The nWo's 5 most memorable moments in WCW and WWE history

#3 The Outsiders powerbomb Eric Bischoff off the stage

When both Scott Hall and Kevin Nash arrived in WCW (more on that in a bit), the implication was that they were still working for the World Wrestling Federation and "invading" their rivals. The now-WWE didn't quite care for this and sued the Ted Turner-owned wrestling promotion. So, at the Great American Bash 1996, WCW Executive Vice-President Eric Bischoff (you may have heard of him) directly asked the two if they were then-currently employed by the WWF. Both responded in the negative.

Now, during this particular point in wrestling history, WWF or WCW mentioning the other by name at all on TV was a rarity. Granted, the WWF had been running "Billionare Ted" "comedy" sketches blasting WCW, while Bischoff would give away WWF match results during Nitro, but refer to the company as the "World Whining Federation."

(Well, there was also this one time on WCW Saturday Night in 1992 when Randy Owen from the band Alabama asked him this question [skip to 0:45])

That's not the only reason this is memorable, however. For starters, it was the set-up for the epic six-man tag match for the following month's Bash at the Beach (more on that in a bit, as well).

Beyond that, it demonstrated what a dangerous force these "Outsiders" actually were. Whether he was portrayed as a WCW executive or Nitro's lead announcer, Bischoff was a non-wrestler and Hall and Nash attacked him without a second thought. That kind of brutality would carry on during the following months, before and after the nWo's official formation.