of the nWo. But Hogan won the belt back at the 1997 Road Wild PPV, again benefitting from outside nWo interference. Souled Out was a WCW PPV in the month of January from 1997 through 2000. ... Lawrence Wendell (Larry) Pfohl, better known by his ring name, Lex Luger, is an American professional wrestler and former professional American football player. ... Road Wild was a Pay-per-view performance in World Championship Wrestling from 1996 to 1999. ...

In September 1997, the nWo faced the Four Horsemen at WarGames, gaining the victory when the late Curt Hennig turned on his Horsemen breathren and joined the nWo. This was essentially the end of the Four Horsemen until August 1998. The Four Horsemen were a popular professional wrestling stable in the National Wrestling Alliance and later World Championship Wrestling. ... Curt Hennig (March 28, 1958 – February 10, 2003), also known by his ring name Mr. ...

After being absent from the ring for over a year, Sting returned to action to face Hogan at StarrCade 1997. This was the most anticipated match in WCW history. StarrCade was the primary supercard of the NWA and World Championship Wrestling from 1983 until 2000. ...

Sting vs. Hogan

After September 1996 the old Sting had vanished. Then a change began. A new Sting began to appear in the rafters at WCW events. This was not the Sting of old with Sgt. Pepper jackets, blonde spiked hair, and an insatiable need to speak. This Sting was silent, brooding, and dark. He had a long black trenchcoat, white facepaint making him look like a mime, long wet dark hair, and the white siloutte of a scorpion on his black shirt. He resembled Brandon Lee in The Crow. This new Sting would carry a black baseball bat with him, the only weapon he needed other than his own abilities.

Eventually Sting began to assault members of the nWo, including his clone, the Imposter Sting. He also had new ways of getting the drop on his prey, appearing from underneath the ring.

Sting and the nWo finally clashed on the big stage at Uncensored 1997. The main event was a three way team brawl featuring the nWo, WCW, and Team Piper. After the nWo won Sting came down with his baseball bat and laid waste to Hall, Nash, and the other nWo members. With only Hogan left Sting raised his baseball bat into the invader's face and then obliterated him. The message was clear: Sting wanted to destroy the New World Order at it's very core: Hogan.

The stalking did not stop there. Sting would appear at arenas, haunting Hogan and his henchmen. He would interfere in their matches and assault them if neccessary. The mind games came to a head at Halloween Havoc when in a cage match between Hollywood Hogan and Roddy Piper several Sting clones appeared around the cage, encasing Hogan inside. This distraction along with Hogan's fear of Sting, cost him the match with piper. Terry Hulk Hogan Bollea Terrence Gene Bollea, best known as Hulk Hogan and Hollywood Hogan (born August 11, 1953 in Augusta, Georgia), is an American professional wrestler and actor. ... Roderick George Toombs (born on April 17, 1954 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan), best known by his ring name of Rowdy Roddy Piper, is a Canadian professional wrestler of Scottish descent. ...

Eventually the match was signed for Starrcade 1997, the ultimate showdown of good vs. evil. It would be the WWF invader Hollywood Hulk Hogan taking on the WCW guardian Sting.

In a controversial finish, special referee Bret Hart proclaimed Sting the new WCW Champion. But the title was soon held up, and Hogan and Sting fought again at Superbrawl 1998, where Sting captured the belt. For the first time, the nWo was having problems within. Savage was having problems with Hogan, and the two fought in a cage to settle the difference. Savage would defeat Sting at Spring Stampede 1998 to become the "WCW/nWo World Heavyweight Champion." Hogan was angered that another member of the nWo had captured the World Title and challenged Savage the following night on Nitro. In a shocking turn of events Hart assisted Hogan and helped him recapture the title. SuperBrawl was an annual PPV in World Championship Wrestling during the month of February from 1991 through 2001. ...

