The WCW Debut of The Outsiders
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Wrestling Bios Presents: The WCW Debut of The Outsiders
When Kevin Nash and Scott Hall were offered a considerable amount of money to jump from Vince McMahon's WWF to Ted Turner's WCW, the two popular superstars couldn't say no. A lucrative offer was made to bring Razor Ramon and Diesel to World Championship Wrestling, and the future of professional wrestling would be changed forever when Nash and Hall made their WCW debuts in 1996.
The Outsiders were booked as invaders from the WWF who had come to WCW to take the company over. This storyline, inspired by Eric Bischoff's recent trips to Japan, would really catch on with wrestling fans of the 90s. Vince McMahon, however, was not happy with how his former superstars had been portrayed on WCW television shows, and the WWF would bring WCW to court over the creative booking of The Outsiders in WCW. Vince McMahon's lawsuit would attempt to end The Outsiders and nWo angle for good.
This mini documentary from Wrestling Bios takes a look at Kevin Nash and Scott Hall's WCW debut in 1996. Topics covered include:
01:38 - Razor Ramon leaves the WWF
03:20 - Diesel prepares to leave Vince McMahon in 1996
05:30 - Eric Bischoff's nWo inspiration
06:56 - The WCW debut of Scott Hall
13:01 - The WWF attempts to sue WCW over Nash and Hall
15:31 - The WWF strikes back with the "fake" Razor Ramon and Diesel
Much More!
#WWE #WCW #Wrestling
i will never forget when Hall showed up on Nitro what a great time to be a wrestling fan it was my teenage years
Don't forget the LWO Eddie Gurerro the leader RIP
I was a teenager too back than
I was 19 yrs old
Damn what's up John lol
@JOHN Henry same here I never missed a episode of WCW Monday night nitro from the first episode until the last one and then didn't watch wrestling until tna came out then I finally started watching wwe in 08
Rest In Peace Scott Hall you and Kevin Nash changed the industry 🙏🏾
"You know who I am" - one of the most iconic lines in wrestling history.
But you don't know why I'm here!
@@gumdeo what about " what a rush"
I remember I was watching Bash at the Beach '96 at a bud's crib when Hulk Hogan walked out during the Outsiders / Sting, Lex Luger, Randy Savage match and dropped his leg on him. All 4 of us there went into shock with open mouths. We never saw it coming. It was sheer brilliance on WCW's behalf. Best storyline anytime ever!!
My little brother started crying..lol those were great times
I knew hulk was 3rd guy when Bobby the brain was cheering for hulk when he was walking to the ring. But I was still shocked when he actually dropped the leg on macho. Good times watching on a black box.
The nWo as a wrestling stable is simply iconic
Yeah NWO was Cool till they ended up with like 30 members in 98 they were Cool With Hogan Hall and Nash the Orginal 3 back in 96 they should have only added maybe 2 or 3 more members and not had everybody joining them HELL even Dennis Rodman joined them for a little Bit lol
@@adampruitt9211 exactly, they didn't just play it out, they played it out til everything collapsed into ground zero. I agree, the big 3 was where it was at, they were cool with Waltman (Syxx), since he was in the kliq and 6th member or whatever, after that they were getting outta hand. Double digits was straight overkill, then having 2 NWOs and even a LWO was a bit extreme like they were trying to do some gang wars and race wars at the same time.
I bet Vince had tears In his eyes. I had no Idea when WCW went out of business pro wrestling would slowly become unwatchable for me.
It went downhill real quick
We appear to be watching (no pun intended!), the slow death of the once powerful WWE. I wish that it would either get back on track, or die... preferably, die!!!
After April 2004 WWE went downhill
Competition makes everything better
Vince isn't human so he cannot cry.
The introduction of the Outsiders and later the NWO was the best thing to happen for pro wrestling in the 90s. In fact, this made both the WWF and the WCW big during that era.
It was the best and the worst thing to wcw.
@@zemox2534Like it or not The NWO and ECW saved the Pro Wrestling Business in the 1990s..
Had it not happened, the Attitude Era would have never happened.
Everything about their start in WCW was brilliant. I love the details of the never before used camera angles and all that
I laughed so hard when you put the definition of “play” on the screen lol
😂😂😂😂
Hall was a legend in WCW.
