Earlier today, we reported that it appeared Kevin Nash was injured at Sunday’s Night of Champions pay-per-view. After taking a sledgehammer shot to the head by Triple H during the Triple H vs. CM Punk main event, a WWE official checked on Nash and did the “X” hand sign over his head – indicating a legitimate injury.
After speaking with a relable WWE source, Nash is said to be fine and was just selling the sledgehammer shot.
Kevin Nash will not be on RAW tonight and instead is headed to Los Angeles, California today to begin filming for movie “Magic Mike.”
The sledgehammer shot that Nash took from Triple H last night will be the explanation given by WWE as to why Nash won’t be on tonight’s RAW from Cleveland, Ohio.
As we reported here last week, Kevin Nash made a surprise appearance at WWE’s Night of Champions pay-per-view.
After Triple H attacked Kevin Nash with a sledgehammer, Michael Cole (who had lost his voice at that point) was seen writing something on a piece of paper and showing it to Jerry Lawler. Lawler then showed the paper to members of the WWE crew who then ran to the backstage area.
Following the main event, Nash remained on the floor until a member of the WWE crew came down to check on him. They did the “X” symbol and other officials came over to check on Nash, who eventually got to his feet and has helped to the back by officials.
Nash has been injury prone in recent years and many in the company had doubts as to whether he was able to compete in a full match and remain healthy.
We’ll be following up on this story and hope to have an update later this week.
According to sources within WWE, Kevin Nash is currently scheduled for this Sunday’s Night of Champions pay-per-view event in Buffalo, New York.
In the opening segment of last week’s Raw Supershow, WWE Chief Operating Officer Triple H fired Nash after the former WCW World Heavyweight Champion revealed that he had snuck into his office and sent a text to himself from The Game’s phone, instigating his attack on CM Punk at SummerSlam.
Nash was then shown leaving the venue with John Laurinaitis. Two days later, WWE formally announced his released from the organization. Nash then said on Twitter that both parties couldn’t reach financial terms.
For more on Kevin Nash’s “release” from WWE and what his future holds, check out our official Kevin Nash News Page.
— Rosa Mendes, who has not appeared on WWE programming since SummerSlam, posted her first message on Twitter since August 20 by ranting about fellow SmackDown Diva A.J. The three-year veteran doesn’t feel the Union City native “looks like a WWE Diva.”
She wrote, “But what one thing I don’t miss is looking at rookies that call themselves divas when they can’t get a hold of some proactive to clear their Awful skin up, and start dressing like actual Divas instead of shopping at consignment stores in the kid section. You want to be a Diva? Look like one AJ. You look like a cashier that works at my local grocery store.
“Why you are on the roster boggles my mind!!!!!!!!”
— The official WWE website has ranked Hulk Hogan turning his back on millions of Hulkamaniacs to join Scott Hall and Kevin Nash in forming one of the most infamous groups in history, the New World Order, as No. 1 in their “List This: Legends of the Fall.”
Click here for WWE.com’s recollection of the event.
— Former WWE talent Paul Heyman turns 46 years old today.
In the same manner WWE would announce a standard talent release, the organization announced Wednesday the release of Kevin Nash as of Monday, Sept. 5.
Their statement reads: “WWE has come to terms on the release of WWE Superstar Kevin Nash as of Monday, Sept. 5, 2011. We wish Kevin the best in all future endeavors.”
There is no mention of WWE Chief Operating Officer Triple H “firing” Nash on Monday’s Raw Supershow.
Kevin Nash, Jimmy Hart and former WWE star Kurrgan are appearing in a new horror movie called “Monster Brawl!” Here is the official synopsis and movie trailer:
“Set in the tradition of a Pay-Per-View main event, comes a grotesque and hilarious fight to the death featuring a cast of eight classic combatants in all. Along with their colorful managers, these Monsters compete in visceral bloody combat in the ring to determine the most powerful monster of all time.”
— Following the Eight-Man Elimination Tag Team Match on the Raw Supershow, John Cena chased Alberto Del Rio away to close the broadcast. CM Punk came down the aisle and harassed Ricardo Rodriguez, pressing him back to the ring before tossing him in. Punk and Cena stood on each side and Cena started a thumbs-up, thumbs-down game with the crowd. Rodriguez, however, escaped from the ring.
