The Outsiders were a

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tag team Tag team wrestling is a type of professional wrestling in which matches are contested between teams of multiple wrestlers. Tag teams may be made up of wrestlers who normally wrestle in singles competition, but more commonly are made of establis ...

consisting of

Kevin Nash Kevin Scott Nash (born July 9, 1959) is an American actor, podcaster and retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE under a legends contract. He is also known for his tenures in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Total Nonstop Ac ...

and

Scott Hall Scott Oliver Hall (October 20, 1958 – March 14, 2022) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his tenures with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under his real name and with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE ...

, best known for their appearances in

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(WCW). They also teamed in the

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(WWF),

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(TNA), and

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. Hall and Nash were seven-time World Tag Team Champions. They were occasionally joined by

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, forming a trio most frequently known as The Wolfpac. The three men were all real life friends and part of the backstage wrestling group known as "

The Kliq The Kliq was a backstage group in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) during the mid-1990s, composed of Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Sean Waltman, Shawn Michaels, and Triple H. Michaels, Nash, and Hall wielded a considerable amount of power ...

History

World Championship Wrestling (1991)

Hall (wrestling as "Diamond Studd") and Nash (wrestling as "Oz") wrestled for the first time as a tag team on September 21, 1991 losing to Tom Zenk & Big Josh on WCW Power Hour.

World Wrestling Federation (1995, 1996)

Hall (wrestling as "Razor Ramon") and Nash (wrestling as "Diesel") first teamed in the World Wrestling Federation on March 2, 1995, facing

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and

Shawn Michaels Shawn Michaels (born Michael Shawn Hickenbottom on July 22, 1965) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he is the Senior Vice President of Talent Development, Creative, and oversees the creative aspects of th ...

in a series of matches at

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s and in

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. They teamed once more during the "WWF in High Gear" tour of Germany in April 1995, facing Jarrett and Sycho Sid. Hall and Nash reformed their tag team in January 1996, facing Jarrett and Sycho Sid/

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at a series of house shows.

World Championship Wrestling (1996–1998, 1999)

"The Outsiders" were formed in 1996 when Hall and Nash returned to WCW after leaving the WWF. In the storyline, Hall, better known to fans at the time as

Razor Ramon Scott Oliver Hall (October 20, 1958 – March 14, 2022) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his tenures with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) under his real name and with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE ...

, led an invasion, appearing on WCW programming and insinuating that he was doing so under orders from his WWF employers and warning that he would soon be joined by others. He was joined by former WWF World Heavyweight Champion Nash, then best known as

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, two weeks later. A lawsuit from the WWF caused

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to ask The Outsiders point-blank if they worked for the WWF, which both emphatically denied. Their

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was the precursor to the villainous

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and the formation of the New World Order (nWo), a major wrestling storyline that dominated WCW programming for several years afterwards. The Outsiders captured the

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six times, first winning them from

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(

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and

Stevie Ray Laslon "Lash" Steven Huffman (born August 22, 1958) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Stevie Ray. Stevie Ray is best known for his seven-year tenure with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) from 199 ...

) at

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in October 1996. They dropped the title to the

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(

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and

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) at the 1997

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event, only to have WCW President Eric Bischoff reverse the decision on the next night's episode of ''

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''. A near repeat of these events occurred the next month when Hall and Nash lost to the team of

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and The Giant at

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Syxx Sean Michael Waltman (born July 13, 1972) is an American retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE under a legends contract. He is best known for his appearances for the WWE, World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) under the ring names ...

began substituting for a legitimately injured Nash, teaming with Hall to defend the championship on numerous occasions. The Outsiders and Syxx claimed they were doing this under "Wolfpac Rules" (a nod to the storyline existence of the

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), also referring to themselves as The Wolfpac. Hall and Syxx eventually lost the title to The Steiner Brothers on October 13, 1997. The Outsiders and Steiners traded the title back and forth at both televised and non-televised events until Scott Steiner turned on his brother, joining the nWo and giving the title to Hall and Nash. In May 1998 at

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, The Outsiders were scheduled to defend the tag team titles against

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and The Giant during a storyline in which the nWo was splitting into two warring factions. Hall turned on Nash during this match, costing them the title as well as dissolving the tag team, having chosen to join nWo Hollywood as opposed to the splinter faction Nash formed under The Wolfpac name. Hall's personal problems began to affect him and while Nash was his enemy, he still showed obvious care and concern for his estranged friend. The split team faced each other once later in the year where Nash repeatedly hit powerbombs on the inebriated Hall into unconsciousness, before leaving the ring to take a

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loss. They reunited in early 1999, and stayed a team even after the nWo once again fell apart. After an aimless couple of months (Nash lost a retirement match), of just wandering around being pests to the other talent, they won the WCW World Tag Team Championship one last time in December 1999. It did not last, however, as Hall legitimately no-showed an event, thus the title was stripped from them, and the team was dissolved.

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (2002)

In 2002, with the WWF owning WCW and its trademarks, The Outsiders and Hollywood Hulk Hogan reformed as the nWo in a WWF ring. The reunion was short lived as Hogan became a fan favorite at

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, Nash got legitimately injured, and Hall and X-Pac (the former Syxx, who rejoined the group shortly after Hogan's fan favorite turn) were both released from WWE just months after their arrival.

