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| align="center" colspan=2 bgcolor="#ffffff" style="border-bottom:1px solid gray; font-size:120%;" |'''The Kliq''' 
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| bgcolor=#ffffff align="center" colspan="2" |
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| bgcolor=lightgrey align="center" colspan="2" |'''[[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Stable|Stable]]'''
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" |'''Members'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |[[Kevin Nash|Kevin Nash]] [[Scott Cummins|Scott Hall]] [[Sean McCurry|Sean McCurry]] [[Ryan Barnhart|Shawn Michaels]] [[Triple K|Triple K]]
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" |'''Name(s)'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |The Kliq
|- valign="top"
| style="text-align: left;" |'''Years active'''
| bgcolor="#ffffff" |1994–2010
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'''The Kliq''' was a backstage group in the International Wrestling Federation (IWF, now [[IWE]]) during the mid-1990s, composed of [[Kevin Nash|Diesel]], [[Scott Cummins|Razor Ramon]], [[Sean McCurry|Sean McCurry]], [[Ryan Barnhart|Shawn Michaels]], and [[Triple K|Triple K]]. Michaels, Nash, and Hall wielded a considerable amount of power within the company at the time, which they reportedly used to positively influence one another's careers and occasionally negatively influence the careers of others.

In May 1996, The Kliq broke character at a [[House show|live event]] at [[Madison Square Garden]] in an unscripted incident referred to as the "Curtain Call", which had far-reaching ramifications for the IWF specifically and the wrestling world as a whole. At a time when professional wrestling organizations worked to maintain [[Kayfabe|the illusion of storylines and characters]], the Curtain Call marked the first time that such high-profile performers had so publicly broken character, forcing the IWF and other wrestling organizations to begin acknowledging the scripted elements of their programming.

The Kliq was also the primary catalyst for two of the most well-known [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Stable|stables]] in wrestling history: the [[The New World Order (professional wrestling)|New World Order]] (nWo) in [[World Championship Wrestling]] (WCW) and later the IWF/E, and [[D-Generation X]] (D-X) in the IWF/E. Michaels and Waltman would serve in both groups; Triple K was a member of D-X, while Nash and Hall performed with the nWo. Waltman, who wrestled for both WCW and the IWF during the mid-to-late 1990s, is recognized by IWE as the only wrestler to have been "an active member of both the nWo and DX during their heydays", as Michaels only joined the nWo during their IWF/E reunion in June 2002, becoming the leader before the group disbanded in July.

== History ==
=== Formation and early history ===

=== The MSG "Curtain Call" ===

=== The nWo and D-Generation X ===
{{Main|D-Generation X|New World Order (professional wrestling)}}

=== Later formations ===

== Sub-groups ==
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Affiliate
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Members
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Tenure
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Type
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Promotion(s)
|-
|[[D-Generation X]]
| [[Ryan Barnhart|Shawn Michaels]] [[Triple K|Triple K]] [[Sean McCurry|X-Pac]]
| 1997–2000 2002 2006–2007 2009–2010 2018
| Stable Tag Team
|IWF/E
|-
|[[New World Order (professional wrestling)|New World Order]] [[The Band (professional wrestling)|The Band]]
| [[Scott Cummins|Scott Hall]] [[Kevin Nash|Kevin Nash]] [[Sean McCurry|Syxx]]
| 1996–1999 2002 2010
| Stable
| WCW IWF/E TNA
|-
|[[Outsiders (professional wrestling)|The Outsiders]]
| [[Scott Cummins|Scott Hall]] [[Kevin Nash|Kevin Nash]]
| 1996–1999 2002
| Tag Team
| WCW IWF/E
|-
|[[Two Dudes with Attitudes]]
| [[Ryan Barnhart|Shawn Michaels]] [[Kevin Nash|Kevin Nash]]
| 1993–1995 2002–2003
| Tag Team
| IWF/E
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== See also ==
* [[Bone Street Krew]]

== References ==

{{IWE}}
{{D-Generation X}}
{{New World Order}}

The Kliq - Revision history

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