#3 Kevin Nash
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Kevin Nash’s career saw its brightest days over on WCW, but technically the man is a WWF legend. He was brought in by Shawn Michaels to play HBK’s bodyguard under the ring name, Diesel. During what was a very slow period for the company during the early 90s, Diesel was one of the WWF’s main stars, once holding the WWF Championship and taking on The Undertaker at Wrestlemania. When he left, along with long-term friend and fellow Clique member, Scott Hall, his absence was most certainly felt.
Nash is one of those stars that is known more for his impact on the wrestling business, as opposed to being universally liked by the fans. He spent the majority of his career as a heel, only really enjoying babyface success as Diesel after breaking away from Michaels in 94. Fans do not tend to look back on his second WWE run with very fond memories, which says more about the Invasion Angle as a whole, rather than Nash’s particular contribution.
He did see a brief return to the ring in 2011 during the Summer of Punk story. He would make a rather unexpected appearance at Summerslam 2011, costing CM Punk the WWE Championship and then going on to feud with Triple H. The whole affair felt very poorly planned and took a lot of the momentum away from a very promising programme.
Perhaps for this reason, a Kevin Nash retirement match isn’t much desired amongst the WWE Universe, but there is enough about him as a person, and his involvement with wrestling over the years to put something relatively good together.
The obvious choice for an opponent would be Triple H. You’d want him to face a fellow Clique member, and with Shawn Michaels now retired and Scott Hall well past his best, it would be the King of Kings that could best enable the former Champ to leave himself between the ropes one last time.
