“Hey Yo.” Hall was one of the founding fathers of the most rebellious group in pro-wrestling history, the New World Order. He was also a member of the Outsiders with friend, Kevin Nash. In 1996, Hall changed history with his appearance on WCW Monday Nitro. He also made an impact on the World Wrestling Federation in the years prior. After almost sixteen years of Intercontinental Championship history in the WWF, the belt had not been captured by one man on more than two occasions. In May 1995 in Montreal, Hall became the first man to capture the belt on three occasions, breaking the long-standing record. Hall was a controversial figure in WCW during the late 1990s, but his achievements rank among the best in recent history. He made his professional debut in late 1984. He wrestled in the NWA and AWA early in his career and was very popular wherever he traveled. Hall won a $100,000 battle royal on Thanksgiving 1985 in St. Paul at the Civic Center after eliminating both co-holders of the AWA Tag Team Title, Jim Garvin and Steve Regal. Garvin was last. He turned the money over to charity afterwards. He also wrestled Boris Zukhov to a twenty-minute draw. Hall formed a tag team with Curt Hennig in the AWA. In Albuquerque, New Mexico on January 18, 1986, Hall and Hennig captured the World Tag Team Title from Garvin and Regal. They beat Bill and Scott Irwin at WrestleRock on April 20th in Minneapolis. Hall got the pin on Bill. Eight days later, the duo beat Zukhov and Konga the Barbarian in East Rutherford, New Jersey at the Meadowlands. The duo remained the titleholders until the middle of May. They were defeated by Buddy Rose and Doug Sommers on May 17th in Hammond. Hall ventured through many independent territories from Michigan to Florida. He signed with World Championship Wrestling in 1992. Hall changed his name to the “Diamond Studd” and took Dallas Page as his manager. The Studd appeared during the May 1, 1992 TV Taping held in St. Petersburg at the Bayfront. He won a couple of matches there against preliminary wrestlers. On the same card, Hall’s future partner, Kevin Nash appeared under the name “Vinnie Vegas.” At the Clash of the Champions XV on June 12th in Knoxville, Studd defeated former NWA World Champion, Tommy Rich by pinfall. He participated in his first WCW pay-per-view on July 14th in Baltimore at the Great American Bash. Studd wrestled and pinned Tom Zenk. He wrestled Ron Simmons in Augusta on September 5th at the Richmond County Civic Center. Studd was defeated. In one of his biggest matches of his career, he teamed with Big Van Vader, Cactus Jack and Abdullah the Butcher in the main event of Halloween Havoc on October 27th in Chattanooga. The quartet wrestled the popular team of Sting, El Gigante and the Steiners. Abdullah was sent into the electric chair and they were defeated. Studd lost to Zenk in a rematch on November 19th in Savannah. He left WCW soon thereafter. In 1992, he signed with the World Wrestling Federation. Hall became “Razor Ramon.” He made his WWF pay-per-view debut on November 25th in Richfield. It was a tag team match with Ric Flair against Randy Savage and Mr. Perfect, quite a high profile match for the newcomer. Ramon and Flair were disqualified. His quick rise to the top continued. At the Royal Rumble on January 24, 1993, he received a WWF World Title shot against Bret Hart. He was beaten by submission, but the showing was respected. In Las Vegas on Sunday, April 4th, Ramon made his first WrestleMania appearance before an estimated 15,000 fans. He wrestled and pinned a former WWF Champion in Bob Backlund. Ramon was stunned as were many others when the 1-2-3 Kid pinned him during the May 17th edition of Raw. During the King of the Ring Tournament in June, Ramon wrestled Bret Hart in a classic first round match. Razor was defeated, but things continued to look more and more positive and although he was a heel, fans could not deny his abilities. The confidence of a wrestler headed towards glory, reminding some of a young “Nature Boy.” Razor Ramon was a man from Miami of Spanish decent. He wore the golden chains and always had a toothpick in his mouth, which he usually threw at his opponent before each match. He soon was cheered by fans. Ramon wrestled Ted DiBiase in front of nearly 24,000 fans in Auburn Hills at