10 Things You Learn Binge Watching Every WWE Raw From 2002

8. ‘4 Life’? More Like ‘4-Gotten’!

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Holy f*ck, this was bad.

Vince McMahon being responsible for the nWo's arrival was sketchy enough, but then creative decided to keep plundering the t-shirt goldmine by keeping '4 Life' on TV. That, eventually, even led to none other than Shawn Michaels joining forces with his old Kliq buddy Kevin Nash.

The whole idea was clutching at straws. At the time, Shawn hadn't given retirement the finger or returned as an active wrestler, so he was only there to dance around like he'd leapt to WCW in 1997 after all. It was dire, and the rest of the crew looked like glorified jobbers with past star status; Big Show, Nash, X-Pac etc flattered to deceive.

Those "nWo" (they deserve those quotation marks!) performances from 2002 must be regarded as some of the worst drivel WWE pushed onto screens that year. They hoovered up far too much TV time without really adding anything to the product.

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