Who was the most valuable NWO member? Let us know in the comments below!

The most bad ass part of this story is the fact that Bischoff was a pilot with his own plane and flew himself down to Hulk's house

My god I grew up on WCW as a kid. When I was 7 I was a huge wwf fan and the biggest hulk fan so when he went to wcw I jumped ship with him. The darkest day of my life was seeing hulk leg drop on macho revealing himself as the third man. I was crushed, but then wcw turned their back on sting, he becomes this crow like anti-hero. Was love at first sight. I loved him more than I ever loved hogan at any point which allowed me to appreciate hogan’s heel work. Both Sting and hogan were perfect for their roles. If anyone of them had done something different say goodbye to the 83 weeks thing and there’s no attitude era. For the first two or three years the NWO sting story is the greatest story ever told in wrestling. I’m sure there’s a lot of younger fans screaming at me that the bloodline thing is better but they have no clue. For three years all anyone wanted to do was tune into nitro or thunder to see what the NWO would do to cause chaos and what sting would do to combat that We tuned in for the NWO and sting but stayed for the cruiserweights. They were so 🔥 they were doing moves we’d never seen they revolutionized wrestling. I mean every wrestler has Incorporated all their moves into what they do. Everytime you see a wrestler perform a suicide dive outside the ring or that head scissors take down or any high flying move most of those are from the wcw cruiserweight division.

The Next Story I wanna hear is how he pitched Hogan as the 3rd Man to Sting, Hall and Nash.

love him or hate him, Eric is an incredible story teller.

i always wondered what eric would of done if instead of joining the nwo hulk came back and was like ok brother me and brutus are going over clean on the outsiders at next ppv 😂

In his book “Controversy Creates Cash” he said Sting was tentatively on board but was gonna do it reluctantly. He said he didn’t know if Hulk was going to do it until he showed up at Bash At The Beach.

Man. I always hear different stories. Sullivan said Hogan stayed the night at his house before the PPV. Then, on legends of JBL, Hall & Nash said on their way to the ring - they didn’t know if Hogan was gonna do it AND if Hogan backed out at the last minute - they were going to buzz the referee - to tell Sting - it was gonna be him. I just watched the match last night and I was looking at Sting’s mannerisms - you would think he would look like a guy who was walking to the ring with a 50/50 thought of: “Man. It could be me. This could backfire badly.” But in all the WWE documentaries - Sting doesn’t remember any of this. 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

I'm glad Sting was not the 3rd guy because it would not have been much of big deal and would not have made people as interested in tuning in. Hulk was smart enough to realise the opportunity it presented. It also allowed Sting to evolve into the crow character years later which likely would never had happened had he joined NWO.

Hulk needed to become a bad guy. It suited him better than it did sting.

It worked out.. Sting needed to stay a face and provided good parity to Hogan. It also allowed Warrior to reunite with Sting against Hogan and Brett.

It made sense that Hulk be the third member. All three from the WWF past and present are now attacking WCW guys. Then born the nWo and sting was great as the WCW guy against nWo...until the Wolfpack which makes sense too because they were against Hogan and the black and white nWo.

Glad it happened that way.. Hollywood Hogan was one of the best heels ever and The Crow Sting was legendary. So good hes still doing that gimmick

I love his stories. He has done it all and maybe one of best creative minds ever.

As much as i was into that Hulk Hogan character as a kid idolizing him and teen. The heel turn was such a shocker who couldve pictured the biggest babyface in wrestling history become heel. Awe it broke my heart and hated him at first. But just as he fit into that hero character he played Hollywood character so well almost like thats who he really was.

I can't believe it's been 23 years ago since WCW went off the air where has the time gone 23 yrs blink of an eye.

Your hair looks like Paul from Tekken 👍

That was one of the best PPVs I ever watched...at the time everybody was happy and cheering when Hulk came to the ring and then he does the leg drop on Savage and boy oh boy was everybody pissed. They started throwing stuff in the ring...even one fan tried to get in the ring and I think it was Scott Hall that nailed him. [n W o] 😎🤘

I always heard that another option that was pitched or at least briefly considered was Bret Hart. Who at the time was in the middle of listening to negotiations from both companies after his loss to Michaels at WM 12. Though he already knew he’d come back to WWF (E) at some point so it wouldn’t have worked anyway.

I still can't believe they almost went with Sting as the third man. Just wouldn't have worked at all. Savage was the much more logical back-up choice, imo.

