9 People Most Responsible For The Death Of WCW

5. Kevin Nash

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Anyone who has met Kevin Nash can attest to how likeable a guy he is. Charming and charismatic till the end, 'Big Sexy' is a difficult dude to hate. Perhaps that's why he has survived so long in an industry of sharks; Chris Jericho once said in one of his books that everybody likes Nash even when they probably shouldn't.

Professionally, Nash didn't do an awful lot of good for WCW beyond 1998. That year, he was the one to end Bill Goldberg's stunning winning streak at Starrcade in December. The popular narrative from the winner is that Goldberg's popularity had started to wane. That's not strictly true.

Goldberg was never the same in WCW after losing. Later stints as booker in the company did little to help Nash's argument that he was best for business either. Undoubtedly an asset himself when booked properly in-ring, Nash produced some episodes of Monday Nitro that barely featured any wrestling at all.

Squeezing the company dry, Nash had an adverse affect on WCW programming towards the end when he really should have been a huge positive.

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