Since 1994, Kevin Nash has won six World Heavyweight Championships and ten World Tag
Team Titles.  His combined World Title reigns lasted 456 days, longer than Shawn Michaels,
Sting, Sid Vicious, The Rock, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Mick Foley or Stanislaus Zbyszko.  
There is a reason why he is one of the most popular wrestlers of the last decade.  Nash is an
original “Outsider,” and a founding member of the New World Order.  In 1998, he became the
fifth man in wrestling history to have held both the WWF and WCW World Titles.

  He stands 7’0’’ and weighs around the 350 pound mark, making him one of the largest
competitors in the sport.  Nash, originally from Las Vegas, played basketball for the University
of Tennessee.  He made his pro-wrestling debut in 1990 after working as a bouncer.  
Promoters, sensing his abilities and the possibility that the young athlete could make a mark
on their organization, signed him to World Championship Wrestling in 1991.

  Nash began as Oz, a mystical character which really did not take off.  With the Wizard in his
corner, Oz wrestled his first pay-per-view on May 19, 1991 in St. Petersburg, Florida.  He
beat Tim Parker during the SuperBrawl show.  In ’91, Nash entered Hollywood with a part as
“Super Shredder” in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II.  On July 14th in Baltimore, Oz took on a
tough competitor and future WCW Champion, Ron Simmons.  His opponent beat him, but
Nash continued to learn the ropes.  Also in WCW was a young grappler from Minneapolis
named Scott Hall.  Hall was wrestling as the Diamond Studd, and facing many of the same
challenges Nash was.  The two became friends and little did anyone know how they would
help change the face of professional wrestling.  A crystal ball wouldn’t even have helped.

  Before more than 8,000 fans in Chattanooga, Oz wrestled weightlifting champion, Bill
Kazmaier on October 27th.  Kazmaier won by submission.  Later in the year, Nash altered his
persona and became Vinnie Vegas.  SuperBrawl II in Milwaukee on February 29, 1992 saw
Vegas team with Richard Morton against Van Hammer and former TV Champion, Tom Zenk.  
Zenk pinned Morton to win the bout.  Vegas and Mr. Hughes teamed on March 6th in Los
Angeles to beat Big Josh and Ron Simmons at the Great Western Forum.  Hughes brought
along his manager, eight-time NWA Champ, Harley Race to look over the team for several
matches.  Vegas formed a tag team with Dallas Page known as the Vegas Connection.

  On March 9th, the duo lost to Junkyard Dog and Simmons in Anderson, South Carolina.  
Vegas and Hughes reformed and were beaten by Josh and Simons in a rematch in East
Rutherford.  On May 1, 1992, Vegas appeared on a WCW TV Taping in St. Petersburg.  
Later in the year, Scott Hall went to the World Wrestling Federation.  Nash followed in ’93.

  On June 6, 1993, a man named Diesel was introduced as Shawn Michaels’ bodyguard in
Albany, New York.  Performing the role excellently, he distracted Marty Jannetty enough to
help Michaels regain the Intercontinental Title.  Diesel quickly caught the eye of fans and
would later become the figure known as “Big Daddy Cool.” He wrestled Hall, who was
competing as Razor Ramon, on October 31, 1993 in Toronto for the latter’s I-C Title.  The
Maple Leaf Gardens contest ended when Ramon won by disqualification.  On November 21st
in Hartford, Diesel pinned former WWF World Champion, Bob Backlund.  He teamed with
Adam Bomb, Irwin R. Schyster and Rick Martel in Boston on November 24th during the
Survivor Series.  Their opponents were Randy Savage, 1-2-3 Kid, Jannetty and Ramon.  
Savage pinned Diesel to eliminate him.

  Diesel’s biggest impact occurred on January 22, 1994 in Providence, Rhode Island.  The
appearance in the Royal Rumble began to put him over the top as one of the organization’s
most feared competitors.  He entered the match at position seven.  From there, he tossed out
Bart Gunn, Scott Steiner, Owen Hart, Kwang, Bob Backlund, Billy Gunn and Virgil.  Diesel
dominated the match for a good portion of the event.  It took several wrestlers, Bam Bam
Bigelow, Crush, Bob Holly and Mabel, to oust him from the match.  And those were not small
athletes trying to toss him over the top rope.  Diesel was proving to be one of the WWF’s
most promising stars.  Fans, applauding his Rumble effort, knew there was something bigger
ahead.  He had ring presence, practically the most important thing in wrestling.

  Diesel won the Intercontinental Title from Ramon on April 13th in Rochester.  In the main
event of the King of the Ring pay-per-view, Diesel received a shot at the WWF World Title
and the promotion’s champion, Bret “Hitman” Hart.  Sensing the rarity of matches between
the number one champion versus the number two champion, fans expected to see some
fireworks in Baltimore.  Maybe Diesel was going on the Ultimate Warrior course, and was
going to hold both belts simultaneously.  The I-C Champion won by disqualification, but did
not capture the second gold.  On August 28th in Indianapolis, Diesel did capture that second
belt he was searching for.  He teamed with Shawn Michaels to beat the Headshrinkers, Fatu
and Samu, and won the WWF World Tag Team Title.

