Kevin Nash on Warrior

[@drewvader2349]

I met Warrior around 2005 at a Sports/Manga convention in London. Not many wrestling fans there so meeting the few wrestlers that were there was easy. Warrior was lovely to me, easy to chat with and very friendly.

[@artisticskillz01]

Same

[@jonbarton]

I met him there too, he was awesome that day. The vids of that event in London are on KZbin as Warrior had a guy filming that weekend.

[@paulneely6430]

His opinion on gays was spot on though

[@MichaelThomas-ll1hw]

Do you know what attribution error/theory is?

[@JoshuaTraffanstedt]

They say he was all bad but talk to anyone that's ever met him and they literally give the same story. I got a picture with him as a kid and he'd put me on his shoulders like he was my uncle or something. My grandmother had that picture for years (I also got a picture with Kerry Von Erich in the middle of the ring. I still have that one), but after she passed she left them to my aunt and most of those pictures either went to my cousin after my aunt died or just were lost over the years. I don't know what happened to that picture. There's even video of warrior with fans taking pictures with them over and over until they got the exact experience (or as close to it) they were hoping for. Warrior realized the fans were his real clientele and those are the only people's opinions he cared about.

[@mangmerciless9606]

As a kid, I idolized these characters, never thinking about what kind of people they were in real life.

[@MaximusJohal]

Its disappointing when you hear the stuff they got up to, its a shame as they were great role models. (so we thought)

[@gcj8925]

@@MaximusJohal no, it's not. death of the artist.

[@Mrderful]

Same here BUT being a grown man now and "knowing" more about the business, I'm not in the least bit surprised how many of our "role models" were legit POS.

[@pauldezmond3388]

That's what makes it all so interesting now

[@onamattapeeya]

​@@MaximusJohal yeah but like movies or music or anything else you got to separate the art from the artist, I still listen to Metallica but I lost all respect for Hetfield and Ulrich because they're just so snobby IRL...

[@calmstormambience1875]

To The Host, I like the way you interview Nash without interrupting him and he can tell his story I do appreciate this!

[@theungreatkahli]

Yeah for real. Other people seem to always want to interrupt and get themselves over on some of these shoots.

[@petegallows5494]

Sean Oliver has been doing this for a very long time, he is very experienced.

[@amethizz7085]

Sean is a pioneer

[@markwilliams7054]

Sean Oliver started this gangsta shit and that's the motherfuckin thanks he gets

[@dansokulski4039]

Uhm, that’s Sean Oliver…he kind of revolutionized how pro wrestlers are interviewed…like 20 years ago

[@commiehunter733]

The Warrior's characters was a phenom. The energy, the charisma, it was all 10/10.... His wrestling ability was subpar, but by the time the warrior starting shaking the ropes he had the crowd in the palm of his hand

[@ProspectNY11211]

Met warrior as a kid. He was in a cab with his opponent Hercules Hernandez. He came out of the car and took a picture. He was kind.

[@jimsmith8993]

False

[@amajeet]

Sure, people carried cameras in those days like they do thier 'cell' (gay murican term for mobile) phones

[@gbody2617]

@@baconbenjidestroyer - Benoit was set up.

[@TheBC313]

As a kid were you not confused as to why he was in the same cab as Herc?

[@-XKHAN-]

@@TheBC313 if it was when he was Power and Glory they were babyfaces apart of the time, so it might have not been crazy to see them riding together

[@rjgbass]

"He's got a blazer... put-Jimmy-Hart-to-shame airbrushed.." 😂😂😂

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

The Warrior rolling blunts is a visual I can't get my mind around

[@sc12100]

Right ? I remember seeing interviews where he came across as an anti drug guy - besides steroids of course.

[@jamaali2358]

@@sc12100 didn't he take speed to workout

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

@@jamaali2358 Cocaine + speedballs x meth. Dude was tryna go Super Saiyan. I don't see weed being his drug of choice. Ever. Can you imagine "Chill Warrior?" That would make a helluva series. Just laying in the ring talking about other universes & shit.

[@AmericanNope]

@@ModernDayRenaissanceMan after massive amounts of coke and adrenalin in the 80s I m sure warrior had his chill phase

[@nick56677]

I don't see how the Warrior has the patience to sit and roll a blunt. I imagine the weed shaking everywhere out of the blunt as Warrior talks about spaceships and the Orion galaxies as his attorneys sit beside him consulting the blunt rolling

[@toby-aprilseegren3872]

I was at wrestlemania 30 and got to see warrior. When he was in the ring the next night on raw, you could see during his exit that he was breathing heavily. I don't think anyone realized how serious it was and then he was gone. RIP to the Ultimate Warrior.

[@gsesquire3441]

Nah there was no way to tell. He was an older man trying to cut a warrior style promo with bellowing and using all your vocal power. Of course an older man would leave the ring red faced, gasping and sweating after that. Those warrior promos would do a number on a younger man yelling like that.

[@theungreatkahli]

Yeah that was a crazy time. He knew something was up.

[@djangofett4879]

he was always horribly out of breath. his entire career he was out of breath by the time he got to the ring even when he started slowing down the entrance

[@melodyman5633]

I’ve always liked the Ultimate Warrior. Always will.

[@djangofett4879]

he cant wrestle and he has the worst promos of all time. he was a total embarrassment to anyone over the age of 9

[@YinWhoo-zx2sz]

His mic skills and intensity were better than Brett Hart.

[@v05555]

lol

[@michaellofranco1107]

Warrior will FOREVER hold a very special place in my heart. As a young boy I admired him so much. Watching him on TV brought me so much joy and helped me to escape all of the unhappiness and fear I had gone through as an adolescent growing up in a broken home. He was a a real life superhero and one my favourite wrestlers of all time.

[@HiNRGboy]

me too bro, me too... I wish I could have met him before he passed

[@deefinesse3642]

Well he wasn’t that great of a person. You should face reality

[@SOSAXP7]

Me too!!

[@ronmexico4627]

Warrior was a character he played. In real life he was troubled man. Warriors win wars not wrestling matches

[@thestarseeker8196]

@@ronmexico4627Do you have knowledge of the wars Jim won or lost?

