NWO Twenty Years Later: Where Are They Now?

Evil refs! There aren't enough of them (although there are two on this here list).

The nWo had already taken the lions' share of WCW's talent, and as if that wasn't enough of an advantage for them, they resorted to paying off ref Nick Patrick to ensure a favourable bias in all of their matches. They say money is the root of all evil: evidently so.

Patrick exhaustingly refereed every single match on the dreadful nWo-only Souled Out pay-per-view, ensuring his paymasters had the upper-hand in all of their contest. His crookedness still didn't prevent the nWo losing three of their bouts, however.

Patrick's term in the faction came to an end after an attack of conscience caused the ref to leap to a prone Scott Steiner's defence as Kevin Nash attempted to mash Big Poppa Pump's face in with an exposed turnbuckle.

Though he was kicked out of the nWo, he still had one more thing to offer - the infamous 'fast count' during Sting and Hulk Hogan's Starrcade '97 debacle. Although he was ostensibly acting against the nWo on-screen, Patrick was colluding with Hogan in order to intentionally botch the spot and bury Sting. Sometimes, life imitates art. If you can call WCW 'art'. (You can't.)

After WCW's closure, Patrick was one of three referees WWF transplanted from the expired company. Logically following from his role as nWo official, Patrick continued to play the heel in favour of the invading WCW/ECW 'Alliance'.

We all know that the external attackers were soundly routed, but Patrick stuck around nevertheless, becoming the head ref of the SmackDown brand.

Patrick occupied the role for the next two years, before a persistent back injury forced him to take time off, eventually leading to his release from the company. He continued to officiate independent shows from then on, but has now largely retired from the grap game. Those ref bumps add up over the years.