Syxx (a.k.a. Syxx-pac)
Real Name: Sean Waltman
Birthday: July 13
Height/Weight: 6'2", 212
Finisher (in nWo): Buzzkiller
Though Sean Waltman (Syxx) is no longer a part of World Championship
Wrestling, he will always be remembered as part of the foundation of the
New World Order...Syxx joined the nWo upon his first appearance in WCW
on a September 1996 Monday Nitro broadcast...wrestled formerly as the Lightning
Kid in independents, and as the 1-2-3 Kid in the WWF... rose to prominence
in that organization in the early nineties on an early Monday Night Raw
program, where he upset Razor Ramon (Scott Hall, now in the NWO)...the
event was significant since it was the first time in years that a "jobber"
won a match against a major superstar, and the first time it happened on
prime-time television...though the 1-2-3 Kid was pushed by the WWF for
a short time, he began to flounder and was relegated to mid-card status...began
competing in tag teams and won the WWF World Tag Team Championship on two
occasions, once with Marty Janetty and again with Bob "Sparkplug" Holly...later
turned heel and joined the Million Dollar Corporation after he was "bought
off" by the team's manager, the "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase...later
briefly tagged with "Psycho" Sid to form the team "Sid and the Kid"...left
WWF competition after suffering an assortment of injuries, after which
he joined WCW and the NWO...took the name "Syxx" to represent the sixth
member to join the NWO (also, six is the result of adding the letters 1,2
and 3)...feuded with Eddie Guerrero after Syxx took possession of the United
States Championship, a title which Guerrero rightfully held at the time...lost
a ladder match for the US title against Guerrero at the first NWO Souled
Out...almost immediately following the loss, Syxx stole the WCW Cruiserweight
belt from Dean Malenko...defeated Malenko for the Cruiserweight title at
Superbrawl VII...became embroiled in a heated feud with Ric Flair after
Syxx and the Outsiders taunted Flair and Roddy Piper for being old...at
about this time, Syxx, Hall and Nash began calling themselves the "Wolfpack"...after
holding the Cruiserweight belt for several months, Syxx lost the title
to Chris Jericho at WCW Saturday Nitro on 6/28/97...did not feud with Jericho
following the loss (Jericho since lost the title himself), and placed his
title aspirations on hold to continue teaming with fellow Wolfpack members
Hall and Nash...substituted for the then-injured Kevin Nash in a tag team
title defense on Monday Nitro against the Steiner Brothers, since WCW Commissioner
Roddy Piper ordered that the titles be defended or stripped from the Outsiders,
Hall and Nash...Syxx and Hall lost the match and the titles to the Steiners
after interference from Larry Zbyszko...shortly afterwards, Syxx suffered
a severe neck injury in late 1997 which put him out of action for several
months...during his lengthy absence, the nWo repeatedly paid tribute to
him, for nWo members often wore his "6-ball" t-shirts and mentioned him
during interviews...ironically however, Syxx would never be seen on WCW
TV again...Sean Waltman was fired by Eric Bischoff after an off-camera
dispute between Bischoff, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash, and after a brief
bidding war he signed with the World Wrestling Federation...finally returned
to television on the 3/30/98 broadcast of WWF Raw, and joined fellow "Kliq"
member Hunter Hearst Helmsley as the newest member of DeGeneration-X...Waltman
then verbally blasted Bischoff as well as Hulk Hogan, who'd commented the
previous week that he "couldn't cut the mustard" with the nWo...despite
the bitter ending of his WCW tenure, Syxx will always be respected by nWo
fans for the wild personality and great athleticism he brought to the organization,
and his induction into our nWo Hall of Fame shows that he will be greatly
missed, and will always be "nWo for life".
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