  The following night in Chicago, he had an important I-C Title defense against Razor
Ramon.  His opponent had Walter Payton in his corner, and all of the fans.  Combined, it was
enough to put him over and Ramon regained the belt.  On November 23, 1994 at the
Survivor Series, a five-on-five match was scheduled.  Diesel and Michaels teamed with Owen
Hart, Jeff Jarrett and Jim Neidhart against the popular team of Ramon, The 1-2-3 Kid, Davey
Boy Smith and the Headshrinkers.  Diesel pinned both members of the Shrinkers and the 1-2-
3 Kid to open up the match.  Davey Boy Smith was counted out and it appeared that his team
would walk away the winners.  A skirmish broke out between Michaels and Diesel and almost
lead to a fight.  The remaining members of the team went out of their way to prevent an all
out war and were all counted out.  Ramon ended up winning the match, being the sole
survivor.

  The Diesel-Michaels partnership was over.  Michaels tossed his half of the tag belts away.  
That same night, Bob Backlund became a three-time WWF World Champion with a defeat of
Bret Hart.  Three days later in Madison Square Garden in New York City, Diesel wrestled
Backlund for the World Title.  It was a historic night.  He pinned Backlund and captured his
first World Heavyweight Title, a major achievement.  From the doldrums of WCW to a
bodyguard for Michaels in ’93, Diesel had traveled the spectrum and made a huge leap into
the main event.  Since 1963, 18 wrestlers had captured the WWF Title.  Diesel became
number 19.

  The 1995 Royal Rumble was held on January 22nd in Tampa, Florida.  Diesel met Bret Hart
for the championship.  After nearly 30-minutes of wrestling, the bout was declared a draw.  In
the actual Rumble event, Michaels eliminated Davey Boy Smith for the victory with an
outstanding performance by both.  With his win, the “Heartbreak Kid” earned a World Title
shot at WrestleMania.  The build-up began until April 2nd in Hartford, where Pamela
Anderson accompanied Diesel to the ring.  She had originally been billed to walk the aisle
with Michaels.  Despite several close calls, Diesel pinned Michaels to retain the title.  Sid
Vicious was on the horizon, though.  A Diesel-Vicious feud was eminent.  Going through April
and into May, Diesel battled Psycho Sid on house shows throughout the country leading up
to the number one “house show,” In Your House I on May 14th.  Diesel won by disqualification
after Tatanka interfered.

  He did not defend his title at the June pay-per-view.  Instead he teamed with Bam Bam
Bigelow to beat Ted DiBiase’s Corporation members, Vicious and Tatanka.  He pinned the
latter at the 17:35 mark.  The war continued into the heart of the summer.  At the second In
Your House, Diesel pinned Vicious in a lumberjack match to put a firm stamp on the battle.  
Because of a win at the King of the Ring, Mabel received a shot at the World Title on August
27, 1995.  Diesel again won by pinfall.  By this point, critics of Kevin Nash were fading.  He
had been champion for nine months and there did not seem to be an opponent who could
hang their hat in the same ring with him.  Or was there?  Bret Hart would contest that
statement, and he was building back into title contention.

  The Michaels-Diesel war ended by September and again, they were one-two in the
organization.  Diesel was World Champ and Michaels had a grip on the Intercontinental Belt.  
On September 24th, they teamed to gain the remaining championship available.  Diesel and
Michaels defeated Davey Boy Smith and Yokozuna to put a grip on the WWF World Tag
Team Championship.  Controversy surrounded the match from it’s end to the next day’s
affairs in the WWF President’s Office.  Diesel and Michaels had won their match by pinfall,
over a man not involved in the match.  Smith had been substituting for Owen Hart, but the
absent wrestler appeared during the closing moments of the tag title match.  Diesel pinned
Owen for the victory.  The former champions manager and a lawyer went to Gorilla
Monsoon.  They presented the evidence and a decision was rendered.  Diesel and Michaels
were stripped.  Despite the result, the two men had accomplished a feat never before seen or
heard of in the World Wrestling Federation.  They were dominating all ranks of the
organization.

  The manager of Owen and Yoko was Jim Cornette, who also leading a charge at Diesel’s
World Belt with Smith at In Your House IV on October 22nd in Winnipeg.  Smith beat Diesel.  
There was no title change due to outside interference.  Bret Hart involved himself by
attacking the challenger.  November 1995 arrived and Diesel was nearing his one-year
anniversary holding the WWF World Title.  The longest reign since Hulk Hogan, 89-90.  He
would not see that anniversary.

  On November 19th, Hart defeated Diesel at the Survivor Series to capture the belt.  In
reflection, Diesel’s reign surpassed the Ultimate Warrior’s, Yokozuna’s, Ric Flair’s and a host
of others.  In a time of quick paced title switches, Diesel’s lasting power at the top of a major
organization made him one of the sport’s hottest commodities.  Could he regain the belt?  
Time would tell.  The next day during a live edition of Raw, Diesel spoke to the audience after
stopping a match between Skip and Savio Vega.  A passionate speech was given and the
crowd responded.  He said that the Diesel of old was back.  “Big Daddy Cool.” The
sunglasses and the black glove.

