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* HilariousInHindsight: The NWO started Months after the Billionare Ted skits that mocked Ted Turner and Hulk Hogan among other things and portrayed the Huckster as a washed up old hasbeen. Fast Forward and WCW absolutely Slaughtered the WWF in ratings thanks to the NWO.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The NWO nWo started Months months after the Billionare Ted "Billionare Ted" skits that mocked Ted Turner and Turner, Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage among other things and portrayed the Huckster "the Huckster" and "Nacho Man" as a washed up old hasbeen. has-been. Fast Forward forward and WCW absolutely Slaughtered slaughtered the WWF in ratings thanks to the NWO.nWo.
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* FirstInstalmentWins: The original trio of Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Hulk Hogan, which lasted around two months after the faction's founding, is generally what most people will think of when the nWo comes to mind, especially since once the group began expanding, excessive membership bloat became one of its biggest issues.
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* FirstInstalmentWins: FirstInstalmentWins:
** The original trio of Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Hulk Hogan, which lasted around two months after the faction's founding, is generally what most people will think of when the nWo comes to mind, especially since once the group began expanding, excessive membership bloat became one of its biggestissues.issues.
** The original nWo run, from the formation of the original trio up until its split into nWo Hollywood and nWo Wolfpac, is also usually the best-remembered incarnation, as while the nWo Wolfpac was popular in its time, all other incarnations afterwards (nWo Elite, nWo B-Team, nWo 2000, etc.) were considered textbook examples of diminishing returns.
** The original trio of Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Hulk Hogan, which lasted around two months after the faction's founding, is generally what most people will think of when the nWo comes to mind, especially since once the group began expanding, excessive membership bloat became one of its biggest
** The original nWo run, from the formation of the original trio up until its split into nWo Hollywood and nWo Wolfpac, is also usually the best-remembered incarnation, as while the nWo Wolfpac was popular in its time, all other incarnations afterwards (nWo Elite, nWo B-Team, nWo 2000, etc.) were considered textbook examples of diminishing returns.
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* HillariousInHindsight: The NWO started Months after the Billionare Ted skits that mocked Ted Turner and Hulk Hogan among other things and portrayed the Huckster as a washed up old hasbeen. Fast Forward and WCW absolutely Slaughtered the WWF in ratings thanks to the NWO.
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* HillariousInHindsight: HilariousInHindsight: The NWO started Months after the Billionare Ted skits that mocked Ted Turner and Hulk Hogan among other things and portrayed the Huckster as a washed up old hasbeen. Fast Forward and WCW absolutely Slaughtered the WWF in ratings thanks to the NWO.
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* HillariousInHindsight: The NWO started Months after the Billionare Ted skits that mocked Ted Turner and Hulk Hogan among other things and portrayed the Huckster as a washed up old hasbeen. Fast Forward and WCW absolutely Slaughtered the WWF in ratings thanks to the NWO.
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* SpiritualSuccessor:
** To the Kliq. Not everyone remembers that the Wolfpac consisted of ex-Kliq members (Nash, Hall, and Waltman). In theory, Shawn Michaels was the main inspiration for The Outsiders once they crossed over to WWE. He was the leader of The Kliq and would even sometimes give the "nWo 2 sweet" sign. (See: his entrance at [=WM13=]).
** After Bischoff and other WCW executives had the Wrestling/{{SMW}} invasion [[CutShort cut off]] before it could get going, they decided they liked the idea of an "invasion" anyway, and started their own version based on the successful NJPW storyline.
** Wrestling/TheNexus was the nWo, but updated for the reality of there not really being any competition anymore. They didn't want to take over the company, they just wanted to get revenge on WWE for humiliating them in ''[[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]]'', and what better way than taking out the face of the company, Wrestling/JohnCena?
** Wrestling/BulletClub. The nWo was a New Japan ripoff, so maybe they prefer to think of it as New Japan taking back what's theirs.
** While they lack the invading aspect, The Bloodline can be perceived as sort of a new age nWo, with Wrestling/RomanReigns as the Hogan-like leader, Wrestling/PaulHeyman in the Bischoff role and Wrestling/TheUsos as Hall & Nash. Like the group, they too employ TheBadGuyWins & InvincibleVillain, and are the top merch sellers of their company. In fact, the Bloodline's storyline of having perennial mid-carder Wrestling/SamiZayn try to join their ranks before finally being accepted as a "Honorary Uce" looks remarkably similar to the nWo's storyline of having perennial WCW midcarder [[Wrestling/GlennGilbertti Disco Inferno]] try to join the ranks of the nWo Wolfpack before finally being accepted the night of the infamous Fingerpoke of Doom.
** To the Kliq. Not everyone remembers that the Wolfpac consisted of ex-Kliq members (Nash, Hall, and Waltman). In theory, Shawn Michaels was the main inspiration for The Outsiders once they crossed over to WWE. He was the leader of The Kliq and would even sometimes give the "nWo 2 sweet" sign. (See: his entrance at [=WM13=]).
** After Bischoff and other WCW executives had the Wrestling/{{SMW}} invasion [[CutShort cut off]] before it could get going, they decided they liked the idea of an "invasion" anyway, and started their own version based on the successful NJPW storyline.
** Wrestling/TheNexus was the nWo, but updated for the reality of there not really being any competition anymore. They didn't want to take over the company, they just wanted to get revenge on WWE for humiliating them in ''[[Wrestling/{{WWENXT}} NXT]]'', and what better way than taking out the face of the company, Wrestling/JohnCena?
