10 Times Kevin Nash Was The Absolute Best

4. Jumping In The Pool

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He did it because he could, and that's why it was cool.

"Don't hate the player. Hate the game", so went the intro to Booker T's theme during a late-stages WCW babyface run booked by Vince Russo trying to magic a new Rock out of thin air, but 'Big Sexy' practised what that entrance sting preached.

The wrestlers at the Spring Break 1998 edition of Nitro all saw a sign backstage that very explicitly stated "no wrestlers in the pool" during their day at work, but The Outsiders saw nothing but a grand invitation in the statement. Why would they? Not only did Scott Hall and Kevin Nash have good instincts for what stood a chance of getting over on the night, but they also didn't have any particular concern over the safety of their employment.

WCW's management had a record of doing very little other than rewarding supposed bad behaviour, so the pair pushed that for the good of a memorable moment. Ahead of The Giant throwing Hall into the water, Nash hilariously ripped the stakes of such an attack away by cannonballing in there himself.

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