  The months following were winding.  Diesel saved Jeff Hardy from further embarrassment
from Yokozuna during the December 11th Raw.  He was disqualified in his match against
Owen Hart during the pay-per-view on December 17th and also came face-to-face with the
Undertaker.  The next night on a live edition of Raw, Diesel confronted the Undertaker and
Paul Bearer about the former’s selection to the number one contender’s spot for the World
Title.  Diesel wanted a rematch against Hart.  The two did not come to blows.  It was a feud in
the making.  Nevertheless, the Undertaker was scheduled for the January title shot against
the World Champion.  He participated in the January 21, 1996 Royal Rumble.  Diesel was the
final man eliminated in the Rumble.  Michaels prevailed.  He also had a bit part in the main
event World Title Match between Hart and The Undertaker.  His actions were more than
minor as he put an end the bout when he grabbed the referee and caused the Undertaker’s
disqualification.

  Diesel beat Davey Boy Smith during the January 29th Raw.  He teamed with Michaels
several days later on February 5th in a winning effort against Smith and Yokozuna.  They
won by countout.  Diesel jumped Bret Hart and the Undertaker during their match later in the
night, ending the title affair and securing his match at In Your House.  The Diesel-Hart match
was held on February 18th in Louisville.  The match was a special steel cage match and the
roles were somewhat reversed, but allowing a different outcome.  The Undertaker played a
part in the finish, allowing Hart to escape the cage and retain his belt.  Diesel was actually
attacked from under the ring and pulled down into a hole, allowing Hart enough time to get
out.

  The next night on Raw, Diesel destroyed the Undertaker’s casket with an ax.  The war was
on.  He stopped Undertaker’s tag match on March 11th when he attacked Paul Bearer and
drew the wrestler from the ring.  The Undertaker’s partner, Yokozuna suffered for it.  Through
House shows and television appearances, the two prepared themselves for the road leading
up to WrestleMania XII in Anaheim, California at the Pond.  It was the biggest show of the
year and held on March 31, 1996.  Diesel was pinned by The Undertaker that night.  
Michaels also captured the World Title at the show.  He brawled with Shawn Michaels during
the April 8th  edition of Raw leading to their match on April 28th at In Your House VII, his final
pay appearance in the WWF.  He lost by pinfall.

  Contract negotiations ended between Nash and the WWF and it seemed that his run was
over.  At the same time, Scott Hall was on the outs.  A memorable situation took place on May
19th in New York City when both Nash and Hall competed for the last time in the World
Wrestling Federation.  Diesel wrestled Michaels in the main event, steel cage WWF World
Title Match.  After taking a loss, both Hall and Hunter Hearst Helmsley walked to the ring.  
The four men celebrated their tenure together, breaking kayfabe and opened a door to the
outside world.  The Clique, they were called, walked from the ring together and then went
their own ways.  Because Nash and Hall were gone, the WWF were unable to discipline them
for their actions.  Helmsley was in the worst spot and paid his dues.  Nash’s run in the WWF
was over, and his World Title reign was the most significant achievement by far.  He wasn’t
without a job for long.

  Both Nash and Hall returned to World Championship Wrestling and Nash nursed some
wounds during the transitional period.  In late 1996, Hall appeared during an edition of
Monday Nitro on TNT and began to stir up trouble.  He said that things were going to
change.  He was right.  It was an invasion of sorts, and many were drawn into the fact that the
wrestlers they knew in the WWF were appearing on WCW television.  Hall was seemingly in
foreign territory.

  Little did anyone know what was in store.  On June 10th, Nash appeared for the first time
on Nitro.  There, the Outsiders were born.  Together, they criticized WCW and it’s top
athletes from Hogan to Sting.  They made it known that something very big was going to
occur at the Great American Bash.  In Baltimore on June 16th, Hall and Nash appeared much
to the delight of the audience.  No one was sure what they were going to do.  It was
announced that WCW had accepted a proposal for three of it’s stars to meet the Outsiders
and a mystery partner at the Bash at the Beach pay-per-view.  Eric Bischoff, in attempt to
ward of the newcomers, spoke on behalf of his organization.  When the talking was done, Hall
and Nash grabbed a hold of Bischoff and powerbombed him through part of the set.  The
WCW Commentator and Official was sent to the hospital.  Because of the attack, Bischoff
missed Nitro the next night and on June 24th.  During the latter show, the Outsiders walked
out with baseball bats during a three-way match for the WCW World Tag Team Title in
Charlotte.  The distraction was enough to cause the tag title to change and the fan favorites
were on the losing side.  Hall and Nash continued to interfere with Nitro.

  A week later, they didn’t just appear from behind the curtains.  The Outsiders walked out
through the stands with drinks and popcorn.  Security tried to haul them away, but they had
purchased tickets and had the right to be there.  Later, after they had seen enough, both
men began walking towards the commentator’s booth, where Bischoff had returned earlier in
the night.  WCW’s on-hand roster poured out of the back area to stop the Outsiders reign of
terror.  Security held the men back and eventually walked Nash and Hall out of the building.  
Words were tossed back and forth.  Bash at the Beach was held in Daytona Beach, Florida
and it was going to be a historic night for professional wrestling.  Nash and Hall went to the
ring for their main event bout against Lex Luger, Sting and Randy Savage.

