Critics inaccurately denounce Diesel's 358-day reign as WWF champion as the lowest-drawing in company history. This crude analysis ignores a number of contributing factors to the slump, & negates to consider some of the major success stories from the run. As the company figurehead during the mid 90's wrestling recession, Diesel was required to perform under the weight of those failures every single night. Despite this, when the cameras were rolling, Kevin Nash portrayed a charismatic & dynamic giant, mowing down a diverse mix of genuine superstars & lumbering buffoons. He also developed a reputation as a strong big match performer, turning in his half of some fabulous matches on PPV as defending champion, & developed a reputation as one of the more reliable 7-footers to ever grace the squared circle. Above all else, despite his relative inexperience, he nobly rose to the psychological grinds & pressures of being World champion that the likes of Eddie Guerrero, Brock Lesnar, & Shawn Michaels would all crumble under, & never received fair credit for managing his year on top with a dignified aplomb rarely achieved from many of his contemporaries.