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Kevin Nash On Not Drawing As WWE Champion, Eric Bischoff Saying He Would Put WWE Out Of Business
- Updated: September 28, 2016
Recently on Legends With JBL, ‘The Outsiders’ Scott Hall and Kevin Nash were interviewed. Among other things, Nash addressed the common criticism that he did not draw as WWE Champion. Also, Nash discussed Eric Bischoff and Hall talked about the differences between working for WWE and WCW.
According to Nash, the criticism that he did not draw as WWE’s top guy is unwarranted because nobody drew at that time, even though WWE had the likes of Steve Austin, Bret Hart, Triple H, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, and many other top stars of the Attitude Era all under the WWE umbrella at the same time. Nash divulged that he probably did not even have 100 matches under his belt at the time he held WWE’s top championship.
“I always get the quotation of ‘I didn’t draw’. Nobody drew. I look at it like people don’t realize, when they made me the champion, I probably hadn’t had 100 matches. I mean, I just never worked. I came in with the mohawk as Steel. My partner [in the Master Blasters tag team] and I had eight, ten matches. We go to a Christmas television taping. He doesn’t want to do a job to the Steiners, they fire him, and tell me to grow my hair out. I sat home for a year and a half. I come back, they put a dunce cap on me. That works for about a week. I go home and sit out for that. I become Vinnie Vegas. I work a little bit. Then, I come in, the first 12 months at the WWE, I’m a bodyguard. And finally, I …