At WCW: Uncensored in 1997, the nWo came out victorious in a triangle elimination match also featuring Team Piper and Team WCW and following a triumphant win in the main event, the nWo was busy celebrating their success, as their biggest adversary, Sting rappelled down to the ring from out of nowhere in what remains as one of the iconic returns in Professional Wrestling history.
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nWo's Scott Hall and Kevin Nash eventually approached Sting in the ring, as he launched a gruesome beatdown on The Outsiders with his baseball bat, which was then followed up by a beating on Randy Savage, who also tried to intervene as well.
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After delivering Scorpion Death Drops to all three members of the nWo, Sting then called for the leader Hulk Hogan, as The Hulkster eventually made his way to the ring, only to be promptly taken out by Sting as well. Sting's actions very well solidified his place as WCW's top babyface and simultaneously also made his the nWo's biggest arch-rival.
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