The WCW career of Scott Hall proved that not everyone needs to be a main eventer to be a top star. Hall already started to prove this in WWE as arguably the greatest Intercontinental Champion ever during his Razor Ramon run. WCW upped that when having Hall as the founding member of the New World Order becoming the top storyline.
Hall was involved in storylines and matches with most of the biggest stars in the industry. WCW booking Hall in a noteworthy position was bound to create some downright odd moments. No wrestler to be that prominent for that long will avoid every strange scenario given to them. Hall showed that by having these odd moments in WCW that fans likely forgot about.
10 Impersonating Roddy Piper In NWO Parody Of Four Horsemen
WCW started to fall apart after the infamous Fingerpoke of Doom hurt multiple top stars. However, there was still interest in the new storyline to come from it of Ric Flair and the Four Horsemen feuding with Hulk Hogan and the nWo Elite.
Roddy Piper was not a member of the Four Horsemen, but he joined the overall rivalry due to his issues with Scott Hall. A hilarious backstage segment of nWo members parodying the Horsemen saw Hall dressed in a kilt and doing his best impersonation of Piper.
9 Teasing Joining The Dangerous Alliance Faction
One negative about WCW’s history is that the years before Hulk Hogan joined to start the competition with WWE don’t get as much love. Paul Heyman leading The Dangerous Alliance with members like Steve Austin, Arn Anderson, Madusa and Rick Rude created great television.
Scott Hall actually teased joining the group during his earlier WCW stint as The Diamond Studd in the early ‘90s. WCW had Hall interfering to help Dangerous Alliance member Bobby Eaton against Dustin Rhodes. This ended up going nowhere with Hall having a mini feud with Dustin before he left WCW.
8 Running The Steiner Brothers Off The Road
Scott Hall and Kevin Nash forming The Outsiders tag team gave them a chance to dominate the tag division while Hulk Hogan took over the singles main event scene. The Steiner Brothers became the top rivals of The Outsiders and arguably had the best WCW vs New World Order feud.
A strange and shocking moment saw Syxx filming a video of The Outsiders in their car running Rick and Scott off the road. The video showed the car flipping and implied that the Steiners’ lives could be in jeopardy.
7 Having A "Stun Gun Ladder Match" End In No Contest Vs Bam Bam Bigelow
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WCW was often criticized for booking absurd scenarios that made no sense in the wrestling world. Scott Hall using a taser as a weapon was strange enough, but it led to a Stun Gun Ladder match stipulation against Bam Bam Bigelow on Nitro.
Both wrestlers had issues with Goldberg and used this match as a way to decide who would get to face him. The finish made it even weirder when Disco came out to hand a stun gun to Hall after Bam Bam grabbed the one hanging above the ring. Goldberg sprinted to the ring attacking both wrestlers before either could use the stun gun to officially win the match.
6 Invading Shows With Kevin Nash In 1999
The nWo 2000 storyline is discussed as a huge failure given how fast it fell apart. However, WCW does deserve some credit for setting up the big angle a few months before it happened. Kevin Nash and Scott Hall started showing up in the crowd during Nitro or Thunder episodes to huge pops.
WCW didn’t really explain what they were doing, but Hall and Nash made references to bringing the band back together. The segments of Nash and Hall invading shows felt like they were replicating the original nWo, but The Outsiders just cracked jokes and played to the crowd.
5 Losing TV Championship By Throwing It In The Trash
WCW not respecting their titles in the final year ruined a lot of the most credible titles in the wrestling world when Vince Russo took over. Scott Hall found his way in one of the segments that destroyed a once respected mid-card title.
The TV Championship reign of Hall ended when he was caught throwing the belt in the trash. Jim Duggan was playing a janitor at the time and officially became the new WCW Television Champion by picking it out of the garbage.
4 Hector Garza Scoring Upset Victory On Nitro
Scott Hall was a polarizing figure in the WCW locker room, but he deserves some love for trying to give wins to underutilized talent. Everyone talks about the night when Chris Jericho defeated Hall since it was a stunning moment that helped shine a light on a future legend.
However, there was another instance of Hall losing a match unexpectedly to a lower mid-card name. Hector Garza defeated Hall when the heel started disrespecting the referee. Hall was so preoccupied with bullying the official that Garza was able to roll him up to steal the victory.
3 Challenging Goldberg Before He Won Title From Hulk Hogan
Many fans view the Nitro episode with Goldberg beating Hulk Hogan for the WCW Championship as the company’s peak. Goldberg becoming the hottest thing in WCW and defeating the most dominant legend to win a world title was must-see television.
One forgotten aspect of that match was Goldberg having to face Scott Hall earlier that night. WCW announced the Goldberg vs Hogan match on Thunder, but Goldberg now had to get past Hall to face Hogan. The overbooking felt strange as Goldberg defeated Hall and Hogan in the same night to get his big moment.
2 Scott Steiner Kicking Him Out Of NWO Hollywood
Scott Hall joining the Hollywood version of the New World Order under Hulk Hogan’s leadership was a shocking moment since he betrayed Kevin Nash and the Wolfpac. The rest of the storyline played out with nWo Hollywood struggling to feel as relevant as the Wolfpac faces.
Hogan taking some time off (when “running for President”) led to Scott Steiner of all people acting like the new leader of the group. Hall was actually kicked out by Steiner even though most fans remember it being a Hogan move. This set up the reunion of Hall and Nash, and then the nWo Elite swerve with all members uniting.
1 Dusty Rhodes Joining New World Order As His Mentor
The rivalry between Scott Hall and color commentator/former wrestler Larry Zbyszko led to a shocking swerve. WCW even booking this match felt weird since Zbyszko wrestling a match again came out of left field due to Hall being the perfect heel.
However, it grew even stranger during the PPV match when Larry’s fellow WCW commentator Dusty Rhodes entered the ring. Dusty turned heel on Zbyszko and aligned with Hall as the newest New World Order member. Hall called Rhodes his mentor and added him as a manager much to the shock and confusion of fans.