Marty Jannetty was once on the receiving end of a vicious jackknife powerbomb from Kevin Nash.
WWE Legend Marty Jannetty was a recent guest on 1 Of A Kind with Rob Van Dam. While discussing concussions in professional wrestling, Jannetty revealed he once got a concussion taking a jackknife powerbomb from Kevin Nash (FKA Diesel).
“I remember Joey Marella [a former WWE referee], especially what’s his name? Big ass boy, six foot 12, Kevin Nash. He gave me that powerbomb thing he was doing over in England. Big sold-out crowd, 20 – 30,000, whatever it was. At the time, he was still doing Diesel. He was going as Diesel. You know, Shawn’s [Michaels] bodyguard.
“And man, he did that thing, and the place went, ahhh! I’m like, why? He’s a heel! Why are you cheering? Next thing I know, I’m looking up at Joey Marella, remember him? Joey Marella, he’s looking at me, and I’m looking at him and thinking, why are you looking at me?
“He’s like, ‘Bro, straighten your eyes out.’ I’m like, what? He’s like, ‘You got knocked out, bro.’ I was like, how long have I been here? He goes a while, so you don’t even know. I mean, it could be one second, or it could be like whatever that was.”
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