Tag: Scott Hall

nWo appearance set for this week’s WWE SmackDown

Posted on by Joseph Currier

Three members of the nWo are set to appear on SmackDown tomorrow night.

WWE has announced that Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, and Sean “X-Pac” Waltman will be interviewed by Alexa Bliss on A Moment of Bliss on tomorrow’s show. The appearance comes in advance of the group being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame next month.

Nash, Hall, Waltman, and Hulk Hogan are the nWo members who are being inducted into the Hall of Fame. Nash, Hall, and Hogan have already been inducted individually, while Waltman went into the Hall of Fame as part of D-Generation X last year.

The nWo, Batista, Nikki & Brie Bella, and JBL have been confirmed for this year’s Hall of Fame class. The announcement of the Bellas going into the Hall of Fame was made when they appeared on A Moment of Bliss two weeks ago.

This year’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony is taking place at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on Thursday, April 2.

Tomorrow’s SmackDown is the go-home show for Elimination Chamber. Here’s what’s been announced for the episode:

  • Gauntlet match to decide which team enters Sunday’s SmackDown Tag Team title Elimination Chamber match last (The Miz & John Morrison vs. The New Day vs. The Usos vs. Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode vs. The Lucha House Party vs. Heavy Machinery)
  • SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley & Sasha Banks vs. Naomi & Lacey Evans
  • The nWo appears on A Moment of Bliss
  • Bray Wyatt hosts a Firefly Fun House segment

February 18, 2002 Observer Newsletter: Scott Hall causing problems, more

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

It took almost no time for Scott Hall to be in the WWF doghouse.

As noted last week, Hall, claiming to have kicked his now legendary alcohol and drug dependencies, showed up on 2/11 in Las Vegas and made a complete spectacle of himself in public to where he had to be dragged into his hotel room to keep from further problems, totally embarrassing management that had gone to bat for him and pleaded his case among wrestlers who with few exceptions, were dead-set against the idea of bringing not only Hall, but also Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash back.

To make matters worse, the next day in Los Angeles, when Steve Austin was told by Vince McMahon and Jim Ross of the plans to work an Austin vs. Hall match at Wrestlemania and to come up with ideas to build it and to work together to get comfortable, Austin’s response was reportedly something to the effect of why even waste my time, he’s not going to be in the company by the time Wrestlemania comes around and we all know it, so why start something when we know it’s going nowhere.

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February 4, 2002 Observer Newsletter: Hogan, Nash, and Hall sign with WWF

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

The official signing of Terry Bollea (Hulk Hogan), Kevin Nash and Scott Hall by the WWF, with their return announced on television this week, will be the precursor to full scale changes in the way the company will be handling business after Wrestlemania.

All three signed two-year contracts. Hall & Nash signed on 1/18 and, according to friends of Hogan’s, he signed on 1/25, although others claim he actually had signed before that day. All three were flown to WWF headquarters in Stamford, CT on 1/25 to meet with all the key people in the front office and meet about storylines, marketing and merchandising ideas from 8 p.m. until about 4 p.m. All aspects of business were discussed including the idea that they have to prove themselves in the dressing room because of the legit skepticism (which is being used as an insider television angle and there are aspects of this that are being booked dangerously too inside) within the company whether bringing them in is the right decision.

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January 21, 2002 Observer Newsletter: More details on Hogan/Nash/Hall to WWF, more

Posted on by Dave Meltzer

A point to ponder when looking at the news story that changes the entire face of American pro wrestling.

1) Since Kurt Angle has headlined more shows that have drawn 10,000 fans in the last 15 months than Kevin Nash & Scott Hall have combined in careers that have gone a combined 29 years

2) Has headlined more PPV shows than have drawn 1.0 buy rates in the last 15 months than Hall & Nash combined have drawn in their entire careers

3) Has headlined more Madison Square Garden sellouts in that same time period than Hall & Nash in their entire much longer WWF careers

4) And has had more **** matches in the last three months than Hall & Nash combined in their entire careers, does that mean that Hall & Nash have to fly coach now that they are coming to the WWF?

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