Kevin Nash - When I Knew nWo Wouldn't Last in WWE

Kevin Nash discusses the original plan for nWo in WWE and when he knew it wouldn't last. Stream New Shoot Interviews 📺 TitleMatchNetwo...
Big Daddy Cool talks about his return to the WWE with Scott Hall, Hulk Hogan and later X-Pac. Find out what Vince McMahon promised the group and why all the plans for Wrestlemania 18 changed at the last minute.
Also hear why the Hulk Hogan turn to babyface was the beginning of the end for the legendary nWo group. Nash also shares his thoughts on his friend Steve Austin, The Rock, John Cena and Batista.
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[@TitleMatchWrestling]

Big shout out to Kevin Nash Stream the Full Shoot Interview (2007) ➡titlematchnetwork.com/wrestling-shoot-interviews-results/

[@daytonflyerr7608]

Can u get him again? I'd like to hear his take on Invasion angle

[@ojlott-w4n]

Vince signed the Nwo just to destroy it

[@StinkyIndianGuy]

That's his whole legacy. Buy and destroy.

[@JOHNN01.82]

No he seen value in NWO and never expected fans to cheers Hogan over Rock , 2002 Hogan did more jobs that year than combined in his entire career , Rock,Taker,Angle, Brock and tapped out first time ever to Kurt by submission first-time and only time ever

[@look-out-4-1-another]

To be fair, nWo had already been significantly watered down by the end of WCW too.

[@Ishbikes]

Yea nwo died when everyone & their cousin could join. They even had their own ref’s.

[@LoopHoleLeeRoy]

My grandma was part of the NWO

[@albertpullhoes]

I mean wwf shouldve left it alone if they couldnt make it great again

[@insertgoodname4809]

Vince bought WCW just so he could squash the talent. It was petty and childish but so were the Monday Night Wars.

[@Ishbikes]

@@insertgoodname4809 imagine if you literally bought your enemies company. I mean, that was already checkmate when he showed up on *both stations.* Already checkmate when Shane McMahon walked up the WCW steps. Vince had a good thing, his ego got the best of him.

[@MMTLPisHere]

To be fair… Vince wanted all WCW characters to look second rate

[@derekjuarez9762]

Vince wanted to make money. That’s it.

[@dantecarroll2435]

Except for Ric flair and Goldberg because if you remember he put the world title on both of them twice

[@TheUnfortunate0ne1]

@@dantecarroll2435Goldberg had to get his ass kicked by triple h first

[@HINESisGOAT]

Yeah, like Benoit, Guerrero, Mysterio, Jericho and Goldberg 🙄

[@pcdm43145]

@@HINESisGOAT Fair enough, but McMahon definitely wanted to settle scores with Hogan, Nash, Hall, Steiner, et al-- those guys were crawling back to a company they left, and McMahon was gonna make sure they crawled on broken glass, just to stay there.

[@yojimbonoir4411]

The most Kevin Nash answer you will ever get,” Does it pay anything?” It is not a slight to Nash. Nash understands value. He drew crowds and cash.

[@dangerousdays2052]

Nash was the worst drawing WWE champion of all time. Out side of his WCW NWO run, he was forgettable.

[@Minotaur92]

@@dangerousdays2052 Luckily, that's not all that matters at all. Scott never was champion and was always a huge draw.

[@dangerousdays2052]

@@Minotaur92 Scott Hall was a solid mid-carder, I'll give him that.

[@TheUnfortunate0ne1]

Nobody ever bought a ticket to anything because they wanted to see Kevin Nash.

[@deRoyLight]

@@dangerousdays2052 Outside of being a cornerstone of one of the Top 2 most successful angles in history, yes, he was forgettable. lol

[@richardwang1739]

I stopped watching wrestling on TV weekly because of John Cena

[@joshup]

Me too

[@chiarenza451]

Same

[@ike.o6944]

Facts💯. Same!

[@thegoldenorder1240]

Same

[@markantonio6512]

I stopped watching cuz the rock.guy kept leaving at Hollywood and come back whenever he has no movies to make just to gwt some extra dollars.he didn't deserved any pushes he got over the time just a greedy guy .he used to be good but him batista even cena always leaving and coming back whenever they wanted. 3 of the worse wrestlers ever .