  The mystery partner was revealed and the world was shocked.  It was Hulk Hogan.  Fans
watched on in dismay.  The Outsiders and Hogan beat their opponents to the mat and then
Savage was pinned by Hogan as Hall counted three on the mat.  There was no official match
or decision.  Following the “pin,” Hogan spoke to the crowd and his heel turn was cemented.  
The audience reacted.  Nash, Hall and Hogan became the “New World Order” and WCW had
entered a new phase of the promotion’s war.  The ratings were about to be swayed.  On July
15th, the group halted Luger’s match with Bubba Rogers when they attacked both men.  A
week later, Hall and Nash were in the control room pushing buttons.  It seemed as if the NWO
owned the organization.  The talk focused on the New World Order and where it was going.

  More of the naysayers were convinced of their takeover on July 29th when Nash and Hall
attacked four wrestlers in the back area of Nitro with baseball bats and other miscellaneous
weapons.  Arn Anderson, Marcus Bagwell, Scotty Riggs and Rey Misterio Jr. were all fallen by
the duo.  Misterio had his mask removed after being tossed head first into one of WCW’s
mobile homes.  Afterwards, Nash and Hall raced away in a limo.  The talk of a fourth member
of the group began.  Speculation ran wild.  On August 10th in Sturgis, Hogan beat the Giant
and captured the WCW World Heavyweight Title.  Afterwards, the group celebrated the
victory as “NWO” was spray painted on the belt.  The Gold World Title Belt had been
synonymous with WCW and many of it’s top stars for years and in an instant, the NWO had
defaced it.  Earlier on the card, the Outsiders teamed to beat Sting and Luger in a tag match.

  The next night during Nitro, Nash and Hall received a verbal challenge for a rematch.  They
accepted it and the four battled it for the second time in two nights.  During the match, the
Outsiders received some assistance from referee Nick Patrick before the Four Horsemen ran
out and halted the action.  It seemed clear as day that Patrick had defected from WCW and
joined the rebellion.  In the weeks before Fall Brawl on September 15th, the “Money Man”
Ted DiBiase joined the group and a situation arose between the NWO and Sting.  Cameras
spotted Sting speaking to DiBiase and many wondered if their longtime hero had left WCW.  
Luger and others questioned him.  Everything came to a head in Winston-Salem at the pay-
per-view.  Nash teamed with Hall, Hogan and Sting against Luger, Arn Anderson, Ric Flair
and Sting.  The latter turned out to be the real one, and during the War Games battle, he left
his mates in the ring.  The NWO was left with handicap odds.  Sting left the world of cheers
for the world of darkness.  Psychologically, the New World Order was victorious once again.

  In Las Vegas at Halloween Havoc on October 27th, Nash and Hall beat Harlem Heat and
captured the WCW World Tag Team Title.  The Outsiders successfully defended the new
claim during the World War III show on November 24th in a three-way tag match against the
Faces of Fear and the Nasty Boys.  Nash also participated in a three-ring, 60-man battle
royal.  The Giant won, but Nash was one of the last eliminated.  Late in the year, the NWO
engaged in a full-fledged war with “Rowdy” Roddy Piper.  WCW also saw one of it’s leaders,
Eric Bischoff defect and join the NWO.  Major things were happening.  Nash and Hall retained
the belts over the Faces of Fear at Starrcade in Nashville.

  NWO Souled Out was held on January 25, 1997.  It was the rebel group’s own pay-per-
view.  The Outsiders wrestled and lost a controversial match to the Steiner Brothers.  After
Nick Patrick was knocked out, referee Randy Anderson ran out and counted Scott Steiner’s
pin on Hall.  The title changed hands.  Eric Bischoff later overturned the decision and the
Outsiders resumed their title run.  The Giant teamed with Lex Luger at SuperBrawl on
February 23rd and challenged the champs for the title.  In yet another controversial match,
Luger and the Giant captured the belts and yet again, the title was returned to the
Outsiders.  Nash teamed with Hall, Savage and Hogan on March 16, 1997 in Charleston at
WCW’s Uncensored.  The four-man team battled Team WCW, which consisted of three-
wrestlers, and Team Piper.  The elimination match saw Lex Luger rise from certain depths to
eliminate Savage, Nash and Hall in the finals to battle Hogan alone.  Dennis Rodman, an NBA
Superstar from the World Champion Chicago Bulls, and Savage combined to help Hogan pin
Luger and win the match.  The win gave the NWO the right to demand a title shot at any
WCW Belt whenever they wanted.  

