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Xavier Woods Hosting Awards Show, Smackdown Social Media Rating, Is Curtis Axel Still in the Rumble?, Macho Man – Royal Rumble Video

January 25, 2017

Smackdown Social Media Rating

According to Nielsen’s Social Media TV Ratings, this week’s WWE Smackdown Live ranked #3 among series & specials for the night. Smackdown had 68,000 interactions on Twitter with 16,000 unique authors, down from last week’s 83,000 interactions and 19,000 authors.

Additionally, Smackdown also had 108,000 Facebook interactions with 69,000 unique authors last night, down from last week’s 116,000 interactions and 75,000 authors.

Xavier Woods Hosting Awards Show

As seen in the video below, Xavier Woods and gamer Sonja Reid will be hosting the 2017 SXSW Gaming Awards on March 18th in Austin, Texas:

Macho Man – Royal Rumble Video

WWE has released the following video from 1991, asking if “Macho Man” Randy Savage missed the Royal Rumble Match because he was afraid of The Ultimate Warrior:

Is Curtis Axel Still in the Rumble?

WWE has also released the following video, featuring Curtis Axel being attacked by Erick Rowan before the 2015 Royal Rumble match. The angle went on to see Axel claim that because he never had a chance to enter the ring for the match, he was never eliminated and is technically still in the match:

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.