Kevin Nash
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| Ring name(s) | Chet Lemon Diesel Kevin Nash Oz (Master Blaster) Steel Vinnie Vegas |
| Billed height | 6 ft 9 in (2.07cm) |
| Billed weight | 305 lb. (141 KG) |
| Born | July 9, 1959 Detroit, Michigan |
| Resides | Ponce Inlet, Florida |
| Billed from | Detroit, Michigan (Diesel 1994-96, WCW, WWE) Scottsdale, Arizona (WCW) Las Vegas, Nevada (as Vinnie Vegas and Diesel 1993-94) Emerald City (as Oz) The Steel Mines (as Steel) |
| Trained by | Jody Hamilton |
| Debut | 1990 |
Kevin Scott Nash (born July 9, 1959 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American professional wrestler that is currently signed to WWE wrestling under the ring name, Diesel. Kevin Nash returned to the WWE during the 2011 Royal Rumble as a surpise entrant. Nash also wrestled for TNA from 2004-2010.
Signature moves[change]
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- Back Body Drop
- Big boot
- Chokeslam
- Chinlock
- Clothesline
- Corner foot choke
- Leapfrog body guillotine to an opponent draped over the second rope
- Double Hand Chokeslam
- Elbow Drop
- Gutwrench Suplex
- One-armed pendulum backbreaker, sometimes into a submission
- Repeated knee strikes or repeated back elbow strikes to a cornered opponent
- Clothesline
- Sleeperhold
- Snake eyes
- Walking sidewalk slam
- Arm twist ropewalk chop
- Body avalanche
- Chokebomb
- Chokeslam, sometimes onto the knee
- Discus clothesline
- Diving crossbody
- Dropkick
- Fallaway slam
- Guillotine leg drop
- Gutwrench powerbomb
- Leapfrog body guillotine over the top rope onto an opponent draped over the top rope
- Repeated back elbow strikes to a cornered opponent
- Sidewalk slam
- Sitout powerbomb
- Swinging side slam
Championships and accomplishments[change]
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI Most Improved Wrestler of the Year (1994)
- PWI Match of the Year (1995) vs. Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XI
- PWI Tag Team of the Year (1997) with Scott Hall
- PWI Wrestler of the Year (1995)
- PWI ranked him number 1 of the 500 best singles wrestlers of the year in the PWI 500 (1995)
- PWI ranked him number 59 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI Years (2003)
- PWI ranked him number 40 of the 100 best tag teams of the PWI Years with Scott Hall (2003)
- PWI ranked him number 55 of the 100 best tag teams in the PWI Years with Shawn Michaels (2003)
- Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
- TNA Legends Championship (two times)
- TNA World Tag Team Championship (one time) – with Eric Young and Scott Hall
- World Championship Wrestling
- WCW World Heavyweight Championship (five times)
- WCW World Tag Team Championship (nine times) – with Scott Hall (six), Diamond Dallas Page (two), and Sting (one)
- WCW World War 3 (1998)
- World Wrestling Federation
- WWF Championship (one time)
- WWF Intercontinental Championship (one time)
- WWF Tag Team Championship (two times) – with Shawn Michaels
- Triple Crown Champion
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- Most Improved (1994)
- Most Overrated (1999, 2000)
- Readers' Least Favorite Wrestler (2000)
- Worst Gimmick (1991)
- Worst Wrestler (1999, 2000)
