Kevin Nash: I Said 'F*ck It, I'm Bolting' After Booker T Left TNA

Kevin Nash looks back on following Booker āœƒT out of TNA.

Kevin Nash spent several years in TNA, as he was with the company from 2004-2011. He left the company in January 2011 and returned to WWE at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view that month. Nash š’ˆ”then had a return run with WWE throughout the next yšŸ”“ear.

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Speaking on his , Kevin Nash was asked to reflect oź¦“n his time ā›¦in TNA.

ā€œI thinkā€¦I mean I worked hard there. I was in good shape. I think the Main Event Mafia thing could have been, that was money. They let [Booker T], it was a bad move to let Book go. Once Book left, I said, ā€˜Fuck it, Iā€™m bolting.ā€™ I heard Book was gonna be at that Royal Rumble, I said, ā€˜Shit, not without me.ā€™ So I died my shit black, went out thereā€¦," Nash said.

Nash was then asked whether hešŸŒ± had more creative freedom in TNA, and he noted that he did. He also described how Scott Hall would always discourage him from smartening their peers up regarding being part of the creative process.

ā€œYeahā€¦once you know whatā€™s up, you have to be part of the process. All you need is one person thatā€™s good at it. I promise you, the guy thatā€™s good at it doesnā€™t want to look fucking bad at it. I remember Scott [Hall] would always be like, ā€˜Donā€™t smarten him up.ā€™ Like dude, we gotta work with him. What do you mean, donā€™t smarten him up? ā€˜Donā€™t say anything when heā€™s got your fucking job.ā€™ Yeah, Scott would always be like, ā€˜Man, donā€™t fucking smarten him up.ā€™ Like youā€™re the one thatā€™s got the brain," Nash said.

Nash went on to describe how he liked the TNA scheš”‰dule, as it let him work four days a month, five with pay-per-views, as they had tapings two weeks apart.

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