History YMMV / KevinNash

** And then there was the {{Fingerpoke of Doom}}.
** And booking himself to end Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}'s winning streak right before that [citation needed]!

* AbortedArc: His match with Wrestling/CMPunk was canceled due to Nash not really being able to pull off a match these days.

* BadassDecay: Diesel. ''Big Daddy Cool''. That guy was cool. Seven feet tall and would cut amazing promos...when he was a heel. Face Diesel was godawful, Vince was trying to turn him into Next Hogan (which is all Vince has ever really tried to do when he [[ExecutiveMeddling actively manages wrestlers]]). You can see this playing out again with Roman: he has cool gear, scary tattoos, and great hair, but his face promos awful and are basically '[[LameComeback I know you are but what am I, SON]]' while he smirks and laughs.
* BaseBreaker: [[strike:Big Lazy]] [[strike:The Workrate Killer]] Kevin Nash is up there with Wrestling/JeffJarrett and Wrestling/TripleH in terms of unpopularity with the internet fans e.g. smarks. Nash slightly moreso since, during his tenure as Head Booker for WCW, he single-handedly prevented people such as Wrestling/EddieGuerrero and Wrestling/ChrisBenoit from getting their deserved pushes and robbed that place blind, helping to kill it from the inside. Of course, judging his reception at the Royal Rumble, he's still wildly popular. Mainly because Nash is, at the very least, charming and entertaining.
* CharacterDerailment: A lot of negativity surrounding Nash stems from The Finger Poke of Doom, which buried the Wolfpac and killed Nash's heat. Only those who were alive and watching at the time remember how over Nash was.

** The ''crazy'' testament to how over Nash and the Wolfpac were at the time is that the crowd went nuts for him beating Goldberg even with interference from a f--ing tazer.
** Then he had the balls to book himself as a '''face''', standing up for the "boys" against the "office" [[{{Hypocrite}} which kept them down.]]
--->'''[[WebVideo/OSWReview OOC]]''': Do you hear the fuckin' reaction he got when he came out? ''Who's still cheering'' this fuckin' guy? after all he's done? I just...I just don't understand it. He clearly '''[[TrollingCreator hates every single person]]''' sitting in this crowd, and you are cheering.\\
'''V1:''' He hates ''[[HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight wrestling!]]''\\
'''OOC:''' It's just incredible.
* GrowingTheBeard - His run as WWE champion in 1995 is remembered for being... pretty poor. It's been noted he was the lowest paid WWE Champion because he was the lowest drawing. The highlight of which has to be Bret Hart taking it from him at the Survivor Series (well, that and his PWI Match of the Year with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels.) However, after that, he started becoming a more interesting Heel. He then jumped shipped to WCW and with the nWo became the Magnificent Bastard we know and love.

** After dropping off the radar since his 2011 Rumble appearance, he returned to cheap shot CM Punk at Summerslam after retaining the WWE Championship, allowing Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio to cash in his ''Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank'' Briefcase and win the title.
** HolyShitQuotient: When Diesel made his triumphant return at the Rumble, Matt Striker let out a very audible "holy sh-" before cutting himself off.
** He had another Rumble moment in 2014, where he came out to the old {{n|ewWorldorder}}Wo music that got him a nice pop from the crowd.

* MisBlamed: ''Booked himself to squash Goldberg!'' ...Except he only got the book ''after'' he beat Goldberg. Such is the hazard of [[NeverMyFault booking by committee.]]
** His WWF Title reign was a flop largely because they took this cool bad guy and neutered him into a smiling do-gooder babyface. Even Nash questioned the logic behind it in hindsight.

** And then there was the FingerpokeOfDoom.

** And his quad tear on Raw. This after he'd already suffered a bicep tear that left him on the shelf for months.
** And his coining of the term "vanilla midgets" on stars such as Chris Jericho, Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr, Wrestling/ChrisBenoit, and Eddie Guerrero -- all of whom ended up becoming wildly popular world champions. Big Kev was unrepentant, stating that Benoit and Guerrero sharing a ring at ''[=WrestleMania=]'' is what [[RuinedFOREVER killed pro wrestling]] for him.
* ProtectionFromEditors: Nash, even more so than Hogan, refused to put any wrestler over (except as [[CharacterDerailment a joke]]). He used his "no cut" contract and position as "head booker" to squash and bury every WCW wrestler he could find, made a mockery out of the whole company (Intercontinental Title [[ItsAllJunk in the trash can]]), and laughed all the way to the bank. Just looking at the numbers, it's hard to argue that he wasn't a key reason for WCW's failure.
-->'''[[http://www.ddtdigest.com/updates/1999053m.htm DDT]]''': Hey, guess what's for sale on EBay? The dartboard that Kevin Nash uses [[DecisionDarts to do the booking.]]
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Big Men are becoming passe in this sport. And yeah, people shit all over Nash now. But back in the day, when he was actually booked well, he was an ice-cool motherfucker who just came in and jackknifed your ass.

&& In the final years of WCW, Nash was earning a whopping $1.6 million per year (2/3 of what Hogan made) on a sinking ship that continued to hand out money it could no longer afford. If you think the average wrestling fan doesn't covet or admire (even secretly) that kind of swagger, you're mistaken.

* DracoInLeatherPants: In the final years of WCW, Nash was earning a whopping $1.6 million per year (2/3 of what Hogan made) on a sinking ship that continued to hand out money it could no longer afford. If you think the average wrestling fan doesn't covet or admire (even secretly) that kind of swagger, you're mistaken.

