Lots of News From This Week’s FCW Taping

October 19, 2008

WWEâs newest acquisition from Japan, Naofumi Yamamoto lost to Jack Gabriel at Thursday nightâs FCW TV tapings. Gabriel had SmackDown Diva Alicia Fox at ringside with him for the match.

Speaking of Alicia, she wrestled ECW Diva Tiffany and Roucka in a three-way that saw Tiffany picking up the win.

WWE Diva Natalya Neidhart appeared with TJ Wilson and DH Smith at Thursday nightâs FCW TV tapings in Tampa to cut a promo talking about how they were the last wrestlers to have trained at the Hart Family Dungeon. TJ and DH challenged FCW Tag Team Champions Joe Hennig and Heath Miller to a match for later on in the evening. Hennig and Miller retained their belts in the main event after Hennig pinned Smith with a Perfectplex.

WWEâs Edge and Melina were spotted signing autographs for the fans in the parking lot before the show. Other notable names at this weekâs tapings included Ricky Ortiz, Gavin Spears, Kizarny, Nicole Bella and Brett DiBiase.

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.