10 Most Ridiculous Oversells In Wrestling History
1. Kevin Nash (Vs Hulk Hogan, WCW Nitro)
How did such inoffensive offence cause such offence? How did one prod to the chest act as a thumb to the eye of millions? How did WCW chase audiences and dollars WWE's way in a Nitro main event?
Kevin Nash took a bump, that's how.
A performer brilliant - maybe even the best ever - at getting a lot out of a little, 'Big Sexy' had one of the best minds for what worked well for him in contests, even if it sometimes meant skirting responsibilities in crucial areas such as bumping or losing. He was accused of neither here, but had far more serious grief to contend with after January 4th 1999's Monday Nitro went off the air.
Sacrificing the WCW Title (and the recently-ended undefeated streak of Bill Goldberg associated with the belt itself), Nash's calamitous collapse to the canvas was a 'set-up all along' too far for the Atlanta outfit. Signifying the reformation of an elite nWo and ushering in a potential new reign of terror for Hulk Hogan, Nash's loss was insulting to many of those financially and emotionally still invested in World Championship Wrestling. Especially when the competition were offering the polar opposite on the other side.
Scores turned over to watch Mick Foley win the WWE Title immediately after this sh*t. WCW execs presumably mirrored Nash's fall the next morning, but this disaster hurt them substantially more than a fingerpoke.