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wrestleline.com: features - interviews wrestleline.com wrestleline.com home :: columns :: recaps :: features :: title histories :: wrestleline store :: about wrestleline :: contact us wrestleline.com home columns recaps features rankings title histories wrestleline store about wrestleline contact us   interviews 12.5.04 exclusive interview with kevin nash (2001) by "downtown" dave richard wrestleline staff writer note: the following interview with kevin nash was conducted on march 23, 2001, backstage at an independent show in sanford, fla. it was literally hours after the announcement that the wwf had purchased wcw, heralding the death of wcw and victory for the wwf in the promotional wars. other notes of interest: nash wasn't working the indy show, but was backstage visiting with scott hall, who worked a main event match against john "earthquake" tenta that night (tenta ran this promotion). kevin nash was friendly but frank, agreeing to do an interview, but pulling no punches about his thoughts on the internet, small wrestlers, and other issues. scott hall, on the other hand, was adamant that he would not give any reporters the time of day. during the nash interview, hall repeatedly stepped in and interrupted, saying things like "hey, kev, come on. you don't have to talk to these guys." to his credit, nash repeatedly said "no, it's ok," and continued the interview. this interview is a look into what was on the mind of one of wcw's biggest stars of the 1990s on the day the company folded, and where he thought his future was headed. it also illustrates his feeling that little men can never be main eventers. note that since this interview, chris jericho, chris benoit and eddie guerrero each held a version of the world title. and tonight (dec. 5, 2004), nash and hall are working a tna ppv main event match with jeff jarrett against randy savage, jeff hardy and aj styles. i wonder if nash ever thought he'd find himself here... or indeed, if he cared one way or the other. enjoy this encore presentation of the kevin nash interview conducted by wrestleline's "downtown" dave richard on march 23, 2001. - denny burkholder dr: let's jump right in. would you ever be interested in working with mcmahon again down the line? kn: oh yeah, i enjoyed working with vince. creatively, we never had any problems. i left there for money. but i know he's not going to take me (and be stuck) with these giant contracts, so looks like i'll be sitting at home getting paid for the next 11 months, which is fine with me. you know, let me get this right, i get paid 2 million bucks if i work the next 10 months, or i could sit at home and make the same amount of money. dr: it's old news, but what's your take on the david arquette world title angle? kn: it was horrible. i told him that a lot of guys work hard, there's still some prestige in the belt. when you've got david arquette and vince russo - two guys who have held the world belt, it's no wonder why our ratings went to shit. dr: do you think that was russo's idea or something handed down from above? kn: i think it was russo's. dr: what's your take on the xfl? kn: i watched a couple of games, but i'm not a football fan, i don't watch the nfl. i've watched more nfl than i have xfl. dr: are you enjoying the ncaa basketball tournament? kn: yeah. i like stanford. duke doesn't match up well... they're too small. dr: did the fake diesel bother you? kn: no, it was a compliment to me. name another time in the history of this business when two guys left the federation, and they tried to make impostors of them. dr: do you think the nwo was the best idea for an angle ever? kn: it revitalized the wrestling business. dr: do you think that did or that ecw did? kn: ecw is dead. dr: well, sure, but before they died they brought a new style of wrestling to the forefront. kn: ecw has great finishes, but it was ridiculous. they're all small. name a guy. mike awesome was a giant in ecw, and he came to our league and everybody went 'oh god, i thought he was 6'8.' on top of that, they were stupid enough to put him with me his first night - somebody that's a foot and a half taller than him. he's a great guy, he's talented, but most of those ecw guys are too small. dr: is being small a big problem in this business? kn: look at malenko, saturn, benoit, jericho... they're in the same spot now as they were in wcw, but with better production. they're not any higher up in the card that they were with wcw. they're all still mid-card guys because they're all, you know... the only time they're going to be main event guys is when they work against main event guys. they're all great hands, all great talents, but the bottom line is this: to me, to be successful in this business, when you walk through an airport, if you're not a wrestler, someone should think that you are. it's the luck of genetics, i guess. dr: what's your take on hulk hogan? kn: he's a friend. good guy, legend. the babe ruth. dr: the screwjob at bash at the beach with hogan and jarrett and russo, a lot of people thought it was a work, but it looks like it was a shoot after all. did you have a feeling that is was? kn: i knew it was. i talked to hulk that night. i mean, hulk and i went through a lot of shit early, but we became really good friends. he wanted creative control. he didn't mind doing a job. he asked russo what he had to do, he asked 'i'll do a job tonight, what do you have for me?' and russo said 'well i don't have anything for you.' so hogan said 'well i've got creative control, that's why i have it so i'm not in the hands of idiots like you.' dr: what's your take on the jerry lawler/kat situation? kn: kudos to lawler because they were gonna fire his wife. you're not gonna back vince down. dr: would you have done the same thing? kn: my wife would have never been in the business. dr: what's your take on the wrestling internet media? kn: i think it's bogus. if it was policed and had some responsibility to the journalism, then that's fine. but until then it's f*cking bogus. i've had shit written in there about me that my wife had read that wasn't true. it messes with people's lives. the thing that always kills me is everybody in the sheets buries this business. like no matter what, it's never any good. they'll try to find a negative in it, but sooner or later there's not going to be one. there's not going to be a business, so what the f*ck are they going to do for money? huh? what are they going to say? 'my resume is that i wrote some xeroxed piece of shit for the last 10 years?' what the f*ck is their resume going to say? they didn't work for anybody, they worked for themselves. might as well have been j*ckin' off if they're going to have this much on their resume. they're f*ckin around and burying the business, burying all the guys. when i was up and coming, and i started, they praised me. i needed a break, need

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