YES HE WAS!!!😎🤔💣💣
Hey yo.
Ay.
People under the age of 33 HAVE ZERO CLUE what this meant while this was going on. The switching back and forth between nitro and Raw and seeing hall and Nash appear on nitro all the while implying he was with WWF was NOTHING SHORT OF LEGENDARY!!!! Kudos to bischoff and wcw for the greatest moment in sports entertainment.
I was 30 when you made this comment I understood what this meant
I'm 29 and I definitely have a clue
Facts 💯
The greatest storyline ever in professional wrestling...
Yup.
Imma say Brothers of Destruction was the best but yeah this was an awesome storyline
Jon Abarrientos that was good but this started the Monday Night Wars
Always!!! nWo...4 Life!!!!!
Nwo and mega powers
My brother & myself watched WCW long before Hall & Nash came along and they made a good show great, and I agree it did seem very real.
When Rey Mysterious was tossed like a javelin into the side of that trailer. Best sell ever. I almost believed that it wasn't scripted.
Same
The human dart lol , was awesome
Oh hellz yeah, I remember that night!!! That whole night deserves its own wrestling bios video!!!
That better be blindly ignorant sarcasm because, no matter how deep & how long ("That's what she said" ~snerk~) the parking lot ambush was written into the script of the New World Order's hostile takeover narrative, you simply cannot FAKE, stage/choreograph or else merely phone in/go through the motions of getting actively thrown rather roughly into the side of a parked semi trailer truss & subsequently crash to the ground in a crumpled heap (supposedly coughing up your digestive system in the process from force of impact) due to genuine physics & real world gravity being scientific things that openly exist within real-time in actual reality.
According to Kevin Nash people in the area actually called the cops over seeing that on TV, thinking they were witnessing an actual assault.
The two dislikes were from Fake Razor and Fake Diesel aka Kane.
For like Vince and Stephanie
😂 I definitely can see that
@@kidz4p509 outsiders lol
Ate least Glenn did a halfway decent job. The other guy sucked....
Man I love how he remixes these mysic
@@sheepdavis he loves how he remixes these mysics
The greatest change in professional wrestling ever
100%! I feel sorry for any wrestling fans that weren't around for it, truly amazing times.
@@oddcreatureX Very True
One of my favorite entrance theme songs New New New World Order.
nWo 4 Life!!!!!
The guitar is actually a Jimi Hendrix sample.
Just like Bradshaw said a few years ago. " These two changed the business forever." I was 16 years old when this happened, and it was a phenomenal time to be a wrestling fan.
When WWE Network launched I started watching every episode of Nitro from the beginning (made it to about September 97) and you are spot on about the presentation being different when Outsiders would show up. They did an amazing job of making it feel real and different. I think that gets overlooked a lot in the grand scheme of NWO and the storyline. Souled Out 97 also does the same albeit too much and with not good wrestling lol
Thank you for giving credit to the announce teams. Specifically, Tony Schiavone. Great job by him in making this even more real.
The big mang..and the medium sized mang...
And our surprise buddy....we are going to carve....them....up!!!
If HBK came with them he would have been the lil mang
apark02 and if Haku had
been the 4th NWO member he’d have been the “Meng mang”. :)
An underrated Scott Hall quote, and I always found it hilarious considering, Hall at that time, was a very large human by any standard, but looked small next to Nash, who was, and is still goddamn enormous.
Always laughed out loud when Scott said “Mang” haha 😂
15:15 That is the first time I've ever heard that.
That is very interesting. How they could've legally gotten that written into a settlement year's before WCW ended up going up for sale is amazing to me.
It also gives amazing insight into the psychology Vince used in his ratings war, and what kind of carrot he had dangling in front of him if he could push WCW into such financial turmoil that they would need to sell.
I can't tell how that provision in a lawsuit settlement changes my perception of everything that happened.
That lawsuit provision, and the moves made by WWE afterwards, deserves it's own video.
I think one reason this worked in the beginning, was that everyone seemed to be having fun in their respective roles. Everyone embraced their role.
I remember watching the May 27 Nitro & turning to my lil bro & shouting, "look, there's Razor Ramon", whenever I saw Hall coming down to the ring. I was one of the ones, who was fooled, at first, into thinking that he represented the WWF, lol.
It seems like 75% of wwf joined WCW by 96.