There was a long moment as Cena and Punk stared at each other and glanced to the crowd for direction. Cena offered Punk his hand, and as the fans encouraged them to embrace, they clasped hands and raised their arms together. Cena pointed at Punk and smiled to the crowd.
– In the opening segment of Monday’s Raw Supershow, WWE Chief Operating Officer Triple H fired Kevin Nash after Nash revealed that he had snuck into his office and sent a text to himself from Triple H’s phone, instigating his attack on CM Punk at SummerSlam. Nash was then shown leaving the venue with John Laurinaitis.
In accordance with the storyline, Nash’s profile has been removed from WWE.com’s Raw Superstars section. He is once again listed as a WWE Alumnus.
– WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes is advertised to appear at Florida Championship Wrestling’s Oct. 15 live event at the Suwanee County Coliseum 1302 SW 11th St. Live Oaks, FL. Belltime is 7:30 p.m. Visit FCWWrestling.com for more information.
– To correct an earlier report, the decision for CM Punk to wrestle Triple H at Night of Champions was actually made over the weekend, not Monday. A “Team Punk vs. Team Triple H” had been discussed for Survivor Series, and that might still happen. Whatever happened during Kevin Nash’s recent medical physical that prevented him from wrestling Punk next month is expected to be resolved – and a match between Punk and Nash is still expected to happen eventually.
– Jerry Lawler has been told by WWE producers to back off Vickie Guerrero and not make fun of her weight on commentary at RAW.
– WWE Hall of Famer Jim Ross will be the next WWE personality to go hunting with Shawn Michaels on an upcoming episode of Shawn’s MacMillan River Adventures on the Outdoor Channel.
— The August 29 episode of Monday Night Raw scored a 3.15 cable rating, up from 2.97 the week before. The first hour drew a 3.23 before decreasing to 3.06 in the second.
The program averaged 4,650,000 viewers over the course of two hours, up from 4,637,000.
— Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson surpassed one million followers today on Twitter.
Regarding this momentous occasion, “The Great One” wrote, “Team Bring It – 1,000,000 strong! We’re just gettin’ started… #ProudToBringIt.”
His WrestleMania XXVIII opponent, John Cena, has 871,028 followers.
— An electric guitar autographed by Kevin Nash is up for auction here.
— The August 26 episode of A.M. Raw garnered a 0.44 rating with 498,000 viewers.
On Monday’s RAW, we saw Kevin Nash challenge CM Punk to a match at Night of Champions, only to have the match changed to Triple H vs. CM Punk at the end of the show.
Company officials did plan for Nash to wrestle at Night of Champions, however those plans were scrapped after Nash’s recent visit to Pittsburgh for his physicals. While details are still sketchy, something about what the doctors observed made WWE decide against having him work a full match, even with a seasoned performer like Punk, who could take the majority of the bumps.
It’s expected that Kevin Nash will remain part of WWE storylines, perhaps as an enforcer/bodyguard for Triple H, but don’t expect to see him working singles matches any time soon.
The decision for Triple H to wrestle at Night of Champions wasn’t made until Monday afternoon.
Had Nash been medically cleared to wrestle at Night of Champions, the plan was for CM Punk to win their match.
– In what appears to be WWE’s brand split coming to an end, WWE’s Chief Operating Officer Triple H announced on RAW that “for the foreseeable future” the stars of Smackdown will be appearing every week on Raw.
With Tuesday’s Super SmackDown special featuring RAW superstars as well – it appears we might be seeing an end to separate talent rosters for RAW and SmackDown.
– At the conclusion of Monday’s RAW, WWE COO Triple H announced that the CM Punk vs. Kevin Nash at Night of Champions (made earlier in the show) was canceled – and he would be taking Nash’s spot! It will be Triple H vs. CM Punk at Night of Champions!
– WWE has launched a new page on Twitter, twitter.com/wweinsider, a “behind-the-scenes reporter for WWE.com and WWE Magazine, reporting LIVE from Monday Night Raw and PPV events.”
– The current word in WWE is that Kevin Nash has been brought in for a short run – not a full-fledged return. Nash has a WWE Legends deal and is still able to take independent bookings as long as it does not conflict with anything wWE has planned for him. Nash is said to be very happy working a program with CM Punk.
– Officials from the Dragon Gate USA promotion recently confirmed that WWE has expressed interest in signing several of their contracted wrestlers. DGUSA has stated that it will allow any of its wrestlers out of their contracts in the event that WWE wants to sign them. No word yet on which DGUSA stars WWE is interested in, but this does jive with our recent report that WWE is looking to bring in a number of cruiserweight-sized wrestlers.
