Kevin Nash Says Christmas Is One of the Hardest Days Since Losing His Son

Kevin Nash just delivered one of his most emotional segments yet on Kliq This, and it wasn’t about wrestling.

The WWE Hall of Famer opened up about the brutal reality of spending Christmas without his late son Tristan—and the story will stick with you long after the podcast ends. It started when Nash casually mentioned having his mother-in-law over for the holidays. But from there, he admitted the season has never felt the same.

“Christmas is only topped by the day Tristan passed. His birthday’s rougher than that. That was the day, like, you remember him going to the hospital and holding him for the first time… but this is really rough because when it comes down to it, Christmas is for kids.”

Nash said he and his wife Tamara found themselves asking what their son would have wanted this year—just small things like clothes, because he already had everything else.

“He had every guitar you could possibly want. Nothing’s came out, there’s not a PlayStation 6, so like… what would it… we both kind of determined at this point it would’ve been clothes.”

Then came the gut-wrenching memory of picking up Tristan’s ashes from the cemetery. The two were driving in silence, trying to emotionally prepare for the moment, when a song came on the radio that wrecked them both.

“The radio’s on… and there’s this really long pause and then all of a sudden that song… by the time we got there and I circled around the horseshoe to where I was gonna walk in and go pick him up, it was—‘How I wish you were here.’”

That song, “Wish You Were Here” by Pink Floyd, wasn’t just a random hit—it was one of Tristan’s favorites, one he used to play on his 12-string guitar just for his dad.

“I just looked at Tam, we both had tears in our eyes, and I just looked at her and said, ‘Well, it’s definitely more than just…’ like, like T would always say, ‘Aw man, you’re just a filament and then it’s over.’ And then he did acid and said, ‘No, man, there’s a lot more. There’s a lot more than a filament.’”

Moments like that don’t need explanation. For Kevin Nash, it was a cosmic sign—a heartbreaking reminder of the bond that still lingers, even in death.

Nash didn’t need to get deep about wrestling this time. Instead, he gave listeners something much more raw: the reminder that grief doesn’t fade on a schedule. Some days, it just hits harder—and for him, Christmas will always carry the heaviest weight.

Have you ever experienced a moment that made you feel like a lost loved one was still with you? What helps you cope when the holidays bring the pain back? Share your thoughts in the comments—we’re listening.

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