WWE Hall of Famer praises Rhea Ripley, Kabuki Warriors
Even with all of his decades of wrestling experience, Kevin Nash is still capable of reacting to matches like a fan.
The WWE Hall of Famer had high praise for Rhea Ripley and The Kabuki Warriors while recapping Raw on his Kliq This podcast. On the January 5 Raw episode, Ripley & IYO SKY defeated Asuka & Kairi Sane to become the new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions. Nash was happy to see the babyfaces get the win — and the heels got genuine heat from him as well.
“I love Rhea, I think she’s great. I thought it was nice to reward her,” Nash said. “It’s funny, man — the f*cking Kabuki girls, they get heat with me. They actually — Asuka gets f*cking heat. I’ll give her credit. Like, I’m a grown f*cking man, I know it’s bullsh*t. But I’m glad that they got beat. It made me happy.”
Nash said he “really dug” the show overall, including the main event where CM Punk retained the World Heavyweight Championship over Bron Breakker. Nash and Punk have had a bit of a back and forth lately, but Nash praised the work Punk did in helping his opponent, even with Breakker losing.
“Beat somebody and make them, that’s a special piece of booking,” Nash said. “It’s special on both the combatants, on their performances. I thought it was a really well done, ‘I enjoyed the f*ck out of it’ match.”
WWE will follow up on last week’s episode with Raw taking place in Germany this afternoon. The show will continue the build to the Royal Rumble ahead of the January 31 PLE.
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