Posted By James Walsh on 02/10/26


While speaking on his podcast, Kevin Nash explained why his planned WWE match against CM Punk in 2011 never happened…

“When I was supposed to wrestle CM Punk after I cost him the belt [at SummerSlam], he said something that pissed off Paul [Triple H] about something with him and Stephanie. It wasn’t on the script, and it pissed Paul off.

Paul came back and basically said, ‘You’re not wrestling Punk. I am. I’m beating that motherf*cker.’ Like, he was that hot.

So I know how hot [he] can get, and it wasn’t like Paul is a b*tch. It was like, ‘Oh, okay, motherf*cker.’ Basically like, ‘Oh, okay. Kliq rules. Like, you want to pull them out and measure them? Here we go. Suck on that.’

But I know how f*cking much Paul cares for him now, and what it took to bring him back, and everything that happened. And Paul trusting Phil [Punk] with everything that he’s done, and vice versa for each other, that relationship.

That’s what people don’t understand that aren’t in the business—you can have that kind of f*cking heat with somebody ten years ago. but man, when you got to make money and make music together, how quickly that dissolves.”