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[[caption-width-right:298: ''"Hard work pays off. Dreams come true.\\
Bad times don't last, but bad guys '''''do!'''''"'']]

''[[CharacterCatchPhrase Hey, yo!]]''

Scott Oliver Hall (October 20, 1958 - March 14, 2022) was an American {{professional wrestl|ing}}er best known in the [[Wrestling/{{WWE}} WWF]] as '''Razor Ramon''' and (more famously) in Wrestling/{{WCW}} under his real name as one of "The Outsiders" (alongside real-life friends Wrestling/HulkHogan and Wrestling/KevinNash), which formed the basis for the wrestling supergroup the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder in 1996. After WCW's demise, he had brief runs in both WWE (as part of the reborn [=nWo=]) and [[Wrestling/ImpactWrestling TNA]] (with fellow [[Wrestling/TheKliq Kliq]] members Nash and [[Wrestling/SeanWaltman Sean "X-Pac" Waltman]]).

A performer of no small skill, Hall remains over with fans today who remember him as a lovably douchey heel. But those pops come with a price tag. Hall was infamous for no-showing events, his rap sheet was bigger than his arm, and most of his career was spent drying out instead of working, to the point where WWE (which foots the bill for any current or former contracted employees who enter rehab) has spent more on Hall's detox than any other performer. These off-screen issues -- which were notoriously turned into an angle during Hall's [[PutOnABusToHell last lap]] in WCW -- reduced one of the industry's most promising talents into one of its biggest cautionary tales.

Things looked up for Hall, though -- in February 2013, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MIjTXHkEYg he sought help from]] Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage, who previously worked miracles for the likes of Wrestling/JakeRoberts, and mostly remained sober for the rest of his life (though occasionally relapsing). Thanks to Indiegogo, [[http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/we-can-rebuild-him he underwent hip surgery in April 2013]] and was well on the way to getting a new lease on life.

Among his in-ring achievements, he was a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/awa/awa-t.html AWA World Tag Team Champion]] w[=/=]Wrestling/CurtHennig, a former 4x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wwe/ic.html WWE Intercontinental Champion]] (as Razor Ramon), a former 4x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-t.html WCW World Tag Team Champion]], holding the belts 3x w[=/=]Nash as the Outsiders and 1x w[=/=][[Wrestling/BigShow the Giant (Big Show)]], a former 2x [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-us-h.html WCW United States Heavyweight Champion]], a former [[http://www.wrestling-titles.com/wcw/wcw-tv.html WCW World Television Champion]] and a WWC Universal Champion. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 5, 2014.

On March 13, 2022, Hall was placed on life support following three heart attacks due to a loose blood clot as a result of a hip surgery he had a week prior. Hall's life support was turned off once his family gathered to pay their respects the following day.
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!!'''"Hey yo, check out the Bad Guy's tropes, chico!"'''
* TheAggressiveDrugDealer: Razor Ramon was derived from the 1983 ''[[Film/Scarface1983 Scarface]]'' movie, and the character was clearly supposed to be one of the criminals released from UsefulNotes/{{Cuba}}'s jails and dumped on Miami's shores in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariel_boatlift Mariel boatlift]].
* AlliterativeName: As '''R'''azor '''R'''amon.
* TheAlcoholic: In spite of his love for the character and the wrestling business, he couldn't come within three feet of alcohol without risking a relapse. Wrestling/{{WCW}} [[RealLifeWritesThePlot even]] [[DudeNotFunny made it part of]] [[{{Kayfabe}} his character]] as "Last Call" Scott Hall; nobody was amused and his ex-wife even wrote a letter to WCW complaining about it. WWE did not set up a match for Kevin Nash for ''Wrestling/{{WrestleMania}} X-8'' as a precaution, since in the event that Hall somehow screwed up and wasn't able to compete, they would just be able to plug Nash into Hall's place as Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin's opponent. (Note: Hall DID eventually screw up and get fired, but it was a month later, in the Plane Ride From Hell.) He even missed Wrestling/ShawnMichaels's Hall of Fame Induction because it wasn't a dry party, and he still fell off the wagon that weekend when he worked an independent show in Boston. Since 2012, however, [[Wrestling/DiamondDallasPage DDP]] has been helping Hall and [[Wrestling/JakeRoberts Jake "The Snake" Roberts]] to the point where they were able to get completely clean. For the rest of his life, despite the occasional relapse, Hall managed to keep himself under control.