On the May 4, 1998 episode of Nitro, WCW announced that nWo had split into two "factions." On one side was the nWo Wolfpac faction, which was headed by Kevin Nash and included Lex Luger, Sting, Konnan, and Randy Savage. Scott Hall, Curt Hennig, and the late Rick Rude were originally Wolfpac members as well, but they later betrayed the 'Pac and joined nWo Hollywood, which was headed by Hogan, and included Brian Adams, Buff Bagwell, Eric Bischoff, the late Miss Elizabeth, The Giant, The Disciple, Scott Norton, Dusty Rhodes, Dennis Rodman, Scott Steiner, Vincent, and referee Mark "Slick" Johnson. Stevie Ray and Horace Hogan joined several months later. The nWo Hollywood faction was sometimes also referred to (originally) as "nWo black and white" (as opposed to the "red and black" Wolfpac). During this part of the storyline, WCW wrestlers like Goldberg were presented as faces, the Wolfpac wrestlers were presented as tweeners, and the nWo Hollywood faction as heels. To this day, the nWo Wolfpac is regarded as one of the most popular stables in pro wrestling history. May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Kevin Scott Nash (born July 9, 1959 in Detroit, Michigan) is a professional wrestler who has performed for World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. ... Kayfabe notice: Some events in this section and/or article are kayfabe and refer to events that take place in professional wrestling continuity. ... Curt Hennig (March 28, 1958 – February 10, 2003), also known by his ring name Mr. ... Richard Erwin Rood, better known by his ring name of Ravishing Rick Rude (December 7, 1958 – April 20, 1999) was a professional wrestler who performed for many promotions, most notably World Championship Wrestling and the World Wrestling Federation, in the 1980s and 1990s. ... Brian Adams (born January 31, 1963 in Kona, Hawaii) is a former actor and professional wrestler who performed for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). ... Marcus Alexander Bagwell (born January 10, 1970 in Marietta, Georgia), better known by his ring name, Buff Bagwell, is an American professional wrestler, best known for his nine year career with World Championship Wrestling. ... Miss Elizabeth on the cover of the May 1988 issue of WWF Magazine. ... Ed Leslie as Brutus The Barber Beefcake. ... Scott Norton is an American professional wrestler who wrestles for New Japan Pro Wrestling and previously wrestled for World Championship Wrestling. ... Virgil Runnels, Jr. ... Dennis Rodman Dennis Keith Rodman (born May 13, 1961 in Trenton, New Jersey) is a former professional basketball player known for his defense and rebounding ability and for his controversial antics on and off the court. ... Scott Rechsteiner (born July 29, 1962 in Bay City, Michigan), better known as Scott Steiner is an American professional wrestler who previously worked for World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand. ... Mike Jones as Virgil. ... Mark Slick Johnson (born in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American professional wrestling referee. ... Lane Huffman (born August 22, 1958 in Houston, Texas) is an American professional wrestler who is better known as Stevie Ray. ... Michael Bollea is a professional wrestler better known as Horace Hogan. ... William Scott (Bill) Goldberg (born December 27, 1966 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a Jewish American professional wrestler and retired American football player. ... In professional wrestling, a face is a character who is portrayed as being moral or approving (that is, faces are good guys or crowd favorites). The vast majority of wrestling storylines (though not all) place a heel (or bad guy) against a face. ... In professional wrestling, a tweener is a character who is portrayed as being morally neutral or ambiguous (that is, they are between a face and a heel). ...

The "fingerpoke of doom"

Main article: Fingerpoke of Doom

The two sides battled each other throughout 1998. On July 6, 1998, Hogan lost the title to Goldberg at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, and the nWo slowly started to lose focus. It seemed that the nWo had beaten WCW by splitting in two—they had no one left to fight but each other. But splitting in two also destroyed the nWo. They never again had the power that they originally had. By October 1998, Hogan left the nWo and went on hiatus. As 1999 started, Nash was the WCW Champion, and he and Hogan conspired a huge nWo comeback in January. The storyline ended on the January 4, 1999 episode of Nitro with a now-infamous match in which Nash would lay down for Hogan, and allowed Hogan to pin him after merely poking him with a single finger—a finish that fans nicknamed the "Fingerpoke of Doom." The nWo reigned again, with the nWo elite (Hogan, Nash, Hall, Buff Bagwell, Scott Steiner, Lex Luger and Miss Elizabeth) reunited under the Wolfpac label, while the undercard wrestlers in the nWo (Curt Hennig, Stevie Ray, Vincent, Horace Hogan and Brian Adams) continued in the "black and white" faction. This short-lived group was sardonically labeled the nWo B-Team by fans and commentators. The Fingerpoke of Doom is the common nickname for a pivotal storyline in American professional wrestling history that happened on January 4, 1999 on WCW Monday Nitro, the flagship show of World Championship Wrestling. ... The Georgia Dome is a domed stadium located in Atlanta, Georgia. ... Nickname: The Horizon City, Hotlanta, The Big Peach, A-Town, The ATL Official website: http://www. ... January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Tom is short for Thomas). ... The Fingerpoke of Doom is the common nickname for a pivotal storyline in American professional wrestling history that happened on January 4, 1999 on WCW Monday Nitro, the flagship show of World Championship Wrestling. ... The wrestlers in the undercard, are lesser known and less popular than their counterparts in the main events of a wrestling show. ...