SummerSlam on August 30th. He won by pinfall. On September 27, 1993 in New Haven, Ramon captured his first WWF Intercontinental Title. It was Ramon and Rick Martel in the finals of a 20-man battle royal. The two battled for the vacant I-C Championship and Ramon won, thus capturing the belt. He beat Diesel, also known as Kevin Nash, by disqualification on October 31st in Toronto. Ramon teamed with Randy Savage, Marty Jannetty and the 1-2-3 Kid on November 24th in Boston. They beat Irwin R. Schyster, Diesel, Adam Bomb and Martel. Ramon was counted out and eliminated during the contest. He entered a feud with Schyster. The two met on January 22, 1994 in Providence and Ramon successfully defended his belt. WrestleMania X would change the way many viewed wrestling and gave Razor Ramon another leg up in his budding career. The event was held on March 20th in New York City and Ramon wrestled Shawn Michaels in defense of his belt. The bout was a special ladder match. Ramon and Michaels battled back and forth in a memorable test of each other’s capabilities, giving the fans a spectacular show. Ramon retained his championship in the finish. Ladder matches would become more and more prevalent in wrestling because of their work. On April 13th in Rochester, Diesel won the Intercontinental Title. Ramon entered the 1994 King of the Ring Tournament. On Sunday, June 19th in Baltimore, he went to the ring to wrestle Bam Bam Bigelow. Razor won by pin to advance. He locked up with someone he knew, Irwin R. Schyster, in the semifinals and was able to beat him. On the other side, Owen Hart had survived and made it to the final match. Hart beat Ramon to win the crown. He challenged Diesel for a return match at the United Center in Chicago on August 29th. Ramon was accompanied to the ring by a Chicago legend and one of the best running backs ever to play football, Walter Payton. He regained the I-C Belt. On November 23rd at the Survivor Series, he was the sole survivor of a five-on-five tag team contest. Jeff Jarrett wrestled him for the belt on January 22, 1995 at the Royal Rumble in Tampa. Ramon originally lost by countout before both men agreed to continue. Jarrett was able to pin him in the newfound time, capturing the Intercontinental Title. Ramon received a rematch on April 2nd in Hartford. He won by disqualification after the Roadie interfered. The next day, he was in Memphis competing on a United States Wrestling Association card. Ramon beat Bill Dundee to capture the Unified World Heavyweight Title. He dropped the belt on May 1st to Jerry Lawler at the Mid-South Coliseum. On May 19th in Montreal, Ramon broke a longstanding WWF record. He beat Jarrett to regain the Intercontinental Title, his third. Since 1979, the I-C Title had never been captured on three-separate occasions. Razor Ramon had accomplished the feat. The bout was a ladder match, one of Ramon’s specialties. On the 21st of May in Trois-Rivieres, Ramon lost the title back to Jarrett, giving him his third I-C Title win. The two changes were not on pay-per-view spectaculars, but house shows in Quebec. He was forced to pull out of the King of the Ring Tournament due to injury. Ramon teamed with Savio Vega in Nashville on July 23rd for the second In Your House. They lost to Men on a Mission. He met Shawn Michaels in another classic ladder match at SummerSlam on August 27th in Pittsburgh. Ramon was beaten in the I-C Title match. He lost to Dean Douglas on September 24th in Saginaw at In Your House III. Ramon received a shot at both the Intercontinental and WWF World Tag Team Titles in two- separate matches on October 22nd at the fourth installment of In Your House. He made history, becoming the first man to receive the honor. Initially, Ramon teamed with the 1-2-3 Kid against the Smokin’ Gunn, Bart and Billy Gunn for the WWF Tag Title. They lost when Billy pinned the Kid. Later in the night, he met Dean Douglas for the I-C Belt after the latter was awarded the belt by forfeit over Shawn Michaels. Ramon’s fate was a little better in his second title match. He beat Douglas in 11:01 to capture the title. It was his fourth, setting another WWF record. Ramon teamed with Douglas, Owen Hart and Yokozuna in a wild match against Michaels, Sid Vicious, Davey Boy Smith and Ahmed Johnson on November 19th. His team