[1998-11-23-WCW-Nitro] Kevin Nash vs Wrath

[Loss]

Talk about it here.

[Loss]

Kind of a famous match for Nash going over a guy with an undefeated streak to make clear he was going over Goldberg at Starrcade. This was a surprisingly okay big guy match, with Nash seeming motivated and even giving Wrath a lot of openings.

[Zenjo]

Some good booking here with Nash ending an undefeated streak to suggest he might do the same to Goldberg. I like when main eventers have competitive matches against midcarders rather then squashing then or staying segmented all the time.

[soup23]

I like this booking of Nash beating a undercard main event player to build to Starrcade. Wrath looks great hitting a big boot and dropkick before falling to the powerbomb. One of the better 3-4 minute matches of the year actually. (**1/4)

[tim]

Better than you might expect, a decently enjoyable hoss fight. I like the booking of having Nash go over a lesser streak building up to the Goldberg match. I wasn't watching at this time so I'm not sure of the background, but I wonder if Wrath's streak was earmarked for being broken by a guy building to a Goldberg match some time in advance, or if it were even designed for that in the first place. Or if they just winged it and decided Nash would end it on short notice.

[PeteF3]

Yeah, people point to this as the Beginning of the End, and there are certainly signs the Nash Regime to come all over this Nitro. But this strikes me as pretty good booking in a vacuum. Wrath gets put over pretty well and the match is pretty competitive and even well-worked.

[Migs]

"You ask anyone who has faced Kevin Nash, you ask what is his top attribute? Power." No, Tony, everyone would say the hair. It's great hair.

 

Like everyone else, I found this to be pretty fun. And I'd note how big the pop is for Nash.