Kevin Nash Kevin Scott Nash ( July 9 , 1959 ) is a retired American professional wrestler and actor , who is signed to WWE under their Legends program . Kevin Nash has wrestled under various ring names , but is most notably known by his real name in World Championship Wrestling ( WCW ) and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( TNA ) , and in the World Wrestling Federation / World Wrestling Entertainment / WWE , where he has also been billed as Diesel . Between WWE , WCW , and TNA , Nash has won a total of 21 championships . He is a six - time world champion : a five - time WCW World Heavyweight Champion , and one - time WWF Champion . He was the longest - reigning WWF Champion of the 1990s , having held the title for 358 days . He has achieved notable success in the tag team division as well , being a twelve - time world tag team champion : a nine - time WCW World Tag Team Champion , two - time WWF World Tag Team Champion and one - time TNA World Tag Team Champion . He is also a one - time WWF Intercontinental Champion and a two - time TNA Legends Champion . In addition to championships , he won the 1998 WCW World War 3 . Nash is a member of The Kliq , a group which includes Shawn Michaels , Triple H , Scott Hall and Sean Waltman . He is also one of the three founding members of the New World Order ( nWo ) , along with Hulk Hogan and Scott Hall . Early life . Nash was born in Detroit , Michigan and attended the University of Tennessee , Academic major | majoring in psychology and minoring in educational philosophy . At the University of Tennessee , Nash was a center for the Tennessee Volunteers basketball team . He remained on the team from 1979 to 1980 , during which time the team made it to the NCAA Sweet 16 . However , Nash frequently clashed with coach Don DeVoe , who was unhappy with his work ethic ; on one occasion in Kentucky , the two became embroiled in a shoving match . In 1980 , the University of Tennessee announced that Nash would not play a fourth year for the Volunteers , and he attempted to transfer to Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green , Ohio . He later reconsidered and instead relocated to Europe , where he played basketball professionally for various teams . His career ended in 1981 in Germany when he tore his anterior cruciate ligament . With his basketball career over , Nash enlisted in the 202nd Military Police Company in Gießen , and served in a secure NATO facility for two years , during which time he was promoted to the rank of specialist . Professional wrestling career . World Championship Wrestling ( 1990 – 1993 ) . Nash debuted in WCW as the orange - mohawked " Steel " , one half of the tag team known as the " Master Blasters " . He was initially partnered with " Iron " , who was later replaced by " Blade " . However , The Master Blasters disbanded within a year . In May 1991 , Nash was repackaged as the silver - haired " Oz " , a character based on the Wizard of Oz from the 1900 children ' s book " The Wonderful Wizard of Oz " . Oz , managed by Merlin the Wizard , was pushed strongly throughout early 1991 ; he squashed several wrestlers before losing to Ron Simmons at the Great American Bash on July 14 . Nash wrestled as Oz throughout the remainder of 1991 . In January 1992 he was repackaged as " Vinnie Vegas " , a wisecracking pseudo - mobster . In his RF Video shoot , he mentioned he got the idea from watching Steve Martin ' s character in the 1990 film " My Blue Heaven " . Vegas was quickly recruited into " A Half - Ton of Holy Hell " , a stable of large wrestlers created by Harley Race which included Big Van Vader and Mr . Hughes . The stable separated in February 1992 , and Vegas joined " The Diamond Mine " ; this stable was led by Diamond Dallas Page and included The Diamond Studd and Scotty Flamingo . After Studd and Flamingo left the stable , Page and Vegas began teaming together as " The Vegas Connection " . The tag team split in late 1992 , and Nash left the promotion in early 1993 to work for the World Wrestling Federation . World Wrestling Federation ( 1993 – 1996 ) . In 1993 , Nash left WCW , signing a contract with the World Wrestling Federation at the request of Shawn Michaels . Nash made his WWF debut at a house show on June 6 , 1993 , assisting Michaels in defeating Marty Jannetty for the Intercontinental Championship . Nash was given the character of " Diesel " , the heel bodyguard of Shawn Michaels , dyeing his hair and beard black in the process . In January , Diesel appeared at the 1994 Royal Rumble , eliminating