lost. Ramon received an outrageous letter from Goldust during the December 18th edition of Raw before a match against former WWF Champion, Yokozuna. He won by countout. More build-up between Ramon and Goldust was spoken about after the contest. Ramon brawled with Goldust during the close of the January 15, 1996 Raw. The two battled outside the arena and into some snow. He lost the WWF Intercontinental Title to Goldust on January 21st in Fresno at the Rumble. The challenger had some help from the 1-2-3 Kid, a former friend. The next night, Ramon lost to Hunter Hearst Helmsley by countout during a live edition of Raw. The 1-2-3 Kid had come out and played a part in the finish. A match between Ramon and the Kid was signed for In Your House on February 18th in Louisville. He won by pinfall and put a diaper on his opponent. The next night during a live edition of Raw, Ramon beat Goldust by countout. In late March, WrestleMania was held, but he didn’t compete. On April 28th in Omaha, Ramon was pinned by Vader. During a show at Madison Square Garden, several wrestlers broke kayfabe and celebrated among friends. The date was May 19, 1996. Ramon had previously lost his last WWF match to Hunter Hearst Helmsley when Michaels closed out the house show with a cage match victory over Diesel. Afterwards, Ramon and Helmsley walked to the ring and joined their friends in an in-ring celebration. Needless to say, WWF Officials were not pleased. Both Hall and Kevin Nash left the organization and there were no repercussions. Hall made a historic appearance on May 27th during World Championship Wrestling’s Monday Nitro on TNT. He took the microphone and began to speak to a bewildered crowd. Many thought it was Razor Ramon from the WWF. Hall’s words left an imprint on the promotion as a whole. It was not a long speech, but everyone knew something was on the rise. And they were right. To end the show, Hall told Eric Bischoff to get WCW’s three best wrestlers because they were going to take over. Who was he talking about? Was it Diesel…Kevin Nash? A war had begun. He returned a week later and continued to berate WCW and Bischoff. Sting walked out to confront the invading Hall. A toothpick was tossed and Sting returned with a smack. A surprise was planned for the June 10th showing of Nitro. Many speculated about Hall’s statement and many were right. After a tag team main event, Hall walked to the broadcasting booth. Following him was Kevin Nash. It appeared to be another defection. They spoke about Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage, finally promoting the Great American Bash. Neither Hall nor Nash wrestled at the Bash on June 16th, but both men appeared and made yet another statement to WCW. A match was quickly signed between the two newcomers and several of WCW’s top stars. After Eric Bischoff made the announcement, Hall and Nash put him through part of the set, sealing the deal. Both men made their presence known during a three-way tag team title match during the main event of Nitro on June 24th. They walked around with a baseball bat, but did not interfere. The “Outsiders’” distraction helped the Harlem Heat regain the World Title from Lex Luger and Sting. They bought tickets the next week and sat undisturbed in the crowd. There came a point in which Hall and Nash decided enough was enough and they began to head towards the commentator booth. WCW’s locker rooms emptied. The wrestlers and security held the groups at bay as words were exchanged. Hall was escorted from the building with his teammate as the show ended. A match had been signed between the newcomers and a third “mystery” partner against three of WCW’s top stars. The match was going to be held in the main event of the Bash at the Beach event on July 7th in Daytona Beach. Hall and Nash went to the ring at the pay-per-view without a third man and the bell rang. Several minutes later, Hulk Hogan walked out from the dressing room area, much to the awe of the audience. He got into the ring and joined the Outsiders in their rampage. Hogan pinned Savage as Hall made the three count, due to the fact that the assigned referee was laying outside the ring. Fans showered the ring in hate. The New World Order had been formed and it was ready to take over the promotion. It was led by the man who once reigned