10 Incredible WCW Storylines That Never Got Resolved

3. NWOverkill

Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and Hulk Hogan changed the course of professional wrestling when they formed the New World Order in 1996. Television ratings, merchandise sales, and interest in the genre were at an all-time high. While the rogue group were meant to be the villains of the story, they ended up being the cool antihero faction that became more popular than the WCW brand they were trying to conquer. Unfortunately, the desire on the part of Eric Bishoff to eventually have the nWo as its own promotion diluted the group when perennial journeymen such as Buff Bagwell, V.K. Wall Street, and Scott Norton obtained membership. In 1998, a rift within the group caused it to split into two separate factions. nWo Hollywood was led by Hulk Hogan and nWo Wolfpac was captained by Kevin Nash. WCW became an afterthought as the majority of programing was dedicated to the feuding nWo as they imploded from within, which sidetracked and ultimately ended their goal of taking over the company. The nWo reunited at the start of 1999 during the infamous finger poke of doom match between Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash and remerged at the end of 1999 with Bret Hart as their leader. However, these angles lacked the edginess of the original incarnation. The finger poke of doom, in particular, is an example of storytelling that alienates an audience. Why would anyone willingly lose the world title to another person just to reform a gang? The nWo concept started off strong, thrived for a few years, but fizzled out because the story never evolved past the same old song and dance of WCW getting destroyed every week. The protagonist never gained any ground which made the program a one-sided affair with no definitive ending.