Xavier Woods, Sasha Banks, Big E, The Miz, Neville and Dolph Ziggler Square Off Against YouTube Stars in New WWE – SMOSH Collaboration

By Nick Paglino

WWE has issued the following:

Two weeks before WWE’s pop-culture extravaganza WrestleMania, WWE and DEFY Media just dropped video collaborations simultaneously on DEFY’s SMOSH Games and WWE’s UpUpDownDown YouTube channels. Fans will be able to see YouTube stars The Jovenshire a.k.a. Joven, Mari, Flitz, Sohinki, Lasercorn and Wes compete with and against WWE Superstars and Divas including Xavier Woods, Sasha Banks, Big E, The Miz, Neville and Dolph Ziggler in two hilarious videos in which the two channels square off in popular party game “Gang Beasts.” 

Part 1 is now live on the SMOSH Games YouTube channel and can be seen here.

Part 2 is now live on UpUpDownDown and can be seen here. 

This is an exciting collaboration between two brands that have built a rabid following on YouTube. DEFY’s SMOSH Games’ has amassed more than 6.6 million YouTube subscribers and earlier this year WWE received the highly-coveted Diamond Play Button, YouTube’s highest honor, after surpassing 10 million subscribers. 

WWE is excited for future collaborations with DEFY Media including their popular Super-Fan Builds series when it returns for its new season on go90 later this year.

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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