  Although the win seemed like it would give everyone an emotional high and bring the NWO
closer together, but the group began to grow further apart.  In April, Nash verbally bashed
several other NWO Members, explaining that priorities were out of order.  Despite his words,
Syxx continued to back him.  Apart of a WCW contingent, Nash went to Japan for a huge card
on May 3, 1997 in Osaka.  He teamed with Hall and Masa Chono to beat the Steiner Brothers
and Keiji Mutoh before an estimated 53,000 fans.  On May 18th in Charlotte, Nash teamed
with Hall and Syxx in a loss to Ric Flair, Roddy Piper and Kevin Greene.  The Outsiders
defended their World Tag Title against Flair and Piper on June 15th in Moline.  Many thought
it was the end of their reign, but they prevailed.  Piper was pinned by Hall.  The Steiner
began another serious run and on August 9th in Sturgis, they beat the Outsiders by
disqualification.
  
  There was a turn against the Four Horsemen on September 14th at Fall Brawl by Curt
Hennig which led to an NWO victory in War Games.  Nash had teamed with Konnan, Marcus
Bagwell and Syxx.  On October 13th in Tampa, Nash was unable to team with Hall in a
mandatory title defense against the Steiners, who where being managed by Ted DiBiase at
the time.  Syxx was the replacement.  Larry Zbyszko, a former AWA World Champion,
counted the winning pin and the Outsiders dropped the belts.  For nearly a year, the two had
dominated the tag team world.  Nash didn’t take part in the World War III pay-per-view, but he
appeared to help Hall eliminate the Giant and take the overall victory.  Hall would own the
right to a future World Title shot because of it.

  The Outsiders reunited on January 12, 1998 and captured their third WCW World Tag Title
in Jacksonville from the Steiners.  Nash had a grudge match with the Giant at Souled Out on
January 24th in Dayton.  He won by pinfall after some assistance from Hollywood Hogan and
some steaming hot coffee.  Also in early ’98, the NWO gained the managerial services of
three-time NWA Champ, Dusty Rhodes.  The Steiners beat them to regain the tag belts on
February 9th in El Paso, but the Outsiders wanted an immediate rematch.  Promoters
scheduled a bout for SuperBrawl VIII on February 22, 1998 in San Francisco.

  The New World Order had no plans of leaving the Cow Palace without both the WCW World
Heavyweight and WCW World Tag Titles firmly around the waists of Hogan and the
Outsiders.  Nash and Hall had some help from Scott Steiner as he turned on his brother and
joined the fold.  Before over 12,000 fans, the Outsiders had captured their fourth World Tag
Title.  Hogan was not as successful in his plans.  Sting walked out with the World
Championship.  Nash battled the Giant at Uncensored on March 15th and with Brian Adams’
help, he earned a disqualification.  Hall, with his trademark “Hey Yo,” received the World War
III World Title shot later in the evening against Sting.  There was no title change.

  On April 6th in Miami, Nash received a WCW Title shot against Sting in the main event of
Nitro.  He was nearly a victory when Hogan ran out and interjected.  Hogan attacked Sting,
giving the champ a win by disqualification.  Nash, angry at the interference, had words with
Hogan and the two nearly came to blows.  Also noted, Konnan was the only member from the
NWO to accompany Nash to the ring for the bout.  Before the match, Hogan had told the
world that Nash would win the title and then give the belt to him.  Nash responded seconds
before the bell, declining Hogan’s offer.  The NWO unfolding before everyone’s eyes.  It
seemed that the World Title was cursing them all.

  On April 19th in Denver, Nash helped Randy Savage win the WCW World Title from Sting,
delivering a powerbomb on the champion in the ring and then placed Savage on top of him.  
Earlier in the show, Nash had teamed with Hogan against the Giant and Roddy Piper in a
special bat-on-a-pole match.  In that contest, Hogan turned on Nash and hit him with the
stipulated weapon.  Nash and Hogan were clearly on opposite sides of the rebellious
organization.  The next day, Savage named Nash the new leader of the NWO, replacing
Hogan.  Some followed Nash and Savage, where others remained on Hogan’s side.  The
NWO “Red and Black…Wolfpack” was formed.  Needless to say, they were intensely
popular.  He was attacked by Hogan and company on May 11, 1998 in Kansas City, with a
surprise from The Giant.  “NWO” was painted on his back.

  The Outsiders lost the tag title to Sting and the Giant on May 17th at Slamboree.  Nash, as
the rest of the world, watched his partner turn on him and join the Hogan’s NWO Black and
White.  Sting and the Giant had a falling out in the weeks that followed.  At the Great
American Bash, the two faced off to determine which man would be allowed to pick another
partner in defense of the tag title.  Sting pinned the Giant and picked Nash to be his new
partner.  In early July, Bill Goldberg took the WCW World Title from Hogan and many had a
new person to focus on.  Including Nash.  He teamed with Konnan to beat Alex Wright and
Disco Inferno on July 12th in San Diego during the Bash at the Beach.  Nash entered the
nine-man battle royal at Road Wild ’98.  Goldberg eliminated The Giant in the finals.  Also
during the fall, the Ultimate Warrior joined WCW just as the “Warrior.” Another major wrestling
figure had joined the top tier of the promotion.

