ROH Wins Several Observer Awards; WZ’s Kevin Kelly Honored

January 27, 2012

The Wrestling Observer recently released its 2011 pro wrestling and fighting award winners, and amongst the top honorees was WrestleZone's own Kevin Kelly. On behalf of the entire WZ staff, I'd like to congratulate Kevin on an honor well deserved.

The following are several award categories in which Ring of Honor was honored, and you can check out the rest by heading to ROHWrestling.com and also F4WOnline.com:

"CATEGORY A" AWARDS – WINNERS

DETERMINED BY POINTS ON A 5-3-2 BASIS.

FIRST PLACE VOTES IN PARENTHESIS

LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER OF THE YEAR)

10. Davey Richards (14) 185

MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER

1. DAVEY RICHARDS (201) 1,511

5. El Generico (67) 598

9. Eddie Edwards (22) 353

BEST NON-WRESTLER

3. Jim Cornette (44) 532

5. Barrister R.D. Evans (6) 269

7. Truth Martini (8) 185

BEST TELEVISION ANNOUNCER

2. Kevin Kelly (77) 1,058

10. Nigel McGuinness (5) 188

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.