New World Order (professional wrestling)
| New World Order | |
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The nWo logo
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| Stable | |
| Members |
Hulk Hogan (leader and co-founder) Kevin Nash (co-founder) Scott Hall (co-founder) See full list |
| Name(s) | New World Order nWo Hollywood nWo Wolfpac nWo Elite nWo B-Team nWo 2000 nWo Japan The Band The Wolfpac |
| Debut | July 7, 1996 |
| Years active | 1996–2000; 2002–2015 (reunions) |
| Promotions |
WCW NJPW WWF/WWE TNA |
The New World Order (commonly abbreviated NWO, in logo stylized as nWo) was a professional wrestling stable that originally consisted of "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, best known for their appearances in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from the mid to late 1990s.
The stable originated in WCW with the gimmick of a group of unsanctioned wrestlers aiming to "take over" and control WCW in the manner of a street gang. The group later appeared in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) after the purchase of WCW by the WWF. A similar group, known as The Band, appeared in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in 2010; although a resurrection of the nWo was implied, this group was never billed as such in TNA, since WWE owns the rights to this trademark.
The nWo angle became one of the most influential forces in the mid-to-late 1990s success of WCW and was instrumental in turning mainstream North American professional wrestling back into a more mature, adult-oriented product and became the main driving forces behind WCW topping WWF in the Monday Night Wars. Based on the Union of Wrestling Forces International (UWFi) invasion angle in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) and fueled initially by the unexpected villainous turn of Hulk Hogan, the nWo storyline is generally considered one of the most successful angles in the history of modern-day professional wrestling, spawning several imitations and parodies, including groups such as the bWo, lWo and jWo. The group dominated WCW programming throughout the late-1990s and continued its domination until the dissolution of WCW in 2001, during which time there were several, sometimes rival incarnations of the group.
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