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History of the n.W.o. (page 4) The concept was originally
started by Scott Hall, who "invaded" WCW on the first two-hour Nitro
in May of 1996 (see "Monday Night Wars") and declared that they were
taking over, although he didn't note who "they" were. The implication
was that is was a WWF takeover, which led to a later lawsuit and was publicly
denied by Hall at the "Great American Bash" PPV in 1996. Kevin Nash
joined him two weeks after he debuted, and the two of them promised a third man
at the "Bash at the Beach" PPV in July. The third man was Hulk Hogan,
who coined the phrase "New World Order" during his heel turn
interview, although in a nebulous and roundabout way. Commentators Bobby Heenan
and Larry Zbyzsko later officially named them the nWo, building on Hogan's
speech, and the rest is history. Off-and-on booker Paul Orndorff
is generally credited with the creation of the "invasion" angle, and
Nitro booker Terry Taylor is credited with coming up with the details (the
t-shirt selling, the black and white, the attitude). Hulk Hogan was given much
leeway in his own angles (as usual) and improvised a great deal of the
mannerisms and catchphrases (as did Hall and Nash). And it should be noted that
Eric Bischoff had almost NOTHING to do with the nWo's creation, although he
often takes credit for it regardless by stating that it was based on where else.
In 2002 the nWo returned
to help Vince Mcmahon destroy his own creation because of his hate of being a
partner to Ric Flair. They looked
to put the WWF out of business just like they did WCW... February 17th at No Way
Out nWo made it's WWF debut and cost Stone Cold Steve Austin the titles, And
then spray painted nWo on his back making him their first and only victim. |