[@gavinalaniz5376]

"I'm not gonna call him warrior I'ma call him Jim" *proceeds to call him warrior IMMEDIATELY AFTER* 🤣🤣

[@jellysansboi7453]

He doesn't though. He refers to the gym which is called 'Warrior's Gym'

[@gator2813]

@@jellysansboi7453 He did. He continued to call him Warrior after that too.

[@PraiseHonorGlory2ADONAIELOHIM]

@@jellysansboi7453 yes he continues to call him warrior

[@lawrenceclark3741]

The clique was so into keeping guys down, that HHH allowed him to squash him at Wrestlemania…

[@RustyApper]

When he calls him 'warrior' he's referring to an abbreviation of his stage name, not calling him Warrior' like it's his birthname.

[@shogunsaca714hb]

As a child Warrior is the reason I got into wrestling. He was a super hero come to life. I stopped watching wrestling from 1991 until 1996. NWO/Austin are they reasons I started watching again. Both Nash and Warrior have a special place in my wrestling fandom. I don’t pay attention to who they were in real life because I don’t know them. I know the characters they were in Wrestling. So stuff like this I normally don’t watch or listen to, but I love listening to Nash tell stories. I don’t take a side that’s their shit. But it was interesting to listen to.

[@kid--presentable]

I'm the same , let me guess you were born in 84

[@ARedMotorcycle]

Same. I stopped watching wrestling those years as well, and started back up in 1996 when Stone Cold was getting popular and on the other channel, The Outsiders showed up, eventually becoming The NWO.

[@Guiltless765]

You actually SHOULD know them. Know who you give your hard earned money and time to. Nash is a POS human being. Just a little research does miracles.

[@XxGlaciersOfIcexX]

I quit watching the same time as you. Hogan vs Sid viscious WM was what yr, that was my last payperview. I never jumped back in like u did. Looking back i wish i had, NWO, stone cold, steiner, rock, the evolution of undertaker, hhh, the list goes on. Ive been trying to watch current WWE but its not grabbing me

[@michaelvaughn8864]

It's a shame Warrior passed on at a relatively younger age🙁 I was shocked when I heard about it. R.I.P. 😇

[@chibang492]

RIP Warrior. And Godbless the Warrior Family.

[@2yLiteThaTitan]

I was there for Warrior's induction into HOF, he was taking a lot of pauses in his speech and looking very exhausted, you could tell something was off. RIP Warrior

[@jcneverquits]

Someone probably put DMN in his water. Books were coming out, shoots started exposing everything, wrestlers started dropping like flies, and Vince is the devil.

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

Yeah... his walk to the ring on Raw also looked like he had health issues. He even had trouble shaking the ropes. He also would sweat a lot like Nash said in the appearances he made at the hall of fame, wrestlemania, and Raw.

[@Messiah717]

I swear when he walked out at the HOF I said to myself there's something wrong with him. Sadly, his heart was failing.

[@joen8529]

@@jcneverquits Indeed, and no one listens. Not far fetched at all. If you drop Vince’s meal ticket on his head for instance, be prepared for ultimate retribution live on PPV, years later, when you least expect it. Maybe he’ll even name that pay per view something ominous and foreshadowing a year before the drop. Enough is enough.

[@jcneverquits]

@@joen8529 100%! Lets not forgot Jim took the McDevils to court as well. Billionaires are billionaires for a reason. They have investors and attorneys that can make you disappear with the snap of a finger once you play with their pockets. Even Owen's death is suspect to me when it comes to the McDevils..

[@dreamhunterfilms6821]

I still have that Warrior comic book from 95/96. Warrior was the man.

[@louielou6294]

That’s pretty sweet it could probably sell for a lot to a collector !

[@DesertPunk-USA]

I lost my copy a long time ago as a kid.I do remember getting excited to read it and it was.......mind blowing?

[@karmaisreal261]

A narcissist is the hero or victim of every story they tell.

[@wolf7el356]

Sounds like Bret Hart

[@mazzvidz]

@@wolf7el356 You took the words right out of my mouth.

[@paulmolive1821]

Exactly - being the victim is just another way of thinking you’re right all the time.

[@paulmolive1821]

@@ChrisSmith-5655 It’s a reply to the comment above about narcissists, not a generalized statement about “victims.” Some people with cluster B pathologies have a more masochistic orientation with the world and use self-righteous indignation and victimhood as a way to justify their neuroses and conflicts. Same way some narcissists use self-aggrandizing to justify their bullshit.

[@ChrisSmith-5655]

@@paulmolive1821 ok, fair enough, trump reigns after all. But diagnosing either of these men with any mental disorder based on a several minute youtube video or a comment is ridiculous. However, some will walk away actually thinking he's a narcissist just because someone on KZbin said it. It's not a good place to have these conversations or stoke the fire. It could ultimately lead to enough people saying it, and perception is reality. He's not around anymore to defend himself. It's best left alone.

[@user-em4el6rf5v]

Nash’s voice is so therapeutic, I feel like I’m talking chillin on the couch on Christmas talking to my dad

[@nicholasroberts7891]

He sounds like Dutch Van Der Linde in RDR2 lolol

[@demarcopass8885]

LMAO!! I thought I was the only one like Damm!! Ami I being hypnotized 😂?!!

[@billyrouse4813]

Kevin is honestly a great guy. I met him back in 2002. As soon as I told him I had watched him since the Diesel days, he said it was like talking to an old friend. I saw him again in 2017 for Big Time Wrestling. Still cool.

[@christianhafer9819]

Seems it.

[@contentm3893]

Kevin is a work of art. Everything the Warrior said has been backed up from other people. And Kevin and his buddies ruined the WCW and it was his fault along with Hogan and Nash that the WCW went under. So, Kevin keep being a tool and not taking responsibility for your actions, brother.

[@joshbaker6488]

It was Scott Hall being inducted the same class as Warrior. Jake the Snake, Lita, Carlos Colon, Paul Bearer, and Mr. T made up the entire class of inductees in 2014.

[@dvon1097]

I still can't believe Colon is in the hall of fame. Nobody in the states knew who he was and he probably had brodie killed

[@hughjass5756]

Hall and the Snake could've worked together quite well

[@joshbaker6488]

@@hughjass5756 that would have been some great stuff!!

[@joshbaker6488]

@@dvon1097 I literally thought the same thing when I looked up the list of names and started typing his name I was like wait isn't that the dude that killed Brodie??

