Scott Hall was a star of pro wrestling best known for his heel character, Razor Ramon, and as part of World Championship Wrestling’s (WCW) New World Order.
- Died: March 14, 2022 (Who else died on March 14?)
- Details of death: Died at a hospital in Marietta, Georgia of complications from hip surgery at the age of 63.
- We invite you to share condolences for Scott Hall in our Guest Book.
Wrestling career
Hall had been wrestling professionally for several years before he perfected his best-known persona, Razor Ramon, for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the early 1990s. He modeled the character on Al Pacino’s character from “Scarface,” Tony Montana, including modifying Montana’s catchphrase into his own: “Say hello to the bad guy.” Hall became known by the nickname “The Bad Guy” and led a team of wrestlers called the Bad Guys. He won the WWF Intercontinental Championship four times in the mid-‘90s. Hall left WWF for WCW in 1996, dropping the Razor Ramon persona and forming the New World Order stable of heels along with Hulk Hogan and Kevin Nash. Hall was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame both as Razor Ramon and as a member of the New World Order.
Personal life
Hall spoke out about his struggles with addiction, stemming back to an incident when he was a young bartender and shot and killed a man in an altercation. He was charged with second-degree murder, though the charges were dropped due to evidence, and Hall said he was plagued with PTSD in the wake of the event. He turned to drugs and alcohol, which became such a part of his life that WCW worked them into a storyline in which he purportedly wrestled while drunk. Hall later worked toward getting sober with the help of friends from the wrestling industry.
Hall on his sobriety
“I just don’t mess with them anymore. Since I’ve removed booze from life, it’s so much less complicated. It’s so much easier to get through the day when I’m not handcuffed to booze.” —from a 2016 interview for the Kingston Whig Standard
Tributes to Scott Hall
Full obituary: The Washington Post
