WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash had been one of the biggest stars back in the 90s and 00s. While he had a successful pro wrestling career across different promotions. he also got various acting roles, including the “Magic Mike” movies, “Dog,” and “The Longest Yard”. It has come to light that during a movie shooting, he accidentally got stabbed.
Kevin Nash opens up on the accident
In 2004, Nash appeared in the movie “The Punisher” starring Thomas Jane. Nash played The Russian, who is an enemy of Jane’s title character, aka Frank Castle. Nash and Jane battle in the movie which culminates with the Russian being killed. When the scene was filmed an accident occurred that almost cost Nash’s pro wrestling career.
While Jane and Nash were filming their big scene, which called for The Punisher to stab The Russian, there was an accident on set. Thomas Jane revealed on “The Rich Eisen Show” a stunt coordinator had forgotten to switch out the props, resulting in Jane using an actual blade and stabbing Nash in the collarbone:
“That was a bad day,” Jane told Eisen. “I gotta tell you, when I was swinging around, and grabbing the prop knife, and he’s there, and I plunge it into his chest … and it stabs him, and it goes in, and I’m looking at the knife, I’m looking at him. Kevin, he’s just looking down at me, and there’s a knife sticking out of his chest … Yeah, that was rough, and you know what made it worse? He was so nice about it. You’re like, ‘Oh my god, this guy’s going to knock me across the room.’ Just out of a reflex. He just sat there, looked at the knife, looked at me and shook his head. I sent him a couple cases of beer, if I remember right.”
Fortunately for the former six-time World Champion, the injuries he sustained while shooting the film were not serious, and he was able to continue his wrestling career.
