5 Superstars who formed their first stables outside of WWE 

#3 Hulk Hogan - nWo in WCW

The greatest career resurgence of all time (Pic Source: WWE)

The Immortal Hulk Hogan. A legend onto himself and still considered one of the greatest WWE Superstars did the unthinkable in 1996 at WCW's Bash at the Beach. He turned heel!

The Hulkster ditched the red and yellow and became Hollywood Hogan. With former WWE Superstars Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, he formed the New World Order (nWo) and became one of the most significant professional wrestling factions of all time.

While nWo fizzled away over time, its impact on the pro wrestling industry can't be understated. It drove WCW Monday Nitro to the top of the rating chart.

Moreover, the heel turn proved to be a gamechanger for Hulk Hogan, whom most saw as a fading star by the mid-90s. While Hogan was skeptical of the heel turn at first, he realized that it was going to be a game-changer. He said:

“I don’t know, man, I’m a singles wrestler and I don’t really like tag teams. This is either going to be the greatest thing that ever happened to my career or my career is over. … But when [Hall and Nash] came in, I watched them the first couple of weeks and I was, oh man, I don’t want to miss this money train.”

Some prominent Superstars who joined the nWo at one point or the other were:

• The Giant a.k.a. The Big Show
• Ted DiBiase
• Vincent a.k.a Virgil
• Buff Bagwell
• Scott Norton
• Syxx a.k.a. X-Pac
• Konnan
• Curt Hennig
• Scott Steiner
• Dusty Rhodes
• Horace Hogan
• Eric Bischoff
• Disco Inferno
• Lex Luger

The list is long, and it would be futile to list every single member of nWo Hollywood, nWo Elite, nWo Wolfpac, nWo Black & White, nWo 2000, etc. Over time, the group became diluted.

When the original trio was brought to WWE in 2002, there were high hopes for the group to regain the magic from the glory days. But Vince McMahon was forced to turn Hulk Hogan face after his WrestleMania 18 match with The Rock and the WWE version of nWo died a slow death.