WZ Image of the Week: Remembering Robin Williams…The Wrestler

By Nick Paglino

In light of this week’s tragic passing of comedic legend Robin Williams, I thought we would take a break from the image of the week’s usual nonsense to remember a little known Robin Williams fact – he was a high school wrestler.

Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois, but moved to Bloomfield Hills, Michigan when he was in middle school. He later attended Detroit Country Day High School, where he was a member of both the soccer and wrestling teams.

So, as the world remembers Robin Williams as a brilliant comedian and actor, WZ can also remember him as a wrestler, and below is a photo from Williams’ 1982 classic movie “The World According to Garp”:

Garp

Nick Paglino
Nick Paglino

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.

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