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As long expected, the WWE Hall of Fame has announced that Kevin Nash will be going into the Hall of Fame this year, but not as “Diesel”, the persona he had from 1993 to 1996 in the then named World Wrestling Federation as was originally suspected. Rather, he will enter the WWE Hall under his own name.
Nash first made his mark athletically as a center with the University of Tennessee basketball team and would bounce around in various jobs after before being recruited by World Championship Wrestling, when WCW wrestlers noticed the then bouncer’s size and thought he might be a good fit.
The near seven foot tall Nash, would endure horrendous gimmicks there, first as Master Blaster Steel, Oz and Vinnie Vegas but his star would rise when he would secure his release from WCW and enter the WWF as the bodyguard of Shawn Michaels. The two would become fast friends and the big man (rechristened as Diesel) was in the right place as he would become the first man to win the Intercontinental, Tag Team and World Heavyweight Championship in a twelve month period.
Nash would win the World Title in eight seconds over Bob Backlund in Madison Square Garden and would hold that belt for a full year before losing it to Bret Hart at the 1995 Survivor Series. Along with Scott Hall, Nash would bolt for WCW and would become a founder of the New World Order and launch the famed Monday Night Wars, which resulted in a boom period for the product.
He would become a multi-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion and Tag Team Champion, and easily one of the biggest draws in the company’s history.
Kevin Nash will be inducted by longtime friend, Shawn Michaels and becomes the fourth member of the famous “clique” to enter the WWE Hall of Fame.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate Kevin Nash for entering the WWE Hall of Fame.
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