[@javielpena1642]

The fact is WWE did not expect the crowd to be so pro Hogan they had no choice but to turn him face

[@ToddHollywoodGAC]

That doesn’t matter.. there’s no reason a heel can’t get cheers. Billy Graham did it, DX was technically a heel during most of their cheers..

[@insertgoodname4809]

Hogan turning heel and being part of the NWO is arguably the hottest angle in the History of pro-wrestling. For McMahon to screw that up is to me him simply being mad that he didn't come up with the idea.

[@anon2414]

@@insertgoodname4809and hogan said in an interview he kept asking to be a heel but Vince kept turning him down and he turns heel when he went to wcw 😂. Hogan lying again. They had to convince hogan to go heel at wcw

[@insertgoodname4809]

@@anon2414 Hogan is my hero. Take back your bad words.

[@anon2414]

@@insertgoodname4809 I take my words back. Very sorry

[@CorbittChandler]

Love that Nash has Austin’s back like he does. Never knew they were tight back in the day. Just found that out recently and I love it, even though I don’t follow modern wrestling anymore. #kayfabe

[@NeoZero85]

Yea, if you even remember this could possibly go back to Steve Austin being in WCW at some point as well

[@dangerousdays2052]

Defending a wifebeater is nothing to be proud of. 😂😂

[@gregpaxton3473]

Vince is the reason the NWO failed in WWF. His ego would in no way allow arguably the best thing from WCW overshadow his own talent! Similar to the Allience arc, he used that to straight up bury 90% of WCW talent to make an example!

[@insertgoodname4809]

I distinctly remember hearing about Vince buying WCW and being really excited about what he was going to do with the NWO. We all thought he was going to resurrect the excitement of the Monday Night Wars but now under one company. What Vince ended up doing was petty and childish.

[@KnightsTable]

i wouldve kept wwe wcw and ecw separate with crossover matches and ppvs...and allow the nwo to be their own entity not too big like in wcw but just.enough right members to scare all the other promotions.

[@KnightsTable]

war gsmes wouldve been insane..wwe vs wcw vs ecw vs nwo

[@goazer2]

This is not true. What killed the NWO was Hall and Nash not wanting to do business or take their licks after they got back. After the NWO started losing Hall quit and Nash had a bicep tear which was probably fake. Then near the end of 2002 they had rebuilt the NWO into a upcoming superfaction that was about to take over the company as soon as HHH joined when Nash's definitely fake quad tear took him out. I don't think Nash wrestled more than one match on TV if that that whole year. Without Nash, Hogan or Hall in the NWO there wasn't much point to it and the whole thing was scrapped.

[@StandOutInACrowd1]

Pure nonsense. The boys in the back are the reason NWO failed in the WWE.

[@insertgoodname4809]

Kevin was a natural diplomat without sounding like a conman or a tool. Natural leader. He understood everyone's point of view.

[@mewebb]

Consumate professional.

[@SolicitorRandolph]

He understands business and doesn’t take it personal. A wise man.

[@insomniacbritgaming1632]

he was both a tool and conman...

[@scourgemeltface]

​@@insomniacbritgaming1632 nah that's you

[@insomniacbritgaming1632]

@@scourgemeltface such an educated debate, well done.

[@MrAntoniocarter]

So that promo Nash did the night after WM 18 to Hogan was how he legit felt

[@Bohdisattva3.7]

Ya I just watched it again. Nash was pissed as hell. For the reasons he just said. Hogans face told all while he was gettin wrecked by Nash

[@Nogo-Bronco]

It was all about Vince's ego. It wasn't simply about story telling. I knew pretty quick it was about making WWE talent getting over on WCW guys. They could of at least stretched things out and made it interesting, at the least. I'm not speaking exclusively about the NWO when I say this.

[@CodenameRawTV]

What should have happened is Hogan came back as face and did the Rock match (still as big as it was) and then, the next year they could've brought Hall and Nash in to reunite the NWO. By that time, Eric was in the WWE for better guidance of the group, Hogan would've been face for a year and the No Way Out rematch with Rock would've saw him back as a heel w/Hollywood Hogan vs Hollywood Rock. This also would've allowed us to bypass all the Big Show, HBK, Booker T NWO crossover nonsense they did to try to keep the group alive a few breaths longer.

