A new nWo?
The COVID era was unprecedented times for the pro wrestling industry, with companies having to come up with new ways to keep things going. This included allowing storyline ideas that would be considered absurd in normal times.
During a recent interview with Public Enemies Podcast, former WWE writer Chris Dunn revealed one such crazy idea that almost came to fruition. According to the former WWE employee, they had actually come really close to introducing a new version of nWo featuring names such as Sheamus and Shinsuke Nakamura:
“Do you guys remember the Thunderdome? It was really tough to do TV in there, so a lot of ideas were thrown against the wall. So, it was discussed at one point bringing back the nWo in 2020 again. A new version. So, the pitch was Sheamus, Cesaro, Nakamura, and Lars Sullivan. We were really close to it happening.”
COVID Stopped The New nWo
Dunn claimed that Vince McMahon was high on Sullivan and the former WWE chairman was always trying to get him on TV. The whole idea was nixed, however, when the legend who was supposed to get the faction started, tested positive for COVID themselves:
“I forget which legendary nWo member was supposed to fly to Orlando to introduce this new nWo. It wasn’t X-Pac. But essentially, they landed and didn’t pass the COVID test.”
WWE and WCW veteran Kevin Nash did share his doubts on the story later on. Reacting to it on X, the nWo founder said that he never heard anything of the sort:
“Never heard anything about it. Scott [Hall] and @TheRealXPac and myself were out almost every weekend together. So it definitely wasn’t one of us.”
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