Scott Hall
The swaggering, toothpick-flipping 'bad guy' who helped launch wrestling's most influential faction and changed the industry's landscape forever.
1958–2022 (age 64)·American professional wrestler·Birthday: October 20·Baby Boomers
Biography
Scott Hall didn't just play a villain; he embodied a new kind of cool, dangerous charisma that blurred the line between performance and reality. Emerging as the narcissistic, gold-chained Razor Ramon in the WWF, he delivered some of the era's most technically sound and psychologically gripping matches. But his true seismic impact came with a simple, real-name walk to a WCW broadcast booth in 1996. Uttering the line 'Hey yo... you know who I am,' he ignited the New World Order storyline, a piece of narrative alchemy that transformed professional wrestling into a mainstream cultural war. Hall's personal struggles with addiction were a public and painful counterpoint to his on-screen dominance, a battle he fought openly in later years. Despite this, his legacy is that of an architect; his swagger, his mic skills, and his willingness to break the fourth wall laid the groundwork for the 'attitude' that would define a generation of sports entertainment.
Baby Boomers
1946–1964
The largest generation in history at the time. Shaped by postwar prosperity, the Vietnam War, the sexual revolution, and Watergate. They questioned every institution their parents built — then ran them.
Scott was born in 1958, placing them squarely in the Baby Boomers. The events that shaped this generation — postwar prosperity, civil rights, Vietnam, and the counterculture — shaped the world they entered and the choices available to them.
#1 When Scott Was Born
The biggest hits of 1958
#1 Movie
South Pacific
Best Picture
Gigi
#1 TV Show
Gunsmoke
Scott's Life & Times
The world at every milestone
1958Born
NASA founded
Gas: $0.31/galHome: $11,050Min wage: $1.00/hrPresident: Dwight D. Eisenhower"Volare" — Domenico ModugnoBest Picture: Gigi
1963Started school
JFK assassinated in Dallas; Martin Luther King's 'I Have a Dream' speech
Gas: $0.31/galHome: $13,100Min wage: $1.25/hrPresident: Lyndon B. Johnson"Sugar Shack" — Jimmy Gilmer & The FireballsBest Picture: Tom Jones
1971Became a teenager
Voting age lowered to 18 in the US
Gas: $0.36/galHome: $18,100Min wage: $1.60/hrPresident: Richard Nixon"Joy to the World" — Three Dog NightBest Picture: The French Connection
1974Could drive
Nixon resigns the presidency
Gas: $0.53/galHome: $22,600Min wage: $2.00/hrPresident: Gerald Ford"The Way We Were" — Barbra StreisandBest Picture: The Godfather Part II
1976Could vote
Apple Computer founded; US bicentennial
Gas: $0.59/galHome: $29,300Min wage: $2.30/hrPresident: Gerald Ford"Silly Love Songs" — WingsBest Picture: Rocky
1979Turned 21
Iran hostage crisis begins; Three Mile Island accident
Gas: $0.86/galHome: $37,900Min wage: $2.90/hrPresident: Jimmy Carter"My Sharona" — The KnackBest Picture: Kramer vs. Kramer
1988Turned 30
Pan Am Flight 103 bombed over Lockerbie
Gas: $0.90/galHome: $74,800Min wage: $3.35/hrPresident: Ronald Reagan"Faith" — George MichaelBest Picture: Rain Man
1998Turned 40
Google founded; Clinton impeachment
Gas: $1.06/galHome: $107,300Min wage: $5.15/hrPresident: Bill Clinton"Too Close" — NextBest Picture: Shakespeare in Love
2008Turned 50
Barack Obama elected first Black US president; financial crisis
Gas: $3.27/galHome: $153,100Min wage: $6.55/hrPresident: George W. Bush"Low" — Flo RidaBest Picture: Slumdog Millionaire
2018Turned 60
Royal wedding of Harry and Meghan; Parkland shooting
Gas: $2.72/galHome: $211,800Min wage: $7.25/hrPresident: Donald Trump"God's Plan" — DrakeBest Picture: Green Book
2022Died at 64
Russia invades Ukraine; Queen Elizabeth II dies
Gas: $3.97/galHome: $348,700Min wage: $7.25/hrPresident: Joe Biden"As It Was" — Harry StylesBest Picture: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Key Achievements
- A key founding member of the New World Order (nWo) in WCW, a faction that triggered a massive ratings war.
- Won the WWF Intercontinental Championship four times as Razor Ramon.
- Fought in a legendary ladder match against Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania X, widely considered one of the greatest matches in history.
- Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame twice, individually (2014) and as part of the nWo (2020).
Did You Know?
His famous 'toothpick flick' was a habit he picked up to calm his nerves before entering the ring.
He served in the United States Army for two years before beginning his wrestling career.
He was a close friend and on-screen partner of fellow wrestler Kevin Nash for decades.
His WCW contract in 1996 was one of the first major deals that signaled wrestling's lucrative cable television era.
“Hard work pays off, dreams come true. Bad times don't last, but bad guys do.”
