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Will stories from the former Diesel refuel an old rivalry between Punk and Triple H?
If there’s a pot to be stirred in the wrestling business, rest assured that a wrestler will find their way into the kitchen to keep a stew of dissension going.
Making his way into the cooking area this week is Kevin Nash, the former Big Daddy Cool Diesel, who had a few things to say about the return of CM Punk during his Kliq This podcast.
Some of it was in good fun, such as Nash saying “thank God” that Michael Cole had a hold of Seth Rollins, who went off on Punk following Punk’s comeback at the Survivor Series. Nash also joked that the reason Punk was looking at his watch when he made his return wasn’t because it was clobbering time. Instead, according to Nash, it was so Punk would have it down to the minute until WWE fired him again.
But it’s when Nash reveals why he didn’t wrestle Punk in 2011 that things get interesting.
A fresh start or a ticking time bomb? Time will tell.@TripleH
At the time, CM Punk was making a huge name for himself after cutting a scathing promo dubbed “The Pipe Bomb,” in which he slammed the company from John Cena to Vince McMahon all the way to Triple H, who he referred to as a McMahon’s doofus son-in-law. After losing the WWE Championship following outside interference by Nash <a href="https://www.cagesideseats.com/2011/8/14/2363465/wwe-summerslam-results-kevin-nash-returns-to-attack-cm-punk-cost-h