10 "Next Big Things" In Wrestling Nobody Cared About

As Diesel, Kevin Nash was a harrowing portrayal of a WWE Champion, lacking the indispensable traits needed to thrive in the role as he failed to draw a time across his almost year-long oppression over Vince McMahon's fledgeling sports entertainment empire. The New Generation Era wasn't as catchy an era in-ring-wise as its Attitude and Ruthless Aggression successors, instead acting as a transitional period between those and the preceding Golden Era of steroids, bodacious personalities, and Hulk Hogan Hulk Hoganising his way to superstardom.

After the era of Hulk Hogans, Randy Savages, and Ultimate Warriors, someone like Diesel - an ample big man who was pushed beyond what his work merited - wasn't cutting it for audiences. Business was poor and Diesel didn't add to Vince McMahon's fortunes in the way initially intended; truthfully, he detracted from McMahon's bank account, turning fans away as growing-in-popularity promotions like WCW and ECW were revolutionists.

Diesel isn't to blame for standing atop the WWE mountain for as long as he did - Vince McMahon is - but Vince McMahon couldn't help that Diesel was a drab, crap imitation of what a big man wrestler needed to be in 1994.

Slow, plodding, and grunting weren't cutting it anymore.