WWE NXT Talent Appears at TNA One Night Only, New Knockouts #1 Contender Named, Former WWE Star at Impact Wrestling Tapings

January 8, 2016

WWE NXT Talent Appears at TNA One Night Only

tna one night only As seen during tonight’s One Night Only: Live! PPV, Deonna Purazzo made her return to TNA in the Knockouts Gauntlet match.

Purazzo previously appeared for TNA at an Impact Wrestling taping on May 10th, 2014.

Most recently Deonna appeared on the November 11th episode of WWE NXT and was defeated by Nia Jax. On the November 19th edition of NXT, Deonna lost to Asuka via the referee stopping the match. Purazzo also wrestled at Thursday’s WWE NXT TV tapings in the #1 contenders battle royal which will air next week.

New Knockouts #1 Contender

In related news, Awesome Kong won tonight’s Gauntlet match to become the new #1 Contender to the Knockouts Title.

Former WWE Star at TNA Tapings

Former WWE Superstar Gene Snitsky was backstage for Thursday’s Impact Wrestling tapings in Bethlehem.

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.