10 Wrestling Careers That Were Revived by TNA

#7 Kevin Nash

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Kevin Nash was the first star to sign with TNA who had been a major name and former World Champion in every company he had previously wrestled in. Despite this, by the time he first showed up in TNA, it had bee a while since fans had last seen him, and many thought he was done.

Kevin Nash debuted at TNA's first ever live 3-hour pay-per-view, Victory Road, in November 2004. His announced debut was quickly outshined by the surprise debut of Randy Savage, but after Savage's run was short lived at just three appearances, all the attention soon went back to Big Sexy.

Prior to this, Nash was last seen in a wrestling ring at WWE SummerSlam 2003. He took some time off after the event to film his role in 'The Punisher', and while he was awa, WWE officials went from having him planned for a return feud with Goldberg, to just deciding to not renew his expiring contract in January. WWE had instead decided to offer Nash a smaller contract to work in creative and booking, but he turned it down. He then spent a majority of 2004 filming another movie, 'The Longest Yard', before signing with TNA.

The question was for many come Victory Road, would Nash have any drawing power left, having not been seen since his failed main event return in WWE over a year earlier? It turns out, he did, just a little.

During the course of his 6 year run with TNA, Nash feuded with Jeff Jarrett for the NWA World Championship in 2005, and nearly even won it at one point, had two serious injuries not kept him down. He returned in 2006 as more of a comedy character, that provided much entertainment and later had many big moments for himself and TNA with the Main Event Mafia angle, and Hulk Hogan.

Kevin Nash left TNA in late 2010.