On December 13th a new report emerged featuring claims that Vince McMahon wanted to return to WWE. This was despite the same report containing allegations of sexual assault.
While those within the company are said to be against the former Chairman coming back into the fold, others such as Teddy Long, believe McMahon should be free to resume control.
Kevin Nash Doesn’t Want Vince McMahon Back In WWE
Speaking on a recent episode his Kilq This podcast, WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash discussed the controversy around his former boss. The former World Champion said that he didn’t want McMahon back in WWE, but only because the company share price has risen steadily since his exit.
“I mean I know he has voting rights, but speaking personally from my life, I enjoyed the stock price going up…like, leave it the f*ck alone. When he quit, the stock analysts said it would probably top somewhere around 100, so they still got some growth, you know?”
Continuing on, Nash gave his thoughts on WWE’s current programming, including how he has changed his opinion on Kevin Owens.
“I’d like it more…I think it takes a while to…there’s just so much talent that I just…because I don’t watch eight hours of it a week. You know, I just don’t have time to, so I miss a lot of NXT. I used to watch NXT all the time and I don’t watch as much NXT as I used to and I’ve never been a SmackDown guy because it wasn’t really something that was around when I was there. I bet you I was maybe on SmackDown 30 times in my career.
I was always a Raw guy, so Raw, that’s my cup of tea. If I’m gonna watch something, I’m gonna watch Raw. I just don’t, like with The Usos and Roman having all the belts, it’s like… I don’t know. It’s hard. I mean it definitely makes them a dynasty you know, and I think Roman’s done a really good [job]. He got a push [back in the day] and he kind of got Diesel’d and it kind of fu*ked his push, but he’s solid now and I enjoy watching him. I enjoy his promos and I think adding [Sami] Zayn to that group was genius. I’ve always liked him.
I didn’t get Kevin Owens for the longest time, I just didn’t get it. It was just like one day I was watching and I was like ‘Wow, he’s a fearless motherfu*ker.’ He’s got good psychology, he cuts good promos, he’s believable, I dig him.”
Vince McMahon retired from his role with WWE in July 2022 following a string of sexual misconduct claims were made against him, while it is alleged that he paid more than $12 million in secret settlements to supress the allegations.
H/t to Fightful