** Wrestling/BulletClub. The nWo was a New Japan ripoff, so maybe they prefer to think of it as New Japan taking back what's theirs.
** While they lack the invading aspect, The Bloodline can be perceived as sort of a new age nWo, with Wrestling/RomanReigns as the Hogan-like leader, Wrestling/PaulHeyman in the Bischoff role and Wrestling/TheUsos as Hall & Nash. Like the group, they too employ TheBadGuyWins & InvincibleVillain, and are the top merch sellers of their company. In fact, the Bloodline's storyline of having perennial mid-carder Wrestling/SamiZayn try to join their ranks before finally being accepted as a "Honorary Uce" looks remarkably similar to the nWo's storyline of having perennial WCW midcarder [[Wrestling/GlennGilbertti Disco Inferno]] try to join the ranks of the nWo Wolfpack before finally being accepted the night of the infamous Fingerpoke of Doom.
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** "Rockhouse" was a mix of assorted Music/JimiHendrix songs, most obviously "Hey Joe".
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** "Rockhouse" was a mix of assorted riffs from four Music/JimiHendrix songs, most obviously songs: "Highway Chile", "The Stars That Play With Laughing Sam’s Dice", "Hey Joe".Joe", and "Stone Free".
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* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: The first ''Souled Out''. The commentary team were provided by the nWo, a disembodied voice buried all the {{face}}s, and the matches were called by their corrupt referee Nick Patrick. It was so obviously a predetermined victory that the fans didn't react much one way or the other. Frankly, it was so out-of-the-ordinary that it kind of creeped them out a little bit. In an nWo documentary made years later, Wrestling/KevinNash agreed that, in retrospect, that PPV showed some of the limitations they'd ran into and that the nWo was going to run its course fairly soon.
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The first ''Souled Out''. The commentary team were provided by the nWo, a disembodied voice buried all the {{face}}s, and the matches were called by their corrupt referee Nick Patrick. It was so obviously a predetermined victory that the fans didn't react much one way or the other. Frankly, it was so out-of-the-ordinary that it kind of creeped them out a little bit. In an nWo documentary made years later, Wrestling/KevinNash agreed that, in retrospect, that PPV showed some of the limitations they'd ran into and that the nWo was going to run its course fairly soon.
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* AssPull: Wrestling/VinceRusso must have loved watching the nWo's WCW run, since they pretty much ''ran'' on this. Wrestlers turning heel left and right and joining the nWo, the split creating nWo Hollywood and nWo Wolfpac, the FingerPokeOfDoom, etc.
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* ShockingSwerve: Wrestling/VinceRusso must have loved watching the nWo's WCW run, since they pretty much ''ran'' on this. Wrestlers turning heel left and right and joining the nWo, the split creating nWo Hollywood and nWo Wolfpac, the FingerPokeOfDoom, etc.
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* FranchiseOriginalSin: One of the nWo's first additions beyond the original trio was [[Wrestling/{{Virgil}} Vincent]] as their "Head of Security", who basically existed to be the group's valet and take beatings while everybody else scurried away. It wasn't a huge deal at a time when the faction's size was still manageable, but it nonetheless foreshadowed two major issues with the group as time went on: Its propensity for adding random new members with nothing to do but pad out the nWo's roster even more, and the BadassDecay that inevitably ensues when not every member of the group has Nash/Hall/Hogan levels of charisma and protection.
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* FirstInstalmentWins: The original trio of Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and Hulk Hogan, which lasted around two months after the faction's founding, is generally what most people will think of when the nWo comes to mind, especially since once the group began expanding, excessive membership bloat became one of its biggest issues.
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* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: Related to ArcFatigue above and VillainDecay below. A big problem for WCW was that the nWo always came out on top. Week in and week out the nWo would cheat and run in to prevent the WCW faces from ever getting ahead and eventually the hardcore fans that were the heart of WCW got sick of it.
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* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: Related to ArcFatigue above and VillainDecay below.above. A big problem for WCW was that the nWo always came out on top. Week in and week out the nWo would cheat and run in to prevent the WCW faces from ever getting ahead and eventually the hardcore fans that were the heart of WCW got sick of it.
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** The nWo Wolfpac sold so much merchandise that they were turned from an equally heel stable vying an EvilVsEvil power struggle with the nWo Hollywood into a genuinely babyface stable. Their popularity arguably exceeded that of the original [=nWo=]. At least a quarter of the audience was covered in Wolfpac merch and signs, and during the Nash[=/=]{{Wrestling/Goldberg}} match, the commentators had to no-sell very audible "Goldberg sucks" chants from Wolfpac fans. The crazy testament to how over Nash and the Wolfpac were at the time is that the crowd went nuts for Nash winning even with taser. It was only after the FingerPokeOfDoom that the Wolfpac lost all respect.
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** The nWo Wolfpac sold so much merchandise that they were turned from an equally heel stable vying an EvilVsEvil EvilVersusEvil power struggle with the nWo Hollywood into a genuinely babyface stable. Their popularity arguably exceeded that of the original [=nWo=]. At least a quarter of the audience was covered in Wolfpac merch and signs, and during the Nash[=/=]{{Wrestling/Goldberg}} match, the commentators had to no-sell very audible "Goldberg sucks" chants from Wolfpac fans. The crazy testament to how over Nash and the Wolfpac were at the time is that the crowd went nuts for Nash winning even with taser. It was only after the FingerPokeOfDoom that the Wolfpac lost all respect.
