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Post by jason88cubs on Jan 6, 2021 18:15:11 GMT -5
ANyone remember this?
It was during Vince's Ruthless AGression speech
The NWO came out and Vince made mention that Nash "could be joining then unemployment line with your buddy Scott Hall"
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jan 6, 2021 18:37:15 GMT -5
Big Kev is the greatest!
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 6, 2021 18:42:12 GMT -5
ANyone remember this?
It was during Vince's Ruthless AGression speech
The NWO came out and Vince made mention that Nash "could be joining then unemployment line with your buddy Scott Hall"
Remember very little about the nWo after WM18...or that time frame in WWE. Interest waned heavily & didn't return until August really. |
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Post by The Brain on Jan 6, 2021 18:54:28 GMT -5
HBK in the group is all you need to know about the failure that was the WWE version of the NWO.
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Post by K5 on Jan 6, 2021 19:49:30 GMT -5
ya gotta respect how quick Nash was there. lol
both these men would go on to tear their quads
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Post by Thunder Chunky on Jan 6, 2021 20:51:15 GMT -5
Jesus what a way to bury Booker T.
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Post by whydontyoutellme on Jan 7, 2021 7:59:35 GMT -5
Not even pretending to care Kevin Nash is the best version of Nash, to be fair.
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Post by Mongo Bears on Jan 7, 2021 8:28:40 GMT -5
I’ve never seen one minute of the whole ruthless aggression period
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Post by jason88cubs on Jan 7, 2021 11:26:20 GMT -5
Jesus what a way to bury Booker T. Well he is from WCW, can't let him succeed! |
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 7, 2021 12:07:06 GMT -5
nWo 2002 was brutal...and absolutely destined to fail long before they even stepped in a WWE ring by the sounds of it.
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Post by jason88cubs on Jan 7, 2021 12:16:33 GMT -5
nWo 2002 was brutal...and absolutely destined to fail long before they even stepped in a WWE ring by the sounds of it. The fact that they debuted at No Way Out and tried to get sympathy from the fans was a joke.
They werent the rebels like they were in WCW
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 7, 2021 12:18:23 GMT -5
nWo 2002 was brutal...and absolutely destined to fail long before they even stepped in a WWE ring by the sounds of it. The fact that they debuted at No Way Out and tried to get sympathy from the fans was a joke.
They werent the rebels like they were in WCW
Plus nobody wanted to work with them....Hall & Nash became a disruption in the locker room the moment they returned according to many sources. |
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Post by rkmo: Autonomous Meat Shield on Jan 7, 2021 13:37:52 GMT -5
Booker Man should've given Vince a whole lotta RUTHLESS AGGRESSION.
X-Pac casually eating a lollipop lol
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Post by jason1980s on Jan 7, 2021 15:42:45 GMT -5
I think Booker got a couple of comebacks but WWE also had to get in their comedy routines, or at least Vince's version of comedy routines.
It's hard for a guy like Booker on the mic when working with guys whose sole intention is to give you NOTHING. I'm talking Michaels and Nash here more than Vince.
I know a lot of the guys at the ring weren't headliners but Nash speaking to them about headlining wrestlemania came off like a 1972 Miami Dolphin random player/non HOF telling a new NFL star about his team being the best but doing it in a way to put down the new era and knowing he is doing so.
Big Show was never entertaining to me, I was a huge 123 Kid fan but he just looks so out of place here. Michaels seems like pre-religion here. Maybe not as bad as 1996/1997 but definitely he won't be giving any help to the new talents. And Nash is literally the whole 1972 Dolphins all buy himself. I did think it was crap for Vince to put Michaels over so much to Booker's T's face. All 4 guys seems way out of their prime here but I'm sure Vince wanted them under contract more than any of the people at the ring with him. Nash is like the employee who will give a jab to the boss at your job but when it's time for break, he's smoking with him and laughing it up. I'm sure whether the finger was planned or not Vince had a good "har har har har" old school Vince laugh with Nash over it.
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Jan 8, 2021 18:35:40 GMT -5
The fact that they debuted at No Way Out and tried to get sympathy from the fans was a joke.
They werent the rebels like they were in WCW
Plus nobody wanted to work with them....Hall & Nash became a disruption in the locker room the moment they returned according to many sources. Thinking about it, having Hogan and The Kliq at the same time must have been a backstage nightmare. |
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Post by JokerFC on Jan 8, 2021 19:13:02 GMT -5
Plus nobody wanted to work with them....Hall & Nash became a disruption in the locker room the moment they returned according to many sources. Thinking about it, having Hogan and The Kliq at the same time must have been a backstage nightmare. Think Hogan was ok but Hall & Nash started stirring sh#t their first raw back |
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Post by Retrospect on Jan 8, 2021 23:36:22 GMT -5
XPac looked pissed when Vince said that
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Post by Warriah' on Jan 18, 2021 10:30:44 GMT -5
I guess I'm in the minority when I say that NWO could have had a good run in the WWF under different circumstances. I'd also go as far as to say that their run until Mania 18 was great.
The first problem was having the NWO lose both their matches at WM18 (could have been fixed by having Nash on the card and going over Kane as originally planned)
The 2nd problem was losing Hogan (killing their star power) and proceeding to job to Hogan/Rock til the brand split. X-Pac joining was fine but you're replacing the biggest star in the history of the business with a C tier guy. (This is why I think Shawn joining could have worked fine if handled right). But either way Hennig should have been one of the first guys to join up.
The 3rd problem was losing Hall
As soon as Kev got injured there was no hope
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Post by Decky on Jan 18, 2021 10:33:22 GMT -5
I’ve never seen one minute of the whole ruthless aggression period You're missing out on some exceptional wrestling. |
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Post by jason88cubs on Jan 18, 2021 18:57:52 GMT -5
I guess I'm in the minority when I say that NWO could have had a good run in the WWF under different circumstances. I'd also go as far as to say that their run until Mania 18 was great. The first problem was having the NWO lose both their matches at WM18 (could have been fixed by having Nash on the card and going over Kane as originally planned) The 2nd problem was losing Hogan (killing their star power) and proceeding to job to Hogan/Rock til the brand split. X-Pac joining was fine but you're replacing the biggest star in the history of the business with a C tier guy. (This is why I think Shawn joining could have worked fine if handled right). But either way Hennig should have been one of the first guys to join up. The 3rd problem was losing Hall As soon as Kev got injured there was no hope They also should have had that gang mentality like they did in WCW |
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