Same.
That angle was perfectly performed... many have tried to duplicate it but only wcw and the outsiders could pull it off right...
I used to hurry home from work every Monday nite to catch the final few minutes of each episode. Then they started replaying the episode following the original airing. It was a great time. I’d never followed WWF, so I had to catch up on the “feud” aspect between the two companies.
This was the best era of wrestling for me. I never cared about WCW until this. It really was a great idea and it turned out working so well
I was 14 when Scott Hall first appeared on Nitro. Wrestling would never be the same. What a time to be a kid.
Snap. I remember that summer very well. Atlanta Olympics Michael Johnson, a very long and hot summer, the greatest Jordan/Bulls championship team ever, EURO 96, BritPop, East Coast v West Coast hip hop rivalry and the start of the Monday Night Wars. What a time to be a lad.
@@Bossman525 yeah that was a Awesome Time!
Never clicked like on a video before watching. Thank you wrestling bios for reviving my child hood love in wrestling and for being such a mad lad in producing quality quantity. Thank you for your time
This legitimately may have been WCW's finest hour. From Hall's selling a WWF invasion, to Schiavone's selling of shock and security, to Enos and Robert Parker being bewildered as heels, to the camera angles...it was all done to perfection. The WWF element of it pretty much dissipated within a week or two, but this moment...this was one of the very last times wrestling felt REAL. And they sold the illusion to everyone outside of a few IWC dorks with their Meltzer dirtsheets and Doritos dust on their shirts.
I would sell my soul to go back to this time.
same
when watching wrestling was cool!
I'm watching the entire Monday night wars on WWE network.
They have every nitro and war episode.
Started at 1996, at April 1998 now, both really are peaking at this point, wrestling at its finest
another similarity between the outsiders and DX; they both had Rick Rude.
Beast
Who appeared on nitro and raw on the same night. One was taped. But still
@@MaynardOwns Rick Rude gave the WWF his own form of a "Rude Awakening" that night! It turns out that he and Bret "The Hitman" Hart were good friends, at least in private. He was so furious that Vince had totally cheated Bret that way, that he immediately opted out of his contract with the WWF! He even called the WWF a "sinking ship" at one point, during his interview with Eric Bischoff. At that time, the WWF was on the losing end of the ratings war with WCW. I wish it had stayed that way!!!
@@MaynardOwns that was just so amazing that it happened that way. It has been a long time since I have seen them, but in the WWF one I think he had a beard and the WCW one he only had his moustache. I was the typical wrestling fan at that time where I would flip back and forth between both shows. It was a crazy moment when you saw Rick Rude the same night on both shows. That was just incredibly perfect timing. He is the only one that I can think of that has been on Monday Night Raw and Monday Night Nitro on the same exact night. It is still awesome even though WCW was really live and WWF was a recording of a different night.
They both had Sean Waltman too.
Thank you for continuing to provide happiness during this pandemic. Eric was brilliant during his good decision making days in the business, in seeing how Japan used creative storylines. Looking at how other countries do things is always good. It could be argued that Vince didn't give guaranteed money, etc. because his wealth wasn't as vast as Ted's at that time. Outside of Nash's grasp of grammar, LOL, Hall & Nash did pave the way for secure money up to this point. It would be interesting to know if they were offered or asked for health insurance & other benefits not extended to pro wrestlers.
Thank you for all you do and for continuing to be one of the best wrestling channels on TH-cam. I've spent so many hours listening to your tales of wrestling history, and I've never regretted a single second. Keep doing what you're doing and thanks so much for offering such an interesting and in-depth look into the sport we all love so much.
I'm still bitter about Scott Hall interrupting The Maulers match against Steve Dull. That match could've been a classic!
haha
I was shocked to see Scott Hall come through the crowd that night History was about to be made that night keeping people including me on our toes every week
Thank you. These little chunks of my childhood help keep me sane through these insane times
This Era brings back so many memories, my brother was still with me, my daughter was around 5 years old, now my daughter has a son "my grandson" that's 8 years old. WOW how time flies by.
The best buildup to a beginning of a faction we've ever seen.
Ever
Underrated tag team. Their matches had a lot of energy, they put asses in the seats, and arguably are the tag team with the highest overall charisma.
I always loved when the camera took a huge bump when the toothpick would hit it.
