In some tragic news, Tristen Nash, the son of two-time WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash, has unfortunately passed away. Tristen, who was just 26-years-old at the time of his passing, had just started working alongside his father on his Kliq This podcast.
Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp confirmed the news via Twitter on behalf of Kevin Nash and his wife Tamara, who have understandably requested that their privacy be respected at this time:
“On behalf of Kevin and Tamara Nash, I have to unfortunately report that their son Tristen Nash has tragically passed away at the age of 26.
Tristen recently started working on Kevin’s new podcast and the two enjoyed their time together.
The Nash family asks if you could please respect their privacy during this time.”
Very unfortunate news to share. Sending love to the family of Tristen Nash. pic.twitter.com/VIj0dLqjcV
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) October 20, 2022
Born June 12th, 1996, Tristen Nash was a solo musician and poet. Tributes have poured in following his passing, with many pro wrestlers and wrestling personalities sending their condolences to the Nash family during this time.
2022 Hasn’t Been Easy For Kevin Nash
The tragic news comes during what has already been an emotional year for two-time WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash, who lost his best friend and tag team partner Scott Hall on March 14th. Discussing his memories of ‘The Bad Guy’ on an episode of Kliq This, ‘Big Daddy Cool’ recalled the final moments The Kliq had with their friend:
“So [DDP] was keeping me in the loop and, but then we’re going to, when it came time to get Scott out of the hospital, they were going to bring him to Dallas’ and he was going to stay [at] Dallas’ and kind of recover there. And so I talked to Dallas, I was in, Bobby Fulton had some show that I was at there and I was signing with Kurt Angle, and that was on Saturday.
I got a call Sunday morning that God was early, and it was Paul [Levesque]. Paul said that Scott had three heart attacks, and it didn’t look good. And so I tried to get a flight to Atlanta, couldn’t. So went back to Daytona Beach and then couldn’t get a flight out of Daytona Beach and then they were just at that point they said that you know, they were going to pull the plug.
The doctor said that it would be maybe 10 minutes that Scott would be alive. So before they pulled the plug we all, the Kliq guys got on speakerphone and we all talked, cried is basically all we did.”
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