Kevin Nash Criticizes Becky Lynch’s Angle with CM Punk, Calls It “Domestic Abuse” Heat – Kevin Nash has made it clear he’s not a fan of WWE’s current CM Punk–Becky Lynch storyline, specifically criticizing the presentation of Lynch’s recent physical altercations with Punk.
On his Kliq This podcast, Nash explained why the angle doesn’t sit well with him and reflected on how Lynch originally broke through in WWE.
“So I made a statement about Becky Lynch, and I see people telling me to shut the f*** up. But here’s the thing: when Becky got over, it was because Nia Jax busted her open. There was that visual of this pretty red-haired girl, petite, defiant, and no-selling it. That was the moment that made her.”
“She took that and ran with it, and she got super over. But in my opinion, she’s not the same as she was back then. Once she had a child, she lost some of that edge, some of that hunger. That happens; it’s life. And the problem with wrestling is if you force something down people’s throats, they’ll spit it back up.”
Nash then addressed Lynch’s on-screen attacks on Punk, comparing the scenes to something far more uncomfortable than standard pro wrestling heat.
“When she went violent on Phil, with the smacking, it felt like watching Deborah Winger and West Hightower in Urban Cowboy. It came off like domestic abuse, and that’s not the kind of heat you want. The company censors a line like ‘eat a fat f***,’ but apparently, portraying domestic violence is okay?”
He also took aim at WWE’s scripting of certain lines, calling them uninspired and forced.
“That doesn’t sit right. Then Becky gets a line on Raw to say ‘gross ball sweat.’ I saw it coming. It felt so contrived. Like George C. Scott in Patton, ‘you magnificent son of a b*tch, I read your book,’ I knew exactly what was going to happen. And it’s the same old cheap heat, like when someone says, ‘The only bigger losers than you guys are the Eagles here in Philadelphia tonight.’ Come on, man. That’s where we’re at?”
Nash’s remarks add another layer of criticism to WWE’s heavily discussed feud, which has already generated strong fan reactions as the build toward Wrestlepalooza continues.
Kevin Nash Criticizes Becky Lynch’s Angle with CM Punk, Calls It “Domestic Abuse” Heat