* AlmightyJanitor: Despite being one of the most popular wrestlers in both the WWF and WCW, he never was, nor wanted to be the World Champion. He was content at being in a mid-card spot, while commanding a main event level salary.
* AntiHero: In an era of squeaky clean do-gooder babyfaces, Ramon stood out because he was still kind of a dick, but a dick who fought on the side of angels. That's probably a big reason why he was so popular.
* ArchEnemy:
** (as Razor Ramon): Shawn Michaels, Wrestling/JeffJarrett, Wrestling/{{Goldust}}.
** ''[[HatedByAll Everyone]]'' in WCW as part of the nWo, given that he was a founding member.
* BashBrothers: With Kevin Nash, for something going on two decades. They came to WCW as a TagTeam known as "The Outsiders", and the two would later become founding members of the nWo. Even when Kevin Nash broke away from Hogan and Bischoff's nWo Hollywood to form the nWo Wolfpac, he still showed a degree of concern for Hall's well-being despite Scott staying with nWo Hollywood.
* BerserkButton: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu7gOtGI_VA Do not make jokes]] about Wrestling/OwenHart's death when he's in the room. He doesn't care if cameras are rolling.
* BigBrotherMentor: To the 1-2-3 Kid, who he treated like a younger brother.
* BlasphemousBoast: "I'm like Adam in the Garden of Eden; I'm the only ''real'' mang."
* CaptainErsatz
** Of himself. Early in his WCW run as one half of the Outsiders, he could not use the Razor Ramon gimmick for trademark reasons, so he simply used his real name and continued to talk, act, and even dress like Razor Ramon. So much so that he was named personally as one of the several reasons that the WWE threatened legal action during the early days of the [=nWo=] storyline.
** [=nWo's=] presence in Japan of course led to him having one in ''Videogame/FireProWrestling''.
* CardCarryingVillain: Who [[ThrewMyBikeOnTheRoof pushes a little kid into a fountain?]] The Bad Guy, that's who.
* CatchPhrase: "Hey Yo!", and his survey.
* CarpetOfVirility: One of the few modern examples of a wrestler with one.
* CelebrityResemblance: To Tom Selleck of ''Series/MagnumPI'' in the 1980s, which led to him being billed for a time as "Magnum" Scott Hall.
* CoolCar: Razor's "Custom Made" (read: [[FengSchwing zebra prints and fuzzy dice]]) Cadillacs.
* CoolOldGuy: Settled into this role with the younger talent at NXT, imparting wisdom and advice.
* TheCreon: Turned down a run with the AWA Championship, and later the WWF Championship, because he was content at being in an upper-midcard spot and not having to carry the weight of the company on his shoulders. It was one of the reasons he was such a successful Intercontinental Champion.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: After losing to the 1-2-3 Kid on ''Raw'', Razor turned face shortly after and became a mentor to The Kid.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: According to Hall, he must have flipped five or more Caddies in his WCW days, including two in the same day.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** His run in the Wrestling/AmericanWrestlingAssociation, years before achieving fame in the WWF. He sported a curly mullet, a large mustache, and bulked up to 300 pounds (which he attributed to steroids). In fact, pretty much anything he did before he developed the look he had as the Diamond Studd in 1991 would qualify. He was a ''blond'' in the two-ring battle royal at ''NWA The Great American Bash 89.''
** His early house show appearances as Razor Ramon had him as a BadassBiker.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: By 2013, Hall managed to regain control of his life. He spent the last nine years of his life rebuilding his familial relationships, ultimately succeeding. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame ''twice'' (once as himself, once as part of the [=nWo=]), and although he died at the relatively young age of 63, it was of natural causes (heart failure due to a blood clot dislodged during hip replacement surgery), with friends and family at his bedside, not from his history of substance abuse as so many feared would be the case.
** His speech at his induction into the WWE Hall of Fame:
--->''Bad times don't last. Bad Guys do!''
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: One storyline with Wrestling/{{Goldust}} had the Bizarre one lusting after Ramon. To say that Razor was displeased by this kind of affection is an understatement.
