The two first got together in mid-1993, when Nash (then known by Diesel) became a bodyguard for Shawn Michaels, who had won the Intercontinental Championship[5][7][8][9] Nash helped Michaels win the Intercontinental Championship from Marty Jannetty on June 6, 1993. In mid-1994, Michaels acted as Nash's manager, leading him to win the Intercontinental Championship from Scott Hall.
At Survivor Series on November 23, 1994, Michaels accidentally hit Nash with a superkick, which lead to the team splitting, vacating the WWF Tag Team Championship title.[1]
Second run (1995-1996)
In early 1995, Michaels and Nash feuded over the WWF Championship. Michaels won the Royal Rumble and unsuccessfully challenged Nash in a title match at WrestleMania XI on April 2, 1995.[10]
Later that same year, Nash and Michaels would dub themselves "Two Dudes with Attitudes." At In Your House 3 on September 24, 1995, where they challenged WWF Tag Team Champions Owen 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 a technicality following lobbying from Hart's and Yokozuna's lawyer, Clarence Mason.[2][12]
After Michaels won the WWF Championship from Hart at WrestleMania XII, Nash unsuccessfully challenged him at In 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 the WCW in May 1996.
Reunions (2002, 2003)
Nash and Michaels would not reunite until June 3, 2002 on an episode of Monday Night RAW, where Nash would name Michaels as the newest member of the New World Order (nWo). On the June 10 episode of Raw, 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 hitting Booker T with Sweet 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 face Evolution (Triple H, Ric Flair, and Randy Orton) in an effort to have Nash win the World Heavyweight Championship from Triple H. At Judgment Day, Nash came close to winning the title until Triple H got himself disqualified when he hit referee Earl Hebner with a sledgehammer in the chest.