Grudge Match: Sean Waltman & Scott Hall - Part 3

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GRUDGE MATCH
Sean Waltman & Scott Hall


Sean Waltman re-joined the WWF in 1997 after he was fired from WCW by Eric Bischoff via FedEx. He would start a campaign with D-Generation X to "free" his friends from the evil clutches of WCW. However, his friends never made the jump. Scott Hall and Kevin Nash both stayed with WCW until it's demise in 2001. It wasn't until 2002 that Scott Hall, Kevin Nash and "Hollywood" Hulk Hogan would make their return to the World Wrestling Federation as the New World Order.

The storyline played out with "Hollywood" Hogan going back to being a face and various Kliq members joining the nWo. This alliance brought back the duo of Sean and Scott. Almost four and a half years since they had last met up. 

WWF Monday Night RAW - March 25th 2002



During the RAW episode on March 25th, 2002. The WWF would hold their first brand extension. It was the first time that the WWF roster would be split into two separate divisions, WWF Raw and WWF Smackdown. A lottery was held on RAW with General Manager Ric Flair choosing the entire New World Order as a single entry. 


X-Pac would stay as a part of the new nWo and feud with his former partner Kane. During a hardcore match between X-Pac and Kane on WWE RAW, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash would intervene allowing X-Pac to steal Kane's mask.
WWF Monday Night RAW - April 15th 2002


 Scott Hall & X-Pac vs. Steve Austin & The Big Show
Tag Team Match
WWF Monday Night RAW - April 22nd 2002

The nWo (The Big Show, Scott Hall & X-Pac) vs. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Ric Flair and Bradshaw
Six Man Tag Team Match
WWE Monday Night RAW - May 6th 2002
The night before the May 6th edition of Monday Night RAW, X-Pac, Scott Hall and various other WWE performers were involved in a drug-fueled nightmare flight dubbed the Plane Ride from Hell. Wrestlers were drunk or on DMT, Ric Flair had been flashing stewardesses, Curt Hennig and Brock Lesnar had a shoot fight and X-Pac cut off Michael Hayes' ponytail among other atrocities. However, the entire time Scott Hall was asleep and not participating in the antics. Regardless, both X-Pac and Hall would be gone from the WWE in a number of weeks. This event didn't help. 

If you're in the ring with me I'll work for free. 
- Scott Hall to Syxx-Pac 

A new promotion was interested in bringing in the Kliq to draw a few views. That promotion is NWA/TNA. Scott Hall had already been competing in singles competition against the likes of Jeff Jarrett. However, in September of 2002 Sean Waltman made his way over as Syxx-Pac. He and Scott Hall formed a Tag Team and competed in the first Tag Team Gauntlet for the Gold Battle Royal. 



Syxx-Pac had a lot to prove in a new promotion. He ran in like a fireball and set fire to the ring. Not literally. But he did impress. Interesting note, there is a cool little meet-up between Syxx-Pac and a young CM Punk. 


This would be nothing more than a cup of coffee for the two friends. Scott Hall would start to sporadically show up and Syxx-Pac would move onto singles competition in the X-Division. In 2007, the duo showed up in Mexico competing for Asistencia Asesoría y Administración or AAA. They competed in another Battle Royal this time it was the Copa Antonio Pena 2007 12 Man Gauntlet. Syxx-Pac, sticking with tradition, changed his name for this appearance back to X-Pac. 



Both Waltman and Hall were part of Konnan's stable called La Legión Extranjera or the Foreign Legion. They would help eachother out and interfere in each other's matches. However, these were mostly singles matches and they wouldn't last together for very long. 

In 2010 Scott Hall and Sean Waltman would return to TNA. They would make their debut on Impact in a segment with the also debuting Hulk Hogan. Kevin Nash would also join them creating a new stable called The Band. They wouldn't do much but beat down various wrestlers including their own. In March, Hall and Waltman would tag again this time against their brother Kevin Nash and Eric Young. 



Nash would rejoin the group and it would start to evolve into a feud with Eric Young. Young would recruit the help of Rob Van Dam and Jeff Hardy to participate in a Six Man Tag Steel Cage Match. 
The Band (Kevin Nash, Scott Hall & Syxx-Pac) vs. Eric Young, Rob Van Dam & Jeff Hardy
Six Man Tag Steel Cage Match
TNA iMPACT! - March 23rd 2010

Impact Wrestling is pretty wretched at maintaining their back library and they apparently don't have a streaming service. Which is a shame. I was actually looking forward to watching this feud. Anyway, The Band would continue to haunt around TNA. But their tag team mostly consisted of the combination of Nash and Hall. Syxx-Pac was brought back into the fold for a match with Team 3D. This storyline also involved Bubba the Love Sponge. Yay. 

Scott Hall and Sean Waltman have one of the best relationships in professional wrestling. I had asked a few wrestlers on Twitter what their impressions were on working with those two specifically. The consensus is good. Konnan said that working with Hall and Waltman during their WCW days was "Great!" I suggest you all listen to Konnan's podcast about the nWo. I really enjoyed it. I hope that we hear more from these guys in the future. I would love to add a fourth part to this series. 

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