seven men in under 18 minutes of in - ring time . Diesel won the Intercontinental Championship from Razor Ramon , following interference from Michaels on the April 13 , 1994 edition of " Superstars " . The duo defeated The Headshrinkers to win the WWF Tag Team Championship on August 28 . The next night , Ramon defeated Diesel at SummerSlam to regain the Intercontinental Championship . The alliance between Diesel and Michaels became strained after Michaels " accidentally " superkick ed Diesel on several occasions , and the duo finally split after another miscued superkick at Survivor Series . On November 23 , Diesel and Michaels vacated the World Tag Team Championship , and Diesel became a babyface . On November 26 , Diesel defeated Bob Backlund for the WWF Championship at Madison Square Garden in an eight - second squash match . Michaels was irate about his former bodyguard having beaten him to the WWF Championship and was sufficiently motivated to go on to win the 1995 Royal Rumble , earning himself a title shot at WrestleMania XI . At WrestleMania XI on April 2 , Nash , accompanied to ringside by actress Pamela Anderson and Jenny McCarthy , defeated Michaels to retain the title . The next night on " Monday Night Raw " , Michaels was betrayed by his new bodyguard , Sid , prompting Diesel to come to his rescue . This led to the tag team being reunited , now known as " Two Dudes with Attitude " . On September 24 at in Saginaw , Michigan , Diesel and Michaels challenged Owen Hart and Yokozuna for the WWF World Tag Team Championship , in return placing Diesel ' s WWF Championship and Michael ' s WWF Intercontinental Championship on the line . When Hart did not show up at the event , he was replaced by Davey Boy Smith . In the course of the match , Hart arrived at ringside , entered the ring , and was pinned by Diesel for the win and the titles . Because Hart was pinned despite being replaced , the victory was declared invalid the next day and the titles were returned to Hart and Yokozuna . Diesel ' s WWF Championship reign continued until November 19 , when he was defeated by Bret Hart at the Survivor Series . His WWF Championship reign of 358 days marks the ninth longest reign in the 45 - year history of the championship . Following the loss , Diesel attacked Hart , proclaiming " I ' m back ! " . For a time he became a tweener , facing both babyfaces and heels alike , but after the 1996 Royal Rumble , in which he was runner - up to Michaels , Diesel turned heel . Shortly before WrestleMania XII , both Diesel and Razor Ramon agreed to return to World Championship Wrestling as part of WCW President Eric Bischoff ' s drive to lure employees from the WWF to WCW with the offer of lucrative contracts . Diesel lost to The Undertaker at WrestleMania XII on March 31 , then went on to feud with Shawn Michaels once again . In his last televised WWF appearance until 2002 , Diesel challenged Michaels for the WWF Championship ( which he had won from Hart at WrestleMania XII ) at on April 28 . He wrestled Michaels for the title once again in a steel cage match at a house show on May 19 , but was again defeated . After the match , Diesel , Michaels , Razor Ramon , and Hunter Hearst Helmsley — a group of off - screen friends known collectively as " The Kliq " — hugged one another in the ring and wished each other farewell . This incident , later referred to as the " " or " MSG Incident , " was a serious breach of character ( though Nash claims it was approved by Vince McMahon ) , as it showed heels and babyfaces consorting with one another . Shortly thereafter , Diesel and Ramon left the WWF and joined WCW . Return to WCW ( 1996 – 2001 ) . The Outsiders and formation of the New World Order ( 1996 – 1998 ) . After two weeks of Scott Hall appearing on WCW programming and taunting announcers , wrestlers , and the company , Nash finally debuted alongside his friend on June 10 , 1996 . The duo were known as The Outsiders , and the storyline pushed them as " invaders " from the WWF ( the WWF legal team eventually filed suit against WCW because of this ) . At Bash at the Beach , Hall and Nash fought the team of Lex Luger , Sting , and Randy Savage and promised to add one more man to their entourage . With Hulk Hogan , they formed the New World Order ( nWo ) . This angle helped " WCW Monday Nitro " to win in the ratings against " WWF Monday Night Raw " for 84 consecutive weeks and arguably helped WCW reach its prime in the mid to late 1990s . Through late 1996 , and into 1997 , Nash normally teamed with close friend Scott Hall