* {{Expy}}:
** An impression of Al Pacino as Tony Montana in ''Film/{{Scarface|1983}}'', complete with a bad Cuban accent, by way of Dana Carvey (though for some reason, Razor Ramon looked and acted more like Manny than Tony Montana). The funniest part is that he showed up for his (then) WWF audition and was explicitly doing a ''Scarface'' impression to show that he can "do characters". Wrestling/VinceMcMahon, having literally never seen or been fully aware of the movie, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint thought that Scott was doing an original concept]] and that it was brilliant. A bit of tweaking and name-brainstorming, and Razor Ramon was born.
** Razor Ramon derisively called Wrestling/CarlitoColon "mini razor". While it is true that he ''was'' basically a smaller Razor Ramon when he first debuted in WWE, he had became a little more by the time they met. Also a little ironic when you consider that Razor [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor used to encourage people to be more like him.]]
** His "'Big' Scott Hall" gimmick in the AWA was a desperate attempt to fill the void left by the departure of Wrestling/HulkHogan.
* FinishingMove: The Razor's Edge/Outsider's Edge, a crucifix powerbomb. As the Diamond Studd, he called it the Diamond Death Drop. Earlier, he used a top rope bulldog called the "Hallbuster".
* GratuitousSpanish: Tended towards this as Razor Ramon.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Kevin Nash, for something going on two decades.
* HopelessWithTech: In 2013, Hall got a hip replacement. One of the nurses at the hospital was a wrestling fan who told Hall that he followed him on Website/{{Twitter}}. In fact, the "Scott Hall" that the nurse followed was an impostor, because at that time, Hall had no idea what Website/{{Facebook}} or Twitter were, and had never used the internet or even touched a computer in his entire life. This was averted in his later years, when he maintained an online presence including Website/YouTube videos and Platform/XBox Live.
* IHaveManyNames: His own, Starship Coyote, the Diamond Studd, and Razor Ramon.
* IWasQuiteALooker: Compare the image for this page with the one linked to in the caption. Fifteen years makes a difference, but for most people it doesn't make ''that'' much of one. His various addictions had a hand in this.
** Fortunately inverted when he got clean. He lost most of his excess weight, got his tan (not to mention his old swagger) back, and aside from his hair being a [[SilverFox distinguished silver]], he looked much like the Razor of old.
* IdiotHair: That spit curl.
* IncomingHam: The next thing out of his mouth when he first grabs the mic and raises his chest is sure to be a loud "Hey, yo!"
* ItRunsInTheFamily: In his own words, he came from a "long line of hard drinking rednecks", in that both his parents and grandparents were all alcoholics. This obviously continued with him but, thankfully, neither of his children have become drinkers, much to Scott's relief.
* {{Jerkass}}: As a member of Wrestling/TheKliq, he's a natural.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He retained much of the same mannerisms that he had as a heel long into his face turn. It's probably the reason that his face turn was so successful, despite anti-heroes being very rare in pre-Attitude Era WWF.
* LatinLover: Chicas are for fun, mang! Razor scars their hearts and does not care!
* LostInCharacter: He had a real life OralFixation to toothpicks until DDP cured him of the habit. That tells you everything you need to know. Hall was as addicted to the high of being "Razor Ramon" as he was to alcohol. That's an unfortunate side effect of the old territory system, when wrestlers never dropped character and occasionally got lost in kayfabe. Scott ended up stronger than Razor, though not without a major struggle.
* {{Malaproper}}: Occasionally as Razor Ramon.
* MasterApprenticeChain: His son Cody was trained by Scott's student, Chasyn Rance.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In 1983 he shot and killed a man outside a nightclub and was prosecuted for second-degree murder. He was released due to lack of evidence, but, as he admitted in an ESPN documentary interview decades later, the incident haunted him his entire life.
* NonIndicativeName: As Razor, captained the team the Bad Guys (Razor[=/=]The 1-2-3 Kid[=/=]Wrestling/DaveyBoySmith[=/=][[Wrestling/TheHeadshrinkers the Headshrinkers (Fatu [Rikishi] and Sionne [The Barbarian])]]) at ''Wrestling/SurvivorSeries 94'', who were actually the ''{{face}}s''.
* OralFixation: Used to chew on a toothpick during his promos. Sadly, his alcoholism could have been a part of his oral fixation.
* PartsUnknown (as The Diamond Studd): "The Diamond Mine".
* PermaStubble: He always managed to maintain the same facial hair.
* PoirotSpeak: Spoke accented English as Razor Ramon, but with a few Spanish words sprinkled in.