[@shawnmichaels4805]

But no......Instead of that, Vince decided to "shake things up" by puttingg the WCW and ECW brands to sleep, splitting the brands, splitting the tagteams, changing the characters and screwing everything up.

[@mewebb]

I was always sour about The Big Show being in the new nWo because one of my first wrestling memories is being 8 years old and watching The Giant getting jumped out of the gang.

[@steverapos3904]

NWO were old, injury prone, and Hall was probably drinking a lot by then - I could see why the WWE wouldn't invest in them

[@KClouisville]

But why bring them in to begin with? They could have just brought in Hogan by himself....he'd have done it for sure if the money was right...and I think Hogan was the only guy Vince really had any possible plans for.

[@mandible_claw]

It didn’t work because you had the 3 nWo guys almost losing to Rock and Austin in a HANDICAP MATCH… You had Hall losing to Austin, even with Nash’s help…You had Hogan losing to Rock, and to make it even worse for the nWo, you had Hogan turn face and leave. Gee, I wonder why it didn’t work. It was set up for it to fail. The audience was into them, it wasn’t about them not being “over,” because they were

[@maotendoo]

It was about them being TOO over. They were getting cheered and popping more than Rock and Austin. And their merch was outselling everyone else. Couldn't have the competition that almost put you out of business come in and overshadow everyone else again.

[@nzelver559]

Let's also not forget that HHH beat Sting after nWo came out and Dx came out and DX got the upper hand - not even a close call.

[@stevejamieson8468]

As far as Hulk goes, he was getting cheers leading up to WM 18. The crowd that night turned him face during the course of that match.

[@daytonflyerr7608]

They were soo sucked into what Rock and Austin were doing. We should've got HOLLYWOOD Rock and HOLLYWOOD Hogan. Heel vs heel! No one is a Babyface and Rock doesn't get help from anyone. People would think Austin would help but he wouldn't. Let hall lose but then Hogan and Nash jump him. They had the entire nwo fearing Austin I thought it was hilarious but for value it was bad. Austin beating Booker t in the church and at Kroger's is believable but him smashing the entire nwo smh no. If they did that I would've liked sting to save them and Austin run when he sees him 😂

[@daytonflyerr7608]

​@@nzelver559I'm glad I missed that I would've been upset 😭

[@walker1984]

How did they not let the nWo run wild on the whole roster like they did in WCW? It's ridiculous

[@OZZYHVM420]

Ego I would have loved to see that story line. Nash is right, there was a lot of money to be made there.

[@walker1984]

@OZZYHVM420 and wasted like the stupid invasion storyline. I wonder if Hunter would had done things differently.

[@ToddHollywoodGAC]

The should have gone with the first 6 members of the NWO.

[@insertgoodname4809]

DX vs NWO would have been worth seeing.

[@walker1984]

@@insertgoodname4809 I doubt it. If they had their heads straight and allowed both sides to look good against each other, but you know Vince would make the nWo look like hot garbage in a squash. He does that to everything he didn't create.

[@robjhump]

When Hogan turned faced they should of had Nash and Hall turn the NWO into the Wolfpac

[@overdoseoverdosero1122]

Facts I never thought of that that would’ve definitely worked

[@maxmeza4859]

Umm. No that wouldn’t have done anything

[@overdoseoverdosero1122]

@@maxmeza4859 you know what? Maybe you’re right they would of destroyed it, not disagreeing with you☹️

[@robjhump]

@@maxmeza4859 it would of been better than the clusterfuck it became with Shawn Michaels joining and booker t

[@concretedavidson]

No idea why Nash didn't face Austin instead of Hall. Nash was a bigger star and closer with Steve personally. Bigger marquee match having two former world champions if Austin didn't want to face Hogan.

[@gilbertlopez742]

I believe Nash was injured during Wrestlemania.

[@JasonQuinn-qq4om]

Also anything Vince didn’t create he destroyed.

[@Marcus-Lprofit123]

Sometimes it was the other way around....whatever he didn't create, he takes it, change it a little bit and make it either better or worse

[@devilwarr1or]

I genuinely feel that nwo angle was the original plan but once they saw the reaction hogan got when he returned that they realised they had something and they couldnt run with the nwo angle if fans would cheer hogan during it.

