Kevin Nash explains why WWE match against CM Punk never happened
On the latest episode of his Kliq This podcast, Kevin Nash explained why he and CM Punk never ended up facing each other in 2011.
An angle where Nash attacked Punk took place at SummerSlam 2011 and seemingly set the stage for a match between the two. However, the main event of Night of Champions the following month saw Punk face off against Triple H instead. Triple H defeated Punk in the match, with many fans feeling like the loss seriously hurt Punk’s momentum at one of the hottest points in his career.
Nash said on Kliq This that an unscripted remark Punk made in a promo about Triple H and Stephanie McMahon led to Triple H deciding to face Punk and beat him.
“When I was supposed to wrestle CM Punk after I cost him the belt, he said something that pissed off Paul [Triple H] about something with him and Stephanie and it wasn’t on script and it pissed Paul off,” Nash said. “And Paul came back and basically said, ‘You’re not wrestling Punk, I am, I’m beating that motherf***er.’ Like, he was that hot. It wasn’t like — Paul isn’t a b*tch. It was like, ‘Oh, okay motherf***er. Basically Kliq rules. Like, you want to pull them out and measure them? Here we go.”
Punk and Triple H have since mended their relationship and gotten closer during Punk’s second stint in the company with Triple H serving as head of creative. Nash said he knows how much Triple H cares for Punk now and how much they trust each other.
“That’s what people don’t understand that aren’t in the business, is you can have that kind of f***ing heat with somebody 10 years ago, four years ago, three years ago,” Nash said. “But, man, when you gotta make money and make music together f***ing how quickly that dissolves.”
Punk is the World Heavyweight Champion in WWE at the moment and is set to defend the title against Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 42 this April.
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