Who Topped The PWI 500 List?, Pretty Ricky Character Update

August 5, 2009

Pro Wrestling Insider has once again released its top 500 pro wrestlers list, and this year, making it the second time he has appeared on the list in 9 years, WWE’s Triple H is the number one rated pro wrestler according to PWI. Rounding out the top ten behind Triple H this year is Chris Jericho, John Cena, Edge, Randy Orton, Nigel McGuinness, Hiroshi Tanahashi, CM Punk, Sting and Ultimo Guerrero.

The Wrestling Observer is reporting that despite vignettes for Ron Killings’ "Pretty Ricky" character not appearing on TV in several weeks, the character has not been completely scrapped by the WWE creative team. The main issue at this point is that aside from Vince McMahon’s personal love of the "Pretty Ricky" gimmick, there aren’t many others in management that are behind Killings mainly due to his age. They feel that at the age of 37, and with WWE going through somewhat of a "youth movement," it’s not a wise decision to invest too much into a Killings push.

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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.