[@danski6694]

Finally a real interview about Warrior. Not just burying him to go along with everyone else. Also hard to picture Warrior delicately and lovingly rolling two awesome blunts 😂

[@jonharrison9222]

Facts are facts; too bad if you don’t like them.

[@danski6694]

@@jonharrison9222 Ok fair enough. What I mean is that Nash gave some interesting and funny stories as opposed to the traditional “nobody likes him and he kept to himself”

[@carlitocash]

He'd probably lick them, seal them, and then shake them vigorously like he did the ropes in the ring lol.

[@danski6694]

@@carlitocash 😂

[@subarashiiashi3894]

@@jonharrison9222 wat

[@DX_2_words_4_ya]

Really enjoy listening to Nash shoot on his experiences and career. Liked him from when he first started out in the WWF as Diesel with HBK. Followed him ever since.

[@BirdDawg1]

The ultimate warrior a super-star legend, nothing will change it.

[@googlemyself4091]

It is funny how Nash tries to act like Shawn Michaels and the rest of the "Kliq" didn't try to get guys fired and or buried by the company. High level guys including Bret Hart, Bam Bam Bigelow, The Road Warriors, Vader ect talked about how the Kliq would bury you if they didn't like you.

[@neilsun2521]

"Let's starve him for two years"

[@wolf7el356]

Literally every wrestler in the business did that...

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

Shane Douglas as well and the list goes on and on.

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

@@wolf7el356 but no group was in Vince's year like Shawn and the Kliq were. That's why they were very powerful.

[@wolf7el356]

@@GameTime-yj6qv Do you think Vince would be listening to mid-carders who can't draw??

[@RossMalagarie]

DANG Nash was the first recipient of the Warrior Award and he got it hand written by the Warrior himself! 🤣🤣👌👌

[@great1004]

He wrote it outta fear

[@RossMalagarie]

@@great1004 yep but it still counts🤣👌

[@great1004]

@@RossMalagarie touche

[@great1004]

@@RossMalagarie then why again does Jim call himself a warrior ...answer. If he would even fight nash hes never been in a real fight IN HIS LIFE.. I don't think Jim understands the definition of the word Warrior

[@iamryan9234]

Don’t forget about the two blunts

[@djdoubled6970]

Amazing Pod cast! Thank you for sharing these great stories 90s/00s wrestling 4 Ever!!

[@mikesharon2177]

Man Warrior as a kid in school was alot of us kids hero!!

[@neilsun2521]

Was always the most appealing to me in the Hogan era. The coolest colour-combos; good hair; cool entrance theme. Plus, me not being American meant Hogan's "real American" theme never meant a thing to me. Warrior's energy did though.

[@user-py6sy4zm1v]

For once i agree with Warrior

[@shanevazquez684]

I'm starting to feel like Nash is adding a lot to these stories to make them more interesting.

[@benadams3569]

Y'think? 🤣

[@LyonsArcade]

Any good story deserves a little embelisment

[@shanevazquez684]

@@LyonsArcade That would be fine if it's just a little but with Nash it's a whole re writing of history. Also if it's such a good story shouldn't the truth be enough!?

[@rickstalentedtongue910]

Maybe, but he has nothing on Paul Heyman.

[@tizzytank579]

My respect for taker keeps growing he really did give us everything he had.

[@SirTibzy]

Nash was never half the draw that Warrior was.

[@pkizzlebeats]

That’s a fact, Shawn gave him a spot…no one cared about Nash until he worked with Shawn n Razor. Then ran to wcw with razor just to be overshadowed by Hogan…Nash has never been as big a draw as he wants to believe he was

[@finiteresident2294]

Warrior was a draw for maybe 1 year. Once he got the strap he couldn't draw anything hence the reason Hogan came back in the first place and we were blessed with that incredible Hulk vs Slaughter run... Nash drew way more in his NWO days than Warrior ever did. I was a huge Warrior fan too but your memory is revisionist.

[@afdcg]

​@@finiteresident2294 both were good draws.

[@shlepmessing8703]

@@finiteresident2294 A year? LOL!

[@edman1357]

Wrestling is petty af behind the scenes.

[@phillysfinest215]

Entertainment

[@coolcebolla]

Welcome to showbiz!

[@jerrythomas4457]

High school bullshit

[@Iceman-xe7jo]

No different than any other work environment. People wanna be the one on top.

[@Justin-ry4qn]

Cry me a river

[@ImmortalArts33]

I have mixed feelings on Nash. Sometimes I think he’s a trash human being but then sometimes I think he’s just being cool. He wasn’t the best wrestler but he had a presence and really set things off with the NWO. He deserves to be in the Hall of Fame and so does Warrior of course. Both were awesome wrestlers and that’s really all that matters.

[@davidmcneil2296]

But should today’s actions dictate how we remember what they did? Nash ca be hard to like a lot of times.

[@NateNizzle]

I've NEVER heard anyone refer to Nash as a trash human being. You are really reaching.

[@richspeck8932]

@@NateNizzle I totally agree with you. What makes a trash human being anyway? The man made as much money as he could in a crazy ass business and took care of himself and his family. What does a man do? He provides. It's not his fault he got over more than most of the other guys of his time. You can say all you want about him getting pushed by Vince or Bischoff, but he always got a huge pop from the crowd

[@dracomalfoy1784]

@@richspeck8932 Just be friends with the top guys (hhh, hbk) = friends with owner of wwe aka be the young bucks xD - at least Vince isn't as stupid as khan tho eh ?

[@thecowardichabod7432]

As a fellow human, I've done a lot of stupid harmful things that I've had to make amends for. I also feel I've done good for others. Even though we see a lot of Nash, he's a public figure and we only see what we see. So, I think both the good and the bad are true. I'm an observer and I don't know him. I am also lucky enough to not have a large portion of my life recorded through multiple mediums throughout the year. So there's no way to collect recorded memories, good and bad. I just have my current standing relationships and what people think of me now. I think Nash might try to live this way. But we have his wins and mistakes permanently recorded from him and others. We are complicated humans. All of us. I think we sell ourselves and others short by trying to sum a person up in a few paragraphs. For the most part at least. There may be exceptions. I'm just a dude.

[@OldsmobileSBRocket]

The only person who said anything good about Warrior that was completely positive was Kamala. He mentioned the Warrior gave him rides in his Limo and that Kamala should be treated and paid better by the WWF.