as the most popular wrestler in the world. Hall, Nash and Hogan were sitting high on top of the ladder looking down and things were just beginning. The NWO continued the rage, interrupting matches and even getting into the WCW Nitro control room and fouling things up. Hall and Nash jumped four wrestlers in the back area of Nitro on July 29, 1996 in Orlando. Arn Anderson, both American Males and Rey Misterio Jr. were all beaten. The Outsiders used baseball bats and other tools to gain the advantage before escaping on a Randy Savage gripped limo. Speculation about a new fourth member of the New World Order began. Hogan beat the Giant on August 10th in Sturgis to capture the World Title and the Outsiders won a tag match over Lex Luger and Sting. It was a successful night for the New World Order. On August 12th, Luger and Sting made a challenge for a rematch. It was signed and held in the main event of Nitro. Hall got some last second help from referee Nick Patrick as Sting went for his Stinger Splash. The Four Horsemen stopped the match. Patrick was assisting the New World Order, and whether he was the newest member remained to be seen. Hall was one of the first men to enter War Games on September 15th in Winston-Salem at Fall Brawl. Hall battled Arn Anderson before the other members of both teams got into the double-cage. The fake Sting forced Lex Luger submit after the real Sting had left the match. The NWO was victorious. Hall and Nash challenged Harlem Heat for the WCW World Tag Team Title on October 27th in Las Vegas. Hall pinned Booker T to capture the belts. He picked a fight with former AWA World Champion Larry Zbyszko during the November 11th edition of Nitro from St. Petersburg, Florida. Hall participated in the sixty-man, three-ring battle royal at World War III on November 24th in Norfolk. The Outsiders also retained their tag belts over the Nasty Boys and Barbarian and Meng in a three-way contest. Nash pinned Brian Knobbs for the win. At Starrcade on December 29th in Nashville, the Outsiders beat Meng and the Barbarian. The New World Order decided to hold their own pay-per-view against WCW on January 25th in Cedar Rapids. It was entitled NWO “Souled Out.” The Outsiders lost a controversial match to the Steiner Brothers, dropping the World Tag Team Title. Hall was pinned by Scott, but an official not assigned to the match counted the winning pin. The ruling was later overturned and the Outsiders retained their championship. After SuperBrawl VII on February 23rd, the belts were again returned to the Outsiders after a title loss to the Giant and Lex Luger. The Giant had pinned Hall in that match. He teamed with Randy Savage, Hogan and Nash for a special three-team elimination bout on March 16th in Charleston. Hogan pinned Luger in the finals. Hall went to Japan for a May 3, 1997 show for New Japan in Osaka. 53,000 saw Hall team with Nash and Masa Chono, one of the New World Order counterparts in Japan, to beat Keiji Mutoh and the Steiners. Hall pinned Rick. On May 18th in Charlotte at Slamboree, Hall teamed with Nash and Syxx in a loss to Ric Flair, Roddy Piper and Kevin Greene. Flair pinned Hall. Flair and Piper decided to take it a step further and challenge the Outsiders for the tag title at the Great American Bash. On June 15th in Moline, Illinois, Hall pinned Piper to retain their belts. Hall and Savage teamed to beat Dallas Page and Curt Hennig on July 13th in Daytona Beach. Hennig walked out on Page during the tag bout. On Saturday, August 9th in Sturgis, the Outsiders lost a match to the Steiners by disqualification. They continued to hold the WCW Tag Belts. He teamed with Savage again in Winston-Salem before 11,000 fans at Fall Brawl. The two lost to Luger and Page. Hall and Syxx, a substitute for the injured Kevin Nash, lost the World Tag Title to the Steiners on October 13th in Tampa during Monday Nitro. Larry Zbyszko counted the winning pinfall. He wrestled Luger on October 26th in Vegas with Zbyszko as the guest referee. The Hall and Zbyszko war had been escalating for months, stretching into their World Tag Title loss. The bout ended in a no-contest. On November 23, 1997, Hall won the three-ring, sixty-man battle royal at World War III in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The victory secured him