During his tenure with WCW, Hall was one of the three original members of the nWo stable (along with Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash), whose storyline involving the "invasion" of the WCW by anarchist wrestlers helped to skyrocket WCW's television ratings and reinvigorated interest in the promotion. He has held several titles over the course of his career, most notably the WWF Intercontinental Championship, which he held four times, and the WCW World Tag Team Championship, which he held seven-times.
Hall is also known for his appearances with various other wrestling promotions including the American Wrestling Association, Extreme Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He currently serves as Executive Consultant to Juggalo Championship Wrestling.
Hall began his career in 1984 in Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF) and soon began a feud with Dusty Rhodes. Scott Hall and his workout buddy Dan Spivey were trained in Florida mainly by Dusty Rhodes but also received training from Rick Martel and Barry Windham. When it was time for the team's debut Dusty Rhodes made a deal with Jim Crockett for the two to work in Crockett's territory based out of Charlotte, North Carolina. While wrestling for Jim Crockett Promotions as part of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in 1984 and 1985, Hall formed a tag team with Dan Spivey, known as American Starship ("Starship Coyote" and "Starship Eagle", respectively). With their furry boots, massive stature, bright masks and Hulk Hogan-esque t-shirt ripping routine the two men were easy to spot on any card.
Initially, American Starship worked only sporadically. At first they were booked so sparingly that the two were given a job for the Charlotte Orioles (which Jim Crockett owned at the time) as part of the ground crew. When the two men did get into the ring it was with little success, the highlight of their stay in Crocket's Mid Atlantic Championship Wrestling was being defeated by Arn and Ole Anderson when the rookies challenged for the NWA National Tag Team Championship. After working in MAW the duo joined Bob Geigel's NWA Central States territory based in Kansas City in 1985.
The duo had a shot at the NWA Central States Tag Team Champions Marty Janetty and "Bulldog" Bob Brown but did not manage to win the titles. Spivey's stay in the Central States territory was short lived, according to Scott Hall Spivey did not like Kansas City. Spivey returned to the Carolinas and the recently redubbed "Jim Crockett Promotions" where he worked as "American Starship" Eagle as a jobber. Hall however stayed and got a big push and gained the respect of several big names including Nick Bockwinkel and Larry Zbyszko who went to a time limit draw with a rookie Hall, and he also developed a friendship with Curt Hennig.
Scott Hall next moved on to the American Wrestling Association (AWA) in 1985, where he was named "Magnum" Scott Hall, name checking Magnum T.A., and later "Big" Scott Hall and was pushed as a babyface wrestler. Verne Gagne, the owner and promoter of the AWA, tried to push another younger superstar to the same heights as Hulk Hogan following Hogan's departure to Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation (WWF). Gagne had Hall use mannerisms and moves similar to Hogan.
Hall eventually formed a tag team with fellow future-superstar Curt Hennig, and together they defeated "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin and "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal for the AWA World Tag Team Championship on January 18, 1986 in an "epic" 58 minute match in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Referred to as the "Perfect Combination" by Pro Wrestling Illustrated, the team gained victories over "Playboy" Buddy Rose and "Pretty Boy" Doug Somers, Konga the Barbarian and Boris Zhukov, and Bill and Scott Irwin. They eventually dropped the belts to Rose and Somers by countout (even though in all wrestling, including the AWA, belts didn't change hands on DQ's or countouts; This was never explained) on May 17, due to interference by Colonel DeBeers. After losing the title, Hall and Hennig soon parted ways, with the AWA pushing Hall into matches for the AWA World Heavyweight Championship with Stan Hansen and Rick Martel. Although Gagne wanted to put the AWA world title on Hall, he hated the cold, and recognized the sinking ship and moved on to the NWA in 1989. Scott Hall was brought in, under his real name, to the National Wrestling Alliance's World Championship Wrestling (WCW) territory by Jim Ross in 1989, when the NWA was beginning to focus on developing new, young superstars such as Brian Pillman and Sid Vicious. His first and only pay-per-view appearance during this time was at The Great American Bash: The Glory Days, which saw Hall participate (unsuccessfully) in a King of the Hill battle royal. Scott Hall made little impact during this run and soon after he began jobbing regularly, after which he went on hiatus. Hall made a brief stint in 1991 in the Puerto Rican promotion World Wrestling Council (WWC). On March 3, he defeated Miguel PĂ©rez, Jr. for the WWC Caribbean Heavyweight Championship, holding it for one month before losing the title to Super Medic III on April 20, 1991.
Hall is also known for his appearances with various other wrestling promotions including the American Wrestling Association, Extreme Championship Wrestling and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. He currently serves as Executive Consultant to Juggalo Championship Wrestling.
Hall began his career in 1984 in Championship Wrestling from Florida (CWF) and soon began a feud with Dusty Rhodes. Scott Hall and his workout buddy Dan Spivey were trained in Florida mainly by Dusty Rhodes but also received training from Rick Martel and Barry Windham. When it was time for the team's debut Dusty Rhodes made a deal with Jim Crockett for the two to work in Crockett's territory based out of Charlotte, North Carolina. While wrestling for Jim Crockett Promotions as part of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) in 1984 and 1985, Hall formed a tag team with Dan Spivey, known as American Starship ("Starship Coyote" and "Starship Eagle", respectively). With their furry boots, massive stature, bright masks and Hulk Hogan-esque t-shirt ripping routine the two men were easy to spot on any card.
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