  Nash was named captain of one of the three War Games Teams during the August 17th
Monday Nitro from Hartford.  In Phoenix on August 30th, he helped a charitable cause at the
Great American Sports Bar.  Nash appeared with the Honky Tonk Man and Arizona
Diamondback shortstop Travis Lee in support of the Children with Aids Foundation.  During
the appearance, Nash had a chance to brush-up on his wrestling skills when he met
independent wrestler Section 8.  A quick powerbomb ended the fiasco and the fundraiser
continued.  Upon return to WCW, he had to focus his time and energy on Fall Brawl’s War
Games.  The pay-per-view was held on September 13th in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.  
“Diamond” Dallas Page pinned Stevie Ray in the match’s finale, giving Team WCW the
victory.

  In a battle between Outsiders, Nash wrestled Scott Hall on October 25, 1998 in Las Vegas.  
Through thick and thin and since the beginning of the NWO, Nash and Hall had stood side-by-
side.  That night in the “City that Never Sleeps,” the two men didn’t battle for ring supremacy.  
They battled for the sake of WCW and pay-per-view numbers.  The finish, though, left many
wondering what was going on behind the scenes.  Nash powerbombed Hall and left the ring
area, without scoring a winning pinfall.

  Nash followed his former Outsider counterpart on November 22nd in Auburn Hills by
winning the annual three-ring, sixty-man battle royal known as World War III.  The win
provided a future World Title shot and the champion was the undefeated, Goldberg.  After
173 matches, he had remained unblemished and Nash wanted nothing more then put that
one mark in the loss column.  During the early part of the winter, the Outsiders put their
problems aside and became allies again.  The reunion would play a big part at Starrcade on
December 27th in the nation’s capital.  Nash, surprisingly, went into the match as the
underdog and the fans were predicting another celebration with Goldberg’s music on the
sound system overhead.  Scott Hall, Disco Inferno and Bam Bam Bigelow all participated in
the match, eventually costing Goldberg the win.  Nash pinned him and captured his first
WCW World Heavyweight Title.  The streak was over.

  Several days later and before a very large Georgia Dome crowd, Nash allowed Hogan to
pin him for the title.  The New World Order was reformed with Hogan, Hall and Nash…the
originals.  On February 21, 1999 in Oakland, Nash and Hall teamed against Rey Misterio Jr.
and Konnan.  Hall was a late sub for Lex Luger, who was injured, but ringside.  Elizabeth was
also ringside and had more on the line in the match then any of the wrestlers.  Her hair was
on the line against Rey Jr.’s mask.  Nash pinned Misterio and the unmasking ceremony
began.  Nash put on the mask to mock the cruiserweight.  He also helped Hall pin Roddy
Piper in a singles match.  In a grudge match, Nash pinned Misterio at Uncensored on March
14th at the Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky.

  In a rematch from Starrcade, Nash wrestled Goldberg on April 11, 1999 in Tacoma at the
Tacoma Dome.  Lex Luger and Elizabeth accompanied him to the ring.  Nash dominated the
match early and had assistance from Liz when she distracted the referee as Nash landed a
low  blow.  In a move that shocked many, Nash leapfrogged the spear and Goldberg hit the
referee.  Luger interfered with a steel chair, but Goldberg was able to battle back and land
his jackhammer for the pinfall victory.  Later in the month, Nash competed in a four-corners
match for the WCW World Title against Dallas Page, Sting and Goldberg.  The date was April
26th in Fargo during an edition of Nitro.  Page won the belt.  In the main event of Slamboree
in May, Nash beat the champ and won his second WCW Title.  The pay-per-view was held on
May 9th in St. Louis at the TWA Dome.  

  An estimated 20,000 fans saw Eric Bischoff invoke some of his political powers to continue
the match after Page had scored a victory to retain his belt.  Nash was attacked by a
returning Sid Vicious on June 13, 1999 in Baltimore.  He had been defending his World Title
against Randy Savage when he was jumped and then powerbombed.  The attack led to a
disqualification.  In Sunrise at the National Car Rental Center, Nash was beaten by Savage
on July 11, 1999.  Nash had teamed with Sting against Vicious and Savage and the
stipulation was that if anyone pinned him, he would lose the belt to whoever accomplished the
feat.  The next night in Jacksonville, he conspired against the new champion and saw
Hollywood Hogan win the belt.

  On August 9th in Idaho, Nash, Vicious and Rick Steiner attacked Hogan early in the show.  
Sting and Goldberg ran out and made the save.  Later, a huge six-man tag bout was
scheduled between Nash’s trio and Hogan, Sting and Goldberg.  Hogan made his triumphant
return in his famous “Red and Yellow” gear.  Sting forced Nash to submit and a rule was
locked into Hogan’s match with Nash at Road Wild.  Nash would be putting his career on the
line against the World Champion, the founding members of the New World Order in the midst
of war.  WCW returned to Sturgis  and the Rally and Races on Saturday Night, August 14th.  
The two battered each other bloody and Hogan pinned Nash after a legdrop.  Nash’s WCW
wrestling career was seemingly over.  At least for the time being.

