The feuds between Shawn Michaels and Kevin Nash aka Diesel were some of the memorable feuds and storylines in the 90s of WWE. Diesel and Shawn Michaels used to be tag team partners at the beginning.
After Shawn broke up with his previous tag team partner Marty Jannetty, Diesel was introduced as the new partner and enforcer of the Heart Break Kid. Later, the duo fought & broke up as Diesel went on to become the WWE World Heavyweight Champion and Shawn Michaels won Royal Rumble 1995 and challenged Diesel for the World Championship at WrestleMania XI.
Shawn Michaels Reveals How Kevin Nash Took Themselves To The Main Events
Both of the mentioned matches are considered as classics. Even though Royal Rumble match 1995 was not a very entertaining match to witness but it is remembered because Shawn entered the match as no. 1 entrant and won. It was the first time such a thing happened.
The feud between Diesel and Shawn Michaels became really famous back then. Shawn recently spoke to TMZ Sports where he discussed about this feud and Diesel’s contributions;
“Kevin was a really big part of my life and really, obviously of my career in taking my singles career, and I would arguably say to that main event level,” said Shawn.
“I felt like I was doing pretty darn well transitioning from Sherri to myself, but it was sort of in that Intercontinental Championship area and then I think as Kevin joined me in that time, we were able to take one another to another level within the WWE and when you’re in it doing it, it all happens very fast and you don’t really have a time to look back and think about that, so every time they come with these documentaries it’s always fun to be able to take some time and focus and talk about the appreciation you have for that time.”
“I think everybody would know by now there certainly were times where we brought the best from in-the-ring standpoint and taking ourselves to another level, but personally we were kind of troublemakers,” Michaels adds. As far as the two’s most memorable memories go, Shawn cites with how the duo became to be in WWE.
“The way it came about. I had seen him on WCW as Vinnie Vegas. I can remember at that time coming off believing that Andrew Dice Clay was the funniest guy and he sort of had an aspect of that in Vinnie Vegas and seeing it and then of course quite some time later talking to Rick Steiner about it and him mentioning him and wanting to have a bodyguard.”
Even nowadays this complete feud is taken as an example to build up big man – small man feuds. Rumors also suggest that the recent AJ Styles – Omos storyline is also built by having this feud in mind. It was extremely impactful even now.
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