Scott Hall Passes Away At Age 63

Former WWE and WCW great Scott Hall, AKA Razor Ramon, has sadly passed away. RIP.

by Andrew Pollard
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In some devastating news, Scott Hall has passed away at the age of 63.

Yesterday brought the awful story that Hall was on life support after suffering three heart attacks, and this morning saw that followed up by Scott's long-time friend Kevin Nash detailing how that life support would be turned off once Hall's family were at his side. Sadly, that has now happened.

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer revealed earlier today that Scott's life support had been turned off, and while he continued to breathe on his own for several hours, WWE opened tonight's Raw by announcing the sad passing of an all-time great.

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Shortly after Raw started, Scott Hall's close friend Sean Waltman took to Twitter to confirm this news.

A two-time WWE Hall of Famer, Scott was in hospital to undergo hip surgery. Unfortunately, that surgery caused a blood clot to become loose, which then resulted in him suffering multiple heart attacks.

Having debuted in 1984, the Hiro Matsuda-trained Hall first made a name for himself during his time in Verne Gagne's AWA as 'Magnum' Scott Hall and then 'Big' Scott Hall. Initially paired with Curt Hennig, Scott would emerge as a major singles prospect, with Gagne at one point wanting to make him the AEW World Champion. Despite that, Hall decided to depart the AWA due to seeing how the company was losing ground on the WWF and JCP/WCW, and also due to hating the bitterly cold winters of the Minneapolis area.

After a brief run with the promotion two years prior, Scott would sign full-time with WCW in 1991, spending a year as the villainous Diamond Studd. There, he'd be managed by Diamond Dallas Page as part of Page's Diamond Mine faction, and another under DDP's charge at that time was a certain Vinnie Vegas, aka Kevin Nash.

Upon signing with the World Wrestling Federation in 1992, Scott Hall's stock was taken to an entirely new level, with him becoming one of the most hated heels and later most beloved babyfaces in the game during his time with Vince McMahon's sports entertainment juggernaut. Taking on the mantle of Razor Ramon, the Bad Guy would amass four Intercontinental Championship reigns during this time, and his ladder matches against Shawn Michaels are just some of his WWF matches that are still revered to this day.

Of course, 1996 saw Scott jump ship to WCW, famously making a shock appearance on the 27 May '96 episode of WCW Nitro to usher in what would eventually become the New World Order. Alongside Kevin Nash and 'Hollywood' Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall changed the landscape of professional wrestling, as the nWo became the hottest act in the business and played a pivotal part in the famed Monday Night Wars as WCW and WWF battled for ratings dominance.

A brief WWF return would happen once WCW was purchased by McMahon, and Scott would also haves stints in TNA, New Japan Pro Wrestling and World Wrestling Council during his in-ring days. After hanging up his boots in 2010, the 63-year-old was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on two occasions - once as Razor Ramon, once as part of the nWo.

The thoughts of all of us here at WhatCulture Wrestling go out to the family, friends and fans of Scott Hall at this awful time.

"Hard work pays off, dreams come true. Bad times don't last, but Bad Guys do."

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