as the Outsiders , and they held the WCW Tag Team Championship off and on for the better part of a year . Kevin Nash also began to show his leadership qualities in the nWo , and became a sort of " second in command " alongside Hulk Hogan . Nash , Hall , and Sean Waltman distinguished themselves from the rest of the nWo , calling themselves the " Wolf Pac " in 1997 . After a while , however , the nWo began to fight within its ranks , with Hogan and Nash battling for control . The situation came to a head on April 20 , 1998 , during a match between Hogan and recent nWo inductee ( and rival ) Randy Savage for Savage ' s recently won WCW World Heavyweight Championship . During the match , Nash interfered on Savage ' s behalf and jackknifed Hogan to the mat , signaling the breakup of the nWo into two separate factions ( Nash ' s interference was not enough to prevent Hogan from regaining his championship , thanks to Bret Hart ' s interference shortly thereafter ) . Nash became the leader of nWo Wolfpac , alongside Savage , Curt Hennig , and Konnan . However , Hennig shortly thereafter defected over to Hogan ' s nWo Hollywood faction . Then , during a match between Hall , Nash , Sting and The Giant ( who had recently rejoined the nWo after being kicked out two years prior ) , Hall turned on Nash by hitting him with his tag team title belt and leaving the ring . However , the Wolfpac wasn ' t down for long as Lex Luger joined with Nash ' s team . Sting would eventually become a member as well , after being recruited heavily by both sides towards the middle of 1998 . After Sting won Giant ' s half of the tag team titles at the Great American Bash that June , Nash became Sting ' s partner . They would defend the championships until July 20 , when they were defeated by Hall and The Giant . Nash then set his sights on his former partner , and the rivalry came to a head at Halloween Havoc on October 25 . During the course of the match , Nash jackknifed Hall twice but , instead of pinning him , left the ring and lost via count - out . Pursuit of the World Heavyweight Championship ( 1998 – 2001 ) . The next month at World War 3 , Nash entered the 60 - man , three ring battle royal that was a staple of the pay - per - view , with the winner getting a shot at the WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Starrcade the following month . Nash survived to the end after , literally , clearing his ring out and big booting Lex Luger , who had Scott Hall in the Torture Rack , over the top rope , and earned his shot at the title . At Starrcade , Nash capitalized on his opportunity and won the WCW World Heavyweight Championship from Goldberg . In doing so , Nash managed to controversially break Goldberg ' s long running undefeated streak ; as Goldberg was setting up for a spear late in the match , Hall , who was still a member of nWo Hollywood at the time , shocked Goldberg with a taser while he was in the corner . Hall had been dressed as a security guard waiting outside the ring for his opportunity . Nash pinned the incapacitated Goldberg to win his second World Championship and his first since 1994 . Nash , however , said that he was not happy about the way the match ended and offered Goldberg a rematch . On January 4 , 1999 , Nash and Goldberg were set to meet in that rematch , but the match did not happen because of Goldberg being arrested for ( kayfabe ) stalking Miss Elizabeth . That night also marked the return of Hulk Hogan after his " retirement " two months prior . With Goldberg unable to wrestle , Nash challenged Hogan instead . In the controversial " Fingerpoke of Doom , " Hogan simply poked Nash in the chest , who proceeded to fall down and willingly allow Hogan to pin him for the title . The gesture , in addition to turning Nash heel again , marked the reunion of the feuding nWo factions into one for the first time since the night following Spring Stampede 1998 when the official nWo split took place . However , the return would be short lived and by the midpoint of 1999 the nWo reunion was over . Backstage , Nash wrote some of the later angles for WCW . Nash ' s booking abilities are widely considered as one of the many reasons the quality of wrestling in WCW suffered while he was lead booker . In his 2006 autobiography , " Controversy Creates Ca $ h " , former WCW President Eric Bischoff criticized Nash ' s work ethic , dubbing him " Big Lazy " ( a reference to Nash ' s nickname , " Big Sexy " ) . The name had previously been coined by The Honky Tonk Man on several radio interviews . In May 1999 , Nash won the WCW World Championship for the second time by defeating Diamond Dallas Page at Slamboree . He then appeared on " The Tonight Show " and put up a $ 250 , 000 challenge to Bret Hart for its May 24 program . Bret ' s brother , Owen , died in a wrestling stunt , however , just as Bret was flying to Los Angeles ; this immediately canceled their match and feud . Nash then entered a feud with the returning Randy Savage , who was turned heel and given a new look and attitude to match . Savage was later joined by a returning Sid Vicious at The Great American Bash in June and both feuded with Nash over the next several weeks . This rivalry culminated in a tag team match at Bash at the Beach in July 1999 which pitted Nash and Sting against Savage and Sid . A stipulation was added that whoever got the pin in the match would become WCW World Champion . Nash was pinned by Savage and lost his championship , but would get his revenge the next night on " Nitro " in a title match between Savage and a returning Hulk Hogan , and in a similar situation to Savage ' s first title defense from the previous year , he used a Jackknife Powerbomb on Savage , preserving the victory for Hogan . The following week , however , Nash attacked Hogan and turned heel during a match pitting Hogan against Vicious . Nash , Sid , and Rick Steiner then feuded with Hogan , Sting , and a returning Goldberg until Road Wild , where Hogan defeated Nash in a " retirement " match ( this would allow Nash a sabbatical ) . On October 4 , 1999 , Nash returned to WCW along with Scott Hall and announced that he was " getting the band back together . " This was revealed to be new version of the nWo involving Nash , Hall , Bret Hart , and Jeff Jarrett . This would not last long either due to the injury of Hart , the group ' s leader , and Nash spent most of 2000 feuding with the likes of Terry Funk , Mike Awesome , Scott Steiner , and Booker T . Nash won the WCW Championship again from Booker T on August 28 , 2000 in Las Cruces , New Mexico in what remains to date the last major title change to occur in the state of New Mexico . However , he would eventually lose it back to Booker T later on at Fall Brawl . He even had a stint as WCW Commissioner ( where he demanded wrestlers call him " Lord Master " ) and served as a coach / mentor to the Natural Born Thrillers , who would eventually turn on Nash . Nash aligned himself with Dallas Page , forming a team called " The Insiders " . They feuded with the Perfect Event ( Shawn Stasiak and Chuck Palumbo ) and won the WCW World Tag Team Championship at Mayhem on November 26 , 2000 . Shortly after , they were stripped of the titles by Commissioner Mike Sanders in mid - December . Weeks later , they won the titles back at Starrcade 2000 . In 2001 ( WCW ' s final months ) , the Insiders continued their feud with the Natural Born Thrillers . Nash lost another " retirement " match to Scott Steiner at SuperBrawl , but it would not be long before WCW announced the sale of the company to the World Wrestling Federation . As he had a guaranteed contract with Time Warner | AOL - Time Warner , Nash chose to wait out the remainder of his contract , which expired on December 31 , 2001 . Return to the WWF / E ( 2002 – 2004 ) . Following the expiration of his AOL - Time Warner contract , Nash , along with Scott Hall and Hulk Hogan , were rehired by the WWF . Their rehiring was announced several weeks before their debut , with Vince McMahon claiming to have hired the nWo in order to destroy the WWF . Billed as the original nWo , Nash , Hall , and Hogan returned to the WWF at No Way Out on February 17 , 2002 . In the course of the evening , the nWo delivered an interview in which they claimed to have reformed , gave a six pack of beer to Stone Cold Steve Austin ( which he refused ) , and traded insults with The Rock . They interfered in the main event of the evening , helping Chris Jericho retain his Undisputed Championship against Austin . At WrestleMania X8 , Nash attempted to help Hall defeat Austin but failed as Austin won the match . In March , Nash suffered a biceps injury that put him out of action for several weeks , and almost immediately upon returning , suffered a quadriceps tear in a tag match on the July 8 episode of " Raw " . Vince McMahon disbanded the nWo following those events . Nash returned as a face on the April 7 , 2003 episode of " Raw " , much to the delight of Shawn Michaels and Triple H . Nash was given an ultimatum at the time due to Shawn Michaels and Triple H feuding . As part of the storyline , Nash was to choose to remain friends with either Michaels or Triple H . After Nash would not make the decision , Triple H made the decision for him and turned on him with a low blow . This led to Nash feuding with Triple H for the next few months which would eventually lead to a Hell in a Cell match at Bad Blood with Mick Foley as the special guest referee . In August 2003 , Nash feuded with Chris Jericho and was forced to cut his hair after losing a hair vs . hair match against Chris Jericho . His last WWE wrestling match was at SummerSlam in an Elimination Chamber match against Triple H , Shawn Michaels , Goldberg , Chris Jericho , and Randy Orton . He was the first one eliminated after being pinned by Jericho following Sweet Chin Music from Michaels . After he was pinned , he Jackknife Powerbombed everyone in the chamber . Nash then stepped away from in - ring action shortly afterward due to aggravating a previously existing shoulder injury , forcing him to undergo reconstructive surgery . On October 27 , 2003 , Nash underwent neck surgery under Dr . Jho in Pittsburgh , the same procedure as Kurt Angle . WWE chose not to renew Nash ' s contract as it expired on January 3 , 2004 . Total Nonstop Action Wrestling ( 2004 – 2011 ) . 2004 – 2005 . Nash debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling alongside the returning Scott Hall on November 7 , 2004 at the inaugural monthly TNA pay - per - view , Victory Road , with the duo helping NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett retain his title in a ladder match with Jeff Hardy . In subsequent weeks , the trio identified themselves as the Kings of Wrestling and began feuding with Jeff Hardy and A . J . Styles . At Turning Point on December 5 , the Kings of Wrestling were defeated by Hardy , Styles , and Randy Savage . Hall left TNA in early 2005 , and Nash and Jarrett separated after Nash made clear his desire to win the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . Nash received a title shot against Jarrett on February 13 , 2005 at Against All Odds , but lost following interference from the debuting Outlaw . Following the defeat , Nash joined forces with Sean Waltman and began feuding with the newly formed Planet Jarrett . At Destination X on March 13 , Nash lost to The Outlaw in a First Blood match following interference from Jarrett , who struck Nash with his title belt . The rivalry between Planet Jarrett and Nash and his allies culminated in a scheduled Lethal Lockdown match at Lockdown on April 24 pitting Nash , Waltman , and Diamond Dallas Page against Jarrett , The Outlaw , and " The Alpha Male " Monty Brown . However , Nash was removed from the card and replaced with B . G . James after contracting a staph infection , which left him sidelined for much of 2005 . Nash returned to TNA on October 1 , 2005 on the first episode of " TNA Impact ! " to be aired on Spike TV , attacking and powerbomb ing Jarrett . Nash went on to challenge Jarrett to a match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship at Bound for Glory on October 23 . In the weeks preceding the event , Nash and Jarrett had several heated confrontations , on one occasion brawling with one another and with guest referee Tito Ortiz . On October 22 , one day before Bound for Glory , Nash was hospitalized with chest pains . At Bound for Glory , a battle royal was held to determine the number one contender ; Rhino won and then defeated Jarrett for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship . Nash was later discharged from the hospital , having suffered a mild cardiac episode . He made a partial return to the ring in December 2005 , wrestling several matches on a tour of South Africa . 2006 – 2007 . Nash returned to TNA once more on the April 27 , 2006 episode of " Impact ! " , announcing in a pre - taped segment that he would give a private interview to Alex Shelley one week later . The interview saw Nash claim to be the most profitable WWF World Heavyweight Champion of all time and describe the X Division as " basically filler " . Nash went on to announce that he intended to destroy the X Division in order to reassert his position within TNA . He began his campaign at Sacrifice on May 14 , powerbombing Puma , and continued his campaign on the May 19 episode of " Impact ! " by attacking Chris Sabin shortly after he had defeated Petey Williams to win the TNA 2006 World X Cup Tournament for Team USA . After destroying the World X Cup trophy and powerbombing Sabin , Nash informed the supine Sabin that " size matters ! " Nash