[@YD-uq5fi]

False. Savage, Shawn Michaels, Steve Austin all said they had no problem with Warrior. Savage was in fact a good fried of Warrior all along.

[@jmendoza2003]

I had read Kamala book recently. Yes he speak well of Warrior. What he said give me a good understanding now about Warrior. He mentioned Warrior did not like partying with everyone if I'm right. I guess that maybe why those who talk bad about Warrior thought of him the wrong way. Plus, there were others that also talk great about Warrior like the Warlord, Earthquake, Slick even Chris Jericho talk good about him in WCW.

[@JGD185]

Ahmed Johnson said Warrior was cool to him, let him dress in his private dressing room. You can only go based on how the person treats you

[@jmendoza2003]

If I also correct I think I Undertaker liked working with Warrior too. I do know Warrior admitted on his shoot interview in 2005 he liked working with Undertaker. Undertaker was Warrior first Major feud he had with him when he came to WWE in 1990. I do recalled a brief reaction of Warrior and undertaker talking and smiling backstage at the 2014 Hall of Fame induction where Warrior was inducted.

[@Kungfugrasshoppa]

BuT hEs A rAcIsT

[@magazineretriever9036]

It's always interesting to hear various wrestlers' memories of Ultimate Warrior -- both the good and the bad. Warrior was one of those guys, that if you knew him, you either liked him or you hated him. None of Warrior's contemporaries have a neutral opinion of him. Warrior was a multifaceted individual. He got along very well with a few other wrestlers, but he pissed off at least 20 of the guys that he worked with -- both in the ring and in the back office of Titan Towers.

[@MrMllx]

It sounds like Warrior was generally an introvert, surrounded by extroverts who took it personally. Like old Kevin here, who was clearly hurt he didn’t get a hug with his gym membership

[@justmyself1000]

Very classy of Mr. Nash to not bad mouth him. Especially after what Warrior said about Kevin.

[@Anomaly188]

Warrior was difficult. He was unsafe to work with a lot of the time and had a very overinflated opinion of himself. He didn't really have an athletic background and was more a bodybuilder who fell into wrestling because he was big and strong. He wasn't very respectful of the business and only saw it as a means to a paycheck, and his success despite his terrible wrestling ability went to his head in probably the worst way.

[@crashunderride]

Dude, the fact that Kev has a Bronco he had back almost 30 years ago, is impressive. You'd think he would've gotten rid of it during his WCW days.

[@oN3xShOtxkilL]

I’m willing to bet Nash is smart enough to have been frugal and keep some of that WCW money and invest into businesses so that way the money keeps coming and losing it

[@AK-kw1sk]

@@oN3xShOtxkilL he's said it himself that he doesn't really spend his money like he could. i think when he was on stone cold's podcast he told a story about how he hit up denny's or waffle house instead of paying for breakfast at his hotel.

[@kazman_6899]

Nice machine

[@michaelburke7978]

@@AK-kw1sk I remember in one instagram post from maybe 1 or 2 years ago he said that he still uses a Samsung Note 3 or 4. I myself still use a 4; if it still works, why throw money for a new one?

[@allencolvin4320]

Can't take a Ferrari into the desert mountains...

[@DSI090]

As much as I like Nash, Warrior wasnt lying.

[@dont_follow5777]

Lot's of rewriting history, where the Kliq is concerned.

[@neilsun2521]

It cross-references with what Bret Hart's always said. And Warrior + Bret weren't exactly besties, so yeah it seems so.

[@BabysitterSky]

@@neilsun2521 They can both be right. Warrior and Bret didn't think highly of the Kliq and if we're being honest, I'm sure some jealousy was involved.

[@mdc123-v2v]

Everything Jim Hellwig ever said was a lie. The guy was a compulsive liar.

[@fuzzluvver69]

Of course he wasn't lying. Whether you agree with the perspective or not, whilst Michaels was all about the quality of the match, both Nash and Hall were all about the money and doing whatever they needed to, to make the biggest cut of it. That much isn't even deniable, there are multiple interviews where they say things like "it's called the business, not the friendness". Now for what it's worth, I think both sides are valid - it is a worker's livelihood, what provides for their family, BUT, and here is the but... That also means that Nash would play a game to make sure he got that biggest cut. Even if that meant backstabbing, running off a competitor in that marketplace etc. Not rewind to 1996. Agree with it or not, Vince was trying to re-build Warrior as a main event after nearly 4 years away. Nash was leaving the company. What, if you are both Vince and Warrior, is the right thing to do in order to make that happen? Answer is (undeniably) to have Warrior defeat big names, former champions, and especially those where there is no future plan for them in the company as they are leaving. The RIGHT thing from the WWF business perspective is for Warrior to go over on Nash. Warrior can't be blamed for that, and Vince can't be blamed for that. Nash CHOSE to leave WWF for WCW money. That was his right, and he is getting the money he believes he is worth. But for him to be so petty as to refuse to do the favour which was part of of a bigger picture? Well that's on him for refusing, he, and only he was to blame for it. Not Vince, not Warrior, him. So it was absolutely legitimate for Warrior to harbour some sort of grudge for that. Whatever you think of Warrior as a wrestler or as a person, I'm afraid you can't try to claim that anyone else was in the wrong other than Nash on that point. It really is as simple as that too.

[@hassanshah5981]

Showing an old video to Nash to rile him up. Classy.

[@OdinAesthetic]

Exactly my thoughts. Trying to justify tye inevitable shit talking about a dead person.

[@BabysitterSky]

He didn't get riled up though...at all.

[@BabysitterSky]

@@OdinAesthetic Are you saying he doesn't deserve it?? Lol

[@hassanshah5981]

@@BabysitterSky actually he doesn’t. Nash’s cohost is quite infamous for starting crap just look at his kayfabe videos. Kissing one person’s ass in one video and shit talking that person with somebody else in another interview.

[@scottistrad]

It’s literally a segment of his podcast

[@damonodell9125]

Warrior is right about the kliq

[@aaronst.pierre3080]

The Garvin stomp was legendary!

[@paulpokorny1238]

Damn I remember that. Good old rugged ronnie garvin

[@goatcity2266]

RVD uploaded some videos of him and the Warrior chatting. He seemed like a good dude.

