GRP #12: The New World Order edition

Mar 18, 2014 - by Steve Gerweck

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In this special edition of the Gerweck Report podcast, Steve Gerweck and Frank D share a retrospective of the New World Order, and the ultimate destruction of WCW. Also discussed in this podcast..

– Scott Hall and Kevin Nash jump ship to WCW, and WWF brings in the “Fake” Razor and “Fake” Diesel characters
– New World Order creates cool heels
– When exactly did the nWo lose the momentum and become passe?
– Bischoff’s plan to create a separate nWo brand
– Too many members join the New World Order
– The nWo splits up into other water downed factions
– WCW not having an exit strategy from the nWo angle
– Russo creates nWo 2000
– nWo type groups utilized in TNA
– WWF bring back nWo in 2002, and why it didn’t work
– The success of the nWo t-shirt
– The origins of the nWo music
– The influence of the nWo on today’s product
– And much more in this 80-minute podcast

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