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (2004–2005, 2010)

In late 2004 and early 2005, Hall and Nash teamed again, this time in TNA as part of a trio with fellow nWo 2000 alum

, but they were not allowed to use the name New World Order or The Outsiders, as WWE now owns the trademarks of both names. In October 2004, vignettes began airing, where Nash and Hall appeared to be on different sides in the upcoming

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match between Jeff Jarrett and

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at Victory Road. Hall and Nash debuted on November 7 at Victory Road interfering in the

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for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship and in the end revealed they were on the same side by both attacking Hardy with guitars. After the match, Nash cut a promo on how they were better than the entire TNA locker room and challenged anyone to oppose them. A.J. Styles accepted, but was beaten down by the new stable.

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then made his debut in TNA, entering the

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to face off with the villains. On '' Impact!'' the following week, Nash proclaimed the trio of himself, Hall, and Jarrett to be called "The Kings of Wrestling". Hall, Nash and Jarrett began wearing goofy Elvis-style jumpsuits and sunglasses, and wreaked havoc on multiple episodes of ''Impact!'' before being challenged and defeated by Savage, Styles and Hardy in a

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. After the six-man tag match, Savage was next in line for a title shot (having pinned the champion, Jarrett, in the match), but in light of him leaving the company, Director of Authority

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appointed a

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to achieve a number one contender to the NWA World Heavyweight Championship. The first two competitors announced were

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and

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. The third was Kevin Nash, Jarrett's ally in The Kings of Wrestling. The group hit a period of friction, as Nash openly competed for the title shot at Final Resolution (losing when Page dumped him over the top rope), before earning a shot at Jarrett's NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Against All Odds, where Nash was unsuccessful in his attempt at the title, after which The Kings of Wrestling parted ways. Hall resurfaced on the ''Impact!'' show prior to

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in 2007, teasing as Sting's partner for the TNA World Heavyweight Championship

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. At

, Hall and Nash were supposed to have their first tag team match together in a TNA ring since 2004, also teaming with

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to take on the

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, but Hall was replaced in the match by Eric Young, who eventually won the match with his team. Hall told TNA management he did not show at the event because of health problems. On the January 4, 2010, live, three hour, Monday night episode of ''Impact!'', Hall and Sean Waltman (the former Syxx and X-Pac) returned to TNA and quickly reformed their alliance with Nash. This incarnation would soon be officially known as

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. Nash and Hall were advertised to make their return as a tag team on January 17 at

, but at the event Hall was replaced by Waltman, who teaming up with Nash went on to lose a tag team match against

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(

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and

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). The reunion did not last long, as on the February 4 episode of ''Impact!'', Hall and Waltman turned on Nash. However, this betrayal was a ruse, as at

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, Nash turned on his new partner Eric Young and re-joined Hall and Syxx-Pac, who, with their victory, now had contracts with the company. Upon winning these new contracts the trio began using an instrumental version of the nWo Wolfpac theme, as well as occasionally calling themselves The Wolfpac once again, though their official name remained The Band. At

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, Hall and Nash made their return to tag team action in a

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, where they were defeated by

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. On May 4 at the tapings of the May 13 episode of ''Impact!'', after TNA World Tag Team Champion

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had been attacked by Samoa Joe, Nash cashed in his "

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" contract, teaming with Hall, and pinned him to win the TNA World Tag Team Championship. The Band's newest member, Eric Young, was also given a share of the Championship and the three defended the titles under the

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. At the June 14 tapings of ''Impact!'', The Band was stripped of the TNA World Tag Team Championship due to Hall's legal problems.

Other appearances

Hall and Nash main evented

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's May 8, 2004 Hustle 3 pay-per-view, losing to the team of

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and

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. On August 10, 2008, Nash and Hall teamed up again as The Outsiders at

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to defeat

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(Brandon and Vito Thomaselli). Nash also positioned himself as a member of the

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, which Hall was already a part of. On the March 21, 2009, The Outsiders teamed for Great Lakes Championship Wrestling against

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in what was the first nWo vs.

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match. Nash walked out on Scott Hall, and the two were set to face off later in June.

WWE nWo reunions

Starting in 2014, Hall and Nash would take part in several nWo reunion segments together in WWE. On the August 11, 2014 episode of ''Raw'', aired on Hulk Hogan's 61st birthday, featured Scott Hall and Kevin Nash as guests. The two shared a moment with Hogan, revealing an nWo shirt hidden under his "Hulkamania" shirt. They were interrupted by

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, who told Hogan, "Party's over, grandpa". Lesnar backed out of the ring when confronted by

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, his opponent at

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. On the January 19, 2015 episode of ''Raw'', Hall, Nash, and X-Pac came out as the nWo for Hall's survey segment. They were interrupted by The Ascension, who made reference to them as the Wolfpac in an antagonistic promo before getting beaten down by the nWo, the APA, and the

. On March 29 at

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, The Outsiders returned with Hogan to assist their long-time rival Sting in his WrestleMania debut match against

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. The nWo helped to fight off X-Pac and The New Age Outlaws, who had interfered on behalf of Triple H as D-Generation X.

later joined Triple H's side, turning the match in his favor, which Triple H would go on to win. This would be the Outsiders final appearance as a team, as Hall died on March 14, 2022.

Championships and accomplishments

* ''

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'' ** Tag Team of the Year (1997) ** Ranked No. 40 of the 100 best tag teams of the ''PWI Years'' in 2003 *

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( 1 time) – with Eric Young¹ *

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(

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) – Kevin Nash **

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(

) – Scott Hall **

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( 1 time) – Scott Hall **

( 6 times) – with

(1)² ¹ During their TNA World Tag Team Championship reign, Eric Young was brought in as the third member of the team and the titles were defended under the

. ² During their fifth reign as WCW World Tag Team Champions, Nash suffered a legitimate injury, and the nWo invoked "Wolfpac Rules" and named Syxx as Hall's replacement partner.

References

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