[@Revampyremetal]

You feel? It’s literally what Kevin just said lol

[@devilwarr1or]

@Revampyremetal um Kevin nash inferred that they were lied to, so they would all agree to be brought in. His story is they were lied to from the start, mine is that was the genuine plan that got changed after the return reaction.

[@christiancruiz9044]

Definitely should of brought macho man in after wm 18 and did the wolfpack angle.The wolfpack was more over them hogans nwo. Macho hated hogan also. Also bring in scott stiener if they could of

[@RemyLebeau-hm5nn]

Keven looking like at the beginning of the video he was just beamed there and thinking to himself "how the f#ck did i get here?"

[@Ahren_blk]

once Hogan left the nwo and went singles it was over it was disappointing We never got Austin versus Hogan Even though the rock versus Hogan was good but everybody wanted Austin vs hogan They were the biggest names at that time for both companies

[@ickbar]

Was awesome when Hogan returned. It was a combination of the nWo and the nostalgia of Hogan back in WWF/WWE. But Nash is right, the fan reaction counted against them in the end.

[@insertgoodname4809]

The OBVIOUS angle should have been NWO vs WWF. They could have been running that till this day had it been handled right. But McMahon...

[@BruceMichaelFilms]

They should’ve known that Vince wasn’t going to push them after they tried to put him out of business.

[@thejoshpresle]

Hogan was champion a month later...

[@rasulsamad5860]

​@thejoshpresle you're slow

[@insertgoodname4809]

@@thejoshpresle But he wasn't the leader of the NWO or a heel, , which is what had been killing McMahon on the Monday Night Wars.

[@quentinkaasa47]

They were working with Austin, Rock and Hogan. . . If Vince didn't push them he would put them in cold matches with guys like Al Snow.

[@henry7696]

@@quentinkaasa47 exactly lol. vince did the booking...people acting like the nwo actually came in and did what they wanted to. they couldve been relegated to low mid-carders if vince wanted it to be so

[@tonyh8965]

WWE has been terrible since the gymnastics style stuff came in. It look so fake. It’s garbage today & has been for 15-20 years.

[@TomStansfield]

Answer is probably when it was established half of the stable couldn’t actually wrestle and the mic stuff is only part of the full package.

[@jetla22]

Austin really ruined it. Him not fscing Hogan lead to Hogan turning face also lead to Austin making Nash and Hall look top weak. When Rock would have put them over. Come to think about it Austin don't get blamed enough for the damage his ego did to the company

[@jordanbailey5456]

Austin turned hogan match in 05-07 times in 02 it was always going to be rock-hogan thats what he was butt hurt about and he was the first undisputed champ either

[@notd0ll109]

Austin and Hogan would have been the drizzling shits. Terrible match up of styles and neither guy needed the other to get over. Rock benefitted WAY more from Hogan than Austin would have. Is there a single serious person out there who says “aw shucks. I wish we could have seen Austin and hogan wrestle”?

[@jordanjones7043]

Nash In 2024 does not look 64 years old

[@jeremymayhem5599]

Dang he look like a big ahh doctor strange, Brendan cumbersnatch or whatever

[@TerryKeefeMedia]

Both Nash and Hall were really beat-up when they returned. They had a hard time feeling like a threat to the group of mostly younger stars there at the time. Hogan was older and more beat-up than just about everyone on the roster, but he was still Hulk Hogan. It was pretty cool to see the fans still cheer him against the Rock. That was the house Hulk built.

[@TheFailedmessiah]

That was the last time imo Hulk Hogan can still go. Yes I know he had that match against Shawn michaels a couple years later. But Shawn can have a match with a wooden log. If that WM match vs the rock would have been Hogan's last and final match. That would have been a great way to end a career. Fairytale ending.

[@st.michaelofcigarillo2845]

Nash fears Sags. Nash killed his own son.

[@TheTruth-on5zx]

@@st.michaelofcigarillo2845 wow

[@popeyedoyle6360]

Yea, that Rock vs Hollywood should have been the end of Hogan. He could come to wrestlemania to make little one off appearances here and there, but he should have known when to go away. Same with Ric Flair. TBH both guys should have retired in the mid 90s and just enjoyed their families, maybe there wouldn't have been such tragedy surrounded them with that issue.

[@GrimMeNaCe]

@@popeyedoyle6360 Nah, he had a great run after that match, Hulkamania was back and alive for a short period of time, I remember it fondly. The fans were behind him and he had some fun matches against people he never wrestled before, plus he became the last ever WWF champion before they turned into the WWE.