  The Outsiders reunited on October 4, 1999 in Kansas City at the Kemper Arena.  Nash and
Hall sat in the crowd, drinking back a few, as commentator Bobby Heenan walked over to
interview them.  As the audience watched, the famed grapplers joked and laughed.  The
Outsiders were back and everyone was ready for Nash’s imposed retirement to end.  A week
later in Biloxi, there was more of the same.  On October 18th in Philadelphia, Nash and Hall
had words with Bill Goldberg, who had been in the ring brawling with Sid Vicious.  Security
broke them up and then forced the Outsiders from the arena.  They were not done, as they
had returned only to wander aimlessly through the backstage area.  It seemed that although
the party continued, they were getting closer to making an impact on WCW Television.  At
Halloween Havoc on October 24th in Las Vegas, the Outsiders attacked Goldberg for his
match against Vicious.  Despite the handicap, Goldberg went on to capture the belt.  

  Nitro was broadcast on October 25th from Phoenix.  Nash and Hall arrived together with
enough beer to make everyone happy, but were told that they were going to wrestle later in
the evening.  Nash’s retirement was over.  When it was time for the contest, several beautiful
women walked out.  The antics continued until Goldberg speared both former champions.  
They later helped Bret Hart beat Goldberg for the U.S. Heavyweight Title.  A little revenge
was scored.  A huge four-way Texas Tornado Ladder Match was scheduled for November 8,
1999 in Indianapolis.  Hall was going to wrestle Hart, Vicious and Goldberg for the United
States Championship and Nash was going to be the special referee.  The wild affair saw Hart
capture the belt, but Nash help Hall win the title.

  On November 21st in Toronto, officials announced that Hall was going to be awarded the
World TV Title, but by the end of the month, Nash took the newly gained belt and tossed it
into the trash.  The Outsiders won their fifth WCW World Tag Title in New Orleans on
December 13th from Goldberg and Bret Hart during Nitro.  Hall missed several shows due to
injury between December 19th and December 27th, and was stripped of all recognition.  The
19th was the Starrcade pay-per-view in Washington DC.  Nash battled Vicious in a
powerbomb match.  He won.  The next night, Nash, Hall and Jeff Jarrett helped Bret Hart beat
Goldberg for the WCW World Title.  The four men formed “NWO 2000.”

  In January ‘00, Nash became the WCW Commissioner after he beat former NWA World
Champion, Terry Funk at Souled Out in Cincinnati.  He faced Vicious for the vacant World
Title on January 24th during Nitro in Los Angeles and was defeated.  The following night in
Las Vegas, Nash stripped Vicious of the title during a taping of Thunder.  Payback.  In turn,
he announced himself as the new champion.  Nash began his third reign.  In the main event
of that show, Nash wrestled one of the Harris Brothers and Vicious in a three-way cage
match.  He lost the title.  A very short reign it was.

  Nash appeared in Denver to combat the formation of the New Blood on April 10, 2000.  He
was on crutches, so there wasn’t much he could do as far as wrestling was concerned.  He
did have something to say  and mentioned that he spoke to Scott Hall on the telephone.  
ECW World Champion Mike Awesome attacked Nash, stunning many who knew what was
happening.  A rival promotion’s champion had appeared and went after one of WCW’s best,
although he was injury.  Both Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair were also both hurt on the card by
members of the New Blood.  Nash watched WCW change while he was on the sidelines.  Jeff
Jarrett became the World Champion, but lost his claim to Hollywood Actor, David Arquette
only to regain it at Slamboree.  Nash returned in May.  He went to the ring and handed the
WCW Belt to Ric Flair on May 15th in Biloxi after he had beaten Jeff Jarrett.

  A week later, Vince Russo stripped Flair of the title and gave it back to Jarrett.  Nash was
going to have something to say about it.  He took the gold belt and announced that if either
Russo or Jarrett wanted it back, they would have to fight him for it.  A match between Nash
and Jarrett was booked into the main event that night in Grand Rapids.  Russo was the
special referee.  He lost after a liquid dropped from the ceiling and was pinned.  The next
night during a Thunder Taping in Saginaw, Nash regained the World Title from Jarrett.  Scott
Steiner was also in the contest.  On the 29th, during Nitro, Nash gave the World Title back to
Flair, explaining that he had never originally lost the belt.

  Gaining revenge after the April attack in Denver, he pinned Mike Awesome in Des Moines
on June 26, 2000.  Nash’s match against Awesome was following Bill Goldberg’s attack of Jim
Duggan.  He later earned the ring to participate in a four-way match for the WCW World Title,
involving Goldberg, Scott Steiner and champion, Jeff Jarrett.  Prior to the bell, Goldberg
attacked Nash in the back area.  The three-way contest began.  Nash arrived after several
minutes.  Goldberg assisted in Jarrett’s pin over Nash and the champion retained the
championship.  On July 3, 2000 in Charleston, he went to the ring during a Goldberg
interview after the latter had stopped a video tribute of the Outsiders.  Security broke up the
wrestlers and neither got in a blow.  The anger seemed real enough to all who watched it.  
Was there real heat there?  Later, Nash won a special battle royal over twenty-competitors,
eliminating Goldberg in the final.  The Nash-Goldberg feud over Hall’s contract continued to
run into the July 9th pay-per-view show in Daytona Beach, labeled “Bash at the Beach.”

