Editing Kevin Nash (section)

==== Oz (1991–1992) ====
A week later, Nash reappeared under his new [[Gimmick (professional wrestling)|gimmick]], having been [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Repackage|repackaged]] as the silver-haired Oz, a character based on the [[Wizard of Oz (character)|Wizard of Oz]] from the 1900 [[Children's literature|children's book]] ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]''.<ref name=ross25>Davies, Ross. ''Kevin Nash,'' p.25</ref> Oz, [[Manager (professional wrestling)|managed]] by [[Kevin Sullivan (wrestler)|The Great Wizard]],<ref name=ross25/> was [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Push|pushed]] strongly for about a month, he squashed several wrestlers before losing to [[Ron Simmons]] at [[The Great American Bash (1991)|The Great American Bash]] on July 14. In reality, all plans for Oz were immediately scrapped when Nash refused to sign a $300/night guarantee as WCW was cutting costs. A decision was made to retain Nash until a new gimmick could be developed. On October 27, he lost to [[Bill Kazmaier]] at [[Halloween Havoc (1991)|Halloween Havoc]]. Nash wrestled as Oz throughout the remainder of 1991 and went on a lengthy losing streak, suffering defeats by Kazmaier, [[Rick Steiner]], [[Dustin Rhodes]], and [[Brad Armstrong (wrestler)|Arachnaman]].

He later used the gimmick for [[New Japan Pro Wrestling]] as the Great Oz in May 1992.<ref>{{cite web |title=Events Database - New Japan Pro Wrestling|url=https://www.cagematch.net/?id=2&nr=429&page=4&gimmick=Great+Oz|website=Cage Match |access-date=24 June 2023}}</ref>