TNA Story Line “Inspires” Recent WWE Angle, HBK Encourages Wrestlers to Think Outside the Box

November 30, 2013

TNA Story Line "Inspires" Recent WWE Angle

tna According to F4WOnline.com, the recent angle featuring Gail Kim issuing open challenges on TNA TV inspired WWE to run the Ryback open challenge angle at Survivor Series.

The challenge was of course accepted by a returning Mark Henry.

HBK Encourages Wrestlers to Think Outside the Box

WWE.com has published highlights from a new WWE Magazine interview with Shawn Michaels, during which the Hall of Famer discusses many different aspects of pro wrestling.

On the subject of promos, HBK encourages wrestlers to think outside the box, and he had the following to say:

"Mick [Foley] and I wanted that match to be something different. We had no background together. We didn’t know if we were going to have chemistry. Both of us wanted to make a WWE Championship Match that wasn’t typical of the business at the time. Mankind was an opponent with a rugged style that Shawn Michaels had never faced before. Had we not tried to add those extra elements, it wouldn’t have felt special. I wasn’t a fan of having a definite ‘style.’ I get that there are different styles, and some guys do things a certain way but, as a fan, I don’t prefer one over another. So, throughout my whole career, it always made sense to go out and try to mix things up. One of the easiest ways to keep people from saying, 'It’s the same old thing,' is to not continually do the same thing."

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.