Did anybody else see him on this same stage say that Hulk called him while Eric was on his way to his daughters to say he wanted to be the third man??

Hogan was always first choice, WCW's most beloved hero joining the dark side would have been somewhat impactful but Mr. WWF, like it or not the most famous wrestler in the world joining two other top stars from New York to invade, was absolutely mammoth.

"Well Brother, They Wanted me to be the other Road Warrior too don't ya know? They wanted me and Marty Jeanette to be the New Rockers Brother 😅😅😅 But Sting, Yeah brother. I took him to the Theater 1 day and next thing ya know he changed his face paint. 😅 I think the movie had Jackie Chan's Son 🤣🤷🏻😭

Eric has told this story 40 different ways

honestly, the fact that Eric flew himself on his own plane is the most interesting part to me

“That’s works for me brother” 😂

Not sure if anyone else has brought this up because going through 204 comments is a bit of a task, but I do have to question Mr. Bischoff's memory of Hulk's PPV appearance contract. He says that Hulk was contracted to only appear at 4 or 5 PPVs a year... In 1994, Hulk is on Bash At The Beach, Fall Brawl (albeit not in a wrestling capacity), Halloween Havoc, and Starrcade. That's 4 In 1995, Hulk was on Superbrawl, Uncensored, Slamboree, Bash At The Beach, Fall Brawl, Halloween Havoc, World War 3. That's 7 1996: Hulk was on Superbrawl, Uncensored, Bash At The Beach, Hog Wild, Fall Brawl, Halloween Havoc, World War 3, and Starrcade. That's 8. 1997: Hulk is on Souled Out, Superbrawl, Uncensored, Bash At The Beach, Road Wild, Halloween Havoc, World War 3, and Starrcade. That's another 8. 1998: Hulk is on Souled Out, Superbrawl, Uncensored, Spring Stampede, Great American Bash, Bash At The Beach, Road Wild, Fall Brawl, and Halloween Havoc. That's 9. 1999: Hulk is on Superbrawl, Uncensored, Spring Stampede, Road Wild, Fall Brawl. This is the closest we've been to 4 in years with 5. 2000: Hulk is on Superbrawl, Uncensored, Great American Bash, and Bash at The Beach. This is the first time since his first year in WCW that Hulk has only done 4 PPVs. While Hulk's contract may have originally only been for 4 PPVs, which was inked at a time when there wasn't yet a PPV taking place every month; his workload appears to have increased significantly with the addition of each new PPV. Furthermore, Mr. Bischoff's implication about Summer PPVs being Hulk's off-season, for lack of a better term... did he not debut at Bash at the Beach, and wrestle on each one of those with the exception of 1999? Also, what is Hog/Road Wild if not a Summertime PPV? I've heard in the past that fans have no right telling the "people who were actually there" about the history the "people who were there" made themselves. However, when there is video documented evidence that contradicts a statement, I feel like it is not out of line to raise your hand and say "What about these clear examples to the contrary?"

2:10 I love the way Americans think anywhere in the UK, even though he's literally sitting in a different country in this video, is "London"

Macho was a wwf guy, luger was a wwf guy, konnan was a formmer wwf guy, syyx was a former wwf guy ect.... the point of the storyline was the faction was supposed to be wwf guys invading wcw

It wouldn’t have worked yet with Sting. Now when they said they had someone who was the foundation(Bischoff), that would’ve been the time to get Sting. But Hogan was the man you thought of when you said WWF back then. Hall & Nash we’re just working for WWF so it made sense for it to be Hogan.

Take a shot every time Bischoff says "Great question", or "Hulk" see if you can last 5 mins before getting drunk

Sting, Crow Sting as the leader of the NWO with the same quiet/rafters mystique. Having The outsiders & others as his henchmen while he only makes random/sudden appearances to reak havoc on WCW being the franchise turned villian 👀 only to finally sit at his NWO thrown and move with the group as a unit whenever he felt like it or even speak whenever he felt it was necessary 🔥😮‍💨 mannnn that would’ve been timeless and like nothing we’ve seen. Just the thought of it is bad ass 😂

Give me a break. We wouldn't be talking about this if it was Sting instead of Hogan. It wouldn't have made ANYWHERE NEAR as many headlines if it was Sting. We wouldn't be talking to Bischoff. there wouldn't have been no 83 week streak or whatever it was. And the Attitude Era may not have happened to try to combat the nWo juggernaut.

