10 Surprising Wrestling Inspirations
4. W. Morrissey (Kevin Nash & Scott Hall)
...but not because he was also seven foot tall, and you can't. Teach. That.
No, the former Big Cass looked to how others had worked around WWE owning well-known monikers when re-emerging in Impact Wrestling in 2021, and turned to the former Diesel and his Kliq friend Razor Ramon for inspiration.
As he put it during at interview with Inside The Ropes;
“I didn’t want anything associated with what I used to do or who I used to be getting in the way of this new journey, so anything that I used to do went out the window, including gear, the look, everything. I wanted a fresh start, and I thought coming back as a heel… When Scott Hall and Kevin Nash showed up at WCW, I thought that was really cool using their real names but, for a heel, just having me abbreviate my first name instead of saying it – I thought that that was pretty, pretty arrogant."
Diesel and Razor going by Kevin Nash and Scott Hall back in 1996 was forced, but fortuitous. An angle rooted in reality was made even cooler by the two ex-WWE stars seemingly dropping the gimmick. It'll be interesting to see if W. Morrissey will be able to replicate some of the success the legendary duo achieved.