[@TimPerdue-n8w]

Really good interview

[@Diablokosdblokos]

Scott hall and Kevin Nash should have came back as diésel and razor ramon

[@Jav-to3zc]

They looked much older its amazing how much they aged between 1995 and 2001

[@RedAvery1]

They wasted the wcw talent when they got there.

[@Marcus-Lprofit123]

Not booker t

[@prolyx2315]

Kevin so 💯.. I was definitely WCW on the Monday wars until.. Sable they had me😊

[@LaidBack--]

Yall couldn't stay healthy physically or mentally anyway, so none of this mattered. It was always going to fall apart due to this fact alone.

[@babbyfacerevocation2740]

NWO was a formula it was a damn good formula it got rode in the ground nwo wolf pac all these different variations lwo owo

[@kayla0002134266654]

Didn’t Scott hall show up the day of WM hungover? Good reason to change the result of the match….

[@B00mG0esTheDyn0mite]

That would've been way better than the wrestlemania we got. That story line would've gone further and caused more attractions with all fans. A real invasion was in the works here but that had to change overnight 🤦‍♂️

[@mr.classic6823]

The minute I heard NWO Was coming to WWE I knew it was about to get worse

[@ce6654]

I feel like if they'd brought in the nWo and made them the absolute menace that they should have been, it would have been something to watch. Instead, they have them all come in and just get insulted and beat up on by the Rock and Stone Cold without really putting up much of a fight. It was the same as the Invasion storyline and everything else that WWE did with their acquired talents from WCW - continue to insult the company and bury the talent as sub-par losers that wouldn't last in WWE.

[@quentinkaasa47]

They injured The Rock so bad that he needed to be taken in an ambulance - and then they drove a semi into it! And Scott broke a cinder block over Austin's bad knee to close out RAW on another night. You have no idea what you're talking about.

[@ce6654]

@quentinkaasa47 really? Because I watched all of it. How long did it actually last? Hogan left after turning face in the match with Rock, and left the group to start recruiting a bunch of guys that basically became Discount DX. Rock also embarrassed all three of them to their faces backstage with no consequence. This was a watered down version of the nWo in every way. It still is listed on multiple wrestling publications as one of the biggest stable failures in WWE history. Sorry, BROTHER! 💪🏻 The thing was, Vince played on the nostalgia and milked the stable, but didn't do what the stable was meant to do. They should have been running amok in the back, attacking wrestlers, interfering in matches, holding careers hostage, etc. That was what they were known for. They were actually an element that eventually killed WCW through the repeated revivals, or fostering a culture where few matches were ended clean due to cheating or interference. Very little of that happened because Vince simply wanted to play on the name, but quickly realized that they were all too over, Hogan turned face, Hall's addiction came back, and Nash was injured again. It just wasn't made to last.

[@quentinkaasa47]

@@ce6654Ehh, nobody wanted constant run-in's and all that. It's a large part of why WCW started hemorrhaging viewers. Targeting the two top guys in the build-up to WrestleMania was more than enough. After Hogan left the group, the story should have shifted focus to being about the Kliq, which is where they were leaning in spite of Scott's termination. Scott's 2nd WWE tenure was never going to last long anyway, but the Plane Ride from Hell really screwed everything going forward. But hey, at least it ended the story with Ric Flair almost unofficially being nWo 4 Life.

[@sweetpetergeda]

Nwo wasnt meant ro work in 2002 anyway. Everybody was older. Beat up and just not the same. You wrestling nerds in the comments need to grow th up. Scott hall was of 0 use at that time. Nash knees were done and hogan cant be heel in WWE. Never should have tired that there

[@nicobean5064]

I swear

[@AaronLesterMedia]

Austin is protective of his spot but he wasn't protecting his wives from himself... But we're not ready to have that conversation.

[@1972BoNeZ666]

☝🏻 I AM

[@madsweeney8931]

Boo fucking hoo

[@KadariusGreen]

Bruh, shut up. He's married again so, F off.

[@Richiefreshhh]

You wanna say somethin about Steve's domestic, but don't wanna talk about Kendrick putting hands on women.. lmao

[@AaronLesterMedia]

@@Richiefreshhh Sorry kid but his girl never said he did anything to her unlike Steve's ex wives. So again we're not ready to have that conversation.

