TSC Evaluation #55: Kevin Nash

[Heelish]

You were probably thinking of Eddie Edwards.

Guys like Ospreay aren't the norm though. It can't be the norm because Ospreay has had tons of injuries and he's only 24. Working that type of style is going to lead to a short career.

411MANIA | Details on Will Ospreay’s Injury History

Prior to the Best of the Super Junior tournament, there was concern over Will Ospreay having nagging injury issues at the age of 23. According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, here is a breakdown of what Ospreay has been dealing with after four years in the wrestling business…

* He’s has two slipped discs in his back
* Seven concussions
* A shoulder that is prone to separation
* Two fractured heels
* Sciatica that is causing numbness in his foot

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All of that in just 4 years.

Yeah, Vince and Co. won't touch this guy. But if Dreamer's available...

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

hes an 8 just off the fact he was super shredder

 

[patscorpio]

Nash could talk and cut a promo..but alot of his promos were on the "too cool for school" type factor..which i was never a fan of in the first place (and became a joke to me when he bytched and complained to management about rock's comments towards him during a promo..pure mark lol)..i did laugh at his portrayal of arn anderson though..6

i'll admit dude has had his fair share of bad gimmicks (OZ, Vinnie Vegas, Master Blaster) but as someone said being himself was the best gimmick.....being Diesel wasn't bad either i guess lol...of course a founding father of NWO 9

Ring work: He is on the sid level of ability when it comes to this with slightly more athleticism. Could be carried to good and great matches with good/great workers: Bret, IYH with shawn (IMO his best match ever), his buddy Scott Hall, Taker. Once he got back to WCW though he got lazy except in some tag team matches here and there..then he got injury prone. Good finisher in the Jackknife powerbomb 6

Overall..for better or for worse Nash will go down in wrestling history..good influence and some bad (the whole WCW demise thing)..low key he too is one of the few wrestlers to really crossover into hollywood..give him 6.5

 

[Riley Escobar]

He gets a 10 alone for that time he spent an entire Thunder doing color commentary and taking the piss out of everything and everyone

 

[Mantis Toboggan M.D.]

The OP is missing a few of my accomplishments that should be taken into consideration from my time traveling the globe between WCW ending and my return to the WWF in 2002, along with my time I was working with TNA and allowed to work elsewhere:

Eastern Europe Wrestling Federation
EEWF Heavyweight Champion (4x)

Moroccan Wrestling Alliance
MWA Heavyweight Champion (2x)
MWA Tag Team Champion (1x) - with Scott Hall
MWA Hall of Fame (Class of 2002)

London Underground Streetfighting Championship
King of the Bloody Streets - 2007 Runner Up

Guatemalan Championship Wrestling
GCW Heavyweight Champion (3x)
GCW Cruiserweight Champion (2x)
Lucha Wrestler of the Year - 2001

North Korean Professional Wrestling Association
NKPWA Heavyweight Champion (3x)
King of the Death Match - 2006
NKPWA Hall of Fame (Class of 2006)

Championship Wrestling of Siberia
CWS Heavyweight Champion (5x)
CWS Tag Team Champion (3x) - With Syxx-Pac
CWS Roulette Royal Winner - 2009
Wrestler of the Decade - 2010
CWS Hall of Fame (Class of 2010)

Level IV Master Sommelier

Silent investor in FUBU

#10 on Channing Tatum's Speed Dial on his personal phone

Continually letting fans know at autograph sessions that @Scott_Steiner is not dead, just irrelevant

now big poppa pump @Scott_Steiner is come through and crush the buildings with that ether . You got the sympy of tsc big fella

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

Nash kinda had the makeup on a pig syndrome.His matches sucked most of the time but that finisher helped even things out alot because of how over it was.Gave him a 7.

 

[Berniewood Hogan]

I GAVE HIM A FIVE BECAUSE HE'S A SIX WHO BOOKED HIMSELF TO LOOK LIKE A NINE BUT I'M BEING GENEROUS AND ADDING THREE TO THE TWO HE DESERVES, BROTHER!

 

[TNC]

He was big and charismatic and had plenty of great moments

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

-Mic work/promos: 8. Can't remember anything memorable he did promo-wise. He could definitely talk and had charisma, and could usually pop off a few good one-liners, but I remember a lot of his mic work being fairly directionless while leaning on the ropes and staring straight into the camera for 10 or 15 minutes on Nitro and Thunder. One great moment is the 4H parody, but I consider that more of a comedic skit than a promo.

-Personality/gimmicks: 8. Diesel was a cool bad-ass and Nash was cool smart-ass in the original nWo run.

-Ring work (along with some of your favorite matches/feuds): 4. Below average wrestler who became worse once he jumped back to WCW in 1996. Best matches were with Shawn & Bret. Best feud was with Shawn. He never really did anything of note as a singles star post-WWF Diesel era in terms of feuds or matches. Everything relevant after that revolves around the nWo and being in tag matches.

As a singles wrestler, best matches were with Shawn and Bret. Best singles feud was Shawn.

-Overall rating (which doesn't have to be an average of the above scores): 8.

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

hes an 8 just off the fact he was super shredder

i voted 9 tho

 

[Buzzed Lightyear]

A strong 6.
But if you take out the NWO portion of his career he drops down to a 4. I never liked his backstage antics because he seems like the type that was "on" by association with the higher ups. He basically used his pull to get his way in WWF & WCW & booked himself into a HOF spot. He wasn't innovative in the ring or on the mic, & he was like 2 steps behind with pop culture at the time trying to sound hip & in. If Men On A Mission didn't already do the Whoomp There It Is thing 5-6 years prior, I guarantee that would've been his niche in WCW. I don't know who was worse, him prancing around with a red rag tied backward around his head like he was 2Pac hollering "Wolfpac in the houuuussseeeee!" or Konan talking about "NWO Wolfpac is bouty bouty".
And speaking of 2Pac, his song "Homeboys" sums up the reason for majority of Nash's success because just like Triple H, he ain't shıt without them. Both of them rode waves & coattails to get where they are today.

 

[Bart simpson]

Ability to book himself: 10/10
Knees: 0/2
Ability to send texts: 5/10

Overall: 7

Never forget...
...

 

[dogavi]

i instinctively voted an 8 and then took stock of his attributes after the fact:

personality 10
presence/look 10
mic 8
ring skills 5

avg 8.25

looks like i was pretty spot on

 

[Sghost597]

In the 90s... The GOAT Big Men wrestlers were basically Undertaker, Nash, Big Show, and then Kane.

it's kind of crazy that those 4 are basically the GOAT Big men along with Andre. Undertaker being the most successful while Nash is a solid 2nd.

 

[Riley Escobar]

In the 90s... The GOAT Big Men wrestlers were basically Undertaker, Nash, Big Show, and then Kane.

it's kind of crazy that those 4 are basically the GOAT Big men along with Andre. Undertaker being the most successful while Nash is a solid 2nd.

Where the fukk is Vader