Damn it should have been Sting. He might have over saturated the NWO and it would have stayed around longer and exclusive. Who knows maybe WCW doesn't go to shit if Hulk never joins.

I'm a huge Hulk Hogan fan and I've never even heard of Santa With Muscles. I have to go check if that's really a movie now

Having Hogan be the 3rd man was the absolute right choice. The nWo wouldn’t have been as it was had Sting been the leader.

Maybe that one fan"just might have confused the Movie with jingle all the way" the big show was in it?

Santa with Muscles was good

Hogan was ultimately best to lead nWo (simply due to completing the WWF trinity) Hogan didn't necessarily turn heel. He joined Outsiders to fight against the bland, cartoony bullshit state of wrestling. "I'm BORED BRRROTHER" Had Sting been third; it'd be due to fed up with Hogan's SUPERMAN act. Always coming in to SAVE THE DAY; Sting shoves Hogan into Nash. Nash powerbombs Hogan Nash motions to Sting Sting "pins" Hogan via confused count by referee

I read it was scott and Nash who suggested hogan and sting or macho was the back up

Me sharing the spotlight? That doesn't work for me brother

Sting wouldn’t have worked as well because he was not a known wwe guy which made more sense the outsiders were basically wwe taking over wcw and hulk was wwe golden boy

Big Bear is the city he was thinking about

And I’m so glad Hogan stole the spot. What an epic heel turn.

Hulk was the perfect one to lead the NWO. He was the ultimate good guy so turning heel had a huge impact. It also made sense for it to be him since he originally came from WWF.

Sting being the third man wouldn’t have made anywhere the impact Hogan did and wouldn’t have made nearly as much sense

5 wins 0 defeats is the main reason Sting is a top 10 wrestler of all times.

I’m gonna give huge credit to Hogan’s ability to become the biggest heel in professional wrestling history when he became Hollywood. The whole nWo run wouldn’t work if Sting was the third man at Bash at the Beach ‘96. Sting needed to reinvent himself and became the franchise WCW player who can beat the nWo and chase down Hogan which ended in Starrcade '97.

Considering that Hulk Hogan got Sting a major part on ‘Thunder In Paradise’, Sting should not have felt like Hogan was stealing his spot.

Watch the WCW episode where Hogan promotes Santa with Muscles.. its hilarious how he truely believes hes a movie star in the promo. Hogan is the best seller!

Interviewer: Who was more annoying to deal with Hulk or Hall and Nash? Bischoff: It was the best of times it was the worst of times....

I don’t think it would of worked with stick as he was a WCW guy and also if you look how he got cold feet with the main event mafia in TNA, he hated being a heel. So Hulk was a way better choice and being the guy who was the face of the competition.

It’s weird that a few years ago bischoff was saying he wanted hogan for the nwo and he had to convince hogan to do it. I think bischoff trying get people to pay attention to him so now the story has changed

Never would have taken off like it did if it was sting

Guess that negates Hogan's claim that he himself wanted to turn heel at WM6 against the Warrior and he also contradicted his own story when he said he knew Warrior would fall flat on his face and Vince would making the decision to push Hulkamainia aside.

To have sting as the 3rd member to hall and nash is like putting oliver hardy in the marx Brothers and putting harpo marx with stan laurel it just doesn't work.

the best decision was having hogan join nwo instead of sting, the worst was not letting sting win clean at starrcade. after a year or more of nwo beating everyone up this should've been the moment they finally got what they deserved. instead we all know how it ended

Hollywood Hulk Hogan with some of the best times in wrestling history!!! My personal favorite!!!

Without Hogan being the 3rd man the whole thing never ends up nearly as big as it was in my opinion. Sting just didn't have the mainstream recognition as Hogan, he did once the crow gim,ick came off, but that's later.

Eric bischoff the guy that made wcw great and then killed wcw. The man that ignored his best talents . Booked them horribly. Nwo was milked to extreme.

I say more than anything Hogan ego made him want the spot as leader cause he was just not over as a Babyface anymore and knew that the leader of the NWO would be in a great position as a Heel. Top Heel and in position as a World Champion to.

