The New World Order (more commonly and simply known as nWo) was a Chevrolet 1500 monster truck owned and operated by PACE/SFX Motorsports (now FELD Motorsports) and Team Meents in the 2000 winter season of Monster Jam. The truck was advertised with an unknown, "mysterious" driver and had Chad Fortune as its spokesperson. The truck only ran during the winter season of 2000.
History[]
Background[]
The truck ran several designs throughout its career, such as a spray-painted logo or a genuine logo wrap being used, or blank white wheel coverings being used or replaced with chrome wheel coverings. The truck was formerly Taurus 4, which at that time was Tom Meents' Bulldozer.
2000[]
nWo debuted in San Antonio on January 15th. As was the theme of the truck, the driver was never advertised during any of its shows, with Chad Fortune acting as a spokesman who would interrupt any reporter who attempted to interview the driver, taking the interview instead, despite his face clearly being shown during the episode and in multiple episodes afterwards.
In New Orleans, the truck picked up its only win, that being in the racing competition, defeating Avenger.
The truck's final event came on March 25th, 2000, when the truck competed at the inaugural Monster Jam World Finals, with the truck fittingly being eliminated by the Sting truck, and the truck earning a 37 in freestyle, coming in third place overall.
Later in the year, PACE Motorsports officially reveled the mystery driver to be Rob Knell.
2001[]
nWo's chassis would be converted into El Toro Loco.
2014-2016[]
The "mystery driver" concept would be reused for Doom's Day.
Events competed[]
| 2000 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Driver | Notes |
| January 15-16th | San Antonio, TX | Rob Knell | Event and TV debut |
| January 22nd | Indianapolis, IN | ||
| January 29th | New Orleans, LA | Won Racing | |
| February 5th | Anaheim, CA | ||
| February 11-12th | Oklahoma City, OK | ||
| February 18-19th | Peoria, IL | ||
| February 26th | Orlando, FL | ||
| March 4th | Jacksonville, FL | ||
| March 25th | Las Veges, NV (World Finals I) | Final event | |
World Finals appearances[]
| Year | Driver | Results | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Rob Knell | Qualifying: N/A | Racing: defeated in Round 1 by Sting | Freestyle: 3rd (37) |
Trivia[]
- The truck ran several designs throughout its career, such as a spray-painted logo or a genuine logo wrap being used, or blank white wheel coverings being used or replaced with chrome wheel coverings.
- The truck alternated between its alter-ego, Bulldozer, during the season, most notably in Pontiac, Michigan.
- The truck always ran with Goldberg.
- Chad Fortune appeared as the spokesman for the truck, due to the postponement, and eventual cancellation of the Hitman Bret Hart.
- Much like the later truck Doom’s Day, nWo was always said to be driven by an "unknown driver". Despite this, Rob Knell was frequently shown on TV to be the driver, and in one case was even called by name by a pit reporter attempting to get an interview.
- nWo never had a permanent paint scheme. It would always run a different design on its truck at almost every show, however its 1988-1998 Chevrolet 1500 body would always be retained, previously used for Monster Patrol.
- King Krunch also ran as nWo before Monster Jam's deal with WCW, just outside of competition.
- At 2 months (70 days to be exact), nWo was the shortest full time competition truck run by Monster Jam, excluding one-off trucks.
- While the truck was themed by the nWo, known for being a stable of a formation of famous wrestlers (like Hulk Hogan, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash for example), the truck was actually based on the 2000 formation (known as nWo Silver) with the wrestlers: Scott Steiner, Jeff Jarrett, Kevin Nash and Bret "Hitman" Hart.
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