5 failed WWE reunions 

#1 The NWO

4 Life?... Probably not

The NWO was the hottest thing to hit wrestling in more than a decade when they formed at WCW Bash At The Beach in 1996. Wrestling's all-time biggest babyface Hulk Hogan turning heel and joining the fresh new ex-WWE talent Scott Hall and Kevin Nash was pure genius. Although the NWO had run its course in WCW by a 2000 reunion with several new members, it's 1996 - 1998 run remains one of the best times for wrestling and made WCW earn the bragging right of WCW Nitro beating WWF RAW for 84 weeks in a row in the ratings.

When WCW closed its doors in 2001, matches of the original NWO vs the like of The Rock, Stone Cold Steve Austin and others were already the matches fans could only dream about. That is until January 2002 when WWE announced they had signed all 3 original members to new WWE contracts.

The excitement and hype were very real, and rightfully so, the possibilities were endless. There was just one problem. After 9 years away, WWE fans really really missed Hulk Hogan, they just refused to boo him, even when sharing the ring with The Rock. They had no choice but to turn his face and down the red and yellow once more, and without Hogan, the NWO wasn't going to work.

Adding former members X Pac and the Big Show, and new members Shawn Michaels (we have seen him a lot on this list today) and Booker T did nothing to help, while Kevin Nash went down with two serious injuries, the latter keeping him out of action for 9 months and Scott Hall would be fired in May for unprofessional conduct during a UK tour. The NWO in WWE was doomed before it ever really began.