>>5373852Seems that way in hindsight, and I'm sure Vince and Trips would love to make people believe that, but if you watched back then, you know the truth.
Imagine today if a stable was born in AEW that grew so hot so fast that it almost single-handedly carried Dynamite to beat RAW or even SmackDown in the ratings. I don't mean demo, total viewership. Consistently for months and months, every week. Sounds impossible, right? That was the NWO in its first year.
It catapulted wrestling to the mainstream and started the biggest boom period in the history of the business. It was fucking EVERYWHERE. My entire jr. high and high school talked about it every week. Everyone had the shirts. The original NWO black and white shirt is probably the 2nd highest selling piece of wrestling merch in history behind Austin 3:16.
