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channel 156. And I love Busted Opens the Masters class because that's when we bring in the

true legends. Tommy Dreamer, bully Ray, Mark Henry, guys, how are you today?

I'm doing great. I'm in Miami. Nice. I know because AEW is back on the road. But you know

what? Not only is AEW back on the road. We're going to see crowds back for WWE. But this is

significant when it comes to pro wrestling history July 7th, 1996. The third man was revealed

Hoke Ogan, the start of the NWO. And this has kind of been NWO week when it comes to the

world of pro wrestling. So, man, it really changed the landscape of pro wrestling. So Mark,

let me go to you because you were part of the WF slash WWE at the time. So what did you first

think of the NWO being formed? The first time that I went when Hoke Ogan, first I was mad. I was

like, you fucking traders. Like, you know, it was that type of, you know, feeling. And then it got to

us getting our ass beat on a consistent basis. And you started to feel like, damn, like, what

do we have to do? And at that time, we were characters. We were, you know, 80s, late 80s,

wrestling, past 8. And then you have the NWO hijacking the trumps, crashing the, the limos with

sledgehammers and burning, like picking a seery lighter behind a film reel and burning the WCW logo

and putting NWO on there. And, you know, like, everybody wanted to be a part of the NWO.

It was troublesome for me because sexual chocolate was fun, but it wasn't going to compete with

NWO doing something. And everybody had to re-evaluate what they were doing in the ring and even how

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