[Chan Hung]

During an interview recently, Hall said that Sting was the backup plan to join the nWo if Hogan hadn't.

I didn't know this...and not sure if many here did? What are your thoughts if Sting would have joined rather than Hogan?

 

[11Shareef]

Biscoff has said the same thing in his book. They didn't know Hogan agreed to it until he come out to the ring.

 

[tducey]

Yeah, I've heard this as well. Question then becomes had Sting joined the NWO in 1996 would the angle have gotten over as much as it did with Hogan being the 3rd guy.

 

[RyanPelley]

Yeah, I've heard this as well. Question then becomes had Sting joined the NWO in 1996 would the angle have gotten over as much as it did with Hogan being the 3rd guy.

Definitely not. Sure, the angle would have been cool probably regardless, but the Hogan heel turn shocked the wrestling world and changed wrestling forever.

Then, there are the rumors of Bret Hart being the 3rd man when WCW was trying to sign him post Mania 12.

 

[Cotmas]

Yeah I've heard about this and quite honestly for me love for loathe him Hogan was in my mind the major reason for the NWO buzz as it was something cool and also Hogan was perceived as going stale meaning when Hogan the ultimate babyface turning created a buzz that I don't think anyone else could replicate if it was Sting quite honestly I can't see it coming close to even replicating the success as Sting has in my opinion never played a heel in a convincing manner.

 

[hardysno1fan]

I thought we already knew this.

 

[Londrick]

This has been known for years.

 

[jacobdaniel]

While the angle would have still gotten over, I don't think it would have been as big. Not to mention it wouldn't have made as much sense considering Hogan, Hall, and Nash made their names in the WWF.

Edit: This should probably go in the Classic Wrestling section.

 

[Sandow]

the angle wouldn't have worked if Sting was in the nWo instead of Hogan. You had Sting that was a WCW guy from head to toe and Hogan that was a WWF guy. Why would the franchise of WCW turn against his own company and have Hogan being the saviour of WCW when he was a WWF guy? No sense to do this shit and i'm glad that Hogan accepted and we saw the 2nd boom period in the history of wrestling.

 

[11Shareef]

Not everybody is an encyclopedia of wrestling knowledge guys

 

[just1988]

This is very old news, not only in terms of content but from also when it was broke.

 

[Brock]

This has always been known.

 

[GillbergReturns]

Face Hogan burying NWO. No, it would not have worked.

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

wasnt aware of this. interesting. definitely would not have been as big. Crow storyline Sting was one of my favorite angles too..i'd rather him come from the rafters with the bat and attack nWo than be an original.

would that mean we would have gotten Crow Hogan? lol

 

[PepeSilvia]

Face Hogan burying NWO. No, it would not have worked.

Yep



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[Rick_James]

Not sure how big the angle would've been, but I think it still had a lot of potential. Honestly, it probably would've still went well as long as they didn't have to deal with a face Hogan, who would put himself over the NWO at the first or second PPV, and in the process killing the angle.

 

[Rick_James]

But Kevin Nash mentioned the same thing, I believe on that legends of wrestling show (the one focused on the NWO).

 

[Leon Knuckles]

Say hello to the bad guy.

 

[Shindig24]

No way the angle works unless Hogan was the 3rd guy. Obviously they would have run the angle anyway, but it never would have lasted as long as it did without Hogan. Just look at where it went after Hogan was phased out. Nowhere.

 

[11Shareef]

Hall also came up with the Crow idea.