a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Title on February 22, 1998 at SuperBrawl against whoever was going to be the champion. Hollywood Hogan, Hall’s teammate in the NWO, was scheduled to wrestle Sting for the title in late-December. At Starrcade, Sting won the belt in a controversial match, but the belt was later declared vacant pending a rematch. Hall and Nash regained the WCW World Tag Team Title on January 12, 1998 in Jacksonville, Florida from the Steiners. Hall met Zbyszko in front of 5,000 fans on January 24th in Dayton and was disqualified. The Outsiders lost the tag belts to the Steiners in El Paso on February 9th, but regained them at the famous Cow Palace in San Francisco later in the month. Scott turned on his brother during the match and helped the New World Order. The Outsiders gained Dusty Rhodes as their second during the early months of ’98. Hall finally received his WCW World Title shot on March 15th in Mobile. He had been waiting four months. Sting was the defending champ and the two locked up in the main event of Uncensored. Hall was pinned and the champ retained. On May 17th in Worcester, Sting and the Giant beat Hall and Nash for the tag belts. He turned on his longtime partner and friend during the encounter. Hall returned to the NWO Black and White on July 6, 1998 in Atlanta during Nitro. Hollywood Hogan scheduled Hall to face the U.S. Heavyweight Champion, Bill Goldberg and if Hall beat him, the undefeated athlete would not wrestle Hogan for the World Title later in the evening. Hall was defeated and Goldberg went on to win against Hogan. Outside a hotel in Baton Rouge, Hall was arrested on July 30th after an incident between him and a woman. He was able to make the pay-per-view in Sturgis on August 8th and competed in the nine-man battle royal which saw Goldberg eliminate the Giant in the finale. In a wild turn of events on September 14th in Greenville, South Carolina, Hall appeared with Vincent drinking out of a paper cup while his partner held a brown bag, which seemed be covering up a bottle of alcohol. He stumbled to the ring for a match against Lex Luger. When it was said and done, and the antics were over, Hall had been confronted by Kevin Nash, Konnan, Luger, Eric Bischoff and even Vincent. Hall threw up all over Bischoff during that scene on the concrete floor. The match was ruled a no contest. Many fans were confused by Hall’s actions and unsure of what was real and what wasn’t. On September 13th at Fall Brawl, Konnan forced Hall to submit before over 11,000 fans. He faced another bout with the law on October 1st in Orlando when he was arrested for allegedly keying a $65,000 limousine. Hall wrestled his former partner, Kevin Nash in Las Vegas on Sunday, October 25, 1998 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. He won by countout. That same day, Mike Mooneyham wrote an “real world” article about Hall in the Charleston Post and Courier in South Carolina. Hall entered the 60-man, three-ring battle royal on November 22nd in Auburn Hills. Nash ended up with the win. For two straight years, the members of the Outsiders had dominated the event. Nash earned a title shot against Bill Goldberg for the main event of Starrcade in Washington DC. Hall won by disqualification over Scott Steiner on December 7th in Houston. He faced Goldberg in a title match on December 21, 1998 at the TWA Dome in St. Louis. He was beaten by pinfall. On December 27th, Starrcade was held. Although he didn’t have a match, Scott Hall was present. He was there to help his friend make history. Goldberg’s streak had continued through 173 wins and no losses. On the 27th, it ended. Nash beat him for the WCW World Title. In the bout’s closing moments, Hall shocked Goldberg with a tazer and led to the final pin. Promoters quickly signed a grudge match between Hall and Goldberg for Souled Out on January 17, 1999 in Charleston. It was going to be a tazer on a pole, ladder match. Hall lost the match after more than 17-minutes of action. At the end of the show, Hall got a hold of the tazer and shocked by Goldberg and Bam Bam Bigelow, who had also gotten involved in the action. He challenged Roddy Piper for the WCW United States Title on February 21st in Oakland. The Disco Inferno accompanied him to the ring, and both Inferno and Nash played