Kevin Nash Names Favourite WWE Royal Rumble Surprise
The Royal Rumble is all about surprises and now WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash has named his favourite Rumble surprise…and it’s someone very familiar to him.
The 2025 Royal Rumble had its fair share of surprises as Alexa Bliss made her return to WWE after a two-year absence. Jordynne Grace also made her first official appearance as a WWE Superstar while TNA World Champion Joe Hendry entered the men’s Rumble for the first time.
For fans of a certain era, 2011’s Rumble proved to have two of the biggest surprises ever. A forty-man Rumble took place that year and two of the spots were taken by WWE Hall of Famers. Booker T entered the bout as did Kevin Nash. Nash donned his old silver and black attire complete with a single glove as he entered the match as Diesel.
Kevin Nash Liked 2011 Rumble Surprise
Speaking on the Kliq This podcast, Kevin Nash revealed his favourite Royal Rumble surprise and it was anything but a surprise to learn it’s one that he was paid for:
2011 when that Diesel guy came through in Boston, I popped for that. Just the fact that it was Diesel. He actually realized it was downhill after he put the glove on, so he took his time putting the glove on. F*cking smart guy.
Before helping to change the face of wrestling in WCW with the NWO, Kevin Nash was part of WWE’s New Generation in the early-to-mid nineties. Competing as Diesel, Nash came to the company as Shawn Michaels’ bodyguard before breaking out on his own and becoming WWE Champion.