continued to attack X Division wrestlers over subsequent weeks , leading to Sabin challenging him to a match at Slammiversary . Nash ' s attacks were also coupled with pre - taped segments with Shelley ( some appearing only on the internet website YouTube ) and his " X Division debut " on the June 15 episode of " Impact ! " , where Nash wrestled a comedy match against a midget Shelley dubbed a " Sabin - type wrestler " . Nash defeated Sabin at Slammiversary in his second televised match in almost a year , albeit with the assistance of Shelley . Around this time , Nash and Alex Shelley formed a stable known as Paparazzi Productions , with Johnny Devine as a cameraman . Nash then decided to go for the X Division championship . He got penciled into a Number One Contendership match for the title against Chris Sabin at Hard Justice . He claimed that he had developed an 840° somersault splash that he would unveil in the match . However , over the weekend , he suffered a mysterious neck injury , supposedly while practicing it with Tito Ortiz , and named Alex Shelley to replace him in the match . Confined to a wheelchair , Nash was helpless as he watched Shelley lose the match to Chris Sabin . Nash remained out of action due to the injury ( Nash was actually renegotiating his contract with TNA ) , but returned prior to Bound for Glory , and announced " The Kevin Nash Open Invitational X Division Gauntlet Battle Royal " . Austin Starr won the match . Nash took an interest in Starr , which seemed to be at the behest of Alex Shelley . Kevin Nash then worked with the X Division stars in a weekly segment known as the Paparazzi Championship Series ( a play on the " Bowl Championship Series " ) . He also began continuing these skits along with Sonjay Dutt and Jay Lethal , in a segment called " Paparazzi Idol " . Nash became a manager of sorts for Lethal , helping him adopt a gimmick where he impersonated " Macho Man " Randy Savage . At Sacrifice , Lethal and Dutt had an altercation . Nash broke it up , but Sonjay kicked him . Sonjay apologized , and Nash forgave him . Dutt then became the " Guru " with Nash humming mantras backstage . He then announced his intentions to begin managing the Motor City Machine Guns , but would actually next appear in the role of Dr . Nash , " psychiatrist " and adviser to Kurt and Karen Angle . Nash then engaged in a small program with TNA Heavyweight Champion Kurt Angle , which eventually culminated in Nash aiding Angle . Nash warned the Angles about how dangerous Sting can be based on Nash ' s experience feuding with Sting in WCW and claimed that " the man ' s a demon " . At Bound for Glory , Nash interfered on Kurt Angle ' s behalf during his World Title defense against Sting . However , it was for naught , as Sting captured the title from Angle via Scorpion Death Drop after fending off Nash and Angle ' s wife , Karen . The following Thursday on " Impact ! " , Nash and Angle had an altercation because Angle blamed Nash for him losing the World Title . Angle eventually attacked Nash , who retaliated by Jackknife Powerbombing Angle in the middle of the ring . The following week , Sting defended the TNA World Title against Angle in a rematch from Bound for Glory , and Nash had a ringside seat . Following the match , which Angle won , Nash offered a hand shake to Angle only to be " flipped off " by the new champ . An enraged Nash demanded a match with Angle , but TNA Management ' s public face , Jim Cornette , instead booked Nash into a tag team match as Angle ' s partner against Sting and a partner of his choosing , with the stipulation being that the person that gains the pinfall or submission would be crowned the new TNA World Heavyweight Champion . After a Red herring that Scott Hall was the mystery partner , it was revealed to be Booker T . 2008 – 2011 . At Final Resolution , Nash and his partner Samoa Joe lost in a title match to TNA World Tag Team Champions , A . J . Styles and Tyson Tomko , after Nash abandoned and seemingly betrayed Joe . Yet on the following Impact , when Joe stormed into Nash ' s locker room looking for a fight , Nash was actually able to persuade Joe into accepting his Machiavellian mentorship . Kevin Nash lost to Kurt Angle in a one on one match on " Impact ! " for the winner qualifying for the Four Ways To Glory at No Surrender . On the September 11 edition of " Impact " , prior to the No Surrender pay per view , he seemingly parted ways with Samoa Joe on good terms , telling him that he has taught him everything he knows , and he is on his own now . This