– WWE Studios’ Inside Out with Triple H will premiere on DirecTV Cinema on September 10th.
– This weekend’s RAW-brand live events will feature the following matches:
John Cena vs. The Miz
CM Punk vs. R-Truth
Dolph Ziggler vs. Alex Riley
WWE ‘s Tag Team Champions Evan Bourne & Kofi Kingston are also advertised for the weekend’s house shows.
– Kevin Nash made it clear at last week’s RAW that he will no longer do scripted promos. Many fans probably noticed that Nash messed up a few of his lines last week and appeared to be rusty on the mic. This week – Nash went out to the ring with only bullet points to work from and things went a lot better. Nash got approval from Triple H to work without a formal script – much like CM Punk’s recent promos, where he is given much more free reign than most wrestlers on his promos.
– Speaking of Nash, Pro Wrestling Ohio TV recently conducted a really good 1-hour sit-down issue with him, which you can check out below:
— WWE.com has posted a ninety-one second video retrospective highlighting the influential career of Kevin Nash. Titled “Who Is Kevin Nash?,” the video package features clips of Nash as “Big Daddy Cool” Diesel, his memorable exploits with the New World Order, his appearances for WWE in 2003, and his surprise returns at this year’s Royal Rumble and SummerSlam.
“Kevin Nash, he’s one of the top players without question,” Jim Ross said of the legendary grappler. “He was the catalyst. You can’t look at the top stars without including Kevin Nash. And you really can’t do it honestly without putting Kevin Nash toward the top of the list.”
The highlight video can be accessed here.
— Scott Hall no-showed Saturday’s I Believe in Wrestling event in Orlando, Florida. According to the organization’s official website, www.ibelieveinwrestling.com, he was advertised to host the show with former TNA star Desmond Wolfe.
— Former WWE star Rob Conway has launched an account on Twitter. He announced Monday that he will be competing in the NPC Kentucky Muscle Mens Physique Division this November, noting that he is 98% fat free.
– The WWE crew member that Kevin Nash shook hands with backstage on RAW last night as he was walking down the hallway was Cal Cole, son of WWE announcer Michael Cole.
– The Miz and R-Truth will be working together as a tag team in the coming weeks. According to a WWE source, their team name is going to be “Awesome Truth.”
Following Evan Bourne & Kofi Kingston’s tag title win on RAW, Awesome Truth looks to be one of the new contenders in WWE’s revamped tag team division.
– “Jack Tunney” was trending worldwide on Twitter last night during RAW after the mention from CM Punk. Longtime WWE fans will remember Jack Tunney as the storyline “WWF President” in late 1980s-early 1990’s.
– Aaron sent word that Vendetta Pro Wrestling wrestlers from California that got WWE tryouts last week were Jody Kristofferson, AJ Kirsch and Dylan Drake. Referee “Goggles” Goldstein also got a tryout.
– WWE has released commemorative tickets for the John Cena vs. CM Punk and Randy Orton vs. Christian matches at Summerslam.
— WWE Hall of Famer “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase stated during an interview with the Poughkeepsie Journal that his son Brett will be released from his developmental contract with WWE at the end of the month. The third generation talent was forced to bow out of competing earlier this year after suffering multiple knee injuries and is now unable to continue working as a referee.
“When he realized he couldn’t wrestle without being in pain, well maybe we can go the referee route. Well, then we have a fourth knee surgery. I got to thinking about that and referees are actually up and down even more than wrestlers. Usually when we go down, we’re going down on our back. When they go down, they go down on their knees,” DiBiase said. “Brett will really officially be released at the end of this month. He’s come home now. He’s in great spirits. He’s sad that it hasn’t worked out for him. But on the same token, he was very frustrated and the frustration’s over. We got closure.”
To read the full interview, click here.
— WWE announced the following on Twitter fifteen minutes prior to tonight’s Raw: “Triple H has invited @RealKevinNash back to @WWE #Raw to discuss “textgate” Who’s telling the truth? Find out LIVE at 9/8 CT @USA_Network!”
— Jey and Jimmy Uso, who are twin brothers, celebrate their twenty-sixth birthday today.