a part in the contest. Hall pinned Piper and captured the U.S. Title in front of an estimated 15,000 fans. Early in the show, the Outsiders reformed to beat Konnan and Rey Misterio Jr. The latter was unmasked. Hall suffered an injury and was later stripped of the United States Title by WCW Officials. He remained out of action for a long period of time, but did return later in the year. Hall beat Bret Hart, Sid Vicious and Goldberg in a four-way match to win the latter’s U.S. Heavyweight Title on November 8th in Indianapolis. Nash was the special referee, and offered some help to his Outsider partner. Later in the month, Hall was awarded the vacant WCW World TV Title, but on the 29th of November, Nash took the belt and tossed it into a trash can. The Outsiders reformed on December 13th in New Orleans to take their fourth WCW World Tag Title from Goldberg and Hart. Hall was unable to defend his U.S. Title on December 19th in Washington DC and Chris Benoit, in-turn, was awarded the title by default. Hall was still unable to return to full-time ring action. He failed to show on Monday Nitro on December 27th in Houston and was stripped of the tag championship. Hall was part of a three-way match on February 20, 2000 in San Francisco for Sid Vicious’ World Title. He was pinned by the champ. From there, Hall remained out of the wrestling scene, although spoken about greatly. On July 9th in Daytona Beach, Nash wrestled Goldberg for Hall’s WCW wrestling contract and lost. Hall would not return despite rumors that went both ways. Many expected the New World Order to be revived, along with the Outsiders, but nothing happened. Booker T found a framed picture of Hall during his four-corners “San Francisco 49er” match against Jeff Jarrett for the vacant WCW World Title on October 2, 2000. Fans responded. Hall left World Championship Wrestling and signed on with ECW in early November. He made his debut on November 10th in Schenectady, New York. Hall teamed with Jerry Lynn to beat Justin Credible and Rhino. The next night, he lost to Sal E. Graziano by pinfall after the members of the FBI interfered. Hall challenged Credible to a singles match. Later in the night, he got it and beat the former ECW World Champion with the Razor’s Edge. More legal troubles haunted Hall later in the year. He ventured to Japan and began to work for New Japan Pro Wrestling. During the summer of 2001, news reported on Kevin Nash’s website stated that the Outsiders were planning a reunion in January 2002 at the Tokyo Dome in Japan. Later in the year, there were reports that both men were also negotiating with the WWF for a possible return. In November 2001, Ric Flair and Jerry Lawler were both signed by the World Wrestling Federation signifying the promotion’s willingness to bring in the sport’s top free agents. Unfortunately for wrestling fans, the Outsiders did not reunite in Japan, but rumors continued to run wild. One said that the NWO were planning to reform in the WWF. Finally, the talk was put to rest and both Hall and Nash signed with the WWF in late January 2002. Soon afterwards, Hulk Hogan also signed. The NWO was about to run wild on an entirely new world. On television, Vince McMahon put the angle in place. The world of wrestling awaited the return of two of it’s greats and hoped they would make an impact like they usually had. No Way Out, with the initials NWO, would be their debut. Written around 2001. TITLE HISTORY: -Co-holder of the AWA World Tag Team Title (1986) w/ Curt Hennig -A four-time WWF Intercontinental Champion -Defeated Rick Martel (1993) battle royal final -Defeated Diesel (1994) -Defeated Jeff Jarrett (1995) -Defeated Dean Douglas (1995) -USWA Unified World Heavyweight Title (1995) defeated Bill Dundee -A six-time co-holder of the WCW World Tag Team Title w/ Kevin Nash (1996-’97) defeated The Harlem Heat w/ Kevin Nash (1997) was awarded w/ Kevin Nash (1998) defeated The Steiners w/ Kevin Nash (1998) defeated The Steiners w/ The Giant (1998) defeated Kevin Nash and Sting w/ Kevin Nash (1999) defeated Bill Goldberg and Bret Hart -A two-time WCW United States Heavyweight Champion -Defeated Roddy Piper (1999) -Won Four Way Match (1999) -WCW World Television Title (1999) was awarded Research by Tim Hornbaker |
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