Kevin Nash Says Vince McMahon Wanted Him To Fight Mike Tyson In Central Park

WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash had quite the run in WWE and in WCW, and he’s won numerous titles throughout his career. Kevin Nash has been part of some big moments in his day, and he recently revealed that Vince McMahon wanted him to be a part of another big moment.

During an interview with Sports Illustrated’s Extra Mustard blog, Kevin Nash revealed that Vince McMahon wanted him to fight Mike Tyson in Central Park.

“They brought me up to WWE Headquarters, which was called Titan Tower at the time, and Vince went into this elaborate idea of me fighting Mike Tyson in Central Park,” said Nash. “I asked him, ‘How much am I going to get paid?’ Vince said it was for charity, and I said, ‘F—. I ain’t fighting Mike Tyson and getting knocked the f— out for charity.’ Then he told me, ‘By the way, you’re going to drop the strap to Bret at Survivor Series because we’re going to put it on Shawn at WrestleMania.’”

Mike Tyson would go on to work with WWE at WrestleMania 14 as he was the special guest enforcer for the main event which featured Shawn Michaels defending the WWE Championship against Steve Austin.

Kevin Nash also opened up about his World Championship run, and he talked about the moment he knew the company wasn’t going to run with him.

“I went to a draw in my first pay-per-view match as world champion. A draw. As a performer, you know then that they’re not going with you. If they were going with me, I’d have beat Bret. You can use run-ins to cause the win, but I’d have to beat Bret, and I didn’t. From there, I went on the road with Backlund and [King Kong] Bundy as my house opponents. That’s not exactly setting the world on fire. Bundy is a great guy and he’s great in a certain role, but for me, there is nothing I can do with him. I can’t chain wrestle, I can’t pick him up, I can’t toss him around. Then they brought Jeff [Jarrett] and Road Dogg [Jesse James] in so they could bump and feed. That was a lot better.”