Sunday’s WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view featured the surprise return of one of the biggest pro wrestling stars of the 1990’s – Kevin Nash. Nash brutally attacked CM Punk following his WWE championship win, allowing Alberto Del Rio to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase and leading to a great deal of speculation as to who hired Kevin Nash to attack Punk. Nash was on RAW this week to explain his actions, but his explanation that a powerful friend texted him with instructions to “stick the winner” of the WWE title match did little to make sense of what really went down the night before.
We’ve got a few new backstage details regarding Nash’s WWE return:
– WWE did everything they could on Sunday night at SummerSlam to keep his return a surprise. Nash was flown into Los Angeles on Saturday and was kept in a secluded area of the Staples Center up until the main event where he did his run-in. In another measure to prevent news from leaking out about the surprise appearance – Nash’s return was not listed on WWE’s official booking sheet for the show.
– Despite a lot of resistance from Nash, WWE forced Nash to dye his hair jet black prior to appearing on television. Nash is said to be very comfortable with his silver-haired look, but WWE officials think it makes Nash look too old and would not cave.
It’ been said that Nash had a similar situation in TNA Wrestling, where company officials wanted him to dye his hair to look younger, but Nash got his way with TNA management.
— Championship Wrestling International announced Thursday that Kevin Nash has been pulled from their 2011 East Coast Invasion due to his obligations with WWE. The ten-day tour kicks off today in the eastern region of Canada.
“Wrestling fans, we regret to inform you that Kevin Nash will not be with us for the Invasion Tour of the Maritimes,” said Donnie Abrue, Head of Talent Relations.
“As most fans are aware, Kevin Nash recently returned to World Wrestling Entertainment. Nash has been under contract to WWE for several months and was free to work elsewhere as long as WWE wasn’t in need of his services at that time. Nash competed in the main event for CWI this past May without any issue.”
— Gail Kim announced today on Twitter that she had to cancel her advertised appearance at this November’s Wizard World Austin Comic Con in Austin, Texas. She did, however, reveal that she will be appearing in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania next week, but did not release further details.
— Kevin Nash is advertised to wrestle TNA Wrestling star Scott Steiner at UCW’s September To Remember events, which take place on Aug. 31, 2011 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada at St. Antonio Hall and Sept. 1, 2011 in Berwick, Nova Scotia, Canada at the Apple Dome.
Meanwhile, Northeast Wrestling announced today that Nash will fulfill his future obligations for the promotion. Their statement reads: “We have just confirmed with the Big man himself – “Big Sexy” Kevin Nash – he will be in Waterbury, CT on Friday, September 30th and Poughkeepsie, NY on Saturday, Oct. 1st. He will be in action both nights and signing autographs and taking photos with the fans.”
— Mick Foley says he’s not upset about not being included in WWE’s Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century DVD.
“I’m not surprised I’m not on that greatest stars disc,” he wrote on Twitter. “I only had 9 matches with @WWE in the 21st century. Not hurt at all.”
— Tammy Sytch, Nikolai Volkoff and Samu appear at Sports Heroes & Legends 10 Giffords Lane Staten Island, New York this Friday from from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
— Kevin Nash teased on Twitter that he will be appearing on tonight’s episode of Raw. Nash wrote on Monday:
“Rumor has it a tall, dark haired dude is going to be on Raw tonight. You better watch. He has a tendency to disappear for months.”
Nash appeared last night at SummerSlam to assault CM Punk following his WWE Championship victory over John Cena. Following the attack, Alberto Del Rio cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and defeated Punk for the belt. Freedom Pro Wrestling announced two days earlier that Nash had suffered a neck injury and would miss their Saturday event. He was replaced by “Diamond” Dallas Page.
— Ricky Ortiz, who was released two years ago from his contract with WWE, now competes in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. He regularly competes in tournaments for the Florida Federation of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, where he reigns as champion in his weight class. He still wrestles as he recently joined the Urban Wrestling Federation, which is described as an “intense fusion of pro wrestling and hip hop music.” The former WWE star is also looking to head to Japan to both wrestle and fight.
— Sheamus is featured on the cover of the latest issue of Inside Wrestling.
– With his big WWE Title win last night at SummerSlam, Alberto Del Rio becomes the first Mexican-born wrestler to hold the WWE Title. The late Eddie Guerrero was born in El Paso, Texas while Hall of Famer Pedro Morales was from Puerto Rico.
– Kevin Nash made a surprise return to WWE television a SummerSlam and destroyed CM Punk following his win over John Cena, allowing Alberto Del Rio to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase and leave SummerSlam as WWE champion.