[@BabysitterSky]

Don't Google any of his college speeches. He was a hate filled dbag and the world is a better place now that he's gone.

[@MainenewsTv]

Hearing that warrior gave Nash a letter of approval and attach with to very nice blunts make warrior the best wrestler ever

[@jmorgan5856]

Nash the warrior was a good man! End of story. He helped make wrestling what it is today! Without him and a handful of others, wrestling would not be what it is today

[@jinglebells223]

He was a prick

[@djangofett4879]

he has almost zero influence on the industry. he was a total embarrassment

[@tryhardtrynot]

SO glad Sean Oliver’s on at least ONE of these wrestling pods. Done with this Save with Conrad shit.

[@Bazzeboy]

That Conrad guy: can’t stand him. At all. 🤮

[@tryhardtrynot]

@@Bazzeboy Sean’s great as well, my personal favourite; he gets great stories out of these guys.

[@CannedHam2479]

Brian Last takes the cake

[@dougheffernan6191]

“I’m sorry, I’m not gonna call him Warrior. Im gonna call him Jim” 😂

[@wilmz68]

Score

[@kingkazma5937]

Proceeds to call him warrior

[@alexpolanco7885]

@@kingkazma5937 Kevin Nash is such a legend.

[@chad3452]

Kevin Nash is never wrong he is always right

[@maxdecphoenix]

just ask nash!

[@wolf7el356]

Sounds a lot like Bret Hart

[@MrDeceptacon88]

@@wolf7el356 but bret could wrestle lmfao

[@wolf7el356]

@@MrDeceptacon88 What does that have to do with always being right?

[@MrDeceptacon88]

@@wolf7el356 it means he sucks like u do

[@danielbryan5309]

I'm glad they mentioned the summer of 92. Nothing Kevin should be ashamed of.

[@unclelloyd]

9:52 - I nearly cringed for a second thinking Nash was going to go into Hogan mode and make up some story about Warrior being scared to death, hence the sweating (because Hogan definitely would've done that). Props to Nash for keeping it real and citing the truth which was Warrior on the verge of the heart attack that killed him. Sidenote; enough people over the years have openly talked about the Kliq holding guys down (and ruining some in other cases) that the law of probability wins. Of course Nash isn't gonna admit it, but he knows they were doing it. He accidentally tells on himself in shoot interviews from time to time when certain names come up and he says things like "if (insert name) did that we would've picked up the phone and gotten his ass canned."

[@psynque]

Could you name some of the guys that the kilq supposedly "held down"? Bob Holly and Shane Douglas are the only ones that spring to mind and to be honest Bob was a jobber at the time and with Douglas it was a personality clash. I just never understood the narrative of these guys holding people down. Shawn and Kevin were on the top at the time and top guys always protect their spot and have a say on who they work with. Same goes for Bret, Austin, Cena etc. but you never hear this shit about those guys holding people down.

[@wpgjets4life]

@@psynque I've heard stories of the group literally drive other guys to literally quit the roster, or contemplate suicide. They were especially cruel to Chris Candido, and when HBK was having an affair with Sunny, appearantly a couple of the wrestlers concerned for him found a note that made subtle hints at him talking his own life. I've also heard they got a kick out of doing it. This comes from other wrestlers like Bigelow, and the like.

[@c.l.freeman7654]

Hogan has talked about Warrior and never once has he talked about beating him up. Never heard him say that about anyone except in TNA he visited when Macho Man briefly worked there and told him if they have that much of a problem they could go outside and Randy wouldn't and that's been backed up by others. He's a laid back beach bum but jealous people talk shit and Meltzer doesn't like him because he burned his newsletter on a WCW and always makes up shit so tools believe it

[@ChadLouisNewton]

@@psynque Douglas is his own worst enemy. Ironically he's also said he liked Nash when he was on his own and didn't have a problem with Hunter back in '95/96 either, it was Razor and Shawn who he had issues with.

[@johnkolko5199]

@@psynque PCO also, what they did to him was flat out cruel and petty.

[@Jon-o1q7z]

I could listen to these guys talk all day lol it’s more entertaining than watching WWE and AEW

[@jayb1812]

AEW is the complete shits it’s more like a gymnastics show

[@neilsun2521]

Imagine in '97/'98 watching an interview with a '70s wrestler and finding it more entertaining than the current product! It would've been unthinkable! Shows how badly wrestling content has declined over the past 20 years.

[@lordofpain3476]

Nobody can deny the fact that Dingo was a unique individual .

[@shanevazquez684]

Don't try and act like you don't know what warrior was pissed about. Warrior will always be a legend and nomatter how much people badmouth him he will always be one of the biggest stars.

[@nicopillay4059]

"What were your thoughts on Warrior?" Nash: *tears quad*

[@eklipz3467]

😭😭😭😂😂😂

[@johndawhale3197]

Hehehehehehehehe

[@Flexyourmemes]

Such an underrated comment

[@tommydileo6900]

Kev, you’re still driving that friggin Bronco?! 🤣🤣 God bless ya man, lol. I’m 41 and been through 14 vehicles.

[@markthompson8246]

That's how he stays rich.

[@austinfrazier7325]

OJ Bronco

[@genarogilormino2139]

Kevin always has been intelligent, observant, and cooler and real than alot of the boys, and he always tells the best stories about the road..Big Kev is just sharing all of his experiences of his incredible life and career in pro wrestling!!😎🙂👏👏👏👏

[@swadediesel9077]

Ain't It Tho I Think That's Why They Call Him 📢 Big Daddy Cool 😎 😏

[@CosmosZeroX]

Maven also seems to be a really nice guy and smart. He has a youtube channel where he's telling stories about the time in WWE.

[@leejones8485]

Say and think what you want about Warrior but he’s a legend. RIP ULTIMATE WARRIOR

[@richspeck8932]

You aren't kidding brother. I'm so tired of today's fans thinking a wrestler has to be able to do every move under the sun to be a good wrestler. History has proven that way of thinking to be absolutely wrong

[@liamdunphy7496]

​@@richspeck8932 more the fact he was a horrible person and even to make a wish kids

[@richspeck8932]

@@liamdunphy7496 What does that have to do with his wrestling? I'm not concerned with who any of them are in their real lives

[@brandname6]

Rip. Dude was a super man to me when i was a kid

[@JuniorLewingKoo]

Warrior is a little out they. But, intelligent as well. Some like him. Others, bury him. I like Warrior gimmick. He really work hard. R.I.P Warrior.

