Outsiders (professional wrestling)

The **Outsiders** were a professional wrestling tag team that are best known for their time in World Championship Wrestling (WCW), World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), and Pro Wrestling ZERO1-MAX. They are best known for their run from 1996 until 1998 but had many reunions afterwards. The members of the team were Kevin Nash and Scott Hall. Sean Waltman was also their manager sometimes.

The members of the team were portrayed as outsiders that were coming in to invade World Championship Wrestling (WCW). Hall, Nash, and Waltman were all friends in real life.

## Career
### World Championship Wrestling (1996–1998, 1999)
On the May 27, 1996 episode of *WCW Monday Nitro*, Scott Hall (acting like his Razor Ramon gimmick) made his surprise debut in World Championship Wrestling (WCW). He interfered in a match between The Mauler and Steve Doll. He then cut a promo saying "You people, you know who I am but you don't know why I'm here", ending with the question "You want a war? You're gonna get one.", aimed at WCW executive vice president Eric Bischoff and the rest of WCW. On the next week's *Nitro*, Hall interupted Bischoff at commentary and told WCW owner Ted Turner to get three of his best wrestlers to face Hall and two of his friends for "a war". Sting interupted Hall and slapped him in the face. Hall then announced he had a "big surprise" for Bischoff and Sting on the next week's episode of *Nitro*. On *Nitro*, Kevin Nash made his debut as the big surprise, showing up at commentary and asking "this is where the big boys play? Look at the adjective: play" On the June 24 episode of *Nitro*, the Outsiders interfered in a match between The Steiners, Harlem Heat (Booker T and Stevie Ray) and Lex Luger and Sting. On the July 1, 1996 episode of *Nitro*, the Outsiders appeared at ringside with tickets. They went to speak at commentary but were kicked out of the arena by security and the WCW locker room.

At The Great American Bash, due to threats of a lawsuit by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Hall and Nash had to deny that they were contracted to the WWF. The lawsuit still dragged on for many years until it was finally settled out of court in 2000. After Bischoff asked who the third man for their team was, they got angry and attacked him. On the next *Nitro*, it was announced that Sting, Lex Luger, and "Macho Man" Randy Savage were WCW's three men for the match. At Bash at the Beach, the Outsiders wrestled their debut match against Sting, Luger, and Savage in a six-man tag team match called the "Hostile Takeover match". It ended in a no contest. After many questions about who the third man was, Hulk Hogan appeared and performed his finishing leg drop twice on Savage. He turned heel in the process, siding with Hall and Nash and forming the New World Order (nWo).

At Halloween Havoc, the Outsiders challenged Harlem Heat for the WCW World Tag Team Championships and defeated them to become the champions. At Souled Out, the Outsiders lost the championships to the Steiners. On the January 27 episode of *Nitro*, Bischoff fired referee Randy Anderson, claiming he was a non-sanctioned referee. He then stripped the Steiners of the championships and gave them back to the Outsiders. At SuperBrawl VII, the Outsider lost the championships to Lex Luger and The Giant but the same thing happened and Bischoff again gave the titles back to the Outsiders. Bischoff said he stripped the two because Luger did not get proper medical clearance. After Nash suffered an injury and was out of action, Syxx began to team with Hall and defend the championships under "Wolfpac Rules" (a reference to the Freebirds rule). On the October 13 episode of *Nitro*, Hall and Syxx lost the championships to the Steiners. On the January 12, 1998 episode of *Nitro*, the Outsiders defeated the Steiners to regain the championships before losing them back on the February 9 episode of *Nitro*. At Slamboree, the Outsiders broke up after Hall attacked Nash with the championship during their match and cost them the titles to Sting and The Giant.

On the January 4, 1999 episode of *Nitro*, the Outsiders reunited during a segment with Hollywood Hogan. On the December 13 episode of *Nitro*, they defeated Bret Hart and Goldberg to win the championships back. After Hall no-showed an event, the Outsiders were stripped of the championships and the team broke up.

Scott Hall died on March 14, 2022 after falling and breaking his hip at his home.

## Championships and accomplishments 
* ***Pro Wrestling Illustrated***
** Tag Team of the Year (1997)
** Ranked #40 of the 100 best tag teams of the *PWI Years* in 2003
* **Total Nonstop Action Wrestling**
** TNA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Eric Young1
* **World Championship Wrestling**
** WCW World Heavyweight Championship (2 times) – Kevin Nash
** WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (2 times) – Scott Hall
** WCW World Television Championship (1 time) – Scott Hall
** WCW World Tag Team Championship (6 times) – with Syxx (1)2

1Eric Young was a third member of the team and the titles were defended under the Freebird Rules.

2Syxx replaced Nash during their fifth reign because Nash was injured. The titles were defended under "Wolfpac Rules".

## References
## Other websites 
*The Outsiders' Online World of Wrestling profile