Eric Bischoff Reveals Who Named The nWo

The New World Order or nWo is one of the most popular factions in the history of professional wrestling. The group consisting of Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall terrorized the WCW back in the day. To this day, many fans still remember who the nWo is, but who actually named the faction is another story.

Apart from their in-ring dominance, the nWo also had a pretty cool name to match the faction. For many years, fans wondered how did the nWo get their name. And while many people credited Eric Bischoff for being the mastermind behind their name, it turns that someone else came up with the name.

During a recent episode of his 83 weeks podcast, Eric Bischoff revealed that Larry Zbyszko is the person who came up with the name New World Order before anyone else and he deserves credit for it.

“Yeah, I mean, there’s no doubt about it. And for years I would tell the story and I, it’s the same story I’ll tell today. Uh, when I was in the, basically a janitor closet with Hulk Hogan giving. going through Hulk’s promo. Cause we didn’t, I didn’t give Hulk a script. He didn’t like scripts. Um, we’d just walk and talk through his promo and I’d give him bullet points and he’d, you know, we’d, he’d give it back to me and I maybe had a little or whatever.

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We just worked through it. And that’s the way Hulk always worked with Gene Okerlund and every, it’s the way he Hulk liked to work. So I, I was in that closet and I’m giving, you know, I’m, I’m giving Hulk his promo, and in the middle of giving him that promo, I say, and then you say, “this is the New World Order of Professional Wrestling.”

Now, I’ve told this story before. We found out that Larry, um, used it the night before whenever, and people say, well, where did you get that new world order from? And I always said, I don’t know. It just rolled off my tongue. I had no idea where it came from. I sounded like I read a book. I’m not a, you know, Illuminati guy and none of that shit.

It just came. And it worked. And then whatever it was, years later, we’re going back, and we’re watching, and it was Larry Zbyszko who the day before whatever it was, used, the term New world order. The 24 later it rolls off my tongue and I didn’t consciously steal it from Larry and not give credit to Larry.

I just didn’t know where I’d heard it or read it. It just rolled. And here we go on 83 weeks going through a show. We went wait a minute. That actually happened before I gave Hulk Hogan the promo. And yes, Larry, I, who else are you gonna give credit to? Kind of obvious.”

The mystery behind nWo’s name is finally solved, according to the man himself. Whether you loved the nWo or you hated them, they made a lasting legacy and their name will stand the test of time.

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