[@Thelifeandthemoments]

After WCW Fall apart Wrestling Was not the same

[@PaulMercedes]

A well put together Stone Cold v Kevin Nash w/ Scott in his corner feud, would have work very well. Both are natural talkers and would have thrown some really great promos at one another. A good old fashioned brawl through the crowd no DQ match would have worked much much better than having poor Scott just get his ass stomped in 5 mins at WrestleMania.

[@brokefolkfabrication]

could've been great...but no

[@TheEverydayFan]

Could of still been huge even after the brand split and Hogan being out of the group, if Hall and X-Pac didn't get fired, if Nash could of not been injured, and Shawn Michaels could of wrestled.

[@drumitar]

Never had a problem with the NWO

[@jasonsinclair9615]

Lol. Sure, character development was the problem. NOT it being made of has-beens looking for a 3rd/4th chance at a paycheck.

[@SancLunatic]

It should have been DX vs NWO.

[@Ell-J]

WWE is a cesspool. Everything WWE touches turns to 💩. Dean Ambrose now Mox lefted that awful promotion is now a big name in AEW,and NJPW. MJF would get buried in WWE just look at ricohect if I have his name right. In AEW ricohect would be a household name,and a champion.

[@bfyre1]

Basically vince wanted to get rid of the nwo because it wasnt his invention

[@Aaronschinaguide]

WWE killed NWO at Wrestlemania 18 when Hall and Nash together couldn't beat Stone Cold.

[@davidbutler1622]

Everyone was WWF guy that’s why they were over. Hogan Nash hall all made there names there.

[@auzblake69]

Him stoned as a mother!

[@Psyfi85]

Pills

[@BooBusby]

Man WWE should've just did "THE OUTSIDERS" first then NWO then did that BULLSHIT. Alot of money was missed off merch alone

[@willsmith4355]

They had a big missed oppertunity when the two merged. It was the biggest let down and I stopped watching wrestling all together because how stupid they handled it all. It was over end of a era the best era in wrestling. It will never be as big as it was then.

[@alexmelendez6732]

Austin was so protective of his spot he wouldnt even put over nash his best bud. All the complaints about hogan but austin gets a pass. Thats why i always preferred the rock. He put hurricane over. Lets see austin do that

[@giustinoscalise3177]

I love me some Hogan, and personally, whatever they do outside shows i've watched, I don't really care. Both Hogan, and Austin were responsible for getting EVERYONE paid. It was a slimy business. Doing a job meant different things in different eras, but at the end of the day, Those guys both emerged as stars that got people watching the product, and in turn helped get many a man over, whether they lost to them in a match or not. The Rock for sure carried the torch but he was in a better position to do a 1-2-3 kid type job than Austin or Hogan

[@isitoveryet9525]

It’s crazy how many people make excuses for Austin lol The cognitive dissonance it takes to defend SA refusing to put people over & walking out because things weren’t going his way, while destroying Hogan for the same thing is next level.

[@Leo-yn5fx]

@@isitoveryet9525Nah i dont think you realize how over Austin was vs the rock. That Jericho move was a dumbass one to make him undisputed.

[@aaronli8376]

it wouldn't make sense to put NWO over. their actual wrestling ability at that point wasn't better than the workers the wwe already had and its counterintuitive to put them over when your established wrestlers essentially ran them out of business with the wcw. Hogan saw the opportunity and took it to turn face.

[@Lurker101Gaming]

I think it's just another instance of Vince going out of his way to bury something from WCW

[@vr112]

I didn’t ‘get’ Nash back in the day but he’s a knowledgeable dude.

[@KenGi973]

this must have been 10+ years ago

[@Ishbikes]

It says 2007

[@quarf53206]

the nwo in wcw was supposed to seem like the wwe was invading wcw. The problem with the NWO in the WWE was it looked like the 90's WWE was trying to take over WWE in the 2000's

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

Bautista is the reason I quit WWE.

[@MrMuaythai84]

this prove 90s wrestler are waaaaaay more popular with the fans then what wwe forces onto fans. the 90s guys were organically over unlike the wrestler wwf forces not fans

[@alexandredufresne7464]

'does it pay anything?' hahaha he's nWo 4 life that's for sure🤣

[@creoleDJ]

It’s like Stevie Ray once said: “You can’t bring an idea from one organization into another organization and expect the people to buy into it.” It’s like putting a new coat of paint on an old car & expecting new car prices for it..