The end of the nWo

By mid 1999, the nWo had disappeared. In late 1999, the nWo came back for one more run as the silver and black, consisting of Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Bret Hart, Jeff Jarrett, Scott Steiner, the Harris twins, Don and Ron, and they even got a new referee, Mark "Slick" Johnson. They brought along several fitness models (Tylene Buck, April Hunter, Kim Kanner, Midajah O'Hearn and Pamela Paulshock) who would come to ringside and Jarrett would order them to the back. This nWo lasted into early 2000, but soon faded away, in great part due to the injury and retirement of Bret "The Hitman" Hart, the leader of the group. By this point, not only the nWo, but the entire WCW, had lapsed into what seemed to be an inevitable and permanent decline, constantly bettered by the WWF and relegated to a permanent second-place status, a situation many longtime WCW fans blamed on WCW management having stayed with the nWo storyline for entirely too long. In late 2000, the nWo reunited one more time but was quickly forgotten. Jeffrey Leonard (Jeff) Jarrett (born April 14, 1967, in Knoxville, Tennessee), is an American professional wrestler. ... Scott Rechsteiner (born July 29, 1962 in Bay City, Michigan), better known as Scott Steiner is an American professional wrestler who previously worked for World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment on the RAW brand. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Ron Harris (wrestler). ... Don and Ron Harris Ronald (Ron) Harris (born October 23, 1961 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American professional wrestler. ... Mark Slick Johnson (born in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American professional wrestling referee. ... Tylene Buck (born March 7, 1972) is an American model and a former professional wrestling valet under the name of Major Gunns. ... April Hunter (born September 24, 1971 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a Scots-Irish American professional wrestler, professional wrestling valet and model. ... Kim Kanner Kim Kanner is a fitness model and a former professional wrestling valet under the name of Shakira. ... Melinda OHearn Melinda Midajah OHearn is a former valet and a fitness model, better known as Midajah OHearn. ... Pamela Paulshock Pamela Paulshock (born January 5, 1970 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an actress, model and a former professional wrestling interviewer. ...

WWE

After the WWF bought WCW in 2001, Vince McMahon brought in Hogan, Hall, & Nash as the nWo, at the No Way Out PPV on February 17, 2002. Ironically No Way Out's initials are nWo. In this storyline, the nWo was brought in as McMahon's allies in an attempt to "kill" the WWF so that McMahon would not have to share power with new WWF "co-owner" "Nature Boy" Ric Flair. However, Hogan left the group after he lost his WrestleMania X8 match with The Rock and was assaulted after that match by Hall & Nash. Hall & Nash brought in two nWo members afterwards, X-Pac (formerly known as Syxx, who was also a former nWo member whilst in WCW), on March 21, 2002, at SmackDown! in Ottawa and The Big Show (formerly known as The Giant), on April 22, 2002. Vince McMahon on WWE RAW Vincent Kennedy McMahon (born August 24, 1945 in Pinehurst, North Carolina) is an American professional wrestling promoter, on-screen personality, and former play-by-play announcer. ... 2006 WWE No Way Out poster, featuring Randy Orton. ... February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Richard Morgan Fliehr (born February 25, 1949 in Memphis, Tennessee), better known by his ring name The Nature Boy Ric Flair, is an American professional wrestler currently with WWE on its RAW brand. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972 in Hayward, California), better known by his stage name The Rock, is an American actor and sporadic professional wrestler. ... Sean Waltman (born July 13, 1972 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American professional wrestler, also known by the ring names The 1-2-3 Kid, Syxx, X-Pac, and Syxx-Pac. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... WWE Friday Night SmackDown! is a professional wrestling TV show that airs in the United States on UPN, in Canada on The Score Network, in India on Ten Sports, in the UK, Republic of Ireland and mainland Europe on Sky Sports, in Portugal on SIC Radical, in Australia on FOX8... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Established: Area: 2,778. ... Paul Wight, Jr. ... Paul Wight, Jr. ... April 22 is the 112th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (113th in leap years). ...

