Kevin Nash Discusses nWo Anniversary, Brand Extension, Roman Reigns

WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash recently sat down with Sports Illustrated as a part of “Extra Mustard’s” weekly coverage of professional wrestling. In the interview, he discusses a number of topics, including the nWo’s 20th anniversary, the upcoming WWE brand extension, people comparing Roman Reigns to him, and more.

Below are some excerpts from the interview:

On the 20th anniversary of the nWo:

“Whether people say the NWO grew too fast or it didn’t grow fast enough, all I know is that it was pretty much an angle for three years,” said Nash. “Right now, the programming–with no competition–has a hard time going three months with any kind of an angle.”

On the upcoming brand extension:

“There’s just not a lot of depth,” explained Nash. “We did the split in ‘02, but they’ve had a rash of injuries. A lot of guys are coming back now, but when you start splitting things up, it just shows the lack of depth there is all the way through.”

On the comparisons between Roman Reigns and himself:

“Someone photoshopped his head and put it on Diesel and put my head on his body–and it looked good,” said Nash. “When I was Diesel, I bet you I hadn’t worked even 250 matches when I was champ. I broke in as Master Blaster and had maybe thirty matches with that character. They sh–canned that, I came back as Oz. I had twenty or thirty matches with that character, mostly in Japan, and then they sh–canned that. I came back as Vinnie Vegas and worked 75 matches that year as Vinnie Vegas. I came in as Shawn’s bodyguard and didn’t work anything that first year. Toward the end of the year, we worked a couple tag matches and six-man’s. What kind of pushed me in was somebody gimmicked Shawn’s drink and it came back positive for stanozolol. Shawn wasn’t even going to the gym, let alone taking stanozolol. It was ridiculous, but he got suspended–and then he got pissed when he got suspended, and I got thrown into that spot. I started working with Scott as the Razor Ramon character then, but I knew I was green even when I was champion.

You can read the entire interview at this link.

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