* PowerStable:
** (in WCW): The Diamond Exchange (as The Diamond Studd), and the Wrestling/NewWorldOrder.
** (in TNA): The Kings of Wrestling, with Nash and Jeff Jarrett; and The Band, a recycling of the nWo concept with Nash, Sean Waltman, and Eric Young.
** (in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling): Team 2000.
** (in Wrestling/JuggaloChampionshipWrestling): the jWo.
* PunnyName: He's Diamond's Stud. ''Voilà.'' Diamond Studd.
* RedBaron: "Da Bad Guy", for Razor Ramon.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Ultimately, the reason he kept pulling a check was because his old [[Wrestling/TheKliq Kliq]] buddies were running WCW (and later TNA, if we're being honest). That aside, he's said to be the least malicious member of the group: He actually claimed in interviews that he declined from holding the World Title in both major companies during the Monday Night War, and Kevin Nash has cited that whenever Scott worked with Wrestling/JeffHardy during Jeff's {{jobber}} days he always gave Jeff little bits of offense[[note]]something that was virtually unheard of in those days[[/note]] because he felt Jeff was a special talent.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Downplayed as Razor Ramon was a very successful wrestler and one of the bright spots of the Wrestling/WWENewGenerationEra, but nobody could predict that an upper-midcarder like Hall would be the one to kickstart the [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder second wrestling boom.]]
* SoreLoser: Known to attack the victor of any match he was in to ''spitefully'' retaliate for any upsetting and unexpected loss he suffers.
* SpitefulSpit: Liked to spit the toothpick in his opponent's face just to provoke them.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute:
** On the June 18, 1998 episode of ''Thunder'', [[Wrestling/BigShow The Giant]] was billed as "Big Tobacco", basically Hall with a cigarette instead of a toothpick. Yes, [[http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/1998063t.htm that happened.]]
** His spot in The Band was eventually filled by Jeff Jarrett after Hall no-showed ''Turning Point '07''. His initial replacement? Eric Young of all people (though to be fair, it was more Joe replacing Nash's buddy with his own).
** Sean Waltman tagged with Nash at ''TNA Genesis'' after Hall got cold feet.
* TagTeam:
** With Wrestling/CurtHennig in the AWA.
** American Starship, as Coyote with [[Wrestling/DanSpivey Eagle (Dan Spivey)]]
** The Outsiders, with Kevin Nash.
* TallDarkAndSnarky
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: A real life example. His first alliance in the WWF was with Ric Flair, and the two didn't get along in real life.
* ThirdPersonPerson: If your name was Razor, you would refer to yourself as The Razor too, mang.
* ThoseWilyCoyotes: He ''was'' known as Starship Coyote.
* UltimateJobSecurity: Goof off, get arrested, come in loaded and not get fired. Nice work if you can get it.
* UnderwearOfPower: In both the WWF and WCW, Scott would wear an underwear bearing his name or the name of the group he was a member of as part of his wrestling attire.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Made a comment about how good-looking luchadors such as Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr and Juventud Guerrera were when he saw them unmasked. Word got to management, which led to angles where the luchadors would end up being unmasked. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone He would feel guilty about it afterwards]].
* VerbalTic: As Razor Ramon, and sometimes during WCW, he tended to end most of his sentences with either "chico" or "mang". This carried over for a few months when he moved to WCW and used his own (decidedly non-Latino) name. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhFhg08rGMY&feature=related Just check out this promo for an example.]]
* WackyFratboyHijinx: Hall, as part of the Outsiders with Kevin Nash, and in the [=nWo=], was one of the pioneers of this in wrestling.
* WhamLine: "You know who I am, but you don't know [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder why]] I'm here... You want a war? You're gonna get one."
* WhamShot: An idle ''Monday Nitro'' on May 27, 1996 has a match between Steve Doll and the Mauler, with not too much to get excited about. So why is the crowd suddenly at their feet? Because Razor Ramon just walked through the crowd and down to the arena floor, and then proceeds to say the line above.
* WrestlingFamily: He mentored his son Cody to become a wrestler. Recently, Cody spent some time as a member of the Wrestling/BulletClub in Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling.
* WildTake: Scott Hall's [[https://thumbs.gfycat.com/PiercingDelightfulGoldfinch-mobile.mp4 reactions]] to upset losses.
* YouAreFat: He taunted Wrestling/ShinyaHashimoto in Wrestling/FightingOperaHUSTLE by asking him if he was a sumo wrestler.
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