10 Wrestling Storylines Totally Different To How You Remember
7. When The New World Order Really Peaked
How you remember it:
The nWo terrorised WCW for years. It was a sensational storyline; a far better invasion than the actual WCW invasion of the WWF. Beyond the awesome lawn dart beatdowns, a reinvented Hollywood Hogan saying that the New World Order was the "t*ts", and the intrigue over allegiances, it was incredible just watching Kevin Nash casually be Kevin Nash, the coolest character in the entire industry. The generalised idea is that it all went to sh*t when the core group expanded and drafted in the most nondescript brawlers around and virtually everybody who wasn't doing anything interesting.
What it was actually like:
The nWo started to decline when Eric Bischoff put himself at the forefront of it.
It's a complex debate, because Bischoff was a tremendous heel. He did for a time accentuate the act with his smarmy, heat-seeking performances, but Souled Out was terrible. Some even believe that Hogan made the Outsiders act less cool than it was, but the real Too Sweet spot saw Ted DiBiase introduced as the group's financier. A sensational twist, it advanced the pseudo-WWF group with inspired kayfabe continuity and filled in the plot hole of how they were all getting paid.