Guest nWoScorpion Posted February 22, 2002 Report Posted February 22, 2002 nWo 4 Life! Wondering whos the best.
PILLS! PILLS! PILLS! Posted November 28, 2007 Report Posted November 28, 2007 Official- Gerald of Creative Control Unofficial- Louie Spicolli avec briefcase
AntiLeaf33 Posted November 28, 2007 Report Posted November 28, 2007 Without Hogan there would be no nWo, so for me, its an easy choice
majormayhem1 Posted November 28, 2007 Report Posted November 28, 2007 For me, it was the man who started the whole tsunami, the lone wolf, Scott Hall.
King Kamala Posted November 28, 2007 Report Posted November 28, 2007 I voted for "Flash" Scott Norton Vicious and Delicious is 2nd only to Fire and Ice in terms of the greatest tag teams of all time IMHO
Guest Matrix Posted November 30, 2007 Report Posted November 30, 2007 Norton was very underrated as a worker, IMO. I am voting Hall, just because well..I can basically.
Scroby Posted November 30, 2007 Report Posted November 30, 2007 I had to go with Scott Norton. I think Norton was one of those nWo members who got the best exposure out of the whole thing. I honestly didn't know Norton when he was doing the fire and Ice tag team but when he became a nWo member I saw a lot more of his work and enjoyed it with every match he had. A lot of my friends who watched wrestling during the time became a fan of his that way as well. I actually got to meet Norton at the WrestleFanFest and he was a really nice guy to talk to. Plus I didn't realize how big he was, he's like a bear.
majormayhem1 Posted November 30, 2007 Report Posted November 30, 2007 I had to go with Scott Norton. I think Norton was one of those nWo members who got the best exposure out of the whole thing. I honestly didn't know Norton when he was doing the fire and Ice tag team but when he became a nWo member I saw a lot more of his work and enjoyed it with every match he had. A lot of my friends who watched wrestling during the time became a fan of his that way as well. I actually got to meet Norton at the WrestleFanFest and he was a really nice guy to talk to. Plus I didn't realize how big he was, he's like a bear. Norton seemed like the true enforcer of the NWO. I liked using his character on WCW/NWO World Tour.
haws bah gawd Posted November 30, 2007 Report Posted November 30, 2007 I used to mark out for Norton's reverse shoulderbreaker. In a simpler time prior to Canadian Destroyers and Vertebreakers, Norton's finisher looked like death. My favorite thing WCW ever did with Norton was his mini-feud with the Cat. The Cat was cutting one of his somebody call my momma promos, and the camera cut back to the nWo b-team locker room, and at first I was a little confused. Then, just to be a prick, Brian Adams knocked on the bathroom door, and said "Hey Flash, The Cat's in the ring.......HE'S CALLING YOU OUT, MAN!". Then Norton stormed out of the bathroom, went down to the ring, and beat the holy hell out of The Cat. The next week, The Cat was in the ring, trying to apologize for whatever he did to piss off Norton, then once again, cut to the nWo B-Team Locker Room. "HEY FLASH, THE CAT'S CALLING YOU OUT AGAIN!". Once again, The Cat was destroyed by Norton. I think they ended up having a decent PPV blowoff, but still, those "THE CAT IS CALLING YOU OUT" spots were really good.
TheFranchise Posted November 30, 2007 Report Posted November 30, 2007 That's awesome. They should do that with Santino. And Khali.
The Buzz Posted November 30, 2007 Report Posted November 30, 2007 I'd actually like to see tho if they are on youtube, I couldn't find them though. I always liked Norton, and will eventually go out of my way to see his Japan work. He did have that enforcer vibe to him, but he just always seemed to be there. They didn't put a whole lot of stock in his persona or character. His badass look and ring style pretty much did his talking I suppose. My favorite nWo member is probably Nash. Had Hall been able to stay around more he would have taken it. I think Nash really held the nWo together during the original run. Oh by the way, Sting was originally supposed to be the third nWo member according to either Hall or Nash in their recent shoot interview. Hogan saw the train leaving, and decided to do it. Although they did say he was iffy the whole day about doing it.
Guest Posted December 1, 2007 Report Posted December 1, 2007 The real best NWO member is Scott Hall. Konnan was cool too. Curt Hennig in the NWO made no sense. I couldn't quite believe him in that role. He didn't look like the kind of guy that would need a bunch of running buddies.
tbondrage99 Posted December 2, 2007 Report Posted December 2, 2007 I gotta go with the third man. If it wasn't Hogan it would of never taken off like it did.
HollywoodSpikeJenkins Posted December 2, 2007 Report Posted December 2, 2007 Norton was the only one in the NWO who I considered a monster. He just came out and beat people up. What really put him over the top for me was how he no-sold the Crippler Crossface in his feud with Benoit. Benoit locked him in it and Norton just climbed up to his feet and picked Benoit up with him and slammed him. At the time, it was awesome.
evilhomer Posted December 2, 2007 Report Posted December 2, 2007 Norton was the only one in the NWO who I considered a monster. He just came out and beat people up. What really put him over the top for me was how he no-sold the Crippler Crossface in his feud with Benoit. Benoit locked him in it and Norton just climbed up to his feet and picked Benoit up with him and slammed him. At the time, it was awesome. I hate when any established finisher is no-sold. It makes the worker doing it and every other person whose sold it look like pussies. The only exception is when there's a special and/or specific reason to do it (ie: Warriors SS return, no selling HHH's Pedigree). However, Norton was one of my guilty pleasures. A huge guy with a believable power offence. Used properly, he could have been a great monster.
