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The original nWo triumvirate of Hogan, Hall, and Nash were brought back as the nWo in February 2002 -- this time by [[Vince McMahon]], who sought to destroy the WWF when he saw what his own creation had become in the hands of Ric Flair (who, in kayfabe, was co-owner of the company). The return of Hogan to the WWF as part of the nWo resulted in a legitimate dream match -- [[Dwayne Johnson|The Rock]] vs. "Hollywood" Hogan at ''WrestleMania 18'' -- but an injury to Kevin Nash in July (during a ten-man tag team match on ''Raw'') caused the nWo angle to be dropped in its entirety practically the next week.

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 Young -- and then Young joined them just weeks later ([[Botchamania|giving him Stockholm Syndrome in the process]]). This nWo variant fizzled out as well when Hall's personal demons caught up with him again and both Nash and Waltman disappeared from TNA programming.

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 Young -- and then Young joined them just weeks later ([[Botchamania|giving him Stockholm Syndrome in the process]]). This nWo variant fizzled out as well when Hall's personal demons caught up with him again and both Nash and Waltman disappeared from TNA programming.

The nWo should not be confused with [[Conspiracy Theories|the infamous conspiracy theory]].

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* [[Hostile Show Takeover]]

* [[Kick the Dog]]: Firing fair referees and stripping dissenting wrestlers of titles at will for not following their agenda (especially early on), people [[Face Heel Turn|turning]] against friends more than ever before in the name of the group, [[Motor Mouth|the incessant verbal taunting during gang beatdowns courtesy of Eric Bischoff]], oh yeah, they qualify.

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: The original nWo black and white alone had - Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Hulk Hogan, nWo Sting (Jeff Farmer), The Giant, Syxx, Vincent, Buff Bagwell, Michael Wallstreet, Big Bubba Rogers, Scott Norton, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Konnan, Curt Hennig, Scott Steiner, Louie Spicolli (unoficially), Brian Adams and The Disciple. Including part-time and non-wrestlers, Ted DiBiase, Eric Bischoff, Rick Rude, Miss Elizabeth, Dusty Rhodes, Masahiro Chono, The Great Muta, Dennis Rodman, Nick Patrick (referee) and Kyle Petty (the nWo racecar driver).

** nWo Japan had, in addition to Chono and Muta who were considered official members of the nWo proper, Hiro Saito, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Tatsutoshi Goto, Michiyoshi Ohara, and Big Titan, with some WCW nWo wrestlers making regular appearances with them. Fun fact: With Big Titan's membership in nWo Japan, this means that there were two entirely separate members of the nWo who were both known as Razor Ramon in the [[WWF]].

** During the split between the Wolfpac and nWo Hollywood, Lex Luger and Sting (the real one) joined The Wolfpac. Stevie Ray and Horace Hogan would join nWo Hollywood. Bret Hart would align himself with Hollywood Hogan, but never officially joined the group during this time.

** During the "nWo Reunion", David Flair, Disco Inferno (unofficially) and Torrie Wilson joined the nWo.

** During the final iteration, nWo silver, Bret Hart, Jeff Jarrett, and the Harris Brothers (Ron and Don) joined, as did Scott Steiner's valet Midajah, and Mark "Slick" Johnson, a partial referee.

** The WWE iteration added Shawn Michaels and Booker T. to the stable.