Thunder Chunky
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Post by Thunder Chunky on Mar 22, 2019 5:41:18 GMT -5
Was there a reason that Nash didnt have a match? He accompanied Hall to the ring instead. Was he injured?
If he wasnt injured, I would have had him go against Kane. Then Angle would go up against Taker, and then I would have had Vince and Flair in the street fight from the Royal Rumble.
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Post by JTG on Mar 22, 2019 6:11:31 GMT -5
I know it sounds cliche for Kevin Nash, but if I recall correctly I do believe he was dealing with some sort of injury that kept him on the sidelines that night. I actually think the original plan was for Nash to take on Kane. Jakks even released a two-pack of the two in a WrestleMania X8 themed wave of figures.
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Post by LA Times on Mar 22, 2019 6:12:15 GMT -5
He was injured and came back in July that year...and tore his quadriceps in his first night back
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Post by Hulkster2001 on Mar 22, 2019 6:54:25 GMT -5
He tore his quad.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Mar 22, 2019 11:42:02 GMT -5
He wasn't injured at all.
If you people go back and watch, he wrestles on the Raw and Smackdown shows before and after Wrestlemania X8
The word was, they kept Nash off the show in case Hall was an issue. Meaning in case Hall became a drunk and messed everything up. So Nash was the backup plan to wrestle Austin at Mania.
Hall didn't mess up.... not until a month later, and then got fired.
So no, Nash wasn't injured or anything during that time frame.
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Post by Hulkster2001 on Mar 22, 2019 12:43:56 GMT -5
Ah ok
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Post by theoutlaw1999 on Mar 22, 2019 18:49:10 GMT -5
Nash vs Kane would've been a great match. Also he wasn't injured because he wrestled the Raws and Smackdowns before and after Mania.
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Post by Rude Awakening on Mar 22, 2019 21:27:03 GMT -5
Wasn’t it because if Scott Hall showed up to the show intoxicated they could have Nash step in his place and wrestle Austin?
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Post by k5 on Mar 22, 2019 21:49:11 GMT -5
Was there a reason that Nash didnt have a match? He accompanied Hall to the ring instead. Was he injured? If he wasnt injured, I would have had him go against Kane. Then Angle would go up against Taker, and then I would have had Vince and Flair in the street fight from the Royal Rumble. only problem with taker/angle is they were both heels at the time. |
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Post by Planktung on Mar 22, 2019 21:57:42 GMT -5
He was the backup in case Scott Hall decided to go hard in the paint.
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Post by Danger10 on Mar 23, 2019 9:37:42 GMT -5
Makes me wonder why they didn't plan Austin vs Nash with Hall in his corner from the beginning. I believe even Hall suggested it at one point.
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Sandman
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Post by Sandman on Mar 23, 2019 10:50:57 GMT -5
Say if Scott arrived to the building in no shape to compete that night or some other complication came up & they went with Kevin Nash to face Austin instead, do you think he would of had a knee brace ready for the match?..
I ask this because I remember hearing from an interview big Kev did quite some time ago that he was trying to get in contact with the Disco Inferno before his first match back where he inevitably did tear his quad in that 10 man tag match on Raw, he was trying to get in talks to borrow a knee brace from Disco but he couldn't get to him in time & instead had to wrestle on Raw without wearing one. Think about it, we could of possibly seen the legendary torn quad moment a few months sooner & on the grandest stage of them all no doubt, that would of surely been a Wrestlemania moment to remember..
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johnnyaustin21
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Post by johnnyaustin21 on Mar 23, 2019 15:00:08 GMT -5
WM X8 to me is still one of the worst booked big shows in WWE history.In 2002 had the deeps roster in history of big named talent and still could properly book Wrestlemania.Nash should have without question wrestled at the show and I've always felt it should have been The Outsiders Vs. APA while Austin would have won the title from Jericho and we would have gotten Austin/Triple H for the belt as the co main event along side Rock/Hogan.
The card should have been,
Rock/Hogan
Austin/Triple H for the WWF Title
Flair/Taker
Angle/Perfect
Hardy's/Dudley's/Edge & Christian TLC IV
APA/Outsiders
RVD/Jericho for the IC Title
DDP/Booker T for the European Title
Jazz/Lita/Trish for the Women's Title
Big Show/Kane
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Sandman
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Post by Sandman on Mar 24, 2019 10:29:42 GMT -5
Say if Scott arrived to the building in no shape to compete that night or some other complication came up & they went with Kevin Nash to face Austin instead, do you think he would of had a knee brace ready for the match?.. I ask this because I remember hearing from an interview big Kev did quite some time ago that he was trying to get in contact with the Disco Inferno before his first match back where he inevitably did tear his quad in that 10 man tag match on Raw, he was trying to get in talks to borrow a knee brace from Disco but he couldn't get to him in time & instead had to wrestle on Raw without wearing one. Think about it, we could of possibly seen the legendary torn quad moment a few months sooner & on the grandest stage of them all no doubt, that would of surely been a Wrestlemania moment to remember.. My bad, I had forgotten that Nash competed in that 3 on 2 handicap match on the Raw before Wrestlemania plus he wrestled the Rock on Smackdown a week or so after WM. So in that time frame of being active weekly, he obviously would of kept a knee brace ready with him.. |
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koreygunz
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Post by koreygunz on Mar 25, 2019 8:44:05 GMT -5
Makes me wonder why they didn't plan Austin vs Nash with Hall in his corner from the beginning. I believe even Hall suggested it at one point. Agents felt Austin and Hall would have a better match and gel better than Austin/Nash |
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Post by Hulkster2001 on Mar 25, 2019 9:18:51 GMT -5
Makes me wonder why they didn't plan Austin vs Nash with Hall in his corner from the beginning. I believe even Hall suggested it at one point. Agents felt Austin and Hall would have a better match and gel better than Austin/Nash A better match would’ve been Hogan/Austin |
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