Real Name: Kevin Nash
Birthday: July 9
Height/Weight: 7'0", 365
Finisher: Jackknife Powerbomb (also called the "Outsider Bomb" or "Truckstop Powerbomb")
In only a few short years,
Kevin Nash has become one of the most popular figures in recent
wrestling
history...quietly began his career in 1990 as a WCW undercard
wrestler using several gimmicks, and was
one half of the Master Blasters, then Oz, then Vinnie Vegas...Nash
also wrestled in several early WCW
matches under a mask using different names...as Vinnie Vegas,
Nash was a member of the "Diamond
Mine" and tagged with another new wrestler, a former manager
named Diamond Dallas
Page...unfortunately, all of Nash's gimmicks failed to go over
with fans and he never made it past
the
undercard... unhappy and underused, Nash left WCW and quickly
rose to prominence in the WWF,
under the name of "Big Daddy Cool" Diesel...Diesel went
from Shawn Michael's bodyguard to WWF
Intercontinental Champion, to WWF Tag Team Champion, to World
Wrestling Federation
Champion...the WWF began pushing Diesel at the 1994 Royal Rumble,
since Diesel eliminated several
wrestlers and was often the only man in the ring... began winning
over a huge number of fans...after Bret
Hart lost the WWF title to Bob Backlund, Diesel wrestled Backlund
and beat him in 8 seconds to win the
world title... instantly became a fan favorite, and changed his
personna from a quiet force to an outspoken
champion...held the belt for one full year, beating stars like
Backlund, Michaels, and King Mabel.
However, he was cleanly pinned by Bret Hart to lose the title,
and the loss devastated him...changed back
to his rulebreaking ways after announcing that Vince McMahon and
the WWF wanted to change him as a
champion and make him more "corporate"...despite his
WWF-owed success, Nash accepted a lucrative
offer by WCW Executive Vice President Eric Bischoff to return
to World Championship Wrestling,
though Nash continued to compete in the WWF to fulfill his contract...lost
to several WWF stars,
including the Undertaker and his friend and fellow "clique"
member Shawn Michaels, whom Nash
wrestled against in his last WWF match at WWF In Your House ("Good
Friends, Better Enemies")...was
brought into WCW as a "surprise" by Scott Hall, and
was the second "Outsider" to face WCW stars at the
1996 Bash at the Beach...went on to become one of the founding
members of the New World Order with
Hall and Hulk Hogan...as the team of the "Outsiders"
with Scott Hall, the two defeated Harlem Heat to
win the WCW World Tag Team Championship... during their tenure
as champions which lasted nearly
one full year, Hall and Nash actually lost the tag titles twice
(to the Steiner Brothers and the team of Lex
Luger and the Giant), only to have them re-awarded to them both
times by Eric Bischoff...Nash's role in
WCW and the NWO grew significantly in March and April of 1996
upon the absence of Scott Hall (due
to Hall's personal leave), and this began when Nash verbally attacked
Hollywood Hogan and the NWO
for a lack of focus...this incident seemed to plant the seeds
of dissention in the NWO...though Hogan and
Nash later called a truce, rumors still persist that the NWO could
one day break up, with Nash and Hogan
on opposite sides, as a result of this incident...however, months
after Hogan and Nash clashed, this
prediction has yet to actually occur as the NWO remains unified
with Nash as a loyal supporter of
Hogan...Nash was taken out of action after suffering a knee injury
at the "Battle in Seattle" house show in
September. This injury required orthoscopic surgery on Nash's
knee, and he was absent from WCW
broadcasts for several weeks...with Nash unable to wrestle the
Outsiders finally lost the WCW World Tag
Team titles, after a ruling from WCW Interim Commissioner Roddy
Piper which forced the team to
defend against the Steiner Brothers...Syxx substituted for the
injured Nash, and the team of Hall and Syxx
lost the titles on the 10/13/97 edition of WCW Monday Nitro after
interference from Larry
Zbyszko...upon his return on the 11/10/97 Nitro, Kevin Nash and
Scott Hall came to the ring wearing the
WCW tag titles as if they were still champions (eventually, Hall
and Nash defeated the Steiners to regain
the belts, lost them again, and won them back after Scott Steiner
joined the nWo)...at the World War III
pay-per-view, Nash began a full-scale feud with the Giant by attacking
him in an unusual fashion...Nash,
dressed as Sting, hit and injured the Giant's "chokeslam"
hand with a baseball bat...the two were slated to
face each other at the biggest event of the year, Starrcade '97,
but the match never happened since Nash
did not show up for the match (rumors ran rampant as to why...some
reports said he was ill, others said
he missed his flight)...the two finally wrestled at WCW/nWo Souled
Out '98 in a controversial match
where Nash jackknife powerbombed the Giant, causing him to land
on his neck...the move reportedly
injured the Giant, and following
the match the Giant was not seen for some time (however, rumors
had
the Giant in contract negotiations with World Championship Wrestling)...the
controversy over Nash's
powerbomb caused the move to be banned in WCW by WCW Commissioner
JJ Dillon, though Nash
continued to perform powerbomb wrestlers, causing his arrest,
subsequent removal from arenas and
$50,000 fines after each powerbomb...Nash claimed the banning
of his finishing manuever was an
attempt by WCW to punish Nash himself, since no other wrestler
has ever been punished by WCW for
performing a variation of the move...upon the Giant's return (and
re-signing with WCW) he appeared in a
neckbrace, and on a recent Monday Nitro actually powerbombed Nash
in the middle of the ring and was
not arrested by security...currently, Nash continues his World
Tag Team title reign with Scott Hall as his
feud continues with the Giant and his finisher is still banned
by WCW.