Report: ESPN Potentially Covering This Year’s WWE SummerSlam Event

July 22, 2015

espn As you might have noticed, there has been somewhat of a boom in mainstream sports coverage of WWE recently with Sports Illustrated’s Extra Mustard and ESPN doing several WWE related pieces. These include “Where Are They Now” features and the E:60 Pictures “Behind the Curtain” special.

According to The Wrestling Observer, Jonathan Coachman, who previously worked for WWE and now works for ESPN, has been pushing for fans to contact ESPN and urge the network to cover SummerSlam like it’s a big sporting event this summer. There are reportedly officials at ESPN who have “fallen for” the idea that WWE is really hot right now, despite TV ratings being at record lows and live event attendance numbers being down.

ESPN, however, has been suffering from drops in revenues, and while there are many in ESPN who are dead set against covering WWE because it’s not a real sport, the idea has not been ruled out.

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.