Road Warrior Animal Talks the Current State of Tag Team Wrestling in WWE, Being Denied a Coaching Job at the Performance Center, More

October 16, 2015

Road Warrior Animal joined Aaron Oster (Rolling Stone/Baltimore Sun) and Glenn Clark on their podcast, Jobbing Out, this week to promote his appearances with Maryland Championship wrestling. During the interview, Animal talked about the state of tag wrestling, particularly in the WWE, and why he feels it’s not as good as it could be.

Not having the right guys teach tag wrestling:

“You have to have guys coaching who know tag team wrestling. You have to have the experience. The business has to get away from ‘this guy is my buddy, so he gets a job’.”

Wanting to coach at the Performance Center, but being denied:

“I’ve approached them. Dusty had approached them on my behalf…But for whatever reason, the office has their favorite guys. I understand that. One of the first deals I made when I signed with Vince McMahon was that I said when I was done that I wanted to coach. But it’s water under the bridge, it ain’t gonna happen. It’s never going to happen.”

The hosts and Animal also talk about his view on The Ascension, his memories of wrestling in Baltimore, and why he loves appearing at indy events. You can find the show at https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/jobbing-out/id998790026?mt=2 or at https://soundcloud.com/jobbingout/jobbing-out-october-15-2015.

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.