[@RyanForster-li7ox]

I always thought Austin and Nash didn’t like each other for awhile in reality him and Austin are just as close as Nash and HHH are

[@notd0ll109]

Yep. I think Nash said him and Austin talk at least once a week.

[@nzelver559]

Nash looks a bit psychotic here - he's very rational in how he talks but his eyes are wide maybe he's stoned, not sure.

[@williamchilcott2833]

He’s definitely stoned.

[@xDarkPx]

Hall and Nash left and found success with nwo. Vince wanted revenge. Remember, Hall and Nash blew up in WWF

[@eddiegriffin7447]

He has a good poker face

[@BonFire-oj9je]

Michael's would know

[@pugmalley]

NWO bit wasn't gonna work before it even started in WWE since it already ran its course to the end before WCW ended.

[@Grisna_25-]

Kevin nash

[@Ed-zp2xo]

Nash is probably the least insufferable of The Clique, but he's only giving half truths here. People didn't want to work with them for reasons far more valid than old grudges. 1. Nash is a VERY limited wrestler 2. Hall was HUGELY unreliable with the booze and the drugs (JR even said that's why his latter WWE run was so crap and why they didn't have faith in him) as well as quite a nasty bully at times (watch him in the Jake the Snake doc) 3. Hogan is a lying politician. He even tried to sabotage the Undertaker's first title win over him by faking an injury as a result of the tombstone. 4.There were also grudges of course but it was less "These guys tried to put us out of business" and more "I worked with these guys in old WWF/WCW and you've to watch your back around them."

[@mikem10481]

They should have never been brought in together. I would have had Nash and Hall come in after Wrestlemania and start a title feud with Triple H.

[@RG-lr4pk]

True. Why bring in the biggest angle and wrestler of all time. 🤓

[@superstarreviews9937]

It couldve worked! Should've been a double turn! When they came down,Rock should have hit Hogan from behind, Nash and Hall get in there,the three of them beat down Hogan.... Rock is the new leader of the N.W.O!

[@danieljoseph9439]

Not a bad idea!

[@arami187]

When Hogan returned to WWE, the Audience wanted the Nostalgia of Face Hogan, rather than Heel Hogan. Vinny Mac saw the writing on the wall and began to roll with it. Unfortunately, when it comes to former WCW talent- Hogan was the Exception but Not the Rule.

[@mainetain15]

NWO was a perfect example of when u got a good thing u got handle it correctly as well. NWO takeover was an awesome time in wrestling. By time WCW ended they were as dysfunctional as anything and i think the lasting image of that, hurt when it was time to run it in WWE.

[@williamwaltley412]

This shouldve worked it this shouldve made wrestling bigger than non playoff sports

[@davidcota4978]

Power Botched Big Show and Mike Awesome

[@robyo1713]

Should have done what they did in wcw. Come out of the crowed go against DX or something. Or added Dax members onto the now the click. Well they dropped the ball. Could of done a lot more with the nwo shame

[@scottgordin9709]

The only reason Vince brought in the NWO trio was to bury the NWO name from WCW, same reason Vince brought Sting in when he lost to HHH at Mania and Goldberg as well. I never did care for Cena, but he would do anything for the company, then when I heard about all the guys he buried cause he said (they ain’t good enough) I was like (really! Coming from a guy who only had four moves in his repertoire). After that I couldn’t stand him, always thought he was way overrated anyway. One thing I will admit is that John and Dwayne are much better in Hollyweird than they ever were in the ring.

[@TheWastedEquinox]

U sound crazy

[@joejoerunya8908]

It was lame when they brought the NWO to WWE. It had already been milked to death in WCW

[@kcx1588x]

It would have worked but Hogan was greedy and screwed everything up!!

[@MrOmega855]

WWE stinks !!! It isn't the same without Steve Austin and The Rock.

[@unknownunknown9296]

The moment that Vince McMahon bought his "competition". Period.

[@JohnSnowjrjr]

They could’ve blow back up ..the fans was happy as hell they came back 💯

[@MrCardinalzboy]

I’d take John cena over any of the rocks family storylines.

