| Two Dudes with Attitudes | |
|---|---|
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| Tag team | |
| Members | Kevin Nash Shawn Michaels |
| Name(s) | Shawn Michaels and Diesel[1][2] Two Dudes with Attitudes Dynamic Duo[3][4] nWo[1][2] Shawn Michaels and Kevin Nash Bronx Thugs (Unused in 1995) |
| Billed heights | Kevin Nash: 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)[5] Shawn Michaels: 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[6] |
| Combined billed weight | 553 lb (251 kg; 39.5 st)[5][6] |
| Hometown | New York City By way ofMotor City |
| Billed from | Kevin Nash:Detroit, Michigan[5] Shawn Michaels:San Antonio,Texas[6] |
| Debut | June 6, 1993 |
| Years active | 1993, 1994, 1995, 2002, 2003 |
Kevin Nash andShawn Michaels formed atag team, also known asTwo Dudes with Attitudes that competed in theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as WWE) in 1994 and again in 1995 through March 1996, with a brief reunion in 2002 as a sub-group of theNew World Order stable.[3][4] The team held theWWF Tag Team Championshiptwice,[1][2] but also found success in singles competition while still allied with one another, as Nash held theWWF Championship andIntercontinental Championship once each and Michaels held the Intercontinental Championshiptwice.
The two first got together in mid-1993, when Nash (then known by Diesel) became a bodyguard for Shawn Michaels, who had won theIntercontinental Championship[5][7][8][9] Nash helped Michaels win the Intercontinental Championship fromMarty Jannetty on June 6, 1993. In mid-1994, Michaels acted as Nash's manager, leading him to win the Intercontinental Championship fromScott Hall.
The two would become a tag team when Michaels and Nash defeatedThe Headshrinkers at ahouse show, winning theWWF Tag Team Championship on August 28, 1994 inIndianapolis, Indiana.[1]
AtSurvivor Series on November 23, 1994, Michaels accidentally hit Nash with asuperkick, which lead to the team splitting, vacating the WWF Tag Team Championship title.[1]
In early 1995, Michaels and Nashfeuded over the WWF Championship. Michaels won theRoyal Rumble and unsuccessfully challenged Nash in a title match atWrestleMania XI on April 2, 1995.[10]
On the April 3, 1995 episode ofMonday Night Raw, Nash assisted Michaels from an attack from hiskayfabe bodyguard,Sid Eudy.[11]
Later that same year, Nash and Michaels would dub themselves "Two Dudes with Attitudes." AtIn Your House 3 on September 24, 1995, where they challenged WWF Tag Team ChampionsOwen Hart and Yokozuna. Nash and Michaels won the match and the WWF Tag Team Championship, but had to return it to Hart and Yokozuna the next day on atechnicality followinglobbying from Hart's and Yokozuna's lawyer,Clarence Mason.[2][12]
"Two Dudes with Attitudes" disbanded for a second time after Nash lost theWWF Championship toBret Hart atSurvivor Series on November 19, 1995.[13]
After Michaels won the WWF Championship from Hart atWrestleMania XII, Nash unsuccessfully challenged him atIn Your House 7: Good Friends, Better Enemies on April 28, 1996.[14] Nash and Michaels would continue to feud until Nash's departure from the WWF for theWCW in May 1996.
Nash and Michaels would not reunite until June 3, 2002 on an episode ofMonday Night RAW, where Nash would name Michaels as the newest member of theNew World Order (nWo). On the June 10 episode ofRaw, Michaels explained that his best friend Nash was always there for him, which was why he returned to WWE to become a member of the nWo. Michaels then shocked the audience by hittingBooker T withSweet Chin Music to remove him from the nWo.
A month later, Nash tore his quadriceps, which broke up the nWo. When Nash returned from his injury in 2003, the duo teamed with Booker T to faceEvolution (Triple H,Ric Flair, andRandy Orton) in an effort to have Nash win theWorld Heavyweight Championship from Triple H. AtJudgment Day, Nash came close to winning the title until Triple H got himself disqualified when he hit refereeEarl Hebner with a sledgehammer in the chest.