I liked the video before it even started! Your content is the best! RIP SHAD!!!!
who is shad?
@@MrRays35 Shad Gaspard. Former WWE Wrestler. Died back in May. Very tragic.
@@SA-km2io oh.ok.i havent watched in forever.funny i didnt hear anything,im subscribed to a bunch of wrestling channels.that stinks.thanks for the info
I actually heard that Scott Hall was on his way to the top before he left WWF but he had just started climbing the ladder. It would've been great to have seen him as WWF champion as a kid but then he went to WCW and started coasting and taking a back seat to everyone else... On screen Hall was basically Nash's right hand man. I wish he had a bigger role in WCW but I can understand not wanting to push someone to the top with drug issues. I'm sure it wasn't a problem for him though, he was just happy to there with his boys. The Outsiders storyline was still great and is definitely one of the few successful things WCW got right from 96-01.
nWo was the perfect example of what happens when you do "too much". At a certain point, there was more members of the nWo than WCW wrestlers. I was only 12 years old, and already realized this isn't a good idea. That was the biggest thing that made WCW crappy to watch before everything just fell apart.
yasss, love these uys...also RIP Shad Gaspard :[
guys*
also senpai noticed me! :]]]
Did they find sheds body
@@Vercingetorix.Rising i have a couple of different reports...but at this point its been 3 days...unless by some miracle of GOD, hes most likely passed at this point.
Rip
Another great bio....Nash and Hall going to WCW in 1996 was best thing ever happened for the company....the Attitude era was officially born N W O
The best wrestling channel just gets better and better!
I'm a simple man. I see a new Wrestling Bios vid so I stop everything and watch it.
Simple in the head?
Love the WCW content brings back good memories
Let me tell you something brother they change wrestling culture forever!!!!The OutSiders/NWO/Scott Hall/Kevin Nash/BlackAndWhiteExpress/NWO4Life...
That’s the real reason why Vince and Undertaker buried DDP when he went to the WWF. He was instrumental in bringing Razor and Diesel back to WCW. It had nothing to do with hugs or planning matches ahead of time.
17:05 you fail to mention how this also shows you how desperate and foolish the powers within WCW were and how Hall/Nash milked all sides for whatever they wanted. The mid-late 90s were a party for them lol
It was a great choice they took over wrestling Wcw didn’t exist because it failed. It failed because turner sold 50% and the 50%! Wanted to replace wrestling.
Ted had enough money it would have succeeded
They ruled the show...Then brought in Hogan!
I saw a shoot interview with Scott Hall where he said the breaking point in negotiations with Vince was merchandise sales. Wrestlers rarely got a cut of merchandising in those days (especially in the WWF), and Vince flat-out refused when Hall brought up getting a cut of merch sales in lieu of a pay raise or guaranteed contract. Incidentally, Cultaholic did a video focusing on WWF’s copyright lawsuit a couple months back, I highly recommend it.
RIP man, we'll always miss you Scott!
Wow..childhood starting to die that means im not far off...rip scott hall
R.I.P Scott Hall.
Boy, to be around when that whole story was going on. I was born in 1997 so I'm so thankful these videos are keeping me up to date with things that were going on as I was a wee lad. Props, dude!
I would definitely trade watching this live to be born in 1997
I think my favourite thing about your videos is seeing your subscribers going up, keep up the good work, best channel on TH-cam!!!
Scott Hall and Kevin Nash going to WCW was a breath of fresh air after the stuff they had to put up with during their final times in the WWF.
By the way,nice logo!
What stuff they had to put up with?
Incredible work as always. I’ve been watching for a couple of months now, definitely my favourite TH-cam channel. The quality of your videos is unmatched.
Nice logo bro loving the new look, RIP Shad Gaspard
Scott hall entrance as a surfer and Nash as a bouncer will forever be cool
Love the logo!
R.I.Paradise Chico ❤️
Who knew that Hall and Nash had something to do with future events of wcw.
Does the Attitude Era even happen without Hall and Nash's defection?
Think wwf would have been thru by 2000 If it wasn't for hall and nash , no dx, no rock, no DAMN, no undertaker vs mankind hell in the cell, no attitude era
Nope Hall and Nash kick started The Attitude Era!
@@adampruitt9211 ECW started the Attitude Era
@@chadk890 sort of they weren't exactly a household name though. As a kid I didnt know what ecw even was until 2000.
