Newsday Blogger Criticizes WWE For Not Canceling NYC Event

December 27, 2010

Newsday.com blogger Alfonso Castillo criticized WWE for not canceling last night’s Raw house show event at Madison Square Garden. The following is an excerpt:

"On Sunday night, WWE held a live event at Madison Square Garden, attended by up to 15,000 people according to Jim Ross’ Twitter. And while fans may have nejoyed the steel cage main event between John Cena and Wade Barrett, they most certainly did not enjoy what was waiting for them when they headed downstairs to Penn Station to catch the train home – all LIRR service suspended.

Nearly 16 hours later, service has still not resumed, and LIRR spokesman Joe Calderone confirms that there remain some "diehard wrestling fans" anxiously waiting inside stationary trains at Penn for a ride home.

Among those stranded was the Marchese family from Baldwin – Ronnie and Karen and their son, Ronnie Jr., 9. They went to last night’s show, which let out around 10 p.m., but didn’t board a train home until after 1:30 p.m. today.

"Horrible horrible it was horrible," Karen Marchese said."The wrestling was good but I didn’t like the rest of it." You can read the rest of the blog if you CLICK HERE.

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.