10 First nWo Wolfpac Members, Ranked

Publish date: 2024-04-19

When the nWo invaded WCW, it caused a surgery in popularity for professional wrestling as a whole and WCW in general. The nWo helped WCW beat WWE in the ratings, week after week, and made it the biggest wrestling company in the world for over a year. However, the luster wore off.

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The biggest reason the nWo fell in popularity was that it became oversaturated. While Eric Bischoff has said the original plan was for the nWo to be one brand and WCW another, each having their own TV show, that never happened. Instead, the nWo fractured, and the nWo Wolfpac formed, with the faction's more popular members.

10 Dusty Rhodes

The most awkward and strange member of the nWo was "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes. After spending the past two decades as the common man and most popular babyface in WCW/NWA, Rhodes betrayed the company and joined the nWo. It made sense that he would end up in the Wolfpac based on his popularity. However, he defected one week after joining them to return to nWo Hollywood. Mostly, Rhodes acted as a manager for The Outsiders tag team.

9 Miss Elizabeth

Miss Elizabeth joined WCW and started to work with Ric Flair, who was feuding with her ex-husband, Macho Man Randy Savage. However, in 1996, she joined the nWo with Hulk Hogan, but then she sided with Savage when he joined the nWo. When Savage left for nWo Wolfpac, she eventually joined him on May 17, 2008. But then left three weeks later, Elizabeth betrayed him and returned to nWo Hollywood and Hulk Hogan.

8 Rick Rude

"Ravishing" Rick Rude shocked the world when he showed up on Monday Nitro the same night that he had just appeared on Monday Night Raw (which was pre-taped). He quickly joined the nWo, although he was no longer able to wrestle. By the time that nWo Wolfpac formed, Rude moved to that faction with Curt Hennig, who he accompanied to the ring. He ended up defecting to nWo Hollywood when Hennig left one month later.

7 Curt Hennig

Curt Hennig and Rick Rude joined up with the nWo Wolfpac from the start, even though neither man really fit in well there. Unlike other members of that faction, these two were heels who liked to tell the fans where to go and were not a good match.

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They finally left with a betrayal. Hennig was supposed to fight Goldberg for the United States Title, but he said he was injured and asked Konnan to take his place. After Konnan lost, Rude and Hennig attacked him and revealed they were going back to nWo Hollywood.

6 Scott Hall

Scott Hall and Kevin Nash were two of the most popular members of the nWo due to their mic skills and connection with the fans. However, when Nash and Hogan had a falling out, Hall and Nash stuck together, at first. It was all a ruse, as Hall really sided with Hogan and cost him and Nash the WCW World Tag Team Titles. Scott Steiner took over the nWo Hollywood and kicked out Hall. As a result, Hall joined the Wolfpac again and helped Nash win the WCW World Championship from Goldberg, and then the two men reunited with Hogan and reformed the basic nWo.

5 Konnan

Konnan joined the nWo in July 1997 and worked as a minor member of the group until it fractured. When the nWo split up, Konnan joined the Wolfpac side that Kevin Nash led. He feuded with nWo Hollywood, and Konnan saw success, winning the TV Championship from Chris Jericho. He ended up losing the title to Scott Steiner of nWo Hollywood. Konnan was a member of the Wolfpac to the end, and when the nWo reunited, they kicked him out completely.

4 Lex Luger

Lex Luger was one of the biggest names from WCW to join forces with the nWo when the Wolfpac formed. He joined up almost a month after the group launched, joining on May 25, 1998. Luger was a major part of the faction and one of the key members in the feud with Hollywood Hogan and nWo Hollywood.

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He won the United States Championship from Bret "The Hitman" Hart while in the Wolfpac, his final run with the title. When the Wolfpac and nWo Hollywood reunited, Luger remained a nWo Elite member, breaking away from WCW completely.

3 Randy Savage

Macho Man Randy Savage and Lex Luger were part of the big match that saw Hollywood Hogan turn heel and betray WCW. Savage was then on the frontlines of the war with the nWo. However, Eric Bischoff used his power to force Savage to join the nWo, and that was all it took as he caused enough friction to help splinter the group. Savage and Nash formed the nWo Wolfpac. Savage ended up leaving due to injuries, and he ended up leaving the nWo altogether after this.

2 Sting

Sting was the man who took the war to the nWo and was the man who should have brought the entire group down. However, after a year of standing in the rafters, he fought Hollywood Hogan at Starrcade 1997, and his win was mired in controversy. Sting ended up joining the nWo Wolfpac a little over a month after it formed and right after his buddy Lex Luger joined. He changed his look to include red facepaint for the Wolfpac and was a key member until he had to leave for a few months to heal up from injuries. The Wolfpac disbanded while he was gone.

1 Kevin Nash

The leader of the nWo Wolfpac was one of the original invaders from the introduction of the nWo. Kevin Nash was already second in command to Hollywood Hogan in the nWo and started to call himself part of the Wolfpac in the group before that was ever a real thing. During a match between two nWo members in Randy Savage and Hollywood Hogan, Nash attacked Hogan, and he and Savage broke off to form the nWo Wolfpac. Nash won the world title as the leader of the Wolfpac before laying down for Hogan and forming the nWo Elite.

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