10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Kevin Nash

5. He Was Nearly Booked To Beat The Undertaker At WrestleMania 12

The Undertaker's match with Kevin Nash (as Diesel) at WrestleMania 12 is one of those matches that's a lot better than people might think. When two big guys square off like those two did there's a chance that the match won't be good. It's tough for big guys to work together since they're so used to playing off the smaller opponents. Their match was better than average and it ended like a lot of Undertaker match with a Tombstone Piledriver for the Deadman in what his fifth straight win at WrestleMania. What's interesting about the match is that there was serious discussion about Nash going over Undertaker that year. Nash had just turned heel and WWE needed strong heels especially for their new WWE Champion Shawn Michaels. As they were negotiating with Nash on a new contract, there were people in the company that thought they should put Nash over. Instead, Nash ended up signing a lucrative deal with WCW that saw him leave within a couple of months. If Nash signed that deal to stay in WWE in 1996 then The Undertaker's streak would have only been four wins and would not have been the huge deal that it eventually became.