The nWo reunion in the WWF would not last long, however. Hall was released in May due to drinking problems during a UK tour. Flair later became a semi-member of the nWo after turning on Stone Cold Steve Austin. As owner of RAW, Flair set up a lumberjack match with Austin against the newest member of the nWo, which turned out to be Booker T. Booker had just finished a silly skit with Goldust minutes earlier, where he had been wearing a lumberjack costume and fake beard, all but destorying his "tough" momentum going into the match.Nash introduced Shawn Michaels into the nWo on June 3, 2002. Michaels then "kicked" Booker out of the nWo(he literally hit Booker with his Sweet Chin Music superkick finish) one week later. 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for May, 2002. ... Steven James Anderson-Williams (born December 18, 1964 in Victoria, Texas), better known by his stage name Stone Cold Steve Austin, is an actor and professional wrestler. ... WWE RAW is the Monday night professional wrestling show for World Wrestling Entertainment. ... Robert Booker Tio Huffman (born March 1, 1965 in Houston, Texas), better known by his ring name, Booker T, is an American professional wrestler, currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown! brand. ... Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (born July 22, 1965 at the Williams Air Force Base in Mesa, Arizona) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name The Heartbreak Kid (HBK) Shawn Michaels. ... June 3 is the 154th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (155th in leap years), with 211 days remaining. ...

Abruptly, the nWo was disbanded by McMahon on July 15, 2002, after he regained full control of WWE from Ric Flair. The final nail in the nWo coffin was X-Pac fainting on July 15 before the show and Nash tearing a quadricep muscle during a match one week prior to the disbanding, taking him out of action for several months. Ironically, the nWo disbanded on the same night that Eric Bischoff, the man who was often credited for creating the nWo, made his debut in WWE as the general manager of RAW. At the time of the nWo's demise, Michaels was offering Triple H membership in the nWo. After the nWo broke up, Michaels turned face once more by befriending his long time fans and attempted to reunite with Triple H under the DX name, but Triple H turned on Michaels. July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... WWE RAW is the Monday night professional wrestling show for World Wrestling Entertainment. ... Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27, 1969 in Nashua, New Hampshire) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Hunter Hearst Helmsley (usually abbreviated to Triple H or HHH). Triple H is currently working for the RAW brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). ...

Today, another new version of the nWo looks unlikely, at least with the current state of the WWE rosters. Only 3 former nWo members are still active wrestlers in WWE: Shawn Michaels, The Big Show, and Booker T, and only The Big Show was an actual nWo member in it's classic WCW form. Hulk Hogan only makes occasional appearances nowadays, and all as the classic "red and yellow" Hulkster. An nWo reunion would probably have to depend on WWE resigning Kevin Nash or Scott Hall, though they appear to be inactive from wrestling at the moment. Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (born July 22, 1965 at the Williams Air Force Base in Mesa, Arizona) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name The Heartbreak Kid (HBK) Shawn Michaels. ... The Big Show can refer to several things. ... Robert Booker Tio Huffman (born March 1, 1965 in Houston, Texas), better known by his ring name, Booker T, is an American professional wrestler, currently performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown! brand. ...

Legacy

The nWo was at its strongest from July 1996 until March 1998. Their reign forever changed the face of wrestling, and the effects are still felt today. The nWo pushed the old Rock and Wrestling gimmicks aside in favor of more edgy and adult storylines. Their presence made WCW appear a more "adult" promotion, compared to the childish gimmicks the WWF was promoting. The Attitude Era which eventually led to the dominance of the WWF is considered by some fans to have been a direct result of the nWo's presence. In professional wrestling, a gimmick is slang that refers to a wrestlers on-screen personality. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require removal of its excessive redlinks. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ...

Some fans were critical of the WWF's handling of the nWo. From No Way Out until WrestleMania X8, the nWo storyline was handled in accordance to what the fans wanted. Post WrestleMania however, with Hogan back with his "Hulk" persona, the nWo in the opinion of many fans, was ruined by poor storyline, problems between wrestlers and some nWo members, and a general lack of interest by the WWF. Some believe that McMahon's speech in which he declared the nWo dead, was an attack on the years in which his promotion was placed second behind the then-hot WCW.

