Special Podcast With WrestleMania 23 Director Tim Walbert

March 30, 2011

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We’re taking a break from Formerly Creative this week and offering a very special look behind the scenes of WWE TV Production. Tim Walbert is the man who directed the most successful Wrestlemania in history – Wrestlemania 23 from Ford Field in 2007. He worked for the WWE for twenty-five years as a camera man and then a director.

This is a fascinating chat about the art of how television is produced at WWE. To hear this I Want Wrestling Podcast – click here.

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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.