[@drewcross9927]

Almost everyone talks about how Warrior was terrible to work with because he wasn't a hard worker. lol

[@MrJasonMcintyre]

I remember the shoot-fight tweet. Warrior took it WAY too seriously 😂

[@GamingManual]

Warrior was over and Kevin definitely got a little defensive here. Warrior was also talking about WCW and Nash then refers to Vince in WWF, etc. Pretty sure that 20 min Warrior promo upon his WCW return did monster ratings for said segment, as well. Huge fan of Warrior and Kevin, but to act like the Kliq were simply benevolently helping the undercard while drawing big is hilarious.

[@brandonstewart2182]

Nash is and will always be one of the most coolest mo’fo ever🤘🏾🤘🏾🫡

[@ThomasWilson4]

He really does make you realize how much all the other wrestlers are still ego tripping when listening to him in comparison.

[@drunkensailor112]

@@ThomasWilson4 exactly. They are all so insecure compared to Nash. It's mostly sad really

[@noneayabizness]

Does this guy have ANY stories in which he's not the coolest, baddest, smartest, toughest guy involved? Was there EVER a time that he got in over his head and then admitted to being wrong?

[@jeremyroe5997]

He has nothing to hide he's not as bad as everyone thinks he is. Been a fan of fan since his OZ days. With that said it's a cutthroat business.

[@MrGoodguy2009]

I was thinking the same thing. All his stories he is the Hero.

[@jamesm3657]

Mike L 4 hours ago (edited) One thing I noticed about Nash is every story he tells has him coming out looking like the tougher/cooler/smarter one in the end. Have never heard a tale where he admits to being in the wrong ever.

[@trojandarkhorse2022]

He was really cool as Oz....🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@williebeamen2x]

I hate to say this because I really love both these guys but the more I hear Kevin on the net open up like this I get a wierd vibe from politics to opinion....an like I said I love Nash Hall and Sean just trips me out how the way I see the world an how vastly different they see it , hell idk..... love the podcast either way 👌

[@ThePatcore]

Love listening to Nash tell old stories. He totally comes across as a dude that could get along with virtually anyone and be a hellova fun guy to be sitting in a bar chattin with.

[@jeffreyklima7612]

seriously? he comes across and IS one of the biggest douchebags on earth

[@tenebrousoul9368]

I don't think he'd be the type to have a lot of patience with bullshit, though. Like, I wouldn't want to piss him off.

[@forthewin2644]

He’s a politician

[@GoGetYourShinebox]

People are so easily convinced by interviews lol

[@bzsbzs350]

He's the biggest Karen in the history of wrestling. I hope you aren't serious.

[@nofear2792]

Nash was cool but he was also a Snake in the background.

[@ThomasWilson4]

Or so says bitter old wrestlers and people who weren't there. Going off of people's words though, I feel much more inclined to believe Kevin since he seems like an actual human being.

[@blake7871]

@@ThomasWilson4 Quit jock-sniffing Nash. He was a locker room lawyer. Nobody played the politics of wrestling better, except maybe HHH and Hogan.

[@420Yako]

As a child in the Golden era I always have liked UW. I as a teenager really dig H & N, but more importantly now I just enjoy wrestling. One of the cool things we have is friendship and love but most important is love. Great seein Nash hangin in there

[@MichaelEarl]

He challenged him to an MMA fight which Warrior had never trained. So yeah, I’d want to train for it

[@JoshLavian]

Nash never trained either. He didn't have a problem challenging it with no experience. Why'd Warrior have a problem accepting it with no experience?

[@smiley-qb3nt]

Bc he wanted prepared for a guy who was 7 ft tall and outweighed him dum dum

[@jonsnipe5484]

​@@JoshLavian always remember.. Rick rude beat the crap out of warrior in real life

[@JoshLavian]

@@smiley-qb3nt Nash would have still been 7ft tall if they fought, dum dum. Besides, Warrior threatened to kill Nash if they fought, so he didn't have a problem with his height or weight apparently

[@NitroNEXT]

@@jonsnipe5484 Rick was a legit badass though, that's hardly something to be ashamed of.

[@Alex-mx9kj]

How was 'backside' a reference to the summer of 92? I don't get it.

[@Rob78169]

Rumors of Vince and Warrior hooking up on a bearskin rug as Scott Hall put it.

[@jackhopkins4679]

Scott Hall said everybody hated them but they wanted to wrestle them because the klique always made everybody look good

[@felaciosuxonadik8517]

I never got the idea that Warrior had a PERSONAL grudge about the other people, but he didn't like characters that crapped all over other characters that fans really loved. Warrior seemed very loyal to the fans and the characters that the wrestlers created. He seemed to be passionate about the drama and characters and showmanship for the entertainment of it all. I REALLY respect that! Too many of these guys are sooo obsessed with the money and camera time and business end that they crap on us fans for that stuff. And some times they lose their fans because of that.

[@LordHeath1972]

A real-life fight between Warrior and Nash would have been a rather interesting thing to watch actually!

[@johndawhale3197]

Kevin Nash's face would be turned to a pulp.

[@watersandblue6001]

Nash would have destroyed him

[@ScarFace5566]

Yea all 30 seconds of it before Warrior gets blown up and Nash tears his quad 😂

[@johnkolko5199]

seriously, I wonder who would win. My money would be on Nash but you never know. Nash was a bouncer, not sure if warrior every really got in a fight, which if is the case, is actually a positive. People tout how tough someone like Rick Rude is but in real life he was a jerk who liked to start fights.

[@niallg3551]

@@watersandblue6001 Not sure, Nash is what 7 foot? He’s a good mover for someone of that size but slow in comparison to a 6’3 warrior. Nash would need to get hold of him first.

[@Bridging_the_Political_Divide]

Great stuff. People are complicated for sure.

[@jonathanhockey9943]

A lot of the negative stuff about the Klic, is probably because Ultimate warrior was good friends with DYnamite Kid and Bull Dog and that group, and they were a competing group back stage. Good to see a more considered account by Nash of Warrior, without rushing to say the first thing comes to his head, and instead taking a moment to give a thoughtful response.