General credit for the "invasion" storyline is given to Paul Orndorff, with obvious inspiration drawn from both the UWF invasion of New Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan's Heisei Ishingun stable. The name, "third man" storyline, and Hogan heel-turn were all ideas of WCW boss Eric Bischoff. Other details such as merchandise, hand-signs and the attitude of the nWo is mostly credited to Terry Taylor though Scott Hall had done the '4 life' gesture during his time as Razor Ramon in the WWF as early as 1994. Paul Orndorff (born October 29, 1949 in Brandon, Florida) is an American former professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation throughout the 1980s as Mr. ... New Japan Pro Wrestling (新日本プロレス, shin nihon puroresu) is a major professional wrestling federation in Japan, founded by Antonio Inoki in 1972. ... Eric Aaron Bischoff (born May 27, 1957 in Detroit, Michigan) was a professional wrestling promoter and personality, who served as President of World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and later as an on-screen General Manager of World Wrestling Entertainments RAW brand. ... Terry Taylor Paul W. Taylor III, better known as Terry Taylor, is a former American professional wrestler, currently working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling as a road agent. ...

Spinoffs and parodies

nWo Wolfpac

Kevin Nash's splinter group (red and black) eventually became the dominant division of the nWo after the group remerged with certain members of nWo Hollywood (to form the red white and black wolfpac, also known as Mega nWo). The Wolfpac also became the first version of any nWo group to not be heels. The Wolfpac, though popular with fans, were generally considered tweeners until they re-merged with nWo Hollywood, when they became heels again. In professional wrestling, a tweener is a character who is portrayed as being morally neutral or ambiguous (that is, they are between a face and a heel). ...

nWo Black & White

After nWo Hollywood and nWo Wolfpac merged, certain nWo Hollywood members stayed out and kept nWo Hollywood alive, only now known simply as nWo Black & White. It's members were The Giant, Curt Hennig, Stevie Ray, Scott Norton, Vincent, Horace Hogan and Brian Adams. The Giant and Hennig were kicked out early, and Norton left on his own. The remaining members didn't do much by themselves, their main exposure coming from their in-fighting over who the leader would be. Stevie Ray would win out, but this version of the nWo didn't last much longer. Gradually, the group drifted apart and was forgotten about. They were sometimes called the "nWo B-Team". Paul Wight, Jr. ... Curt Hennig (March 28, 1958 – February 10, 2003), also known by his ring name Mr. ... Lane Huffman (born August 22, 1958 in Houston, Texas) is an American professional wrestler who is better known as Stevie Ray. ... Scott Norton is an American professional wrestler who wrestles for New Japan Pro Wrestling and previously wrestled for World Championship Wrestling. ... Mike Jones as Virgil. ... Michael Bollea is a professional wrestler better known as Horace Hogan. ... Brian Adams (born January 31, 1963 in Kona, Hawaii) is a former actor and professional wrestler who performed for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW). ...

nWo Japan

The nWo's Japanese offshoot included American wrestlers who frequented Japanese professional wrestling, such as Scott Norton, and was led by Japanese wrestlers Masa Chono and Great Muta. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima and Hiro Saito were also members. It was later renamed Team 2000 after New Japan and WCW ended their working agreement. Career Masahiro Chono (born September 17, 1963 in Mitaka, Tokyo) is a Japanese professional wrestler. ... Keiji Mutoh (武藤敬司 Mutō Keiji born December 23, 1962) is a Japanese professional wrestler who became famous in New Japan Pro Wrestling, and who now owns, operates, and competes in All Japan Pro Wrestling. ... Hiroyoshi Tenzan is an accomplished Japanese Heavyweight wrestler. ... Satoshi Kojima Satoshi Kojima (小島 聡 Kojima Satoshi) is a Japanese professional wrestler who currently works for All Japan Pro Wrestling. ...

bWo (Blue World Order)

