What’s NOT Bothering Me? (In Professional Wrestling)

November 12, 2011

#1. Del Rio vs CM Punk

Alberto Del Rio This is a good challenge for Punk.

Alberto Del Rio needs help as Champion. It's not his fault – he simply hasn't been given an opportunity. WWE seems to find a way at every turn to ruin any momentum Del Rio builds. One week, he's a ruthless aggressor that shows no mercy. The next, he loses clean.

Punk's promo on Raw was again good, but the problem is that everything he said was true. All the "Destiny" talk has amounted to zilch for Del Rio since becoming Champion and no one takes him seriously. On the surface, Punk isn't helping Del Rio at all when he talks about him like that. However, I'm not looking at it that way.

Punk can actually help Del Rio in the long run despite running him down vocally. The only problem is that it requires Punk to put him over. Clean, too. Del Rio could gain more from beating Punk right now than Punk will lose losing.

Punk has a bigger upside going forward without the strap than Del Rio does with it if something doesn't give soon for the current Champion. Del Rio needs to a lot of help right now to be taken serious for any extended period of time. Punk is one of the only men in the company right now that can help him do that.

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.