[@VolkXue]

Cam confirm the warriors blazer. Saw it driving around Espanola, New Mexico in the early 00's

[@TarHeels4430]

Helwig didn’t say anything that wasn’t true in regards to those guys. Other shit he has said is crazy, but not about the Kliq.

[@spiffy8576]

Warrior was as over as anyone ever was. Liked him more than I ever did Nash as a wrestler.

[@tthomaselli2]

I wonder what it must've been like to have been able to see The Ultimate Warrior in real-life before he passed away in the spring of 2014, or, when he was still in the WWF in the early-1990's. R.I.P., The Ultimate Warrior.

[@jonsnipe5484]

like everyone says.. he was a A-hole🤣

[@jasonamrhein9593]

Nash brings up a great point that nobody was complaining about the Clique members' match quality with the possible exception of Nash himself, but even then he was typically booked against other Clique members, Bret, Taker, etc so the matches were still strong.

[@theshape3431]

Nash was a good wrestler. Nobody was complaining about his work back then. Even Brett Hart himself says he thinks Nash was really good. Later on people started hating but Nash was always good in my opinion

[@GameTime-yj6qv]

@@theshape3431 yeah he was very good for a man his size. Had great matches with the other clique members, Bret, Taker, Bulldog, etc

[@e2go]

Lol the majority of wrestling fans weren't overly concerned with "match quality" at that point in time.

[@Sauce-Vegas]

Kliq*

[@jessicaalvarez2314]

nash is a democrat who lived in arizona (RED STATE) during the 90s in a mostly white area with little to no black people yet he always talks about how they are mistreated in this country while at the same time he avoids living around them, ill wait....

[@IdealX-fr4eg]

Love the Kliq but warrior got a point

[@MrHarco77]

they kept people down who had skills. Warrior isn't the only person to shoot on this. Bret Hart does also and he was invited to be in the kliq.

[@EIRE1980]

People give Warrior alot of shit for being different because he was a bit more worried about his own career than to be buddy buddy with everyone. And they don't realize how long Warrior was actually in wrestling. He was from the early early 80s teamed up with Sting and they had like 3 different gimics as partners. He put over alot of good wrestlers from back then. He paid his dues and he deserved much more then he got when it was finally his time to shine. And alot of people act like he was only around from like 89 to the late 90s. Kevin was right in the beginning Warrior was fucking huge. He was like 6'2" or 3" and like 270lbs rock solid. The guy really worked his ass off to get to where he finally was in the early 90s. And he deserves more respect. So what the guy didn't kiss ass to Kevin or Scott or Hulk and guys like that, he fucking shouldn't have had to, he worked just as hard if not harder then most those guys. The guy deep down was respectful, had a good heart, loved his fans always made time to talk and take pictures with them. Then his motivational KZbin videos were golden. He spoke about going out and getting what you really deserved in life and not letting anything hold you back. He was huge on physical fitness and working hard in the gym. Taking care of your family and the people you love. And just really leaving your mark in this crazy fucking world. And those videos you got to see Jim Helwig the real person not just the gimic. So for anyone that thinks you need to talk shit about people who are a little distant and working on themselves thats bullshit, we dont get alot of time. And Warrior knew that more than most. And he did what he thought was right for him and his own. So nothing but respect to the guy. I still listen to his motivational stints on KZbin when I need yo turn it up and get my day going. The guy was alot smarter then most people think. Just my opinion. RIP Warrior 🙏

[@waleslandofdragons8842]

The make a wish kid would have certainly disagreed

[@Kungfugrasshoppa]

​@@waleslandofdragons8842you completely flawless?

[@natwolf687]

These Warrior marks perceive him quite differently than I do.

[@EIRE1980]

@natwolf687 that's why it says one guys opinion, I didn't say everything was factual. Not everyone has the same perception of shit if we did we'd be alot fucking different people.

[@tobiasmaxwell4486]

I used to have the first issue of the Warrior Comic and it was pretty well drawn. And it was Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) being inducted into the Hall of Fame with Warrior.

[@blakeb9964]

I remember those Warrior comic books. I had a few but lost them unfortunately. They were pretty awesome.

[@Wrestlelesson]

Nash is one of the realest wrestlers outhere coming from that rough time in WWF

[@gary6754]

Hellwig is 100% correct one of the only dudes with the balls to tell it like it is

[@irishman9617]

I was fan of warrior but he right wing asshole and I have more respect for nash

[@saveus228]

@Florida, Hawaii & Australia fan you could say that about literally everybody that every complained about wwe

[@gino2591]

Yup

[@ashleyquintanar727]

So Nash never met him. Got a membership at Warriors Gym. Then one day randomly stands behind warrior and says "Do We Have A Problem?" Did I hear this correctly?

[@scypsylock9402]

Ron Garvin was one tough s.o.b. especially with his chops! Flair had great chops, but as for the most brutal chops I would have to say it would be a toss up between Ron Garvin and Wahoo McDaniel. Both were just devastating with their chops drawing blood.

[@mgtbfb]

And Prime Garvin could have probably taken either Nash or Warrior in a shoot easily despite being much smaller and not looking overly impressive.

[@repentorperish1970]

Ron Garvin and his wife became dear friends of mine shopping at the store where I worked for years. The nicest, most down to earth people you could ever meet.

[@jimmywest2501]

Ron Garvin is awesome! Met him at a local charity show about 5 years ago. Super nice guy!

[@alexandermacdougall7873]

Wahoo gets my vote. Just from hearing other wrestlers talk and compare chops. They all stung but Wahoos were the worst,apparently

[@nickhughes8179]

Bob Holly hit some brutal loud chops. Benoit’s chops frequently drew blood. Big Show’s skillet chop fucked up Kofi Kingston’s chest. Tajiri could chop you with a kick. Plenty of contenders for the chop crown, just not Moxley

[@AlexThorn]

Does he still have the hand written notes?

[@jackieparmz]

It’s so good for wrestling for people like Kevin, who owe nothing to anyone and who have forgotten more about wrestling than most of the marks inside the ropes these days have ever learned, to become audio/video personalities that wrestling fans can listen to and rally behind. People who don’t have an agenda when it comes to current wrestling, and call it as they see it. Fucking thrilled about this podcast, man. It’s like a dream come true. Thanks, Sean and Kev. Edit: Sean becoming an honorary member of the Kliq is just the best.

