WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash recently shared his thoughts on Raquel Rodriguez’s in-ring style during the latest episode of his podcast Kliq This, and he didn’t hold back on his critique.
Nash believes that Rodriguez, despite her size and physical presence, often fails to maximize her power advantage in matches.
“I get pissed off at her because she always works down. She works small,” Nash said. “I’ll see her selling and she’ll make herself small instead of staying up and selling big, like moving your hands this way instead of dropping so you can get drop down to them. They got to teeter to knock you off your f***ing base when you’re that much bigger than them.”
Nash went on to explain how someone of Rodriguez’s stature can enhance the drama in a match by making opponents work harder to knock her down.
“You can work 20, 30 seconds of just teetering where then that person hits the ropes. Oh, here it comes now and then she gets her foot up, boom, cuts her off. She’s working too small. As a person tries to knock you down, then they use more momentum, eventually you want them to use the ropes, which now here comes the high spot that either you’re going to take the bump or in this case if you’re getting heat, then you cut the person off.”
Rodriguez has been a regular presence on WWE programming, and while she’s often praised for her strength and charisma, Nash’s comments highlight a common critique of how powerhouses are sometimes booked—or choose to perform—against smaller opponents.
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