5 crazy WWE facts you probably did not know

#3 Sting was supposed to be NWO's third member

The NWO is one of the greatest factions in wrestling history

Today, everybody remembers WCW's Bash At The Beach 1996 as the event where Hulk Hogan turned heel to join forces with Kevin Nash and Scott Hall to form the NWO. It is easily the greatest moment in WCW history.

The image of WCW fans throwing garbage into the ring while Hogan cuts his first heel promo with Nash and Hall by his side will forever remain etched in the minds of the fans who witnessed it.

But one thing most people don't know is that the 'third man' in the NWO was originally supposed to be the guy who turned out to be their biggest rival: Sting! This was Scott Hall in an interview in 2013. Eric Bischoff had actually managed to convince Sting to turn heel and join forces with The Outsiders after Hogan had rejected Bischoff's offer to turn heel months earlier.

But since then The Outsiders had become one of the hottest things in all of wrestling and Hogan realized that turning heel would make him more money than staying in his babyface role which had grown stale by that point.

So Hogan used his backstage power to replace Sting as the 'third man', and formed the NWO with Hall and Nash. Rumours are that even on the night of Bash At The Beach, Bischoff had kept Sting as a back up in case Hogan changed his mind.