Stevie Richards', Nova's and The Blue Meanie's answer to the nWo in ECW, the group was a parody of the nWo, and its primary colors were blue and white. Stevie was "Big Stevie Cool" (a parody of Nash's nickname "Big Daddy Cool"), Meanie was "Da Blue Guy" (a parody of Hall's nickname "Da Bad Guy"), and Nova was "Hollywood Nova" (a parody of Hogan's new nickname, "Hollywood Hogan"). Members of the Japanese faction Kaientai-DX (Dick Togo, Men's Teioh and Taka Michinoku) were briefly associated with the group. (Note; When the bWo, along with the rest of ECW, made a guest appearance on Monday Night Raw, Vince McMahon was reluctant to say what the bWo was a parody of, claiming on air that the nWo was a "clothing line".) On July 7th, 2005, the bWo reunited once again this time to confront JBL. The bWo's last appearance was on July 24, 2005, in the undercard of the WWE's Great American Bash PPV in a match against The Mexicools (Juventud Guerrera, Super Crazy, and Psicosis). The Blue World Order (bWo) was formerly a stable in ECW in 1997. ... Michael Manna (born October 9, 1971) is an American professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainments SmackDown! brand. ... Mike Bucci (born June 5, 1972 in Toms River, New Jersey) is a professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment. ... Brian Heffron is a professional wrestler better known as The Blue Meanie. ... Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) was a groundbreaking and influential professional wrestling promotion that was founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 by Tod Gordon, and closed when his successor, Paul Heyman, declared bankruptcy in April 2001. ... In contemporary usage, parody is a form of satire that imitates another work of art in order to ridicule it. ... Dick Togo Shigeki Sato (born August 17, 1969 in Odate City) is a Japanese professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Dick Togo. ... Mens Teioh (aka Terry Boy) is a Japenese professional wrestler. ... Takao Yoshida, better known by his stage name TAKA Michinoku, is a professional wrestler who has wrestled all over the world. ...

LWO (Latino World Order)

After the late Eddie Guerrero's spat with WCW head Eric Bischoff, a real-life conflict that was turned into a storyline, Eddie formed the Latino World Order, or "LWO" for short. The group consisted of almost every major Mexican wrestler on the WCW roster. Their colors were green, white and red, the same colors as the Mexican flag. Their main feud was with Rey Mysterio Jr., who was reluctant to join the LWO, and Billy Kidman, his off-and-on American tag team partner. The group shortly folded in early 1999 after Guerrero's car accident on New Years, when the nWo Wolfpac forced them to disband. All complied except Mysterio, who would then enter a feud with The Outsiders. Latino World Order logo. ... Eduardo Gory Guerrero Llanes (October 9, 1967 – November 13, 2005), better known by his ring name, Eddie Guerrero, was a Mexican American professional wrestler. ... Flag ratio: 4:7 The flag of Mexico was first introduced in 1821 as a basic green, white, and red tricolor. ... Rey Mysterio Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio, better known as Rey Misterio, Jr. ...

oWn (One Warrior Nation)

The Warrior's group, the One Warrior Nation, reversed the nWo acronym when the Warrior made his WCW debut. The newer faction only grew to have two members - the other being Hollywood Hulk Hogan's associate and real-life friend The Disciple, who Warrior supposedly brainwashed. The oWn was basically forgotten about after Warrior could not come to terms with WCW over pay and was later released to never be heard from once again. The Warrior redirects here, for the South Korean movie The Warrior, see Musa (film). ... Edward Harrison Leslie Jr. ...

GiMp

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D-Generation X

Many wrestling fans still argue whether DX was a parody, a rip-off, or an answer to the nWo. Made up of Triple H, Chyna, Shawn Michaels, Rick Rude, X-Pac, and The New Age Outlaws in the WWF, they attempted to out-nWo the nWo, mooning other wrestlers, jumping opponents from behind, yelling their catchphrase "Suck It!" while doing their famous cross-handed Crotch Chop, and even showing up at WCW shows to harass people standing in line for tickets. One incident that almost caused a lawsuit happened when DX told people in line for Nitro tickets that the show was sold out, and that they should leave. Another "sketch" showed the DX members, dressed in camo gear, "invading" WCW offices, demanding to see Ted Turner and generally making pests of themselves. D-Generation X (a. ... Paul Michael Levesque (born July 27, 1969 in Nashua, New Hampshire) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Hunter Hearst Helmsley (usually abbreviated to Triple H or HHH). Triple H is currently working for the RAW brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). ... Joanie Marie Laurer (born December 27, 1969 or 1970 in Rochester, New York) is an American actress and retired professional wrestler. ... Michael Shawn Hickenbottom (born July 22, 1965 at the Williams Air Force Base in Mesa, Arizona) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name The Heartbreak Kid (HBK) Shawn Michaels. ... Richard Erwin Rood, better known by his stage name of Ravishing Rick Rude ( December 7, 1958 - April 20, 1999) was a professional wrestler who performed for many promotions, but is most remembered for his work in WWF/WWE and WCW in the 1980s and 1990s. ... Sean Waltman (born July 13, 1972 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American professional wrestler, also known by the ring names The 1-2-3 Kid, Syxx, X-Pac, and Syxx-Pac. ... The James Gang The New Age Outlaws were a hugely popular and successful professional wrestling tag team in the World Wrestling Federation (now World Wrestling Entertainment) consisting of BG James (then known as Road Dogg Jesse James) and Kip James (then known as Badd Ass Billy Gunn). ... A catch phrase is a phrase or expression that is popularized, usually through repeated use, by a real person or fictional character. ... Turner on the cover of TIME Robert Edward Ted Turner III (born November 19, 1938 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American media mogul and philanthropist. ...

