Nash vs Austin at WM18?

I think that the nWo as a whole had their Mania matches reworked for one reason or another. The goal clearly was Austin/Hogan but Austin wanted no part of it so that’s when it got switched to Rock/Hogan. Austin then got moved to Hall, where as Kevin Nash was supposed to then have a match with Kane (that’s why they were paired together in the Jakks 2 packs series) but since Mr Perfect wasn’t cutting it upon his return after the Rumble for his scheduled feud with Angle at Mania they called another audible and put Angle with Kane thus leaving Nash without anyone. And since like you said he was supposedly dealing with minor injuries, probably had his role limited without much attempt to get him a match against someone else like Big Show I’d assume.

That being said, none of them were in phenomenal shape upon return, if you go back and watch that 3 vs 2 handicap match on Raw the week before, it was an incredibly sloppy match for what should have been a historical moment in wrestling history.

I remember hearing that Nash was the back up in case Hall fell off the wagon going into Wrestlemania that year.

So if Hall couldn't compete, Nash would have taken the match with Austin.

But seriously, Kevin Nash vs. Steven Austin would have made much more sense. Both former World Champions of their companies during the heights of the Monday Night War era. Both former WWF Champions at that. Nash was the supposed leader of the New Generation all through 1995, and Austin was the leader of the Attitude Era through 1998 - 1999.

So over all, I would have been in favour of Nash vs. Austin over Hall vs. Austin. Not because I am a Kevin Nash fan either, I like Scott Hall just as much, it's just Nash vs. Austin would have been more of a main event feel to it.

I think based on this 2 pack that Nash vs Kane was probably the original plan:



The other 2 packs that came out were the matches that happened:




I can't think of any other reason for that 2 pack with Kane and Nash other than scrapped plans....I don't believe Nash and Kane ever had an interaction in WWE? So why make the 2 pack?

In Philly! Cant forget this gem...

Agreed that Nash and Kane could have pulled off a decent hoss fight with Nash going over and Kane loosing nothing.

I know they didn’t know the nWo would be signing with them when Taker turned heel at the end of 2001, but had they held off on the heel turn we could have gotten the Bros of Destruction vs the Outsiders, which is a big matchup IMO. Kurt gets Mr. Perfect, and Austin and Flair could fight (which to me is still a huge matchup for the time).

Even in videos games Austin was being phased out in 2002 lol

Late reply but my issue is, what would be the reason for them fighting? Was it going to be a random match or with a storyline

Imagine if they did the Nash-Kane feud and Nash decides to drop little shoot pieces about Fake Diesel. Boy howdy. Loser of the match has to be Diesel again.