15 Times WCW Was Better Than Literally EVERYTHING
3. Eric Bischoff Eats Nash’s Powerbomb
Hall quickly stated that he wasn't coming down to Atlanta alone. He was bringing backup, and that "backup" was former WWF Champ and fellow Kliq member Kevin Nash. He'd been one of McMahon's banner stars as Diesel since 1993, and now here he was back on WCW's dime with renewed purpose. It was fascinating to see Nash re-debut in WCW on the 10 June 1996 Nitro.
6 nights later, he was powerbombing none other than Eric Bischoff off the stage at the Great American Bash pay-per-view. Bisch sold that like the rent was due, and the bump made these Outsiders seem like they didn't give a damn how much chaos they had to cause. They'd come to wreck the place and rake in Ted Turner's millions, and they were gonna have fun whilst padding their bank accounts.
Behind the scenes, both Hall and Nash had to be on top of the world. They'd signed guaranteed, big money contracts to trade the WWF for WCW, and now they'd been given the chance to sink their teeth into one of wrestling's best storylines. It had to feel good for both considering they'd lived through the 'starving years' of a WWF downturn.
Again, McMahon could only look on helplessly as Bischoff used 2 of his upper card attractions against him. Retaliating, Vince stuck some underneath guys (Rick Bognar and Glenn Jacobs) in Halloween costumes as "Razor" and "Diesel" respectively. Yeah, that'll sure show WCW who's boss around here, won't it?
Thankfully, Jacobs was able to pivot out of this nightmare and become Kane, but the cosplay stuff made his employer look second rate next to WCW.