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hey guys it's joe here filling in for
Wrestlemania when it comes to the death
of World Championship Wrestling Vince
Russo deserves a good amount of the
blame but don't overlook Kevin Nash's
role either here are 10 things Kevin
Nash ruined in WCW number one ending the
streak Bill Goldberg was one of the
great success stories in wrestling
history and helped WCW distinguish
itself as more than just the New World
Order a large part of Goldberg's success
was his undefeated streak which took on
a life of its own with the fans
wondering who's next
sadly Kevin Nash decided to end Goldberg
streak at Starrcade in one of
wrestling's most anti climactic events
worse nash booked himself as the man to
do so leading to our next pick number
two the finger poke of doom now that
Nash was WCW champion he prepared for a
defense against Goldberg on nitro thanks
to an incredibly stupid Angle Goldberg
was kayfabe arrested resulting in Hulk
Hogan getting the match according to the
book the death of WCW the original plan
was for Miss Elizabeth to accuse
Goldberg of rape but this was changed to
aggravated stalking with Goldberg
conveniently out of the picture
Hollywood Hogan Nash's rival for control
of the New World Order stepped into the
match the Nash versus Hogan bout could
have been a dream match but turn into
Exhibit A in the death of WCW Hogan
applied the now infamous finger poke of
doom laying Nash out and covering him
for a dive boxing promoter Don King
couldn't have orchestrated better
despite the fans disgust Nash defended
the angle in a 2015 interview it's just
like the finger poke of doom sent -
people say that killed WCW well no it
didn't how else were we going to put
together a heel factory for Goldberg to
run through the only thing that had any
validity was the NWO and the plan was to
have Goldberg go through everyone he got
stuff and then he eventually got hurt
but that was the original plan to no
one's surprise but Kevin Nash and Hulk
Hogan's the fans were furious as Nash
and Hogan hugged following the match the
fans knew they'd been screwed six ways
to Sunday
this wrestling equivalent of auto-erotic
asphyxiation rose to david carradine
like heights when eric bischoff had Tony
Shivani give away the results of Roz
main events the famous night make fully
defeated the rock to become WWF Champion
number 3 unmasking Rey Mysterio fans are
still asking what the payoff was for Rey
Mysterio's unmasking the mask is a
sacred piece of Lucha Libre tradition
and losing it can impact a wrestlers
career to the point where they're never
the same a wrestler putting a mask on
the line is like putting one soul on the
line yet Kevin Nash had Mysterio lose it
in a meaningless match with no payoff
for Rey Mysterio has gone on record
saying he had no choice but to unmask
I'm strongly against it I don't think
WCW understood what the mask meant to me
to my fans and to my family it was a
very bad move on their behalf the fans
wanted Rey Mysterio with the mask and
losing it hurt me a lot
it was also frustrating that it didn't
come as the climax to a feud with
another masked wrestler but in a
throwaway match I think the fans
understand that I was in a position
where I had no option I either had to
lose my mask or lose my job Mysterio ran
into more trouble with lucha
traditionalists when he was booked in a
mask versus masked bout against
psychosis in Tijuana after Ray had lost
his mask when rival promoter Anthony
Pena informed the Mexican press the
finish of Rey losing cleanly had to be
changed nonetheless the fans booed Rey
out of the building as they were none
too happy with what had almost gone down
number 4 financial solvency Kevin Nash
ruined many things at WCW particularly
the company's financial solvency WCW
lost fifteen million dollars during
Nash's 10 years Booker the company's
biggest loss at the time fortunately for
Nash his incompetence would soon be
overshadowed the following year number
five
destroying WCWS credibility well there's
no doubt that the NWO helped jumpstart
WCW during the Monday Night war
Nash's dominance over WCW stars got to
the point where WCW fans gave up on
cheering their heroes as they got
destroyed week after week Nash's
proclivity for avoiding jabs reached new
lows when he conveniently missed doing
the job to the Giant at Starrcade 97
after he had claimed he had a heart
attack
WCW once-mighty main eventers suddenly
transformed into the
browz all but guaranteeing a loss
everytime they stepped into the ring
with a WCW star with Nash being booked
as the equivalent of the New England
Patriots complete with questionable
refereeing as well number six guaranteed
contracts Kevin Nash made a move at 1.6
million dollars a year during WCWS dying
days Nash is stated in interviews he's
in it for the money and not for critics
approval however Nash took things to a
new level
taking WCW to the cleaners by squeezing
the company for every penny he could
despite the company losing a fortune
arguably largely due to his bad booking
if Nash's WCW contract was based on
performance incentives he would have
ended up on the streets of Atlanta with
a sign that said we'll drop pants for
food
number 7 phoning it in Kevin Nash was
never known for putting on five star
classics and while that's not damning in
itself never has someone done so little
with so much Nash had a big man look and
he could cut a good promo regrettably he
was notorious for phoning in matches
earning himself the nickname big lazy
from his peers
there's no denying Nash could put on
work grin like matches the problem was
he rarely put in the requisite effort
number eight dismissing the vanilla
midgets during his time in WCW Kevin
Nash described wrestlers Chris Benoit
and Dean Malenko as vanilla midgets to
technically sound wrestlers whose work
he admired but whom he didn't see his
main eventers in a 2005 dirt she'd
interview Nash clarified his comments it
was one of those deals where I loved
what they did but at the same time it's
like watching a guy with a 4-inch [ __ ]
not surprisingly fans and wrestlers
alike took exception to Nash's comments
in his book cheating death stealing life
Eddie Guerrero penned considering how
little talent he had in the ring Nash is
one of the most arrogant people I've
ever had the displeasure to know he'd
walk right past you and not acknowledge
your presence unless he thought there
was something he could get out of you I
don't say this lightly but I genuinely
feel that Nash is evil Nash is
backpedaled on his comments saying he
was working people when he said them
however Nash has also reiterated the
comments over the years making him a
pioneer of alternative facts number nine
burying Ric Flair although Ric Flair had
become the nwo's whipping boy from the
factions
his days 1999 saw Flair's humiliations
reach new lows this was the year when
the New World Order beat up flair left
him for dead in a field the year the NWO
maneuvered Flair's son David to turn
heel on him and joined the black and
white and the Year Flair had a kayfabe
nervous breakdown resulting in him being
institutionalized though anyone who'd
gone through what Flair had in 1999
likely would have suffered a breakdown
for real why a Booker would want to
destroy one of its promotions top
drawers is unfathomable except out of
jealousy in spite number 10
booking WCW into the ground as you can
imagine Kevin Nash's booking has
generated controversy since its time
calling the shots of WCW still Nash
defends himself it was also such a
different animal explained Nash at the
time you couldn't compare it to doing an
hour of live Raw then to tape towers and
then doing a bunch of squash matches on
Superstars and challenge that was not
like trying to book three hours of live
television and a monthly pay-per-view
and back then the pay-per-view drove our
bottom line it's not like now with the
WWE Network where the pay-per-view is
the throw away
fortunately for Nash's pride Vince Russo
and Ed Ferraro would take the helm in
the fall of 1999 distracting fans from
his atrocious booking with even worse
booking well guys there you have it 10
things Kevin Nash ruined in WCW are
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