Kevin Nash both praises and criticizes Logan Paul.
WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash previously criticized Logan Paul by saying that he was not one of the boys, and he was not a top five guy if he couldn't call a match in the ring.
Speaking on his Kliq This podcast, Kevin Nash shared his thoughts on work rate in wrestling. Logan Paul came up in the conversation, and co-host Sean Oliver questioned whether you could be a great athlete but not a great worker.
“Yes, absolutely. Logan Paul has learned the athleticism of professional wrestling. He fucking got in the ring after he got diced by [CM] Punk and didn’t realize it…Logan walked to the ring and he kind of felt light. He didn’t realize that Punk had just ate his fucking liver with fava beans [laughs]. I just like when Punk to him, ‘I didn’t even know what your theme music was.’ He’s sitting there, he’s on the turnbuckle, and Logan was doing his 1986 Eddie Gilbert schtick. Then they start the match, and it’s Rey Mysterio. I’m sorry. Two botched moves right off the bat in a match, I guarantee you [it] wasn’t Rey. Then he does, for the finish, basically the Hangman spot that Hangman [Page] does. But at the same time, that’s Hangman’s spot. Logan Paul does it better than he does, with way more air, way more athletic. So the guy’s an incredible athlete. I watched a clip the other day and it was Kenny Omega was talking about Logan Paul. They showed Logan Paul walking up a corridor, and he made the reference that he was the greatest worker in the world. He said, ‘He’s athletic, but send him to New Japan for a tour and have him go out and give you a banger every night. He can’t do that.’ Go work someplace where you got the guy sitting across from you is going, ‘Don’t understand. Don’t understand,’ and you’re going, ‘I’m trying to get my shit in.’ That’s the difference, and Kenny knows that. If I had to tomorrow at 65 years old, if I had to have a match with Logan or Kenny, I’m gonna pick Kenny because I know Kenny can work without a fucking net, and I don’t know if Logan can. From what I’ve heard from people that worked with him, he can’t," Nash said.
Nash then noted that Paul hadn't had a lot of reps on live television. With that in mind, he stated that it was remarkable that critics would pick apart Paul's work, rather than completely tearing it apart, given his lack of reps.
"How many fucking reps does Logan Paul have on live TV? For the amount of fucking work that he’s done, it’s unbelievable. The fact that we can sit here and pick at his work, not crucify it but pick at it, that speaks volumes. I thought his punches were concise, his jabs looked good, especially with the camera work. I got to that point in my career working 320 days a year," Nash said.
Nash went on to say that Paul had a long way to go, and he shared his belief that Paul didn't have any hunger, as he already had a lot of money. He also dismissed the notion that he was bitter, as he said that he was satisfied with what he had done.
"Logan Paul, he’s got a long way to go, and he’s got too much fucking money. There’s no hunger there. He never did the starving artist. He went to fucking signing lithographs. He’s taking a pay cut to work for $5 million. I say that because he’ll come back with, ‘He’s bitter and I’m better than him.’ One thing I’m not is bitter. I’m not bitter. I’m not a bitter fucking old wrestler. 14-year-old Kevin Nash is so fucking proud of the 65-year-old Kevin Nash. So if you’re proud of your achievements and what you’ve done and how you’ve lived…man, I’ve partied like a fucking rockstar around this fucking globe, everywhere. I got nothing to be bitter about. Did a lot of my friends die because we ran so hard? Was I blessed to not be one of the casualties? Absolutely. If you say [I’m bitter], you don’t know me," Nash said.
Nash recently joked that Netflix didn't want Logan Paul at the WWE Raw on Netflix premiere. Check out his comments here.
Click here to see what Nash had to say when a fan wanted to see him powerbomb Logan Paul.
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