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The Giant (joined on the May 11, 1998, episode of Nitro; part of nWo B-Team after reunion) Scott Hall (joined on May 17, 1998, at Slamboree with Dusty Rhodes; expelled on November 22, 1998, at World War 3 ; re joined Wolfpac right before reunion)
The nWo Elite quickly began to "trim the fat" by eliminating a few guys from the newly reunited nWo entirely (first, Konnan and The Giant were both [separately] kicked out on the January 11 episode of Nitro; and then Hennig was kicked out on the January 25 episode of Nitro). The subtractions of The Giant and Hennig from the nWo "black and white ...
The Giant joined the nWo 23 days later, citing Ted DiBiase's money as his primary motivation, feuding with Lex Luger and the Four Horsemen. After winning the battle royal at World War 3 on November 24, The Giant asked Hogan for a World Heavyweight Championship title match. For this, he was thrown out of the nWo on December 30.
In the main event, Sting and The Giant defeated The Outsiders (Scott Hall and Kevin Nash) to win the WCW World Tag Team Championship when The Giant pinned Nash after Hall hit Nash with one of the WCW World Tag Team Championship belts. After the match, Hall, Dusty Rhodes and The Giant celebrated as Hall and Rhodes then joined nWo Hollywood. When ...
On the May 25, 1998, edition of Monday Nitro, the team of nWo Sting & Giant lost to Lex Luger and Sting, which after the match saw the real Sting join the nWo as a part of the Wolfpac faction. After Farmer left, the nWo began using Sting masks and having other nWo members appear as fake Stings. [6]
On the December 8 episode of Nitro, the nWo's Kevin Nash (in a pre-recorded statement) declared himself the "one, true giant", belittled The Giant's chokeslam as useless and challenged Giant to a match at Starrcade. Moments later, Giant came to the ring and told Gene Okerlund he'd see Nash at Starrcade and was bringing the chokeslam with him.
The nWo had stolen the United States Championship from reigning champion Ric Flair in the fall, with The Giant claiming the title for himself. WCW did not recognize the title change, however, and vacated the championship (Flair, in real life, injured his shoulder and was forced out of action).
Sting began wearing red and black face paint and tights as a member of nWo Wolfpac. [3] Sting and The Giant won the WCW World Tag Team Championship at Slamboree in May when Hall turned on his teammate Nash. Sting and The Giant then split due to each man joining opposite sides of the nWo, and the team was forced to vacate the titles 18 days later.