Kevin Nash has opened up about the death of longtime friend Hulk Hogan, admitting he never truly imagined a time when the WWE Hall of Famer would no longer be around.
Speaking with Inside The Ropes, Kevin Nash discussed getting older and losing several people he became close to throughout his wrestling career. Nash acknowledged that Scott Hall‘s death remains particularly difficult because of their close friendship. However, he explained that Hulk Hogan’s death affected him differently because of the larger-than-life image that had surrounded him for decades.
“They always called Hulk the Immortal Hulk Hogan. You know? And I, that was the one. I mean, I’ll never get over Scott because he was, you know, he was my best friend. But I just never pictured Terry dying.”
Hogan, whose real name was Terry Bollea, spent much of his career presented as “The Immortal” Hulk Hogan. Nash admitted that even though he knew the man behind the character personally, it was difficult to imagine that Hogan would one day be gone.
Nash also revealed that he sometimes catches himself wanting to joke about his former colleague before remembering that Hogan is no longer around.
“I still, like when I talk about him, I kind of want to razz him a little bit, but then it’s just like, ‘No, you know, you got to kind of give him some love because he’s gone too.’”
Kevin Nash, Scott Hall & Hulk Hogan’s Friendship Started With The nWo Angle In WCW
Kevin Nash, Hulk Hogan and Scott Hall were forever linked through the formation of the New World Order in WCW in 1996.
Hall arrived in WCW that year alongside Nash before Hogan famously turned heel at Bash at the Beach, joining the pair to officially form the nWo. The faction became one of the defining acts of the Monday Night War and had a lasting influence on professional wrestling.
Hall died in March 2022 at age 63, while Hogan died in July 2025 at age 71.
With Hall and Hogan both gone, Nash is now the only surviving member of the original three-man nWo lineup.
For Nash, Hogan’s larger-than-life presence made his death particularly difficult to comprehend. Despite knowing that “The Immortal” was simply a wrestling character, Nash admitted that part of him never expected to experience a wrestling world without his longtime friend.