  BATB was the show in which the original New World Order was formed and many thought
that the 2000 installment of the event was going to see some kind of reunion.  Hulk Hogan
was getting a World Title shot against Jeff Jarrett and Nash was against Goldberg for the
contract.  To many, it seemed possible enough.  When Bash at the Beach was all said and
done, nothing had occurred as thought.  The New World Order hadn’t reformed.  Nash had
been beaten…Hogan took a “memorial” World Title from Jeff Jarrett and it seemed that Scott
Hall was never going to return.  At the end of the night, Booker T was the WCW World
Champion.  During the fall of 2001, Nash became known as “Coach,” a mentor to many of the
organization’s youth.  He became the manager of the Natural Born Thrillers, a renegade
group consisting of Mike Sanders, Shawn Stasiak, Chuck Palumbo, Sean O’Haire, Mark
Jindrak and Reno.  In October, the Thrillers began to have problems with one of their own,
Shawn Stasiak.

  During the October 23rd taping of Thunder, Nash and his group paddled Stasiak a la
“Animal House.” A chair was also used.  Nash was scheduled to do an appearance on
Politically Incorrect in late October 2000, but had to cancel.  He left the Thrillers and began to
see his former pupils as enemies.

  Nash formed a tag team with Dallas Page known as the “Insiders.” The two were instantly
the most popular team in WCW.  Nash and Page challenged The Perfect Event for the World
Tag Title at Mayhem on November 26th in Milwaukee.  He got the winning pin on Stasiak to
capture the belts.  Ric Flair helped them out prior by eliminating all of the members of the
Thrillers from ringside.  Mike Sanders remained only because he had a manager’s license.  
Sanders reviewed the tape afterwards and declared that the illegal man from the Insiders
scored the winning pinfall.  The Commissioner handed the belts back to Palumbo and Stasiak.

  Determined, Nash and Page regained the WCW Tag Title from the Perfect Event on
December 17th in Washington DC.  The following evening in Richmond, the champs walked
out of the arena after Page got involved in an altercation with Scott Steiner, the reigning
World Champion.  During that particular edition of Nitro, an eight-man battle royal was held to
determine which tag team would challenge the Insiders.  Conveniently enough, both Palumbo
and Stasiak and Jindrak and O’Haire won the royal.  Mike Sanders announced that two of the
four would be making the challenge at Sin.  The Insiders dropped the belts to O’Haire and
Palumbo on January 14, 2001 in Indianapolis.  The preparations for SuperBrawl XI on
February 18th in Nashville began.  Nash received a WCW World Title shot against Steiner.  
There was one main stipulation.  The loser would forever leave World Championship
Wrestling.  Nash had faced a similar match in ’99 when he put his career on the line versus
Hulk Hogan and lost.  This time, many wondering if the suspension of either man would last.  
The Outsider was brought to the ring in a wheelchair with a cast on his leg, but revealed that
he was okay and then hit the champ with the World Title Belt.  Nash pinned Steiner and won
his sixth WCW World Heavyweight Title.  WCW Chief Executive Officer Ric Flair, helping his
Magnificent Seven mate, announced that the match was a two-of-three-falls match and that it
was going to continue…with no disqualifications and falls-count-anywhere.  The blood match
saw Steiner pin Nash for the second fall on the floor.  In the finale, Nash was locked in a
Steiner Recliner and forced to submit.

  He left the organization and would never return to WCW.  In March 2001, the promotion
was sold to WWFE and it was announced that Shane McMahon was going to run things
rather than fold.  Nash’s contract remained under the billing of the Universal Wrestling
Corporation.  He continued to let his fans know what was going on through the internet
medium and his official website www.kevinnash.net.  There, it was announced that he was
planning for his wrestling return in early January 2002.  The website also reported that he
was going to reunite with Scott Hall as the Outsiders in Tokyo for the New Japan annual
Tokyo Dome show.

  In the meantime, WCW was relaunched from within the WWF along with ECW.  During the
July 2001 WWF pay-per-view, Nash’s name was mentioned by Jim Ross.

TITLE HISTORY:

  -WWF Intercontinental Title (1994) defeated Razor Ramon
  -A two-time co-holder of the WWF World Tag Team Title
          w/ Shawn Michaels (1994) defeated The Headshrinkers
          w/ Shawn Michaels (1995) defeated Owen Hart and Yokozuna
  -WWF World Heavyweight Title (1994-’95) defeated Bob Backlund
  -An eight-time co-holder of the WCW World Tag Team Title
          w/ Scott Hall (1996-’97) defeated Harlem Heat
          w/ Scott Hall (1997) awarded
          w/ Scott Hall (1997-’98) defeated The Steiners
          w/ Scott Hall (1998) defeated The Steiners
          w/ Sting (1998) was awarded
          w/ Scott Hall (1999) defeated Bill Goldberg and Bret Hart
          w/ Dallas Page (2000) defeated The Perfect Event
          w/ Dallas Page (2000) defeated The Perfect Event
  -WCW World War III Event (1998)
  -A five-time WCW World Heavyweight Champion
          -Defeated Bill Goldberg (1998)
          -Defeated Dallas Page (1999)
          -Awarded (2000)
          -Defeated Jeff Jarrett and Scott Steiner (2000)
          -Defeated Booker T (2000)




Research by Tim Hornbaker
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