Marc Raimondi Breaks Down the N.W.O’s Impact on Pro Wrestling | POST Interview
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🗓️ 30 June 2025
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Marc Raimondi has spent four years reporting on the N.W.O. and its broader cultural impact in Say Hello to the Bad Guys.
Raimondi discusses his first book, the work involved while maintaining his full-time role at ESPN, reaching out to Eric Bischoff, his re-watch of over 500 hours of WCW programming, and where things turned south for WCW.
Plus, Raimondi speaks on leaving MMA to cover the Atlanta Falcons, and his present relationship with MMA.
Say Hello to the Bad Guys is available now through Simon & Schuster
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| 0:17.2 | The following announcement has been paid for by the New World Order. |
| 0:22.9 | You know, it's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it. |
| 0:28.3 | People have wondered who's going to be next. |
| 0:30.1 | The Genesis has begun. |
| 0:31.7 | It's a new beginning, the beginning of the new world order. |
| 0:35.9 | And on one given night, as you two amigos destroy the top talent in the WCW. |
| 0:44.8 | The preceding announcement have been paid for by the New World Order. |
| 0:48.7 | When discussing pop culture in the mid to late 90s, it would be really difficult to have a thorough |
| 0:53.3 | discussion about that |
| 0:54.4 | time period and not arrive at the NWO in some former fashion and by de facto professional |
| 1:00.9 | wrestling. It was in 1996 that Hulk Hogan executed his long-awaited big heel turn, which |
| 1:06.7 | ended up giving the character of Hulk Hogan significant life to what was a very failing baby face |
| 1:12.6 | run in WCW. Fast forward, and now we look back nearly 30 years since the NWO was formed in 1996, |
| 1:19.8 | and Mark Romundi, former MMA reporter, now an NFL beatwriter for the Atlanta Falcons, |
| 1:24.4 | has just put out say hello to the bad guys how professional wrestling's |
| 1:28.0 | new world order changed America. In this discussion with Mark, we talk about the influence the |
| 1:33.0 | NWO had in terms of taking WCW and becoming the number one wrestling promotion worldwide, and also |
| 1:40.0 | its fall from grace as creative and behind the scenes influence affected the product on screen. |
| 1:45.4 | Plus, we talk about the entire process of putting together a project of this magnitude and |
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