Conclusions
Dutch Mantell once said that if a booker was smart he would pull out of an angle before the crowd was sick of it. That way, the product never felt forced or stale and if there was a chance you wanted to re-visit the angle some time down the road, the audience would not be drained by it. The nWo does not give the feeling that the WCW creative team ever heard of Dutch's philosophy- allowing the nWo to not only become dominating and politically poisonous in the locker room, but also repetitive. Furthermore, if they had allowed the group to end earlier, they may have had the chance for some good main events that could really created hype.If the nWo had endeavoured to push a talent to the main event scent of WCW, or allow someone to get more oxygen by joining their group, then perhaps it may have a better legacy than it does. However, the fact that Hogan, Nash and Hall spent so much time at the forefront at the group without allowing any of the talent lower down on the card (of which there was much in WCW) to attempt and set themselves apart as a potential torch bearer really is a major reason why the wheels fell of WCW entirely. Having said all this, the nWo was an incredible angle that reshaped wrestling in so many ways. It is just a shame that due to the egos of many involved, as well as the fear to take the risk to move away from the nWo when it was beginning to lag caused irreparable damage not only to the New World Order, but to WCW.