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Did everybody come to this trope page to read about... WCW? (Boos.) Or, did everybody here on TV Tropes come to read about the (in unison)"n-W-o!" Survey says: One more for the good guys!
'''''The New World Order''''' (abbreviated as "nWo") was a professional wrestling [[Power Stable|stable]] which formed at [[WCW|World Championship Wrestling]]'s ''Bash at the Beach 1996'' pay-per-view. Months prior to the show, "The Outsiders" -- [[Kevin Nash]] and [[Scott Hall]], freshly-released by the [[
Once the nWo was established, it attacked the entire WCW roster indiscriminately, forcing faces and heels into an [[Enemy Mine]] situation to oppose the trio. The nWo soon added three new members to round out the [[Five-Bad Band]]: [[Ted DiBiase]] (implied to be the financial backer of the group), [[The Big Show|The Giant]] (WCW's first defector and the group's powerhouse), and Syxx (Sean "1-2-3 Kid" Waltman, who served as the group's token Cruiserweight).
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The nWo spread like a virus throughout WCW and dominated storylines for several years, bringing with it both the good (the nWo angle helped WCW beat the WWF in the [[Monday Night Wars]] for 84 weeks in a row from 1996 to 1998) and the [[Your Mileage May Vary|bad]] (the [[Finger-Poke of Doom]] and alleged backstage politics which killed the creative direction of the product). After a split into the "Hollywood" and "Wolfpac" groups, and a "reunion" of the two groups (following the Fingerpoke Of Doom), the group slowly faded away from WCW programming as the company's fortunes began to turn south. A final attempt at reviving the group in 2000, but this attempt failed, and WCW was driven out of business in early 2001.
The original nWo triumvirate of Hogan, Hall, and Nash were brought back as the nWo in February
After Hulk Hogan arrived in [[TNA]] in early 2010, Hall and Waltman (the latter of which had gained notoriety as [[X-Pac Heat|X-Pac]] in the intervening years) formed "The Band" and tried to associate themselves with Nash, Hogan, and former WCW President/nWo supporter Eric Bischoff. Hogan and Bischoff wanted little to do with them, and while the duo turned on Nash shortly after, they would later bring Nash into the group as a swerve on Eric
The nWo should not be confused with [[Conspiracy Theories|the infamous conspiracy theory]].
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* [[A House Divided]]: The group initially capitalized on this in their battle with WCW wrestlers, sowing the seeds of doubt as to who was in the group and who wasn't to keep everyone paranoid and off their game; eventually, the nWo themselves fell victim to this...
** In 1998, the nWo split with the Wolfpac, lead by Kevin Nash and wearing black and red, turning face, and nWo Hollywood, lead by Hogan and wearing the traditional black and white, staying heel.
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** In truth, every stable in the WWF/WWE, up to and excluding Evolution, would never have existed but for the overwhelming influence of the nWo. This includes the Hart Foundation, D-Generation X, the Nation of Domination, the Corporation, the Ministry of Darkness, and quite a few others.
** [[ECW]] had the Blue World Order (bWo - and, as Joey Styles put it, "if any gimmick never deserved to make a dime and made a whole boatload of cash...and the best was that they couldn't sue us because of [[Parody]]").
** [[World Wrestling Entertainment|WWE]] fired back with D-Generation X, which lasted until 2010 despite being down to only two members at one point.
** Japan got in on the action with the [[Kinnikuman Nisei|Demon Monster Planet (dMp)]].
** WCW even made copies, with [[Eddie Guerrero|the Latino World Order]] and Ultimate Warrior's [[Sdrawkcab Name|One Warrior Nation (OWN)]], while New Japan Pro Wrestling exploited their partnership with WCW to form nWo Japan (many of whose members even appeared in WCW under that name).
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** Sting was considered to be the one to pull a [[Face Heel Turn]], but Steve Borden doesn't like [[Lawful Good|playing a heel]]. He would eventually become an nWo member when he joined the Wolfpac.
** In the WWE iteration, there was the beginnings of a storyline involving [[Triple H]] being approached to join them. It would have marked the first time that [[Kevin Nash]], [[Shawn Michaels]], and [[Triple H]] had worked for the same company since 1995, and could have given the original nWo and [[D Generation X|DX]] a run for their money in the entertainment department. Unfortunately, [[Kevin Nash]]'s [[Never Live It Down|quad tear]] put a stop to the angle, and Triple H quickly turned heel on Michaels again.
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