TNA Kicking Off UK Tour This Week; Impact Wrestling TV Tapings, Matches Announced, Talents Advertised & More

January 27, 2015

TNA is kicking off its UK tour this week, and the following has been announced for the Impact Wrestling tapings taking place on 1/29 in Glasgow, Scotland at The Hydro:

-20 Man Gauntlet Match for the TNA TV Taping with the winner becoming the number contender to the TNA championship

-Al Snow vs. Grado in a bout playing off the TNA British Bootcamp Season 2 series

In addition to the 1/29 tapings TNA will also hold TV tapings on 1/30 in Manchester, UK at the Manchester Phones 4u Arena, and on 1/31 in London at the London SSE Arena Wembley.

The following is a list of talents scheduled for the tour:

Bobby Lashley

Kurt Angle

Bobby Roode

Abyss

James Storm

Sanada

Manik

Koya

EC3

Tyrus

Rockstar Spud

Magnus

Bram

Madison Rayne

Low Ki

Brooke Tessmacher

Gunner

Chris Melendez

Austin Aries

The Wolves

Gail Kim

MVP

Awesome Kong

Eric Young

Matt Hardy

The Bro Mans

Mr Anderson

Kenny King

Angelina Love

Samoa Joe

Sam Shaw

Crazzy Steve

Rebel

Taryn Terrell

British Bootcamp Season 2 competitors Grado, Noam Dar, Kay Lee Ray, Mark Andrews, Dave Mastiff and Rampage Brown

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.