So I have been planning on visiting the Des Moines area since JamFla's return this summer, but our demanding weekend schedules have not yet allowed for this reunion. We have set a plan for me to visit over Halloween weekend. JamFla had the brilliant idea of reviving my Halloween costume circa 2008, Kevin Nash aka Big Sexy. JamFla has decided that her and her broseph are debating adding to the entourage as dressing as wrestlers as well. She asked me for ideas on who they could dress up as so I have decided to give the blogger world a little wrestling history lesson, in the hopes that JamFla can get some costume ideas.
New World Order (nWo) was a group of wrestlers that were known for their logo, crazy antics, and sexy wrestlers. They had unmistakeable hand signs, kickass theme songs, and the popular slogan "When you're NWO, you're NWO for life." The establishment of the nWo helped build the popularity of professional wrestling in the 90's.
The founders of nWo.
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| Kevin Nash aka Big Sexy |
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| Scott Hall |
Scott Hall and Kevin Nash had been wrestlers in the WWF (now WWE). They left the company and joined the WCW in 1996. They came to the company and promised mass destruction and to take over wrestling. The pair sent out a challenge to the three best wrestlers of the WCW to a 6 person tag team match. Their challenge was answered by Sting, Lex Luger, and Randy Savage.
The Challengers!
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| Sting |
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| Lex Luger |
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| Macho Man Randy Savage |
When Nash and Hall were just about to lose the match to the three elite WCW wrestlers, Hulk Hogan himself runs to the ring. He shocked everyone by turning on his long time partner Randy Savage and helped Nash and hall to save the match and reveal that he is now in a partnership with them. He officially announced them the New World Order of wrestling and changed his name to Hollywood Hogan.... and so it began.
The nWo started dominating the WCW and continued to bully and beat up any wrestler they chose. Their popularity grew. Sting went into hiding for almost a year. When Sting returned he beat Hulk for the title. Nash and Hogan began to have lovers quarrels and ending up splitting up the group. Two groups were formed: nWo Wolfpac and nWo Hollywood. Nash obviously ran the Wolfpac... because he didn't want to wind up in a body bag. Hogan was the leader of Hollywood.
The group ended up getting back together and were known as the nWo elite. They continued to wear the red and black color donned by the Wolfpac. They also made a smart choice and stuck with the entrance song used by Wolfpac members.
The nWo ended up dying out and the WCW went down with it. When the WCW was purchased by WWF they tried to revive the nWo for a short period of time. Some of the WWF wrestlers joined the group, including Booker T and Shawn Michaels. Injuries and personal drunken arrests led to Nash and Hall leaving wrestling for a period of time, which was the ultimate demise of the group. This story was probably completely boring to those of you who don't appreciate terrible acting and kickass wrestling skills, but the nWo really did shape the world of professional wrestling in the late 90's.
The main purpose of this was to wet my own appetite for reliving the glory days of watching wrestling, as well as to give JamFla some background info so she can better make a decision for Halloween options. So I will end this post with some pictures of other members of the nWo when it ran its course so costume ideas can be born!
Note: I am not listing all of the members because there were over 50 throughout the lifespan of the group.
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| Syxx (before he turned into XPac... SUCK IT!) |
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| Buff Bagwell |
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Sting after becoming a member of the Wolfpac and changing his face paint color palette.
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| The Giant... later known as the Big Show |
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| Yep... that's Dennis Rodman, his cool factor just went up a notch. |
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| The Wolfpac!! Konnan, Sting, Nash, Savage, and Luger |
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| Original Members |
