Hand to god, I was going to make that exact same joke, word for word.

Actually most of them are alive. Do some research before posting such nonsense.

Cena_Mark has been dead to me for years.

Don't hate me for becoming enlightened.

That's an interesting observation.. I'll bet Alex Jones thinks it was intentional. It was truly globalist as there was an NWO Japan.

The Hogan heel-turn was not really planned that much in advance, and almost involved Sting. It thrown together pretty quickly, according to Bischoff, Sting, and Hogan himself (it's rare when people corroborate in wrestling on a story, so they must be telling the truth). So there was no planned name for the group, since Hogan wasn't even sure he wanted to become a bad guy.

Anyways, when Hogan turned heel and joined Kevin Nash and Scott Hall, they were known prior to Hogan's involvement as "The Outsiders," a reference to their "not working for WCW" / having recently worked for WWF and still being seen as WWF workers. But during his post-turn interview with Mean Gene Okerlund, Hogan yelled that the 3 of them together were "the new world...organization of wrestling!" Later on in the interview, he realized his opportunity and went back and corrected himself, and called them the "new world order." It sounded "right," so the company ran with it.

WCW wasn't heavily scripted then like most cable tv wrestling nowadays -- and Eric Bischoff was very willing to let stars like Lex Luger, Ric Flair, or Hogan carry their own interviews with minimal input -- so it's likely that Hogan had heard the phrase in his life previously, but couldn't remember from where, and just dragged it up and used it because it sounded cool.

As for the global government connection, no one in wrestling has ever said anything on it or made the connection publicly, not even as a joke or tweet or whatever. Hogan and Bischoff were meatheads and it probably never occurred to them to look into it. They probably had heard the phrase before, buried it in their heads, and liked how it sounded when it came out.

TL;DR: Hogan naming the group was similar to how Amy Schumer might have stole jokes.

Thanks, twinkieafternoon! That's some really great insight. I never knew the WCW wasn't scripted - although now that you bring it up, it makes perfect sense, and explains why WCW shows tended to be pretty boring compared to the WWF. Sure, there are some wrestlers who can improv like a beast and work the crowd with or without a script - guys like Jericho, CM Punk, or Ladybeard. But you let an average meathead do whatever an average meathead wants to do, and you're bound to come up with a less-than-electrifying product.

Now I'm picturing the WCW trying to work with The Rock, and it's not a pretty sight...!

Also, I don't think they ever knew that they would become "cool" or heroes.

If you've got people like Hogan, Sting, and X-Pac, you can't help but be cool.

Height and weight in professional wrestling are always exaggerated.