3 best Scott Hall moments

WWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall, a.k.a. Razor Ramon, died on Monday at the age of 63 following a triple heart attack this past weekend. While this is definitely sad news, it wasn't surprising. Hall's good buddy Kevin Nash announced on his Instagram this Sunday that his fellow NWO member would be taken off life support “once his family is in place.”

Hall suffered the attacks following complications of a hip replacement surgery. He fell and broke his hip earlier in March.

The WWE inducted “The Bad Guy” to the Hall of Fame twice, first as an individual, and finally as part of the renowned heel faction NWO. He never won a major world title in WWE or WCW, but he did become a four-time WWE Intercontinental Champion and two-time WCW United States Champion. Razor Ramon may no longer be with us, but his legacy in professional wrestling lives on.

With that said, let's take a look back at the three best moments of Scott Hall's career.

3 Best Scott Hall Moments

3. Curtain Call

Scott Hall was part of one of the most controversial moments in professional wrestling: the Curtain Call.

For context, Hall was a member of The Kliq, a backstage group he shared with real-life friends Shawn Michaels, Kevin Nash, Paul LeVesque (aka Triple H) and Sean Waltman (aka X-Pac). In 1996, Hall and Nash made the jump to WCW, the WWF's main competitor at the time.

The two were set to appear on  their last WWF event before leaving the company at a house show in Madison Square Garden on May 19, 1996. At the time, Michaels and Hall were faces, or the good guys. Meanwhile, Nash and Triple H were heels.

The main event saw Michaels take on Nash in a steel cage match. After the match, Hall came in the ring and hugged Michaels. Triple H came to the ring and hugged Hall, then Nash came in to join after. The four buddies shared a group hug, then turned around and raised their arms before the MSG crowd. This became a controversial scene in the business at the time as major wrestling promotions like the WWF were still hell bent on maintaining “kayfabe,” which means depicting the scripted nature of wrestling as real.

That may have sounded alarm bells within the industry at the time, but it became one of the most important real-life moments in the history professional wrestling.

2. Forming the NWO with Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash

Upon their arrival in WCW, Hall and Nash formed a tag team and referred to them as “The Outsiders.” The duo took on Sting, Lex Luger and Randy Savage in a six-man tag team match at the Bash at the Beach PPV. They teased a mystery partner leading up to the event, but they began the match without him.

At the heat of the contest, Nash hit Savage with a low blow. Hulk Hogan eventually made his way to the ring and appeared to be coming to the aid of Savage, who was his ex-tag team partner. But in a surprise move, Hogan gave him his signature leg drop, revealing himself as the third man alongside Hall and Nash.

It was truly a groundbreaking moment in professional wrestling as Hogan was widely popular for being a fan-favorite. Him turning to the dark side and joining forces with The Outsiders came as a huge shock to wrestling fans.

Hall, along with Hogan and Nash, formed the famed faction, the New World Order. The trio became major force and wrecked plenty of havoc in WCW throughout the late 1990's.

1. WrestleMania X Ladder Match vs. Shawn Michaels

In the lead up to WrestleMania X, Scott Hall–who wrestled as “Razor Ramon” at the time–and Shawn Michaels feuded for the WWF Intercontinental Championship. HBK was originally the champion. But because he didn't defend the belt often (he was suspended in real life), he was stripped off his title. Ramon won the vacated championship in a battle royal, beating Rick Martel.

When Michaels returned, he maintained that he was still the rightful Intercontinental Champ. This set up a ladder match, the first of its kind in the WWF, at WrestleMania X. Both Hall's and Michael's title belts hung above the ring and whoever retrieved them first became the undisputed Intercontinental Champion.

The match was an instant classic. It included several timeless spots, such as HBK hitting a splash on Hall from the top of the ladder. The match ended with The Bad Guy pushing Michaels off the ladder as he attempted to take the belts. Michaels fell on the ropes and got entangled. This gave Hall enough time to climb the ladder and retrieve the two belts to become the undisputed Intercontinental Champion.

Hall's signature moment came after he won the titles when he went up and posed on top of the ladder with his newly won belts. Wrestling fans voted the bout as the Pro Wrestling Illustrated 1994 Match of the Year. Renowned sports journalist Dave Meltzer also gave the match a five-star rating, the first time he did so for a WWF match, in his Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

Hall never won a world championship in his Hall of Fame career, but he did have one of the greatest matches of all time.