JR Speaks on Y2J vs Lawler, Kozlov/JBL and His ‘Mania Duties

March 10, 2009

-JR on what he will be calling at Wrestlemania: "As an announcer, I came out of Monday night’s show with plenty of material to help build a great story for any match I happen to broadcast come April 5. I refer to these matches that I may happen to call because I don’t realistically think that I will know what bouts I will call until the day of WrestleMania. No worries at all on my end as any announcer worth his salt, or catering, will prepare to call all the bouts booked on any given show especially WrestleMania."

-JR on the tag team combo of JBL and Kozlov: "How a hard headed, know it all Texan is going to get along with a pure bred, Russian is beyond me. If JBL has issues with Kozlov next Monday then we might have our selves an IC champ that will be the locals favorite in Houston against, potentially, a Russian. Who are the Texas fans going to invest in emotionally, a Texan or a Russian? The over/under for JBL’s hook ’em horns sign is about a million."

-JR on the potential of Chris Jericho vs Jerry Lawler: "It seems inevitable that somewhere down the road that based on what the King has said on multiple times that it doesn’t take a rocket scientist or a Hollywood movie Mogul to figure out that a pending Lawler vs Jericho bout has got to happen some time, somewhere simply based on Lawler’s comments on Raw."

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.