[@drpeppaerdrpeppaer5434]

It might have been because Nash tore his quad in every match he was in

[@haroldguerrero1556]

No one can kill the nwo and begin of the end of stone cold Steve Austin,4life and just too sweet

[@A1PrimeTimeMovies]

HBK the goat

[@PrimePrius]

That doesn't work for me, brother.

[@RG-lr4pk]

Because Austin politicked to beat Hall and kill the biggest angle of all time. WM17 he killed his own character and WM18 he kills the NWO. And then after that he refuses to put Lesnar over. And we wonder why wrestling is dead. 😂

[@CamericaMuscle]

Wrestling is dead?? Yeah all Austin’s fault 😅

[@_BigTimer85]

A failed heel turn at WM17, even Austin will admit to that. Yes, Hall was originally booked to win, however Hall at this time was a complete mess. Having Austin go over was the much better call. Vince was NEVER going to fully get behind someone else's creation. As far as Lesnar goes, he wanted to do business on PPV not on free tv. Austin didn't kill wrestling, bad creative years after and the PG era led to a precipitous downfall.

[@CamericaMuscle]

@@_BigTimer85 well said

[@Nostalgia9478]

Snow Flake Steve Austin is a primadonna PUNK

[@TheFailedmessiah]

The reason why Austin politiced and he admits it. He was beating Scott hall almost every time he faced him so he was more than willing to put him over at Wrestlemania where it means something. Put him over clean. But when Scott started drinking again at some WM party the night before and reaked of booze WM morning where they all meet up pre show. Austin basically told the higher ups. Vince and Co that Scott Hall isn't gonna last very long. He fell off the wagon. So they changed the finish that morning. You can believe it or not. We know Austin is very close to "that doesn't work for me brother" but he does put ppl over when it's the right thing to do like he did for the rock the next year.

[@chiarenza451]

I knew when it debuted Vince never wanted Hogan as a heel I'm surprised it even started

[@Ishbikes]

It was just Vince playing chess. I think Kevin knew something was up.. but Vince waited until they couldn’t pull out to make the move.

[@chiarenza451]

@@Ishbikes well obviously

[@Ishbikes]

@@chiarenza451 well it wasn’t *obvious.* Hogan was the only one that was given the truth

[@chiarenza451]

@@Ishbikes I guess nash and hall aren't very intelligent then cause it was obvious

[@Ishbikes]

@@chiarenza451 well some things are obvious when you’re looking on the outside in. They were told they were going over. As I kid, I would’ve never thought expected that. Steve was never going to let Scott beat him. Never

[@Ryukotsu22]

Steve Austin all of a sudden is "a friend" and this is one of the handful who ruined WCW with backstage politics. If Austin made it clear about not working with Hogan, obviously he wouldn't have wanted to fool with Nash and Hall at this point either. Nash just tries to hard to not be the scumbag he actually is.

[@howardmighty6764]

They should of assumed they would get a quick money grab and get buried.. They pretty much spit in WWE/ vinces face when they left. The only reason to bring them or any WCW guys in was to embarrass them.

[@HereIsWisdom1318]

nWo should have been introduced 1 at a time… Do the whole 3rd man angle. Rock Austin HHH vs Hall and Nash. Then have Hogan come down, maybe in all black so he’s not recognizable-until we saw the big boot and leg drop. Straight up copy WCW.

[@popeyedoyle6360]

It was doomed from the beginning. No WWF/E fan that wasn't in diapers was gonna buy Hogan as a heel in that company. Maybe if he left as heel in the early 90s, dropping the strap to Luger or Bret people would have bought it but no fan could see Hogan as anything but the red and yellow 80s era babyface. Nash was basically a cripple at this point he could hardily move in the ring. Hall could have had a nice run (I think he had cleaned up his act for a bit at this point) if he came back as Razor, not NWO hall but a revamped modern version of Razor. The NWO angle should have killed off in 98. It had ran it's course and was starting to smell. Everything NWO after that really sucked.

[@bronxriverchinobrown2856]

Not true at all , all those wwe fans knew hogan was a heel in wcw, hell from 94-98 wcw had bigger ratings.when hogan left in 93 wwf fans were booing him and sick of him.

[@jaygomes1335]

WWE never wanted WCW wrestlers to Succeed

[@sniperpaintcorrection]

Nwo vs Dx could of been something