Rewriting Pro Wrestling History Vol. 3, Pt. 3: The New World Order

Welcome to my series on rewriting pro wrestling history. If you haven't done so, please check out Parts 1 and 2 of my nWo rewrite. It will enlighten you.

Note: I will write the entire story in the past tense.

Recap from Part 2

The Wolfpac defeated Hollywood to have the right to be the sole nWo faction. The Wolfpac then turned heel when it was revealed they were behind the attack on Sting.

WCW Commissioner Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen challenged the Wolfpac to a War Games match at Starrcade.

The winner will have total control of WCW. Stakes could not be any higher.

Starrcade

At one ring, Kevin Nash and Ric Flair are brawling at one corner. Chris Benoit and Lex Luger were exchanging submissions at a different corner. Everyone else was brawling in that ring as well.

At the other ring, Scott Hall, Randy Savage and Curt Hennig were brawling.

Savage appears to signal for Miss Elizabeth to give Scott Hall his signature cattle prod. Scott Hall manages to obtain his cattle prod from Miss Elizabeth from outside the cage.

Hall shocks Curt Hennig until Hennig passed out. Macho Man conneced on several top rope elbow drops to seal the deal.

The unthinkable finally happened.

The nWo finally took over WCW. Kevin Nash and the Wolfpac reign supreme over WCW.

At the end of Starrcade, the Wolfpac theme song blares out as the crowd is in total shock.

Fallout from Starrcade

Now, Kevin Nash and the Wolfpac are in control of WCW. His first line of business is to fire any WCW employee who opposed him.

A lot of the WCW employees are fired including Ric Flair, Bobby Heenan, and other members of WCW. Goldberg would have been fired if he did not hold the World Heavyweight Championship.

Eric Bischoff is rehired as the WCW GM after rejoining the nWo. Tony Schiavone and Dusty Rhodes man the announce booth, having decided to align with the new regime.

Lex Luger and Randy Savage convince Nash to keep Sting and Hulk Hogan, in the event they joined the Wolfpac.

The Cruiserweight Division was kept since Nash did not see them as a threat to his rule. He really didn't see them as a threat.

Nitro is renamed to A Show Presented by the New World Order.

Nash decides to hire "jobbers" to augment his relatively thin Wolfpac roster. His core group is still himself, Scott Hall, Lex Luger, and Randy Savage.

In other words, Nash hires the younger guys who needed to be used more. These jobbers were actually younger wrestlers who needed the spotlight.

The idea of the nWo taking over has dawned upon the fans' minds until a certain man wearing red and yellow comes out.

Hulk Hogan gets a vociferous reaction once he enters the ring with his old theme song. Hogan immediately feuds with Nash and Hall.

Hogan is now a good guy.

Spring Stampede

The main event advertised is Kevin Nash vs. Hulk Hogan. If Hogan loses, he must retire. If Nash loses, he must cede control of WCW to Hogan.

Intensity. Drama. Passion.

This five star match ended just like this match.

Hulk Hogan turns heel once again. Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall reform the original black and white nWo.

My beloved Wolfpac officially passed away that night. A funeral service was held at the TV of a lot of fans.

A reunited nWo terrorizes WCW until the entire arena went dark for five minutes on one Nitro.

But it was all a ruse! Nash, Hall, and Hogan managed to dupe the Nitro crowd into believing Sting was back.

It was a fake Sting.

The nWo gains even more heat when they finally ended Goldberg's streak at 205. Kevin Nash forced Goldberg to face seven guys in a row to defend his World Heavyweight Championship.

Goldberg failed. He was later fired.

Fake Sting was kicked out when he lost to Goldberg in 10 seconds.

They kept doing this until one fateful day on a Sunday in June. Little did the audience know about the subtle tensions within the nWo.

Great American Bash

During the main event between Goldberg and Kevin Nash, the arena went dark!

The real Sting makes an appearance! And he is not alone. Lex Luger and Randy Savage grab bats to attack Hogan, Nash, and Hall.

Mutiny!

Nitro

Savage and Luger explain their actions saying they never wanted Hogan to rejoin the nWo.

They also felt Nash and Hall were destroying the very thing they worked so hard to obtain.

On the next Nitro, Sting, Savage, and Luger challenged Hogan, Nash, and Hall in a six-man tag team match at Bash at the Beach.

The nWo accepts under one condition: nWo referee Nick Patrick officiates the match. Luger, Savage, and Sting accept knowing they did not have much of a choice in the matter.

Three years since Hulk Hogan changed wrestling history with one leg drop. The shocking heel turn led to an incredible three-year run with the nWo.

Bash at the Beach

Yes. This is undoubtedly the main event of the pay-per-view.

It is a six-man tag team no disqualification match. Nick Patrick is the referee. Tony Schiavone and Bobby Heenan (rehired by Nash as a condition of the 6-man tag team match) were manning the announce table.

It is ironic that the nWo is now being invaded by WCW.

The New World Order accomplished their mission of taking over WCW. Now, they must defend their fort against the invading WCW forces.

A price to pay for anarchy and civil war.

The match is an instant classic. Countless near falls and submissions take the breath away of the fans.

This time, instead of a fateful leg drop, Randy Savage drops the elbow on Hulk Hogan to get the 3 count for WCW!

WCW wins!

The New World Order is no more!

Fallout from Bash at the Beach

The nWo splinter at the Nitro after Bash at the Beach. Fingers were pointed as to who cost the nWo the match. Hogan, Nash, and Hall all brawl outside the ring.

As a matter of fact, the main event was Kevin Nash vs. Hulk Hogan vs. Scott Hall to determine ownership of the nWo.

At the end of Nitro, WCW forces came in and officially overthrew the nWo as the rulers of WCW.

After three long years, the New World Order was no more. But it made an incredible mark on professional wrestling as we know it.

Conclusion

I felt compelled to write a historical rewrite for my all-time favorite stable. The New World Order captivated audiences throughout the world.

However, the nWo was responsible in part for WCW's downfall in that the entire show was built around them. Once they faltered, WCW fell apart.

WWE did revive the nWo. But without Hulk Hogan and Scott Hall, the faction quickly lost momentum in spite of Shawn Michaels joining the nWo.

In hindsight, the most tragic thing was we never got to see a DX vs. nWo feud. That would have been simply incredible.

Shifting back to WCW, the real culprit of WCW's demise was the AOL-Time Warner merger in 2000. The inability of WCW to make much-needed changes really ruined the show.

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