Nailz is a former professional wrestler who had been in the business for almost two decades from 1982 to 2001. He used to compete under the ring name Kevin Kelly, but later he was repackaged as an ex-convict.
Nailz began a feud with Big Boss Man claiming that when he was in prison, the prison guard at that time abused him. That prison guard was none other than Big Boss Man. Despite the spotlight for his first feud, Nailz’s run in the Stamford-based promotion was short-lived.
While speaking to Dr. Chris Featherstone on Sportskeeda’s WrestleBinge, the former WWE Superstar opened up about his run in the company. He claimed that Vince McMahon missed the boat with him.
“I don’t know what he [Vince McMahon] had in his mind as far as where the character was going to go. And what he was going to do with it. All I found out, you know, was from the office that, ‘We want you to do this’ or ‘We want you to do that.’ And unfortunately, it didn’t work out for a longer run. Because… I believe that he basically missed the boat. He could have used me and the character for a long time.”
Fans really loved the character of Nailz
During the same interview, Nailz also mentioned that fans also felt the same way about his character being short-lived. They loved his character.
“And all the fans that come out, you know, say, ‘I wish you were there for a lot longer. Because we really loved your character. We really loved the intensity. And people were just scared and you were a real believable character. It wasn’t anything that we thought, ‘Oh that looks fake or that looks phony.’’ And a lot of people would say, ‘You know, he’s not the greatest wrestler.’ But people have to realize when a guy just gets out of prison, he doesn’t know arm drags and hip tosses and backdrops. He knows how to fight in a 6 x 9 cell, he knows how to fight in a prison yard. So that type of fighting that I did in prison is the same type of fighting that I brought into the ring with a lot of punching, and kicking, and choking,” Nailz said.
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