Top WWE Star “Quits” On Raw Tonight, What Was the Rating for the Payback Go-Home Edition of Smackdown?

June 2, 2014

Top WWE Star "Quits" On Raw Tonight

batista During the opening segment of Raw tonight, Batista "quit" WWE when Triple H refused to give him a title shot and wanted to book a rematch against The Shield instead.

As we have been reporting for the past couple weeks, Batista is taking some time off TV to do promotional work for his "Guardians of the Galaxy" movie, and he is expected back by the end of the summer. He was recently added to the next set of WWE NXT TV tapings later this month, so it's likely that will be a one-off appearance.

5/30 WWE Smackdown Rating

This past Friday night's edition of WWE SmackDown, which was the go-home show for WWE Payback, drew a final 1.76 cable rating, which is down from the previous week's 1.87 rating.

Last week's show drew 2.437 million viewers, which is also down from the previous week.

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.