[@lastwolflord]

It's good but even Eric Bischoff has said a lot of people who used to be in the business seem to remember things how they want and not how it actually was. So always be careful believing everything.

[@JO-pi8ls]

Kevin Nash strikes me as that bully we all had who eventually grew out of that attitude in this instance through humbling limitations due to aging but never saw the need to make amends so he doesnt understand why no one wants to be around him. And that vid response by the warrior in regards to the shoot fight; never did he say that he needed to train 9 months for it or talk about preparation but described how he was confused what kevin nash meant bc neither one of them are mma fighters but if he wanted it then he would need to tack on more 0's to the offer and make the negotiations public so everyone saw what transpired. But ofc Kevin Nash never mentioned that and to my knowledge never responded back to it. Kevin Nash only hangs out with his buddies who were all members of his factions or helped his career. He never hangs out with the actual boys of his era. Its like acting as if his whole graduating class is in his heart but he can only speak about a handful of them, the handful that he manipulated the class with.

[@MissterX]

I had a membership to Warriors Gym and I was a 17 year old kid in high school, I wasn't paying anywhere near 500/1000 bucks for my membership there. Either Kevin doesn't remember correctly or he just threw a number out.

[@kingunda5013]

Nash shootin' on a dead guy. Nash was an envious punk who really wasnt on Warrior's level.

[@Aaronjosephhernandez]

I love Warrior. A real man does not need a kliq, he is as bold as a lion by himself. Shout out Ultimate Warrior !

[@fjccommish]

Notice that Kevin didn't deny doing the things Warrior said he and the clique did. His complaint about Warrior was that he tried to market himself.

[@Aaronjosephhernandez]

@@fjccommish exactly, not to mention these are the same guys that pulled a Amber turd in The Rocks lunchbox

[@gobo6175]

😂😂

[@BabysitterSky]

He only had himself because he didn't have any friends. Everyone hated him and didn't want to work with him.

[@Kungfugrasshoppa]

​@@BabysitterSkywas very close with Owen Hart, who is considered to be one of the best men to grace the sport.

[@FloydWhoElseTV]

For all the future wrestlers, my advice is work on your personality as much or more than your body. The biggest draws aren't always the best wrestlers. They're the marketable wrestler. Wish thr next generation of wrestling much success

[@brockbusa21]

Warrior didn’t lie.

[@the-blue-barron2791]

He did

[@brockbusa21]

@@the-blue-barron2791 he didn’t.

[@the-blue-barron2791]

@@brockbusa21 did

[@kevinchandler179]

He lied!!!! Rip 🙏 Razor!!! Scott Hall and Nash and about 50 other wrestlers have said that he was a frickin douche!!!! He can't carry Razors boots!!!

[@OnlyGoodVibeZz]

Great story. Great questions asked. I really appreciate the genuineness from his story telling. Having said that, what's up with the head bobbling/movement at 1:16 min in. It's pretty distributing and we can all guess why this is happening. God bless you Kevin, may you jacknife your way to a healthier you if that is.

[@ericgilbert56]

I was so curious on how Nash would take the high road because that was a stiff one. He did it better then I could.

[@danski6694]

Because he had probably seen that interview multiple times already as it is 15-20 years old now.

[@darylhall2198]

warrior was awesome

[@slimshead8100]

@@darylhall2198 Warrior sucked. He had zero personality in the ring, no mic skills and very limited set of moves. Pretty much every wrestler or anyone involved with wrestling that I’ve heard talk about him say he was very difficult. That’s not even an argument, it’s just a fact. Very few didn’t find him difficult because of his arrogance. Practically no one involved with booking or other backstage positions in wrestling have anything good to say about him. To each their own, someone can be a fan if they want, but those are just facts. He was apparently very difficult to deal with.

[@darylhall2198]

@@slimshead8100 He was a great promo, great intensity, had good matches, and was a fun character for kids and ppl overall to look up to. You sound salty but thats ok, not everyone can understand context.

[@BabysitterSky]

@@darylhall2198 Warrior was straight trash. Good promo??? Yelling at the top of your lungs a bunch of words that don't make sense, that's a good promo to you??? Okay. Good matches lmfao please name a few. I can think him and Hogan at mania was decent....and that was probably his best match. But you are right, he was 100% for kids.

[@MichaelJames-uv8mo]

Exactly right ! Call him by his given name ... I mean the dude was a little crazy but those demons we really know nothing about. But the man is not here to fend for himself... But I'm glad Kevin kept him to his standards and went ahead first to the man and just asked you got a problem with me ? Let's solve it.... Your a great guy Kevin Nash. Just another legend that I grew up with and have respect for that did their jobs.... Would love to just sit down, not put on podcast , not post anything about it and just listen to your stories , hang out ... That would be awesome....

[@theoverqualifiedchasebrist5452]

The warrior seemed to be the most normal genuine guy in the wrestling business

[@chattingesque372]

He was honest

[@Ghost-Face420]

Wtf is wrong with you, how can anyone say good things about such a scumbag, well documented how he wasn’t willing to job for anyone & wasn’t willing to sell for anyone + was the biggest jerk backstage to everyone

[@dvon1097]

@@chattingesque372 a bit too honest sometimes. He didn't give a FUCK about anyone besides himself

[@irishman9617]

No undertaker is

[@irishman9617]

So is Bret Hart

[@listenin007]

Thank you for fixing your mic volume, Nash. Can hear you way better now!

[@vivianoni9565]

I was taken aback on seeing footage of Dingo Warrior. Back then Jim was obviously on an enhanced regimen of gear with the trappings of a Dorian Yates.

[@brettbanta2100]

Yeah, your boy was huge back then

[@johnkolko5199]

When he trained for Mr. Georgia he was insanely big, even bigger than Dingo days. Its on one of those documentaries or Darkside, he was enormous

[@MrJjburgess11]

I remember that Warrior video he put out. I think it was around 2011. Same time he did that one when he went off on Hogan for 2 hours lol

[@justinnathaniel2478]

"I KNOW YOU, TERRY"

[@MrJjburgess11]

@@justinnathaniel2478 "it's not your real hair. Those are extensions man!!!" ( precedes to laugh for 3 minutes) lol

[@GreatHealer.]

I remember him saying pack your gearbag or something like that lol

[@GreatHealer.]

@@justinnathaniel2478 🤣