10 Reasons Why You Need To Respect Kevin Nash

2. The New World Order

As a vital third of possibly the most significant storyline of the 1990s (and one half of the duo that instigated it), Kevin Nash's place in wrestling history belongs on the loftiest of pedestals.

Midway through an impressive run in WWE following his early WCW calamities, Nash found himself at a crossroads in 1996 when offered a mega-money return to Atlanta from the organisation's upstart gaffer Eric Bischoff.

Having assessed his future earnings with a struggling WWE and with best friend Scott Hall making the fiscally-wise jump at the same time, Nash elected to go too, marking the simultaneous defection of two major stars to the opposition.

The now-legendary reintroduction of Nash and Hall to WCW and affiliation with fellow ex-WWE icon Hulk Hogan that lead to the creation of the nWo remains arguably the most single most important moment in North American wrestling history.

A box office juggernaut, the angle drove WCW to unseen dominance, knocking WWE comfortably into second place within the industry for the first time since Vince's national expansion in 1984.

Though unsustainable in WCW's toxic environment, the angle precipitated an unprecedented wrestling boom which some still believe saved the entire industry from eventual oblivion.