Hollywood Naitch
The current reigning and defending
I think the nWo arrival in the WWE in 2002 had the potential to be something special. Fans were obviously going crazy for the fact that Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall were returning to the company after so many years away, and that Vince was actually bringing in the most dominant faction in WWE history- the "poison" of the nWo in order to destroy his own company.
It was obvious that the guys would get cheered at first as the fans were so happy to hear them, as Hogan was vs The Rock at WM, but Vince obviously got cold feet and felt the need to turn Hogan face immediately after, therefore taking the biggest name out of the nWo. Nash could have led the faction by himself but injuries to him and Scott Hall just being his usual drunken self completely killed the momentum of the faction.
Adding X-Pac and maybe even Big Show made sense, but bringing Shawn Michaels and Booker T in just didnt work and the nWo ended up just being a worthless group of WWE wrestlers, rather than the WCW invaders it was meant to be.
It haad the potential to be a huge storyline. I would have given the nWo the World Title (they put the belt on Hogan as a face quickly, so a heel Hogan with the title would have worked), made Nash and Hall the tag team champions and let the nWo take over either Raw or Smackdown, making it nWo Smackdown for a while and going even further than WCW did with the faction. It would have been great TV to see Vince realising that he had made a mistake in bringing in the nWo and that they had got out of control, so he ends up turning face and trying to stop them.
But, sadly this never happened and the nWo just died quietly which was a pathetic end to what could have been a great storyline. We didnt even get to have a DX vs nWo feud, or all the Kliq members in the ring together. It was pointless
It was obvious that the guys would get cheered at first as the fans were so happy to hear them, as Hogan was vs The Rock at WM, but Vince obviously got cold feet and felt the need to turn Hogan face immediately after, therefore taking the biggest name out of the nWo. Nash could have led the faction by himself but injuries to him and Scott Hall just being his usual drunken self completely killed the momentum of the faction.
Adding X-Pac and maybe even Big Show made sense, but bringing Shawn Michaels and Booker T in just didnt work and the nWo ended up just being a worthless group of WWE wrestlers, rather than the WCW invaders it was meant to be.
It haad the potential to be a huge storyline. I would have given the nWo the World Title (they put the belt on Hogan as a face quickly, so a heel Hogan with the title would have worked), made Nash and Hall the tag team champions and let the nWo take over either Raw or Smackdown, making it nWo Smackdown for a while and going even further than WCW did with the faction. It would have been great TV to see Vince realising that he had made a mistake in bringing in the nWo and that they had got out of control, so he ends up turning face and trying to stop them.
But, sadly this never happened and the nWo just died quietly which was a pathetic end to what could have been a great storyline. We didnt even get to have a DX vs nWo feud, or all the Kliq members in the ring together. It was pointless