10 Wrestlers You Completely Forgot Were In The Wo : What Are They Up To Now ? 

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In the mid year of 1996 , the wrestling scene got disrupted when Scott Hall suddenly showed up on WCW Monday Nitro . Corridor's appearance would stamp the start of The nWo intrusion . Not long after Hall's appearance , he was joined by Kevin Nash . In the end , Hulk Hogan would join Hall and Nash to authoritatively frame The nWo .
RELATED : 10 Cringey nWo Moments We Completely Forgot About Had The nWo stayed selective , who knows how long it might have run for . The gathering eventually swelled in size however . At the point when that occurred , some not exactly heavenly individuals were permitted to join . A portion of those failed to remember nWo individuals proceeded to have fascinating lives after their experience with regards to the gathering . Tragically , a couple of others had a few dim times . The Nasty Boys In the mid 90s , Jerry Sags and Brian Knobbs rose to unmistakable quality as The Nasty Boys in WWE . They'd try and proceed to bring home the WWE Tag Team Championships at WrestleMania 7. In 1993 , the pair would leap to WCW where they would make restricted progress . In 1996 , when the nWo began taking once again , The Nasty Boys were offered spots in the gathering . At the point when they acknowledged , anyway , they were promptly gone after by the other nWo individuals and threw out . Today , neither one of the men is near the wrestling industry . Tragically , Knobbs has been tormented with medical problems in the new past . VK Wallstreet Sometimes in the diversion business , an entertainer can assume a part so well that they're categorized in it forever . In expert wrestling , that precise thing happened to Mike Rotunda also known as " Irwin R. Schyster IRS . " From 1991 to 1995 IRS was a significant mid - card heel close by " The essential mid - card heel close by " The Million Dollar Man " Ted DiBiase . At the point when DiBiase leaped to WCW and joined The nWo , Rotunda wouldn't be excessively far behind . After getting back to WCW , he'd change his name to " VK Wallstreet . " Wallstreet would ultimately be constrained out of The nWo by JJ Dillon . Up until 2020 , Rotunda was working with WWE as a street specialist . He actually shows up on WWE TV as IRS . Large Bubba Rogers In the mid - 80s , Big Bubba Rogers broke into the wrestling scene as a feature of Jim Crockett Promotions . While Rogers gleaned tons of useful knowledge in JCP , he wouldn't encounter tru accomplishment until he joined WWE during the 80s . There , he'd turn out to be Big Boss Man and proceed to have a few major fights including a proceed to have a few major quarrels , incorporating a program with Hulk Hogan . By 1993 , Boss Man would be en route to WCW . He would need to return to his old name and character since WWE possessed the privileges to Big Boss Man . In WCW , Rogers struggled . He momentarily joined The nWo , yet he wouldn't keep going some time before being " terminated " from the gathering by Eric Bischoff . Unfortunately , Rogers died in 2004 from a respiratory failure . Barry Windham In the mid to late 80s , Barry Windham was a rising star in the wrestling industry . Windham had an intriguing mix of size and speed and appeared to be ready to get incredible things done . Unfortunat some explanation , Windham's vocation
didn't exactly play out the manner in which many had anticipated . â ×× â » â × âÊRELATED : 10 Things Fans Should Know About Barry Windham In 1998 , Windham made a re-visitation of WCW and was firmly connected with Eric Bischoff's nWo Hollywood . Windham would ultimately frame an organization with another nWo part , Curt Hennig . In 2012 , Windham was drafted into the WWE Hall Of Fame as an individual from The Four Horsemen . He experienced a coronary failure in 2020 yet has since recuperated .
Torrie Wilson For as red - hot as WCW got in the mid and late 90s , they never appeared to know precisely how to utilize their female gifts . The organization never genuinely fostered a ladies' division , passing on the greater part of their female entertainers to be valets or Nitro Girls . While those weren't the best choices a few gifted women , like Torrie Wilson , made the most out of their chance . Wilson was brought into WCW in 1999 , where she was initially called " Samantha . " In storyline , Wilson's personality had been acquired by The nWo to entice David Flair into turning on his dad , Ric . She'd be related with the gathering until April 1999. Subsequent to resigning from the wrestling industry , Wilson turned into an effective health specialist . In 2019 , she was drafted into the WWE Hall Of Fame .
Masahiro Chono Eric Bischoff has gone on record a few times saying that the thought for The nWo was motivated by a storyline he found in Japan . Strangely , Japan would ultimately become possibly the most important factor in WCW's nWo storyline as well . On account of WCW's functioning relationship with New Japan Pro Wrestling , The nWo's range extended abroad . Masahiro Chono was the primary NJPW entertainer to join the gathering . Chono would proceed to lead the nWo Japan stable for some time until the storyline finished up . Today , Chono is partaking in his retirement in Japan where he has showed up on a few TV programs . The Great Muta,The Great Muta is one of the best Japanese grapplers ever . Besides , Muta was perhaps the earliest Japanese entertainer to acquire extraordinary prevalence in The United States . At the point when The nWo's arrive at begun stretching out to Japan , Muta would at first oppose enticement , yet in the end , wind up joining the gathering . RELATED : 10 Wrestlers You Didn't Realize Were Part Of nWo Japan David Flair In Japan , The nWo Japan storyline would ultimately see an epic showdown for control of the gathering between Masahiro Chono and Muta . Eventually , Muta would beat the competition however the gathering would wind up disbanding in any case . In 2022 , Muta reported plans to at last resign from wrestling in 2023 .
David Flair's wrestling vocation was fascinating , without a doubt . In 1999 , Flair wrestled his most memorable match close by his dad and was successful . At SuperBrawl 9 however , Flair turned on his dad , Ric , and joined The nWo . Style would over and again be seen spending time with nWo individuals . He would likewise spring up with Torrie Wilson in nWo vignettes . Scratch Patrick Eventually , however , Flair would leave the gathering and make up with his dad . His WCW vocation would turn out to be an error on the two his part and WCW's . Today , Flair is partaking in an extraordinary life beyond the wrestling industry . He resides in North Carolina where he's joyfully hitched with two children .Sometimes in the wrestling industry , the apple doesn't fall a long way from the tree . On account of WCW ref Nick Patrick , that was unquestionably evident . Patrick is the child of one of the most obnoxious heels ever , The Masked Assassin . Considering that , it ought to have been shocked no one when Patrick joined The nWo in 1996 and turned into their heel arbitrator . Patrick's experience as a nWo part wouldn't keep going excessively lengthy yet while he was in the gathering he achieved something pretty cool . At Souled Out 1997 , Patrick administered each match on the card , which wasn't commonplace by any means . In 2021 , Patrick's dad died . Soon thereafter , Patrick declared plans to relaunch his dad's old Deep South Wrestling advancement .Louie Spicolli Unfortunately , notwithstanding all the extraordinary examples of overcoming adversity throughout the long term , ace wrestling has likewise seen its reasonable portion of misfortunes . One of them was the inauspicious passing of Louie Spicolli . Spicolli was a particularly gifted entertainer who worked for WWE , ECW , and WCW all through the 90s . In late 1997 , he joined WCW and became Scott Hall's attendant . His job as Hall's flunky would prompt setting him in a storyline with Larry Zbyszko . The two were booked to have a match at SuperBrawl 8. Tragically , the match could never happen . Spicolli would be found dead from an excess on 2/15/1998 .