Kevin Nash
| Kevin Nash | |
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| Born | July 9, 1959 Detroit, Michigan |
| Lives in | Ponce Inlet, Florida |
| Professional wrestling career | |
| Ring name(s) | Chet Lemon Diesel Kevin Nash Oz Master Blaster Steel Vinnie Vegas |
| Billed height | 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) |
| 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) is an American professional wrestler and actor. He is currently signed to WWE under a legends contract. Kevin Nash returned to the WWE during the 2011 Royal Rumble as a surprise entrant. Nash also wrestled for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) from 2004-2010.
On March 28, 2015, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by friend and Kliq member Shawn Michaels.[1]
Signature moves[change | change source]
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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 | change source]
- 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)[2]
- 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/WWE
- WWF Championship (one time)[3]
- WWF Intercontinental Championship (one time)[4]
- WWF Tag Team Championship (two times) (with Shawn Michaels)[5][6]
- Triple Crown Champion
- WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2015)
- Slammy Award for Best Tag Team (Tag Team of the Year) (1994) (with Shawn Michaels)
- Slammy Award for Worst Tag Team (1994) (with Shawn Michaels)
- Slammy Award for MVP (Superstar of the Year) (1994)
- Slammy Award for Most Predictable Outcome of the Year (2011) (Powerbombing Santino Marella)[7]
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
- Most Improved (1994)
- Most Overrated (1999, 2000)
- Readers' Least Favorite Wrestler (2000)
- Worst Gimmick (1991)
- Worst Wrestler (1999, 2000)
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Kevin Nash to be inducted into WWE Hall of Fame's Class of 2015". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/classics/wwe-hall-of-fame/kevin-nash-wwe-hall-of-fame-2015-inductee-27213480. Retrieved 2015-4-3.
- ↑ "Pro Wrestling Illustrated (PWI) 500 for 1995". The Internet Wrestling Database. http://www.profightdb.com/pwi-500/1995.html. Retrieved 2015-4-3.
- ↑ "WWE World Heavyweight Championship - Diesel (November 26, 1994 - November 19, 1995)". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-world-heavyweight-championship/304454123. Retrieved 2015-4-3.
- ↑ "Intercontinental Championship - Diesel (April 13, 1994 - August 29, 1994)". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/intercontinental/322476. Retrieved 2015-4-3.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Diesel & Shawn Michaels (August 28, 1994 - November 23, 1994)". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/worldtagteam/304454132125. Retrieved 2015-4-3.
- ↑ "World Tag Team Championships - Diesel & Shawn Michaels (September 24, 1995 - September 25, 1995)". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/worldtagteam/3044541321224. Retrieved 2015-4-3.
- ↑ "WWE.com Exclusive Slammy Awards 2011". WWE. http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/2011-12-12/exclusive-slammy-awards-2011. Retrieved 2015-4-3.
Other websites[change | change source]
- Official website
- Kevin Nash on Twitter
- Kevin Nash's profile on WWE.com
