Eric Bischoff SHOOTS On When Adding nWo Members Went Too Far!

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[InsideTheRopes]

Who was the worst nWo member? Let us know in the comments below!

[Toast]

I feel like the first seven or eight members all made sense. Giant was the first defection and was pissed WCW (and specifically the Dungeon of Doom) didn't come to help when Hogan beat him for the world title. Having Dibiase as the original manager at the time made sense because it was still looking like WWF was invading and the nWo was "buying" the tv time to air their promos. Syxx, for the reasons Eric gave, made sense. Even Virgil as Vincent made sense, who was the seventh official member to join, because he was originally "Head of Security" for the nWo and hired by Dibiase, which served as a continuation of Virgil working for Ted. Also, he could take the bumps whenever WCW came out to fight off an nWo attack. After Bischoff joined is when I feel it began to be watered down.

[SonnyK]

I remember an old NWO vignette where Scott and Kevin were selling NWO tshirts and it went like
Nash- These are the NWO tshirts 20 dollars each or 2 for 40
Hall- You buy a million! It's only 20 million dollars!
That still pops into my head multiple times a year 😂

[mazzb]

The worst addition that really mattered was Bret Hart. It should’ve been Bret, Sting, & Luger vs the main NWO guys.

[WesleyWilkins-qfky]

Adding the giant was when it got stupid and made no sense. They already didn’t have enough main event wcw guys to challenge them

[wesleywarsmith]

Adding Randy made the least sense since the gang was founded on him getting beaten big time. The real Randy would want ultimate revenge! Not join them.

[creoleDJ]

To me, the nWo started losing it’s luster when former nWo foes started joining or bouncing in & out of it. Sting, Luger, The Giant, Konnan, Stevie Ray, Scott Steiner, Dusty Rhodes….

[heyheyhe]

There was one time when Sting with the baseball bat and showed the nWo he’s dropped the bat off the ring daring the nWo to engage him, I remember X-Pac gotten hit with Sting right fist and he was flying to the top rope. Sean Waltman sold really well.

Edit: X-PAC? Excuse me, what was I thinking. Syxx.

[Venemofthe]

Hogan, Hall, Nash, Bischoff, Bagwell, Scott Steiner, Syxx thats all you needed

[darylcrosland]

Was never a really big fan of them but love them or hate them Eric was a genius go back and watch the R.A Era circa 2004 when he was GM of Raw you truly have to understand what he could do especially comedy/ entertainment wise.

[jadams]

People like Virgil and disciple made sense because they were “bodyguards” and you could job them out without hurting any credibility with the top tier members. People like Norton and Brian adams shouldn’t have been in. Buff and Steiner were both great.

[davidslayer]

everyone wanted to join to avoid jobbing it seemed like mostly..

[scottmarkel]

They should have kept the nWo at 4 or 5 members like WWF did DX.

[Dario_Mazzella]

I dont know when it started dying but when Stevie Ray was brought in and i saw curt henning on the "B" team i know it was done. Still the best faction ever. N.W.O 4life

[JonySmith-bbgx]

Something moves

Eric praises Hogan

This guy had the best talent and didn't know what to do with them.

[raddastronaut]

Whoa whoa whoa.
Eric.
Hulk wrestled 400 to 411 or 412 days a year.
Those NJPW shows allowed hulkster to shock the international date and time line to freeze then spin backwards brother.
Those atomic leg drops added hours to days and days to years they created so much thunder brother.
It allowed hulk to change physics and control the date and time.
That’s how powerful hulkamania was back then brother. 😂

[MrShanester]

Correction: Hogan was wrestling 400 days a year 😂

[Itanium]

Eric was a Legend in the world of Wrestling.1993-2006

[JonySmith-bbgx]

NWO
The thing that made and broke WCW

Jericho was one of the first to recognise how pointless it was

[jamesflint]

Sean Waltman is really underrated for his contribution to The NWO,

He was able to have a different style and different variety of matches that the other guys couldn't, as well as being able to fit perfectly into The NWO personality,

He was an added depth to them