Legacy of The Kliq

From Mike Johnson of pwinsider.com:

In terms of a legacy, I don't think there is any question that Shawn Michaels, from an in-ring standpoint, will have left the best legacy, but I'm going to go with Triple H. He wields far more political power and stroke than any other member of the clique and that power will only grow with time as Vince McMahon gets older. In terms of the worst, that's really subjective, but I'll go with Scott Hall, because (in the long term) he did the least with the most amount of talent and still has issues to this day despite many of his closest friends trying to support him and every major company giving him chance after chance. I know that a lot of fans really detest Kevin Nash but the reality is that he overachieved in the business and at the end of the day, he walked out with much more money than anyone would have ever predicted.

Triple H Shows No Mercy

"Kliq" or no Kliq, Kevin Nash learned you never try to destroy The Cerebral Assassin with his own signature weapon.

In a punishing contest between the best friends turned bitter enemies, Triple H showed no mercy at WWE TLC once he managed to grasp the sledgehammer hanging above a ladder. Blow after blow, The Game made Nash pay for injuring him on the Oct. 24 Raw SuperShow and causing havoc in WWE over the last four months. When the torment was through, Nash had to be stretchered out of 1st Mariner Arena.

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Shawn Michaels & Sean Waltman Discuss the War Between Triple H and Kevin Nash

Seven months before Kevin Nash savagely attacked Triple H with a sledgehammer on WWE Raw SuperShow, the two men were standing with their longtime friends Shawn Michaels and Sean Waltman on the stage of Atlanta’s Philips Arena, celebrating HBK’s induction into the WWE Hall of Fame. It was a defining moment for the four Superstars who, along with Scott Hall, formed “The Kliq” — the most exclusive and, perhaps, most influential group in all of sports-entertainment.

In an industry where lasting friendships are rare, their alliance had withstood doomed promotions, debilitating injuries and personal demons. After two decades, The Kliq was still united.

But all that’s changed.

“They pushed it too far,” Shawn Michaels told WWE.com when asked about the war between The Game and Kevin Nash. “And it’s one of those things that, before it’s going to get better, I’m afraid it’s probably going to have to get worse.”...More?

source: wwe.com

Is "The Kliq" history?

“The Kliq” was, at one point, the strongest unit in sports-entertainment. This inseparable crew of locker room buddies - including Triple H, Kevin Nash and Shawn Michaels - were among the most influential Superstars in WWE just before the dawn of the Attitude Era. Their friendship has withstood every trial and tribulation, until now.

Nash made sure that was clear during his first appearance on Raw SuperShow since his brutal sledgehammer attack on the WWE’s COO two weeks ago. WWE.com is left wondering: Is The Kliq history?

Monday night in Liverpool, England, Nash took the WWE Universe back to The Kliq’s early days, when it was just “Big Daddy Cool” and HBK. More than a decade ago, a young Triple H visited the WWE locker room with his trainer, Killer Kowalski, and made an impression on the two champions, who took The Game, then an aristocrat known as Hunter Hearst-Helmsley, under their wing. They introduced him to Sean Waltman (a.k.a. The 1-2-3 Kid/X-Pac) and Scott Hall (a.k.a. Razor Ramon), and the five traveled the roads together, becoming extremely close, like brothers. With his Kliq cohorts out of the picture, Nash may have singlehandedly changed things between all of them forever...More?

Sean Waltman Talks Scott Hall, DX Invasion Of WCW, More

Sean Waltman has a new video up on his official website, Realxpac.com.

The video is a Q&A with fans where Waltman talks about Scott Hall, the DX invasion of WCW, WWE not using the term "wrestling", how he became apart of the "Kliq", and much more. Click here to view the video.

Video: The Kliq at the WWE HOF

Photo: Kliq Reunion at the WWE HOF

The Kliq - Where Are They Now?

Triple H - Multiple WWE/World championship titles, founding member of DX, the McMahon-Helmsley Era and Evolution, dated Joannie "Chyna" Laurer, married Stephanie McMahon and has three daughters, has acted on tv and in movies, recently formalized an executive position with the WWE, currently rehabbing an injury and is expected to return to the ring later this year.

Shawn Michaels - Multiple championship titles, got off drugs and found God, married with two kids, founding member of DX, retired after a very successful 20 year career.

Kevin Nash - Multiple titles, founding member of the nWo, wrestled with WWE, WCW and is currently with TNA, has acted in movies, married with one son.

Sean Waltman - Only wrestler in history to have held the TNA X Division Championship, the WCW Cruiserweight Championship and the WWF Light Heavyweight Championship, divorced with two children, dated Joannie "Chyna" Laurer and made an X-rated video with her, has been in rehab for drugs and psychiatric problems, recently arrested at a New Jersey airport after a search found him to be in possession of marijuana.

Scott Hall - Has wrestled for over 20 years in AWA, NWA, WCCW, WCW, ECW, Juggalo Championship Wrestling, WWE and TNA, divorced with two children, has been in and out of rehab, recently arrested for disorderly conduct and resisting a police officer, currently in a WWE sponsored rehab facility.

We've Got Two Words For You . . . S*ck It! - What Inspired It?

"It was about 100 years ago, and Triple H, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall, Sean Waltman and myself were in Europe. Sean started doing that gesture, and then we started saying that phrase to each other. It slowly evolved from there. We were all from that generation where if you beat something over the head long enough, it becomes funny. It started with him doing the gesture to us saying, 's**k It' and then, before you knew it someone was saying 'I got two words for you.' It grew from an inside joke. I am surprised everyday that people still enjoy it. Hunter and I are always waiting for that other shoe to drop, to see people grow tired of it. But now it's like the KISS farewell tour. It's happened 500 times and there's always that one last tour. If not for those two words, I think we would have found something that was equally as offensive. I don't think anything or anyone here became popular because of just one thing certainly not just a catchphrase. If there's a career that's built around just one catchphrase, then that career is not going to last very lone. - Shawn Michaels

source: November 2009 WWE Magazine

Kevin Nash on his Relationship with The Kliq

"I haven't talked to Sean Waltman much and I have a bit of contact with Scott Hall. I've stayed very close with Shawn Michaels. And Paul and I play telephone tag. He's busy. He helps run (WWE) and he has two children. When we do get a chance to talk, it's like we've never skipped a beat. He gets criticized because of his marriage to Stephanie McMahon, but he's worked his ass off. Nobody determines who you fall in love with. He's probably one of the top three workers WWE has."

The Kliq & Others

Clockwise from the bottom:
Paul Bearer, Jerry Brisco, Triple H, Henry Godwin, Kevin Nash, The Undertaker, Mideon, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Scott Hall, Shawn Michaels, X-Pac

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