No. If they dont leave then there is no curtain call and Triple would have stayed book to win the 96 KOTR and Stone cold would have likely remained a midcarder and without the Austin vs McMahon rivalry WWF would have been dead in the water before the new millennium.
WCW was so much better than WWE when both were at their peak.
The level of detail and production in your videos is nothing short of professional.
This is too sweet 🤘
As a kid I thought razor ramon was a grown up version of Raul from dangerous minds 😂
lol
Nailed another one. Keep up the great videos. RIP S.G.
I'll never forget the night hulk turned heel. 12 years old. Mind blown.
Rip…. Loved watching these guys as a kid.
Wrestling Bios IS A GREAT SOURCE FOR WRESTLING INFO
These videosa Re always super professional and entertaining.
Hell YA! I've been waiting for an Outsiders Wrestling Bios vid! Never disappoints
Why ain't wrestling bios at half a million subs yet? That should be a crime.
I would argue that if Vince paid them it would have been a mistake. yeah on one hand you would have still had those two but it may have cost the rise of others. if they had stayed in WWF maybe people like Austin and the Rock wouldnt have gotten a real shot. never know though. it happened that way for a reason I suppose.
at 17:00 when Vince faked Ramon and Diesel wrestlers, which forced WCW into paying Nash and Hall *more* money because WCW were scared they might lose them -- Bios says Vince shot himself in the foot. Actually, in a tiny way, he helped to make WCW spend more money than it had to, and inadvertently he helped his company.
Ted Turner was a billionaire, he could spare it
Just recently signed upto WWE Network for the sole purpose of re-watching the old WCW, loved it as a kid.
That new intro is gonna look so cool when you upload the wrestling bios video for the most electrifying man in sports entertainment... Daswundekid! Alex Wright.
That remix to the NWO theme was so badass, restarted the video at least 10 time just to hear it again.
Good thing this story it now posted on TH-cam since its never been discussed before and nobody knew what happened.
Outsiders vs DX video would be a good video. Keep killing it wrestling bios! New logo fire too
Curtain Call: Yawn, heard it a million times
Bischoff coping Japanese invasion angle: Huh, never heard that before
That's why I watch Wrestling Bios
Thought the same thing!
This stuff was great, it's what really sold me on wrestling.
I was always a WCW guy. I started getting into wrestling pretty seriously when Hogan and macho Man went to WCW. I followed the WWF a lot so when they jumped WCW was the show for me. All my friends still watched the WWF and I remember going to school telling everyone that Razor Ramon was on WCW nitro and no one believed me. The next week everyone watched and was blown away. Then a week later Diesel showed up and all the WWF fans left as WCW became must watch TV.
Thanks for your videos, they are so good and bring back great memories of this excellent era
Being a 10yo fan of wrestling at this time was huge, I was freaking out and actually believed WWF was taking over and invading..lol I kept going back and forth between USA Network and TNT that night
You should do a Vince McMahon retrospective. You could break it up into so many videos regardless of if you do a straight time-line or zero in on specific events - such as him going national, or the steroid scandle etc.
Do the story of Cryme Tyme since we recently lost Shad Gaspard
Be a very short video. Team was trash
Now, a video on WWF's lawsuit..is a must!!!
Nash and Hall had so much natural charisma and character, plus amazing looks, they looked like superstars. You cannot teach something like. Just compare them to any of the current WWE 'stars'...lol
Yeah so True but Hall now at 61 is a shell of his former self But Nash is still in good Shape at 61
Best wrestling of all time wcw glad I kept my wcw VHS taping I got almost the complete library of the wcw not wwe related
Oooh new logo....sweet!
2 sweet lol
You missed the perfect opportunity.. Not sweet.. It's Too sweeeettttttt!!!
Cody Roy it’s not tosweet, it’s too sweeeeeet!
RIP Scott!!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏😢😢😢
RIP Scott Hall
Thanks for all the memories brother
Wrestling Bios bringing that 🔥 like always. Thanks WB.
R.I.P. Scott Hall
Awesome work and best wrestling channel on TH-cam. Thanks for all your time putting into these videos. One minor thing I found the new logo in the top left a little distracting and maybe a bit to large. Any ways thanks again for all the hard work!