- Was accidentally stabbed by actor Thomas Jane during the shooting of a knife fight scene in The Punisher (2004). It was reported that Nash didn't notice the wound until someone told him he was bleeding.
- During his senior season in high school, he was rated the second-best prep basketball player in Michigan. First was Earvin Magic Johnson.
- Played basketball for the University of Tennessee
- Was offerred the part of Sabertooth in X-Men (2000) but had to decline due to scheduling conflicts.
- Particapted in WCW Nitro's infamous "Fingerpoke of Doom" match. In which he was the WCW World Champion at the time. He was supposed to wrestle Hollywood Hulk Hogan for the title. When the match began Hogan poked him on the chest and he fell. Hogan then pinned him and won the title. This match was considered to be the start of WCW downfall and rating soon fell afterwards.
- Holds the record for the shortest WWF title win: eight seconds. As soon as the bell rang, Nash (as "Diesel") kicked WWF Champion Bob Backlund in the gut, drove him into the mat with a Jacknife Powerbomb, and picked up the win.
- Was considered for the role of Little John in Robin Hood (2010).
- Was offered the part in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991) because they needed someone who could wear the heavy costume.
- One of 6 Pro Wrestler to ever win the WCW and WWF Heavyweight Championships in their career.
- WWE Hall of Famer.
- After tearing his quadricep, was planning on returning to the WWF as his old character, Diesel, and even dyed his hair black. But by the time his return rolled around, his hair had turned gray.
- Had his hair cut short for his role in The Punisher (2004). The WWE worked it into an angle where he lost a "Hair vs. Hair" match to Chris Jericho on the August 18, 2003 live edition of WWE Raw (1993).
- He is only 6' 10" tall. The 7' height was an exaggeration from his WCW days
- 3rd wrestler to appear in a Marvel comic book movie, others are Randy Savage (Spider-Man (2002)), Tyler Mane (X-Men (2000)) & Paul Levesque (aka "Triple H") (Blade: Trinity (2004)).
- As of 2004, Kevin has technically retired, however he still makes odd tag match appearances with fellow Outsider Scott Hall.
- During his last stint with the WWE, he wrestled against real-life friend Triple H in a 'Hell in a Cell' match for the World Heavyweight Championship at the June PPV, Bad Blood 2003. Although he lost, many considered this to be his best match in the WWE.
- Planned on returning to the WWE on the 2003 March 31 episode of WWE Raw (1993), but pushed it back to April 7 because he didn't want to interfere in the WWE debut of Bill Goldberg.
- Won the Pro Wrestler of the Year Award (1995)
- Lost to Booker Huffman (aka "Booker T") in his final reign as WCW Champion.
- Lost a "hair match" to Chris Jericho in August 2003, which resulted in his trademark long hair being cut. Nash's hair hadn't been cut since his original WWF stint in 1993.
- Previous Managers: Diamond Dallas Page, Dusty Rhodes, Harley Race, Pamela Anderson, Shawn Michaels, Merlin the Wizard (Kevin Sullivan), Ted DiBiase, Torrie Wilson.
- Nash formed a tag team in WCW dubbed the "Master Blasters", with Al Greene.
- Was the first WWE Superstar to appear as a guest on Chris Jericho's Highlight Reel on the 5th May 2003 episode of WWE Raw (1993), where he and Paul Levesque (aka "Triple H") beat the holy hell out of each other, leading to their match at Judgment Day.
- One of the original three members of the New World Order (nWo). The other two are Hulk Hogan and Scott Hall.
- Is one of two [now former] American professional wrestlers, along with Kurt Angle, to make a brief appearance in a film as a silent Russian character who brutally dominates the protagonist in a fight, only for the hero to miraculously escape defeat and/or death. Nash did this in The Punisher (2004), and Angle in Warrior (2011).
- With team-mate Scott Hall, Kevin Nash was defeated by the tag team, formed by Shinya Hashimoto and MMA legend Naoya Ogawa.
- Decided to not re-sign with WWE. (January 2004)
- Lost the WWF Championship to Bret Hart (aka "The Hitman") at Survivor Series in 1995.
- Former member of the nWo Wolfpac
- Son Tristan Nash, born 1996.
- Former member of the nWo & The Millionaire's Club
- Fomer WWF Intercontinental Champion
- Former WWF Heavyweight Champion
- Former WCW Heavyweight Champion
- At Souled Out 2000, defeated Terry Funk to become The Commissioner of WCW.
- Former member of the nWo Outsiders
- At the 1996 Great American Bash, he planted Eric Bischoff through the stage with a Jacknife Powerbomb.
- Former WCW & WWF Tag Team Champion
- Defeated 46-year-old Bob Backlund to win the WWF title for the first time.
- Part of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (formerly known as NWA/TNA), whose primetime show TNA Impact! (official typeset: TNA iMPACT!) seen on Spike TV. (October 2004)
- Returned to the WWE after being out nearly nine months with a quad injury. (April 2003)
- Notable Title Wins Include: WWF Tag Team Titles; WWF Intercontinental Title; WWF Heavyweight Title; WCW Tag Team Titles; WCW Television Title; WCW World Title; WCW World War 3 (3 Ring Battle Royale) Winner 1998
- 1998 WCW World War 3 Winner.
- Former World Tag Team Champion.
- Won the WCW Championship by defeating Bill Goldberg.
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