Rebooking The 2002 WWE Brand Extension Draft

8. Smackdown Pick 7: The NWo

Ric Flair Vince McMahon 2002 Draft
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Actual Pick: Rikishi

Vince McMahon brought the nWo poison to the WWF earlier in the year, and with his seventh pick, he brings the poison to Smackdown by drafting Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and X-Pac in one fell swoop.

This pick would end up blowing up in Vince's face. Nash would tear his quad later in the year, return briefly in 2003, and would leave the company to film The Punisher. Hall would get drunk on an airplane and be released. X-Pac would follow soon after.

By July 2002, the nWo would be no more.

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Justin has been writing about professional wrestling for more than 15 years. A lifelong WWE fan, he also is a big fan of Ring of Honor.