HollywoodSpikeJenkins Posted December 2, 2007 Report Posted December 2, 2007 Norton was the only one in the NWO who I considered a monster. He just came out and beat people up. What really put him over the top for me was how he no-sold the Crippler Crossface in his feud with Benoit. Benoit locked him in it and Norton just climbed up to his feet and picked Benoit up with him and slammed him. At the time, it was awesome. I hate when any established finisher is no-sold. It makes the worker doing it and every other person whose sold it look like pussies. The only exception is when there's a special and/or specific reason to do it (ie: Warriors SS return, no selling HHH's Pedigree). However, Norton was one of my guilty pleasures. A huge guy with a believable power offence. Used properly, he could have been a great monster. It was played off perfectly. The whole match was "Benoit is getting thrown around by Norton. At least he has the Crossface! There it is! The Crippler Crossface! It's all over, not even Norton can get out of...oh wait, he just got out of it. Shoulderbreaker and its over. What a monster."
evilhomer Posted December 3, 2007 Report Posted December 3, 2007 Norton was the only one in the NWO who I considered a monster. He just came out and beat people up. What really put him over the top for me was how he no-sold the Crippler Crossface in his feud with Benoit. Benoit locked him in it and Norton just climbed up to his feet and picked Benoit up with him and slammed him. At the time, it was awesome. I hate when any established finisher is no-sold. It makes the worker doing it and every other person whose sold it look like pussies. The only exception is when there's a special and/or specific reason to do it (ie: Warriors SS return, no selling HHH's Pedigree). However, Norton was one of my guilty pleasures. A huge guy with a believable power offence. Used properly, he could have been a great monster. It was played off perfectly. The whole match was "Benoit is getting thrown around by Norton. At least he has the Crossface! There it is! The Crippler Crossface! It's all over, not even Norton can get out of...oh wait, he just got out of it. Shoulderbreaker and its over. What a monster." True, it did make for a good story in the match, but seeing how Norton went nowhere, why pussify the finisher for a mid-carder in a mid-card match. They did the same routine with Batista, but seeing how Batista went on to become a dominant main-eventer, those were acceptable circumstances.
tbondrage99 Posted December 3, 2007 Report Posted December 3, 2007 I think this should be renamed the Scott Norton appreciation thread.
haws bah gawd Posted December 6, 2007 Report Posted December 6, 2007 Norton was the only one in the NWO who I considered a monster. He just came out and beat people up. What really put him over the top for me was how he no-sold the Crippler Crossface in his feud with Benoit. Benoit locked him in it and Norton just climbed up to his feet and picked Benoit up with him and slammed him. At the time, it was awesome. I hate when any established finisher is no-sold. It makes the worker doing it and every other person whose sold it look like pussies. The only exception is when there's a special and/or specific reason to do it (ie: Warriors SS return, no selling HHH's Pedigree). However, Norton was one of my guilty pleasures. A huge guy with a believable power offence. Used properly, he could have been a great monster. It was played off perfectly. The whole match was "Benoit is getting thrown around by Norton. At least he has the Crossface! There it is! The Crippler Crossface! It's all over, not even Norton can get out of...oh wait, he just got out of it. Shoulderbreaker and its over. What a monster." True, it did make for a good story in the match, but seeing how Norton went nowhere, why pussify the finisher for a mid-carder in a mid-card match. They did the same routine with Batista, but seeing how Batista went on to become a dominant main-eventer, those were acceptable circumstances. Wasn't that the same match where Batista stood up while still in the Crossface, walked to the corner, and rammed Benoit's head into the top turnbuckle until he released the hold? That was badass. I think this should be renamed the Scott Norton appreciation thread. I'm all for this.
Scroby Posted December 6, 2007 Report Posted December 6, 2007 Norton was the only one in the NWO who I considered a monster. He just came out and beat people up. What really put him over the top for me was how he no-sold the Crippler Crossface in his feud with Benoit. Benoit locked him in it and Norton just climbed up to his feet and picked Benoit up with him and slammed him. At the time, it was awesome. I hate when any established finisher is no-sold. It makes the worker doing it and every other person whose sold it look like pussies. The only exception is when there's a special and/or specific reason to do it (ie: Warriors SS return, no selling HHH's Pedigree). However, Norton was one of my guilty pleasures. A huge guy with a believable power offence. Used properly, he could have been a great monster. It was played off perfectly. The whole match was "Benoit is getting thrown around by Norton. At least he has the Crossface! There it is! The Crippler Crossface! It's all over, not even Norton can get out of...oh wait, he just got out of it. Shoulderbreaker and its over. What a monster." True, it did make for a good story in the match, but seeing how Norton went nowhere, why pussify the finisher for a mid-carder in a mid-card match. They did the same routine with Batista, but seeing how Batista went on to become a dominant main-eventer, those were acceptable circumstances. Have you ever seen Norton live before? The man is a fucking bear. I'd buy it even if he was at Barry Horowitz level.
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