Santa with muscles was an awesome movie 😊 I loved it as a kid 👍🏼

Why is everybody SHOOTING in your videos recently

Never would have worked with sting

Scott Hall what's the most valuable member of the NWO

Not making Sting the 3rd man was the smarter movie imo, cause he then turned into the guy who became the NWO's biggest nightmare and beat the daylight out of them all the time 😂😂😂😂😂

this like watching a standup comedy show.............. same material, different town, slightly different wording. You guys released pretty much the exact same video about 2 months after this one with a different title, shot in a different town.

Sting definitely could’ve done it! He already had lost favor with the fans and what not.

They always let bulk Hogan ruin it with his politics. How much more money would they have made seeing sting as a heel instead of Hogan. That's stupid.

Santa 🎅 with muscles 💪?

Wait why is this a completely different story from what Eric has told? I thought Hogan wasn’t on board turning heel and debating the whole time until bash at the beach. Eric has said this that Hogan was the man and sting was the back up. Why the 180?

Sting as the third man would've been shit. Even when Sting joined the wolfpack, it didn't look right.

But why would sting be nwo if he wasn’t a wwf guy?

It's not about if you've seen Santa With Muscles it's about being willing to admit that you've seen and sat through Santa With Muscles 😂 I actually liked it as a kid but not as much as Suburban Commando.

Hulk had the cushiest contract ever

Hogan was just leeching off of them. Fucking has been really trying.

Hulk may be an egomaniac, but nobody could ever convince me that he wasn't the right call. It wasn't just the NWO, it was Hall and Nash deflected, and the biggest babyface in the world turned heel. A recipe for the perfect explosion of draw. The NWO changed wrestling, at first for the better and then for the worst.

Sting would not worked using the wwe invasion angle

Could Sting ever be a heel? TNA tried it and it didn’t work.

Hogan probably beats the NWO in a 3-1 handicap match 2 months after Bash at the Beach if the Hulkster wasn't the 3rd guy.

it would never have worked with Sting he was way to over and the fans wouldn't have bought it. Hogan was the right decision.

Wouldn't work as sting since he was the wcw guy. Nwo basically was wwe/WWF BASED FACTION

sting fighting the NWO is so much better than hogan fighting the NWO. i dont think it would have been as good and last as long as it did if hogan was the one fighting them. yea it went to long but still a better choice.

The Crow Sting was the best.

If this is true then that was a fantastic call for Hulk Hogan. Nobody would have cared outside of WCW if Sting turned heel. Mr. prayers vitamins and vegetables turning heel however was absolutely shocking. That's like John Cena sucker punching a make a wish kid. Best heel turn EVER! Could Sting have pissed off a crowd so much that they threw garbage into the ring and make an old woman try to swing on him😂😂😂? Me thinks not.

When you put a figurehead of professional wrestling like Hogan in a position that is going too change the evolution of wrestling. And make him millions upon millions of more dollars, on top of the millions he made in WWF with Hulkamania gimmick.. He came to WCW made the Biggest Heel turn in Wrestling History to continuing as the figurehead and didnt have too do nearly as much work.. He called shots and if it didnt work for him. All he has too say is... IT DOESNT WORK FOR ME BROTHER!!!!

Hogan turning heal saved his career.

I like Sting. He was one of my favorites for years, but he wouldn’t have worked as the leader of nWo. Not a chance that that would have worked. It had to be Hogan. I can’t think of a single person in WCW at the time that would have worked as the leader.

after that bischoff has to tell sting he’s out of the nwo. story isn’t done.

One story turns into 20 side stories before you can get to the simple answer with this guy.. old age..

Wow they drank beer that was cold??? C R A Z Y stories of the rich and famous.

If sting was the 3rd man Nwo wouldn't have worked

Or maybe not BROTHER

Sting in nwo wasnt gona be as big ...what made nwo great was we tought wwf was invading hogan was the face of wwf for over a decade so it made sense.....sting was an aweful heel

I didn’t know this now I’m pissed that hulk ruined the original plan. Sting, hall and nash would’ve been sick

Sting is a MUCH better professional wrestler than Hogan. That being said, I think having Hogan head of NWO was the better route

"This doesn't work for me Brother" - Hulk Hogan

My god, he lies so much. “Summer sucks for pay per view, nobody is watching tv”.. except for you know, summerslam, the rumble, ‘mania…

I’d swear I’ve heard him tell a completely different version of this several times before. Previously, he had to convince Hogan and wasn’t sure until the last minute who it was going to be. This is why I can’t stand Bischoff. At least get your bullshit straight.

All these shoot interviews are kayfabe.