During the latest episode of his Kliq This podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash spoke on TKO having control of WWE’s creative and The New Day’s departure from the company.
Nash had some harsh words to say regarding TKO having control of WWE’s creative process. One of the statements Nash made was that if they (TKO), messes with Paul Levesque, he (Nash), will have nothing to do with WWE the rest of his life.
“Levesque takes over and everybody loves the direction that he’s carrying the new WWE program into the Netflix era. Lo and behold, like every other business on earth, the f—g guys above him that don’t have a f—g clue besides get paid more decide to start sticking their d—s where they don’t need to. ‘We’re going to throw this guy in. Let’s put this guy in. How about him in the main event? We have a $500 million deal that this guy is locked into. While we’re at it, let’s make the arena look like NASCAR.’ It doesn’t take anything away from Paul Levesque, because Paul Levesque still knows what the f— he’s doing. If anybody out there thinks this might apply to them, how about leaving the f—g company alone? Get your f—g noses out of creative. Go f—yourselves. Let Paul run the f—g company. If you guys want to cut the talent, don’t throw it in Paul’s lap and make him be the bad guy. Don’t tell him, ‘Give me six years of creative process and give it to me by Wednesday. If I don’t see a certain guys name on there, I’m going to cut it by 50%.’ How about just go f— yourself. How about you grow a set of balls, you walk in, and you tell them because UFC is bleeding through every tourniquet that they have, we’re going to cut people from WWE to stop the bleeding from the other company. UFC is hemorrhaging money, and WWE isn’t. How about we tell the truth. If something happens and Triple H is no longer at the helm because there is some type of power play, I hope you follow my lead because the minute they f— with him, I’ll have nothing to do with that product the rest of my life. If something happens and Triple H is no longer at the helm because there is some type of power play, I hope you follow my lead because the minute they f— with him, I’ll have nothing to do with that product the rest of my life.”
When discussing The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods), choosing to leave WWE over taking a restructured contract with less money, Nash said they made the right choice and saw it as a slap in the face to the multi-time tag team champions.
“Absolutely. They made their choice. Both of those guys have been there 16-17 years. Slap in the face. Both of those guys are my friends.”
The full episode can be viewed/listened to below:
Quote source: Fightful