It’s worth noting that Nash’s official website lists several apearances for the Awesome Wrestling Entertainment promotion in September and October. It’s unknown at this time whether Nash will keep those dates, now that he’s a key piece in WWE’s top main event storyline.
New Age Outlaw BG James tweeted the following on Monday about being with Kevin Nash this weekend when he may have got the call from WWE to appear at SummerSlam:
“We were w/Nash this weekend and he did get a phone call at one point friday night that Billy and I thought was suspicious.”
Sunday’s WWE SummerSlam pay-per-view saw the surprise returns of several notable names.
– Jimmy Hart did a backstage segment with R-Truth, where he offered Truth his managing services. After almost convincing him, R-Truth questioned with Jimmy was a Little Jimmy and stormed off before the deal could be made.
– Stephanie McMahon had a heated backstage segment with CM Punk, was shown consulting with husband Triple H prior to the main event and was seen exiting the dressing room of former WWE champion John Cena.
– Edge was announced as Christian’s surprise prior to his No Holds Barred match against Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship. After getting a tremendous response from the crowd, Edge ripped into Christian for the way he won his championship (by disqualification) and the way he’s carried himself as champion. Edge bailed on Christian right before the match began.
– Kevin Nash made a surprise appearance, storming the ringside area through the crowd after CM Punk defeated John Cena for the WWE Championship. As Punk was celebrating, Nash attacked him – destroying him with a jackknife powerbomb and allowing Alberto Del Rio to cash in his Money in the Bank briefcase and leave SummerSlam as WWE champion. It should be interesting to see whether Alberto Del Rio had a hand in Nash taking out Punk and opening the door for an easy title win.
We will have tons of backstage news regardingt he returns of Stephanie McMahon and Kevin Nash here on SEScoops.com during the week – stay tuned!
Kevin Nash is the latest WWE personality to give praise to CM Punk, offering the former WWE champion his protection services:
“Still up trying to unwind from todays shoot.2-3 days left on Rock of Ages. Enjoying Raw, Punk doing a great job. Punk if you want back up you got my number. Your worth me going back on the road full time. Offer stands understand if you want to go it alone.”
He added that he misses that rush he felt when he made a surprise appearance at the Royal Rumble.
Nash is currently filming the big-screen adaptation of the Broadway show Rock of Ages, which stars Tom Cruise, Mary J. Blige, Russell Brand, Catherine Zeta-Jones..
– In an interview with TorontoSun.com, former WWE diva Trish Stratus says practicing yoga helped her avoid surgery. “My body said, ‘I’m really worn out and I need you to start taking care of me so I can last you a little bit longer than this.” When she was sidelined with injuries and surgery was discussed, she decided to explore other options before going under the knife. “I thought, ‘Well lemme see if I can take a different route,'” she said. Once she began yoga, her body responded almost immediately and she was able to continue her career virtually injury-free.
– Former WWE star Sean “X-Pac” Waltman has updated his blog with his thoughts about the ongoing Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior sage. Waltman addresses “Kharma Collects” video series that Warrior posted online last week as well as several of the rumors circulating regarding both men. To read the full blog, visit RealXPac.com.
– WWE legend Kevin Nash will be appearing in the new movie “Rock Of Ages” based on the broadway musical. No word yet on what part Nash will play, but the movie is starring Tom Cruise, Alec Baldwin and Russell Brand. For more information on the show, visit RockofAgesMusical.com.
— Michael Tarver was removed from WWE.com’s Raw roster page on Wednesday after being released last week. He took to Twitter to comment on his immediate future:
“Thanx for the kinds words guys but im just getting warmed up wwe was just the beginning ,,,,,,,,GOD HELP US …..stay tuned…”
“Whats going on family ,fyi im about to go H.A.M. all over the web starting this sunday night ,you havent seen my potential yet ,stay tuned..”
“Im cancerous so when I dance you wouldnt want to bomb either if you responded back with a battle rap you wrote for JOHN CENA ,stay tuned… Having some fun ,,,,,stay tuned…”
— Diamond Dallas Page and Kevin Nash are advertised to appear at the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo this weekend in Calgary at the BMO Centre.
— Big Show appeared as the Intercontinental Champion for a match against Alberto Del Rio at a Raw live event last week in Spain. Wade Barrett currently reigns as the Intercontinental Champion.