was all due to the fact that Nash ' s contract was up and briefly left TNA due to contractual and merchandising disputes . One month later , Kevin Nash returned at Bound for Glory IV and in a swerve turned heel on Samoa Joe by stiking him in the back with Sting ' s bat and helping Sting win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship . On October 23 , he formally joined Sting , Booker T , and Kurt Angle to create a heel stable called The Main Event Mafia . He explained that he never forgave Joe for his scathing comments directed at his best friend Scott Hall ' s no - show almost a year prior , and befriending him was all part of a long term plan to screw him out of the title . He then went on to defeat Joe at Turning Point . However , Nash was removed from the card for Genesis due to a staph infection , and was replaced by Cute Kip . He would return on the January 29 edition of " Impact ! " when the Main Event Mafia took over the show and he took on the role of commentary alongside Booker T , with Booker calling himself " Black Snow " while Nash called himself " Chet Lemon " . On impact ! on the 23 of April he began a kayfabe relationship with Jenna Morasca and is now accompanied to the ring by her . At Slammiversary , he was reunited with former pupil , Samoa Joe , when Joe turned heel and helped Kurt Angle win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship and joined the Main Event Mafia . At Victory Road , Nash defeated A . J . Styles with a chokeslam to win the Legends Championship , his very first title in TNA . But two weeks later he subsequently lost the title on the 200th episode of iMPACT to Mick Foley . The match though was on a tape delay ( Pre Recorded ) , and the actual reign only lasted for 3 days . Return to WWE ( 2011 – present ) . On January 30 , 2011 at Royal Rumble , Nash , billed as Diesel for the first time since 1996 , returned to the promotion , taking part in the Royal Rumble Match . He entered the match as number 32 and was eliminated by Wade Barrett . On April 2 , 2011 , Nash , along with Sean Waltman , was on hand to celebrate the induction of Shawn Michaels into the 2011 WWE Hall of Fame . Triple H inducted Michaels , and after Michaels gave his speech , Nash and Waltman joined the two on stage to celebrate . Scott Hall was unable to attend the ceremony due to concerns of remaining sober and other problems . Hall recently praised his friendship with Nash , along with the other members of the Kliq , as helping him through his battle with alcohol . On August 14 , 2011 , Nash returned at SummerSlam and assaulted CM Punk after Punk won a match with John Cena for the Undisputed WWE Championship and once again became a heel . Because of this , Alberto Del Rio turned in his Money in the Bank briefcase after the match and won the Undisputed WWE Championship . Kevin Nash was made an unlockable character on the WWE ' 12 roster , he serves as the main antagonist on the Hero Scenario of Road to Wrestlemania . Throughout the latter part of 2011 , Nash would be placed in a feud with real - life friend Triple H with Nash taking Hunter out of action with a sledgehammer , attacking Santino Marella and mocking Triple H , referencing to the Kliq . At TLC 2011 , Nash would lose to Hunter in a sledgehammer ladder match followed by losing by pinfall to Triple H . It was reported Nash had a legitimate jaw injury after getting struck by the hammer . Kevin Nash entered the 2014 Royal Rumble event . He eliminated Jack Swagger before being eliminated by Roman Reigns . On February 20 , 2014 it was announced that Nash would be on the " NXT Arrival " pre - show panel , on the WWE Network . He inducted former tag partner Scott Hall in the WWE Hall of Fame on April 5 , 2014 in New Orleans , LA . Nash appeared on the August 11th edition of " Raw " to reunite with Hall and Hogan as part of Hogan ' s birthday celebration . Independent circuit ( 2011 – 2014 ) . Nash along with Hall and Waltman made an appearance at the 2011 Gathering of the Juggalos . Nash teamed with Waltman for a win against Road Dogg and Billy Gunn . On September 23 , 2012 , Nash made his debut for All Japan Pro Wrestling , teaming with Keiji Mutoh in a tag team match , where they defeated Seiya Sanada and Taiyō Kea with Nash pinning Sanada with the Jacknife Powerbomb for the win . Global Force Wrestling ( 2015 - present ) . He has signed on with Global Force Wrestling as a " legend " to help promote GFW events and tours . To promote the shows , Nash is scheduled to appear at BB & T Ballpark on Thursday , August 14 .