Remembering Scott Hall

2 weeks ago, the wrestling world lost one of its influential icons in Scott Hall aka Razor Ramon.

Hall passed away at the age of sixty-three after complications from a hip surgery procedure that led to blood clots and three heart attacks leaving him on life support until his family said their goodbyes and took him off it Monday March 14,2022.

Hall in recent years was doing well and thriving after years of battling addiction, which had Hall in a crisis multiple times leaving us to fear the end was near for the Bad Guy. But after fellow wrestler and friend Diamond Dallas Page who has had second career with his yoga and motivational work reach out to Hall while helping wrestling legend Jake “The Snake” Roberts saved Hall’s life and got him on the road to redemption which extended his life when many thought it was over.

Starting in 1984 Hall began his wrestling career in championship wrestling from Florida which led to small stints in NWA Jim Crockett Promotions but not long after Hall went to the AWA where he grew into a promising star alongside upcoming phenom Curt Hennig to become the tag team champions. After a couple of moments in WCW with less than desirable gimmicks like Scott “Gator” Hall and the Diamond Studd but from the Diamond Studd may have come his greatest incarnation yet.

In 1992 Hall’s career would change as arrived in the WWF as Razor Ramon a play off of the infamous character Tony Montana from the movie Scarface, Ramon brought that persona to life and took the WWF by storm. Ramon became one of the best Intercontinental Champions ever that peaked at Wrestlemania 10 with a legendary ladder match with Shawn Michaels that set the wrestling world on fire and setting the standard for future ladder matches. But in 1996 the business change dramatically as Ramon left the WWF to go to WCW where he made an unforgettable debut on Monday Nitro leaving many to believe that WWF was invading WCW.

But time went along, and his best friend Kevin Nash formally known as Diesel in the WWF would wreak havoc on WCW until they change everything one summer night in July of 1996. At Bash at the Beach 1996 the world was flipped upside down when Hulk Hogan turned on the world and joined forces with Hall and Nash to create the NWO and nothing was the same again.

The NWO proceed to elevate WCW past WWF for 83 weeks in TV ratings and changing the landscape of the business blurring lines and making it more reality based in the presentation and Hall was front and center in that change. Unfortunately, WCW’s success did not last down and closed its doors in 2001 but a brief return to WWE in 2002 with the NWO would be the last high profile thing Hall was apart of but during this time his addictions began to get the best of him.

Tons of hit pieces, interviews, documentaries and people taking advantage of Hall at his lowest led many to fear the worst for him and hope he would beat his demons which he did and became a 2 time WWE Hall of Famer and massive influence on today’s wrestling generation with support and insight on the business leaving his impression on the business forever.

Hall was one of the most popular and influential superstars in the past 30 years which made the news all the more painful to endure when we all were told the bad guy had passed away. “Hard work pays off, dreams come true. Bad times do not last but BAD GUYS DO” those words will live on forever as we sadly have to say goodbye but must say thank you Scott Hall for making everything cool and making an everlasting impression on us that will not forgotten.