3 Reasons why the nWo would not work in 2019

#2 The power of the T-shirt

The nWo t-shirt was powerful enough, and popular, to make any wrestler over regardless of their status in WCW

The next reason may seem a bit odd, but it makes perfect sense. One of the main drawing powers behind the nWo was in the design of the T-shirt. During the mid-1990s, this shirt was a simple yet clever design. Nothing flashy. Nothing fancy. A simple black and white logo that made you either the coolest kid at your school or the most hated, depending on whether you were a WCW or WWE fan at the time.

All it took in the world of WCW was for one nWo member to give a wrestler a t-shirt, have him put it on, and he was instantly over!

Whether or not you cheered or booed the nWo out of the building during the hottest WCW Monday Nitro episodes, you know once that guy had the nWo shirt on, they were apart of something really special.

Today, I'm having a hard time believing that any wrestling faction could ever be that over to recreate something that unique.

Granted, you could go back to my number one reason and debate on The Bullet Club, with the Bullet Club marketing their -shirts and those selling very well with wrestling fans. That is all well and good. However, I would argue that slapping a Bullet Club t-shirt on another wrestler would be as effective.

Check out the video below. Remember when Dusty Rhodes turned his back on WCW and Larry Zbyszko at WCW/nWo Souled Out 1998? Look at the power of the reaction Dusty received after revealing that he betrayed WCW and sold his soul to the New World Order.

One more example, even though the end result went against the nWo. The rise of Diamond Dallas Page (DDP) in 1996-1997. He was offered to join the nWo and even went so far as to put on the T-shirt.

DDP put the shirt on. The fans popped. When he nailed the Diamond Cutter on Scott Hall, the fans went wild! During those moments where DDP had the shirt on, to him pulling one over on The Outsiders, the fans went absolutely crazy!