** Then he had the effrontery to book himself as a face, standing up for the "boys" against the "office" [[{{Hypocrite}} which kept them down.]]

* HesBack: After dropping off the radar since his 2011 Rumble appearance, he returned to cheap shot CM Punk at Summerslam after retaining the WWE Championship, allowing Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio to cash in his ''Wrestling/MoneyInTheBank'' Briefcase and win the title.

* MemeticMutation: As part of his GlassCannon designation. He once tore a quad muscle just by ''walking across the ring to make a tag'', giving rise to the (brief) "OW MY FUCKING QUAD~!" Now it's Nash *insert action*… *tears quad*.

* NeverLiveItDown: Play [-''(adj.)''-]

* GrowingTheBeard - His run as WWE champion in 1995 is remembered for being... pretty poor. It's been noted he was the lowest paid WWE Champion because he was the lowest drawing. The highlight of which has to be Bret Hart taking it from him at the Survivor Series (well, that and his PWI Match of the Year with Wrestling/ShawnMichaels.) However, after that, he started becoming a more interesting Heel. He then jumped shipped to WCW and with the NWO became the Magnificent Bastard we know and love.

** He had another Rumble moment in 2014, where he came out to the old {{nWo}} music that got him a nice pop from the crowd.

* ProtectionFromEditors[=/=]WagTheDirector: Nash, even more so than Hogan, refused to put any wrestler over (except as [[CharacterDerailment a joke]]). He used his "no cut" contract and position as "head booker" to squash and bury every WCW wrestler he could find, made a mockery out of the whole company (Intercontinental Title [[ItsAllJunk in the trash can]]), and laughed all the way to the bank. Just looking at the numbers, it's hard to argue that he wasn't a key reason for WCW's failure.

* ProtectionFromEditors: Nash, even more so than Hogan, refused to put any wrestler over (except as [[CharacterDerailment a joke]]). He used his "no cut" contract and position as "head booker" to squash and bury every WCW wrestler he could find, made a mockery out of the whole company (Intercontinental Title [[ItsAllJunk in the trash can]]), and laughed all the way to the bank. Just looking at the numbers, it's hard to argue that he wasn't a key reason for WCW's failure.

* MisBlamed: Booking himself to squash Goldberg! ...Except he only got the book ''after'' he beat Goldberg. Such is the hazard of booking by committee.

* HesBack: After dropping off the radar since his 2011 Rumble appearance, he returned to cheap shot CM Punk at Summerslam after retaining the WWE Championship, allowing Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio to cash in his Money in the Bank Briefcase and win the title.

* AwesomeEgo: Nash is so brazenly egomaniacal that you kind of just have to marvel at him. Then again, he did packed 50,000 people in the Garden when he won the title, which gives him some license.

* AwesomeEgo: Nash is so brazenly egomaniacal that you kind of just have to marvel at him.

** And his coining of the term "vanilla midgets" on stars such as Chris Jericho, Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr, Wrestling/ChrisBenoit, and Eddie Guerrero -- all of whom ended up becoming wildly popular world champions. Big Kev was unrepentant, stating that Benoit and Guerrero sharing a ring at ''[=WrestleMania=]'' is what killed pro wrestling for him.

** And his coining of the term "vanilla midgets" on stars such as Chris Jericho, Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr, Wrestling/ChrisBenoit, and Eddie Guerrero - all of whom ended up becoming wildly popular world champions.

** And booking himself to end Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}'s winning streak right before that [untrue]!

** And booking himself to end Wrestling/{{Goldberg}}'s winning streak right before that.

** [[AC:[[WagTheDirector He booked myself to be pleased with this]].]]

* NeverLiveItDown: Play ''{adj.)''

* Misblamed: Booking himself to squash Goldberg! ...Except he only got the book ''after'' he beat Goldberg. Such is the hazard of booking by committee.

* BaseBreaker: [[strike:Big Lazy]] [[strike:The Workrate Killer]] Kevin Nash is up there with Wrestling/JeffJarrett and Wrestling/TripleH in terms of unpopularity with the internet fans e.g. smarks. Nash slightly moreso since, during his tenure as Head Booker for WCW, he single-handedly prevented people such as Wrestling/EddieGuerrero and Wrestling/ChrisBenoit from getting their deserved pushes. Of course, judging his reception at the Royal Rumble, he's still wildly popular. Mainly because Nash is, at the very least, witty and entertaining.

* NeverLiveItDown: "So [[Wrestling/{{WCW}} this is 'where the big boys play]],' huh? Look at the adjective--play!" No, Mr. Nash, "play" is not an adjective.

* BadassDecay: A lot of negativity surrounding Nash stems from The Finger Poke of Doom, which buried the Wolfpac and killed Nash's heat.

** Look at the adjective, *insert a non-adjective*.

* XPacHeat: On top of ''everything'' else, Nash also likes to fuck with the fans. He tweets incendiary things, or “news” to [[TrollingCreator mess with the heads of smarks]]. It's a common old-school attitude, but one you don't often see in today's "sports entertainment" with its reliance on courting fans and social media. And when he isn’t actively ribbing fans, he offends them by trashing The Radicalz (or "vanilla midgets"). So Nash has always had an image problem, and he doesn't seem too interested in censoring himself or kissing asses to fix it.