Kevin Nash. Either you love him or you hate him.
Either way, let’s all sit back and laugh at him as he makes a fool out of himself in WCW.
No, not as he’s doing that now! I mean what he did ten years ago, when he debuted as Oz. He came to ring bedecked in a sorceror’s outfit, escorted by some other goof in a mask (rumored to be Kevin Sullivan) named the Great Wizard, who continually yapped out “Welcome to Oz! Welcome to Oz!”
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Oz had an aged face that was made possible through the magic of…a mask, I guess. He talked in a bold, annoying manner, not unlike he does today. When he got to the ring, he took off the mask revealing the original man without a brain.
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The most amazing thing about Oz was that he worked a million times harder in the ring than Nash has in ten years. I’m serious – go back and take a look at his match at Clash of the Champions: Knocksville and tell me if you’ve seen big Kev work like that since.
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Anyway, Oz was rumored to be just the first of many Wizard of Oz wrestlers. I can see it now…Jim Duggan as the Scarecrow (no brain); Eric Bischoff as the Tin Man (no heart); Lex Luger as the Cowardly Lion (no nerve; just ask Bruiser Brody).
Yep, it’s a very good thing this gimmick flopped.