• Interestingly, when TNA pulled a similar stunt on WWE years later, WWE threatened to sue to prevent TNA from showing any of the footage on their TV show. In late 2004, WWE came to Universal Studios (where TNA tapes their shows) to shoot a Royal Rumble commercial. Tracy Brooks along with Shane Douglas, Abyss, and the 3Live Kru came to greet the WWE wrestlers with milk & cookies. Ron Killings took some mahi-mahi off the catering table. WWE threatened to sue if TNA showed any of that footage. Throughout December's Turning Point PPV, TNA aired parody segments with people pretending to be Triple H and Vince McMahon. Interesting bits include Tracy bringing milk & cookies into the room, and a midget kicking "McMahon" in the groin. Before showing the real footage, Mike Tenay remarked (not word-for-word): "Here's the footage that WWE doesn't want you to see. It's not like we drove a tank up to their headquarters in Stamford". (An obvious dig at the DX invasion of the CNN building). The actual footage blurred out all the WWE wrestlers. No suit was filed by WWE.

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pWo (Pussy World Order)

A splinter faction of Women's Extreme Wrestling (aka "Women's Erotic Wrestling"), an all female promotion located in Philadelphia. The pWo was the first major push into x-rated storylines for WEW, and saw several adult film actresses - Taylor St. Claire, Angelica Sin, Keri Windsor and Aria - "invade" WEW. Stephanie Bellars AKA George Frankenstein was later added to this group An all woman wrestling federation based in the United States. ... Nickname: City of Brotherly Love, Philly, the Quaker City Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Official website: http://www. ... X-rated, X certificate, X classification or similar terms are labels for movies implying strong adult content, typically pornography or violence. ... In professional wrestling, an angle is a fictional storyline (the wrestler Kurt Angles name is a coincidence). ... A pornographic actor or a porn star is somebody who appears in pornographic movies, live sex shows or peep shows. ... Stephanie Bellars is a professional wrestling valet and the former girlfriend of Macho Man Randy Savage. ...

Kings of Wrestling

The Kings of Wrestling (often shortened to KOW) was a short-lived stable in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling featuring former nWo members Jeff Jarrett, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall. Forming in November 2004, the KOW performed several actions similar to those done by the nWo, including shocking heel turns, random match interruptions, and taking over the locker room. However, the group had more of an Elvis Presley-like theme and wardrobe, and didn't look like an nWo type group on the surface. The KOW quietly disbanded in early 2005 after Nash turned on Jarrett and Hall was fired due to alcohol and personal issues. Jeff Jarrett in TNA during the Kings of Wrestling stable The Kings of Wrestling was a short-lived stable that came to fruition at Total Nonstop Action Wrestlings first-ever Pay-Per-View on November 7, 2004, which was called Victory Road. the members were King of the Mountain... Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) is an American professional wrestling promotion, founded by Jeff Jarrett and his father Jerry Jarrett in May 2002 and now owned by Panda Energy International. ... Jeffrey Leonard (Jeff) Jarrett (born April 14, 1967, in Knoxville, Tennessee), is an American professional wrestler. ... Kevin Scott Nash (born July 9, 1959 in Detroit, Michigan) is a professional wrestler who has performed for World Wrestling Entertainment, World Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. ... This article is about the professional wrestler. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), also known as The King of Rock n Roll or just The King was an American singer, music producer and actor, a giant in the modern entertainment industry. ...

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Members

Each of the following wrestlers have, at some point, been a member of some official incarnation of the New World Order: