Kevin Nash Explains Why He Didn’t Wrestle At WWE WrestleMania X8

On the latest episode of Kliq This, Kevin Nash reflected on the NWO’s return to WWE in 2002 and the creative decisions surrounding WrestleMania X8. Nash came out with Scott Hall on the show for Hall’s match with Steve Austin but didn’t compete himself.

Nash addressed the common fan question regarding why he did not have a singles match on the card. You can check out some highlights below:

On Not Wrestling At WrestleMania 18:

“I’ll give you one thing that didn’t happen that was supposed to happen. I’ve seen shows on, ‘Why didn’t Kevin Nash have a WrestleMania match when they came in?’ The reason was we were supposed to f**k Steve [over], and Steve wasn’t going to put f**king Scott over solo. So I was there to make it two on one so f**king he could do the favor. And then day of or the night before, Steve said no. And so I didn’t have a match, and we just said both ended up getting stunned.”

On Austin Not Wanting to Work With Hall:

“I’m sure he f**king sat in his room and thought about how we almost put them out of business, and how our T-shirt was f**king selling like a motherf**ker. I know he said, ‘I love Kev.’ He doesn’t really know — I don’t think he was like that fond of Scott. And I think he just said, ‘You know what, man? F**k them, I’m Stone Cold. This is my company.'”

If you use any of the quotes in this article, please credit Kliq This an h/t to 411mania.com for the transcription.