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This article is about the professional wrestler. For information on the Leeds suburb, see Scott Hall, England.

Scott Oliver Hall (born October 20, 1958 in Chuluota, Florida) is a professional wrestler whose career was at its peak in the 1990s. He wrestled for several organizations during this time, most notably the WWF (now the WWE), and World Championship Wrestling. He also made occasional appearances for Extreme Championship Wrestling in late 2000 and TNA in 2005.

Career

Reportedly "discovered" by Barry Windham while shopping in a Florida grocery store in late 1984, Scott Hall's first notable professional wrestling appearances came in the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions in 1985. "Coyote" Scott Hall was half of a short-lived tag team called the American Starship with "Eagle" Dan Spivey. The duo never made it past early-card status and quickly went their separate ways.

A change of scenery led Hall to the AWA later that year. "Big" Scott Hall, as he was then known, teamed up with Curt Hennig to win the AWA World Tag Team Championship by defeating "Gorgeous" Jimmy Garvin & "Mr. Electricity" Steve Regal on January 18, 1986. The "Perfect Combination," as they were dubbed by a Pro Wrestling Illustrated article, had many hard fought matches against Buddy Rose & Doug Somers during this time. They eventually lost the belts to "Playboy" Rose and "Pretty Boy" Somers by count-out on May 17, 1986 due to interference by Colonel DeBeers.

Hall first appeared in WCW in the early 1990s. During this time, he was best known as The Diamond Studd, where he was managed by Diamond Dallas Page. In 1992, he began teaming with members of Paul E. Dangerously's Dangerous Alliance. However, the idea of adding him to the stable fell through. Soon after, Hall left for greener pastures in the WWF.

World Wrestling Federation

Hall wrestled in the WWF as Razor Ramon, a Cuban-American immigrant, who was modeled after Tony Montana, Al Pacino's character from the movie Scarface even though his appearance and dress sense resemble Montana's friend Manny Ray. He gained considerable popularity, and won the WWF Intercontinental Championship on four occasions, then a record.

Hall's ladder match with Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania X for that title is considered to be a classic. Later, as Hall was leaving for WCW, he and three other wrestlers (Shawn Michaels, Hunter Hearst Helmsley and Kevin Nash) broke character and celebrated in the ring together without authorization. The four, along with Sean Waltman, were known as the Clique.

During Hall's tenure in WWF, Golddust was directing his 'sexually ambiguous' manner toward the bad guy, and the out of the ring beating he administered to Dusty's boy made one wonder how fake it all was. Razor whipped Golddust all the way out the back door of the arena and through the snow to his car, in which he escaped, ending Monday Night RAW.

World Championship Wrestling

Hall's first appearance on WCW television after leaving the WWF was an unannounced interview where he appeared in street clothes, claiming to be "an outsider." He was then joined in the following weeks by Kevin Nash, the two claiming they were going to undertake a hostile takeover of WCW. The storyline directly paralleled the real-life competition between the WCW and WWF. At the following PPV, The Outsiders, along with a mystery partner, took on Sting, Lex Luger and "Macho Man" Randy Savage. The mystery partner turned out to be Hulk Hogan, and the three formed the nWo, or New World Order. The group stormed WCW, enlisting such stars as Syxx, The Giant, Buff Bagwell, and many, many more. The group took off in popularity and dominated of the majority of WCW television for years to come.

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