10 Worst NWO Members Ever

Because nothing screams cool like Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake...

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If you didn't live through the group's formation, it's difficult to describe just how cool the original nWo concept was. Soaked in monochrome and exuding the kind of bad boy image mid-90's America was digging at the time, Hollywood Hogan, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash were the ultimate rebels back when they formed the New World Order.

WCW had stumbled upon something brilliant with the nWo, so trust them to go and ruin it. Over time, the Order's ranks grew and grew and...well, you get the point. Within just a few years, that super-cool exterior had been roughened by the addition of dudes who never had any business being part of such an elite club.

Even WWE got in on the action, further soiling the once-proud aura of the nWo and hurling ill-conceived ideas at the wall to see what might stick. If anything did stick to the wall, it was probably crap. Fitting, given some of the dodgy recruitments forced on the nWo...

10. Lex Luger

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'Hold on a minute, wasn't Lex Luger one of wrestling's biggest stars of the 80's and 90's?', you may be thinking. Yes, yes he was, but that doesn't mean Luger had any business being part of the nWo. In fact, Lex was much better when opposing the renegade group rather than trying to be a super-hip Wolfpac member.

Luger joined in the Summer of 1998, trading in his WCW allegiance for the fan favourite stable led by Kevin Nash. It was a confusing time for fans, especially considering the nWo had always been cast as the bad guys. Now, nWo Wolfpac were babyface and Hollywood Hogan's nWo Black & White remained heel.

As big a name as Lex was, he just didn't fit. Sting almost took this slot, but at least he was only involved for a few months. Besides, Sting has a coolness about him that Luger just couldn't ever put across. He was better suited as babyface foil for the group.

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