WWE Hall Of Famer Kevin Nash Says It Was "F***ed Up" How Vince McMahon Dismantled Triple H's NXT

When Triple H was sidelined with a health scare, former WWE Chairman Vince McMahon wasted no time dismantling The Game's NXT and turning it into NXT 2.0. Now, Kevin Nash has shared his honest take on that!

By JoshWilding - Aug 18, 2022 03:08 PM EST

Filed Under: WWE

Kevin Nash is one of Triple H's closest friends, so we're sure you won't be surprised that he has some strong opinions about how he was treated when NXT became NXT 2.0.

There was a time when that was one of the hottest brands in all of pro wrestling, though it had become commonplace for Vince McMahon to drop the ball on NXT Superstars who were called up to the main roster. There were some hits, of course, with former NXT Champions Kevin Owens and Seth Rollins among the most noteworthy examples.

Unfortunately, with a lack of big names, NXT struggled in the Wednesday Night Wars and was ultimately beaten by AEW Dynamite. With that, the second Triple H was sidelined with a heart issue, Vince stepped in and transformed NXT into the colourful NXT 2.0.

Focusing on the type of wrestlers he likes, Vince turned the brand into RAW-lite, and the show has not been popular with fans. Now, though, the hope is that NXT can return to its former glory, with today's news of NXT Europe being launched a good sign of what's to come. Someone who was particularly disappointed to see what became of the brand under Vince's watch was Nash.

"He's got an eye for talent, that's for sure," the WWE Hall of Famer said of Triple H. "Look at the people that he's kind of hand-picked and pushed up on the WWE product on RAW. Every time one of them went up there, man it was just like, 'How quick can we dismantle what got him over and f**k this dude up?' It was just like when he got sick when he had the heart episode."

"They couldn't f**king get down there and dismantle what he had built in NXT quick enough," Nash continued. "I thought that was f**ked up, man."

That's the reaction many people had, and with Vince now gone from WWE, the product is vastly improving under Triple H's watch. As well as being in charge of creative, he's also overseeing talent relations, and it appears WWE is now a much happier place to work, as a result.

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2 Comments

CorndogThief - 8/19/2022, 8:18 AM

Nash is 100% right. How many extremely popular NXT people got pushed up to the main roster, only to have Vince change everything that people liked about them? He just couldn't help himself. He just couldn't accept the fact that someone was becoming a star that he didn't create.

The NXT thing was a little different. They were soundly getting beaten by AEW in the ratings every single week. So Vince moved it to Tuesdays so it wasn't competing with AEW, then decided to change the entire product because it lost.

But NXT was never going to beat AEW. NXT is minor leagues and new talent. AEW has experienced pro wrestlers. It's not even a comparison.

Himura - 8/20/2022, 8:41 PM

I'd love to see a tell-all documentary about the backstage politics one day.

I swear there must've been some Game of Thrones levels of plotting and backstabbing just to get Vince and Co. all out of the picture.

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