Nick Piccone

Nick Piccone is a Pro Wrestling Contributor for PhillyVoice.com. Nick was the founder of the popular sports and pro wrestling blog Bleed Philly before joining Philly Influencer as Editor and Writer in 2015. He's hosted a weekly pro wrestling podcast with Vaughn Johnson, The Straight Shooters, since 2015. Nick also does editing, writing, and audio engineering for the only sports betting radio station in Philadelphia, Fox Sports Radio The Gambler. Nick graduated from nearby Neumann University after growing up in south Philadelphia and southern New Jersey. His family history is entrenched in Philadelphia culture, as Nick's great aunt Dolly's house was used as Rocky's and Adrian's new home in Rocky II. Nick is a huge Philly sports fan, and he has watched professional wrestling since he was five years old; he has not only a strong passion, but also an abundance of knowledge about the industry. Follow Nick on Twitter: @_piccone.

September 11, 2015

Wrestling

WWE SmackDown rundown: Seth Rollins makes statement

by Nick Piccone

This week’s SmackDown from the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre, PA, and we saw the WWE World Heavyweight Champion and Intercontinental Champion in another Champion vs. Champion match – this time with Lumberjacks. Cesaro and Miz got to finish their match from Raw, Jimmy Uso was back in action while he waits for his brother to recover from shoulder surgery earlier this year, and The New Day was again amazing as usual.

September 8, 2015

Wrestling

WWE Raw roundup: Sting trashes Seth Rollins’ statue

by Nick Piccone

The Labor Day edition of WWE’s Monday Night Raw emanated from the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, and The Authority decided it was time to test their champion for Night of Champions by having him pull double duty on Raw.

September 3, 2015

Wrestling

WWE SmackDown rundown: #SaveTheTables movement continues ascension

by Nick Piccone

It was The New Day’s night on Thursday from the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami. I’m not talking in terms of wins, either; I’m talking in terms of just making the most of their opportunity for exposure on WWE’s B show. The group opened up the show with a fantastic promo, and ended the show the way heels should – scared and running away.

September 3, 2015

Wrestling

Straight Shooters Podcast 5: The debut of the Thursday Night Debate

by Nick Piccone

Thursday night, Vaughn Johnson and I were joined by a special in-studio guest, Broad Street Beat’s Kyle Babcock. We hit on the following topics: Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka’s arrest and charges for murder, Zahra Schrieber’s firing from WWE, TNA’s Bram being arrested for domestic violence, and the person shot outside of the WWE Performance Center in Orlando earlier this week.

September 1, 2015

Wrestling

Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka charged in death of girlfriend 32 years ago

by Nick Piccone

WWE Hall of Famer Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka was officially charged on Tuesday with third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter 32 years after the death of his girlfriend, Nancy Argentino.

September 1, 2015

Wrestling

WWE Raw roundup: Seth Rollins set to pull double duty at Night of Champions

by Nick Piccone

WWE Raw roundup: Seth Rollins set to pull double duty at Night of Champions

August 28, 2015

Wrestling

Straight Shooters Podcast Episode #4: What’s next for Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker?

by Nick Piccone

Thursday night, Vaughn Johnson and I were joined by a special in-studio guest, and Sons of Penn and Ava Graham Hour host, Bill Matz.

August 28, 2015

Wrestling

WWE SmackDown rundown: The Wyatt Family looms large over Reigns and Ambrose

by Nick Piccone

Three days after Sting made his triumphant return to the WWE and was basically handed a WWE World Heavyweight title shot at Night of Champions by Triple H in September, the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island hosted SmackDown on Thursday night. It was a program to further the story between the Wyatt Family and Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose – a feud that’s gotten very good over the last few weeks.

August 25, 2015

Wrestling

WWE Raw roundup: Sting returns and targets Seth Rollins' title

by Nick Piccone

One day after SummerSlam, wrestling fans once again packed the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for the third sellout crowd in a row for WWE. There was plenty of juice in the crowd for the third night in a row of WWE action, and the show really sent fans home with reasons to keep watching as the company tried to take advantage of all the media attention its gotten from the SummerSlam fallout. I think WWE did a good job.

August 24, 2015

Wrestling

WWE SummerSlam: Jon Stewart costs John Cena the U.S. Championship

by Nick Piccone

Well, the biggest event of the summer was a hit or a miss depending on who you talk to today. For the first time since 2002, when Brock Lesnar captured his first WWE Championship by defeating The Rock, SummerSlam returned to New York; this time emanating from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.