Kevin Nash Recalls Unspoken Rule Of Not Mentioning Vince McMahon in Hall of Fame Speeches 

On the latest episode of Kliq This, Kevin Nash talked about the well-known unspoken rule not to mention Vince McMahon in WWE Hall of Fame speeches. The famous rule made the wave of tributes to McMahon at this year’s ceremony all the more notable, including Stephanie McMahon thanking her dad.

Nash reflected on the atmosphere at the 2026 WWE Hall of Fame where Stephanie McMahon’s induction naturally brought her father’s name into the spotlight. You can check out some highlights below:

On Not Being Able to Mention McMahon:

“You got to realize — in the world when Vince was the emperor, it was forbidden to make reference to Vince McMahon in your Hall of Fame speech. Stephanie went out first and hit her f**ing tee shot, and it was f**king 300 yards down the middle to Vince McMahon land. And everybody else went, ‘Oh, I’ll play through.’

“Because nobody that’s been there for any f**king time that Vince has touched, cannot have to tell him thank you. Because he was the dream maker. He was the one that — if you were going to make it in that company, he was going to touch the sword on each one of your shoulders. He was going to anoint you. It was very, very hard for me. I wanted to so badly just say that without — you know, ‘I knocked on your front door at jabroni, and f**king, you were the first one that looked at me and saw f**king money.”

On the Rule:

“It was taboo… it was just an unspoken, spoken rule. Paul broke it last year. It was his father-in-law. It was absolutely, 100%, you did not mention Vince McMahon, I don’t know if Taker did or not. I bet you Taker did when — if you go back and listen to it. Because of the relationship that Mark had with Vince.”

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