5 Huge WWE debuts that ended up disappointing

#4 The New World Order

Hall, Nash and Hogan returned to WWE in 2002.

To be fair, the New World Order’s debut in WCW is possibly the most shocking moment in wrestling history.

Appearing at the 1996 Bash at the Beach event, Kevin Nash and Scott Hall promised a third man to the group, with millions of fans left heartbroken when Hulk Hogan betrayed all of them to join the villainous group.

So when the trio arrived in the WWE in 2002, the three megastars received a huge nostalgic pop from the crowd, though things went wrong not long after.

Despite intending to be heels, the trio were constantly cheered by the crowd, who saw them as nostalgic heroes rather than anarchistic invaders.

The group in many fan’s eyes, ended at WrestleMania 18, where Scott Hall lost to Steve Austin, and Hogan lost to he Rock, despite receiving massive support from the Sky-Dome crowd.

With Nash getting injured not long after, and Hall being fired for disorderly conduct weeks later, it seemed the nWo were dead, again, though the company refused to believe it.

Adding members like Booker T, X-Pac, the Big Show and the returning Shawn Michaels, the company hoped to keep the group going, though everyone knew the ride was over, and the nWo disbanded in July 2002, not with a bang, but with a whimper.