#9 Nailz allegedly attacked Vince McMahon in his office
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Pretty much everything about Kevin Wacholz’s WWF career was controversial. He would make his debut in 1992 was ‘Nailz’ an ex-convict who made a series of videos claiming The Big Boss Man, another WWF persona had abused him in prison. Boss Man was portraying a police officer at the time, so the whole affair felt very real. For the younger fans who probably didn’t understand how kayfabe worked, it must have been more than upsetting to see a wrestler accuse another of abuse in real life.
Nailz would spend most of his WWF career feuding with Boss Man in some perverted attempt at getting justice and proving his innocence. The fact that Nailz played the villain in this only served to heighten the perception that many in the US have against inmates, that they will do and say anything to prove their ‘innocence’ even though they’re probably lying.
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Wacholz’s relationship with the WWF would end in even more controversial circumstances that had nothing at all do with kayfabe storytelling. Walcholz would make numerous accusations against Vince McMahon, claiming that his boss forced the wrestler to take steroids. Considering the FBI were at the beginning of their investigations into steroid use in the company, the timing of this confrontation could not have been worse. The whole affair ended with some very ugly scenes as Wacholz was seen choking out McMahon in his office.
According to Bret Hart, Wacholz was shouting and physically abusing Vince for 15 minutes, holding him over a chair and attempting to choke him out. Unsurprisingly, this led to a series of lawsuits by the company, and the Nailz character was never to be seen again on screen. Wacholz would leave the WWE, making a small but very memorable impression on the WWE Universe. In 1996, Wacholz took the stand against Vince, accusing him of pushing steroids onto his wrestlers.
It’s probably safe to say that anyone associated with the WWF would prefer to forget everything about Nailz.
