"Kevin Nash is such a bullshi**er" - Veteran recalls telling WWE Hall of Famer to perform without script (Exclusive)
Kevin Nash has worked for almost every major wrestling company in history. During the recent Smack Talk episode, Dutch Mantell opened up about pairing Nash with Alex Shelley in TNA.
Shelley, one-half of The Motor City Machine Guns, worked up through the ranks in TNA and won many championships, both solo and tag team. During his early years, Alex Shelley was given a different character by Dutch Mantell, one that Alex apparently hated.
Shelley would later go on to form the Paparazzi Productions with Kevin Nash in TNA and Dutch Mantell believed it was a great booking idea.
While speaking on Smack Talk, Mantell admitted that Kevin Nash was a "bullshi**er" who could talk and perform in front of the cameras with minimal instructions.
"We did that because Kevin Nash is such a bullshi**er and he can go in there. We didn't even go over any of this stuff. I said, 'Kevin, sit down, this is what I want you talking about.' They pulled it out of thin air and some of it was great. Some of it, I thought, was very, very good and it didn't hurt anybody." [55:15 - 55:37]
Dutch Mantell explained that having Kevin Nash work with Alex Shelley served multiple purposes as the WWE Hall of Famer was underutilized.
He felt booking Nash alongside Shelley would give Big Daddy Cool a TV spot and also elevate Alex in the process.
The former WWE manager added:
"It helped Kevin because Kevin really wasn't working that much and they said, 'What do we do with Kevin?' I said, let's put him in, he is a great talker. Let's put him in there with these guys because now they are appearing in the same segment as Kevin, which brings them up and elevates them." [55:38 - 55:55]
Dutch Mantell enjoyed traveling with former WWE champion Kevin Nash
The former nWo member is a controversial name in pro wrestling due to his blunt and straightforward persona.
Dutch Mantell said Kevin had the gift to suddenly produce memorable moments. Dutch even rode with Nash multiple decades ago and revealed that the member of The Kliq was a master at making up stories.
Rest assured, traveling with Nash was never a dull experience, as Dutch noted:
"Some of Kevin's stuff was just the top of his head because I know Kevin, I used to ride up and down the road with him and he would just make up stories and I would throw a few barbs and he'd take it, and run with that. Making a trip with Kevin Nash was really enjoyable." [From 56:00 onwards]
Nash is often in the news for his polarizing views on wrestling and beyond that he shares on his podcast and he continues to live up to his reputation of being a fairly unpredictable personality.
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