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Morning Glory RCC:
Defending Nash
Well, before I begin this
column, I’m gonna rip off Raine, and compare myself to a wrestler. This is
ego-maniacal, low, and pretty pointless, but it’s funny, and kind of fits in with
this column…..
Superstar Scott Newman as......KEVIN NASH
Many people called me this while I was doing some OWA booking. And although I didn’t
get the chance to put the World title on myself, and put the other titles on my buddies, I
managed to get hold of the tag titles. But there are many more parallels between me and
the n W o member. You see, those who have spoken to me on AIM will know (cos I bitch about
it) that my knees are shot, just like Nash’s. In fact, I got a doctors appointment
for them this week! Nash is known as a lazy man, and although I don’t agree with this
at all, I gotta admit I’m lazy too. I work out quite a lot, and generally stay
healthy, but at the end of the day, I sit on my arse waaaay too much. And last but not
least….Nash is known as ‘Big Sexy’. I may not be that big (5’9”),
but I’m damn sure the second part of that nickname!!
Ah…I love ego-brushing. Now, the column. It’s about my favourite wrestler ever,
Kevin Nash.
Nash is basically despised on the ‘net for a number of reasons, the reasons mainly
being that he is lazy, can’t put on a good match and abuses his backstage power.
However, all this withstanding, who didn’t mark out when he walked out onto the stage
at No Way Out? Who doesn’t wanna see him lock up with Austin, Rock, Angle? I hear
silence people! Nash is still a major star. He may not be a Benoit in the ring, but with
the right opponent, he can still put on a great match.
I’m gonna do something that I’ll get flamed for here…..I’m gonna
defend Nash’s behaviour in WCW. Firstly, the claim that Nash was lazy in the ring.
I’m not denying that this was true. Nash was extremely lazy, and rarely put 80%, let
alone 100% effort into his matches. But if you look at the situation, he had a perfectly
good reason for being lazy. Nash was over with the fans regardless of his workrate. This
meant that he could put on shitty matches, and yet the crowd would still love the guy.
Nash was on a monster contract, regardless of what he did in the ring, and he also was
part of the booking committee, eventually becoming head booker. So, put yourself in
Nash’s position: working hard in the ring won’t affect your position on the
card, nor your push. It won’t affect how over you are with the fans; they will love
you whatever. Working hard could cause injuries, and will also tire you out. If YOU were
Nash, would you have worked hard in the ring? My answer is certainly NO! Hulk Hogan once
said that the best wrestlers were the ones who ‘earned the most money, and did the
least miles’. Going by this, Nash is the greatest of all time. I don’t believe
in this theory, but I do think Nash did the right thing.
When Nash was head booker of WCW, he made himself the focal point of the shows, ended
Goldberg’s famous ‘streak’, and booked himself into multiple title reigns.
He was accused of burying people he didn’t like, or people who threatened his
position on the card. Again, can you blame Nash for this? I certainly can’t. When I
became part-booker of the OWA, although it’s imaginary, it’s the same sort of
thing, most of my suggestions involved pushing my characters, or my buddies. In an ideal
world, I would have been feuding with one of Tim or Christina’s characters over the
world title. Power corrupts, and the people who have power become ‘self serving’
and do as much as they can for themselves and their friends. Although we’re somewhat
cool now, I buried Sick Boy in the OWA because I didn’t like him, although his
RP’s were pretty good. So, this kind of gave me Nash’s perspective. Again, put
yourself in Nash’s position; you are given total control over the booking, regardless
of the effects on the company; who wouldn’t book themselves into a title reign? I
certainly would have done exactly what Nash did. And I’m sure everyone reading this
column would have done too.
Nash in the WWF is a totally different story. Forget all the people who are worried that
Nash will use his backstage power to move himself up the card, don’t be worried. Nash
hasn’t been given the keys to the kingdom this time, Vince McMahon is the only boss.
The only wrestler that I believe has any backstage pull is probably HHH, because of his
relationship with Stephanie. We all saw what happened with guys like Buff Bagwell and
KroniK when they messed up. The WWF has no competiton, no enemies any more. So that means
nowhere to go if you are released from the WWF, other than joke feds like the WWA. So do
you really think someone like Nash will try to pull any backstage stunts? Believe me, he
has more to lose than the WWF. Nash will be a good employee, and I for one hope that he
can finally silence his critics. After all, for all the wrongs he did in WCW, there’s
no denying that every single one of us, and most people on the planet, would have done the
same.
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