Kevin Nash thinks Triple H would have left WWE if Vince McMahon took control of creative

Kevin Nash believes Paul “Triple H” Levesque leaving WWE was a real possibility if Vince McMahon had been able to take control of creative prior to his resignation.

During his Kliq This podcast this week, Nash said that — while he believes Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan are the two greatest wrestlers of all time — he thinks Levesque has had “the best run of anybody” from all standpoints of the business. He praised how Levesque has improved the WWE product. Though he and Levesque have not had this conversation with each other, Nash feels that Levesque would have left WWE if McMahon had been able to take the creative reins from him.

“There’s the 1A [and] 1B. You know, whether you’re a Flair guy or you’re a Hogan guy. And then there’s the business aspect guy — and I say that the best run of anybody would be Triple H. From all standpoints of the business. I mean, there’s no comparison,” Nash said.

“Because he’s so good at what he does on a daily basis. Like, as soon as he got his hands on the controls, sh*t changed. The product became — it just was night and day. Vince almost tried to kibosh it, and, you know, they went through all that sh*t again. And I think at that point, if it wouldn’t have went the way it did, I think Paul would have walked. [Stephanie McMahon] already had.

“I have a feeling. I mean, we never had the conversation, but I know Paul. I just think that it was like, ‘F*ck, man.’ But I heard some other — I have talked to Paul about some other things. So, I mean, I know some information and things that made me feel really good when I heard how they felt, Endeavor, how they felt about Paul.”

McMahon resigned from WWE this January following the allegations made in Janel Grant’s lawsuit. But even while McMahon was still with the company, Endeavor had removed him from the creative process and left Levesque in charge of all key decisions.

Levesque became WWE’s Chief Content Officer in 2022 following McMahon’s initial “retirement” from the company. McMahon forced himself back into power as executive chairman in January 2023, one year before ultimately having to resign.