Nick’s Picks: The 2009 WWE Slammy Awards

December 10, 2009

Best Musical Performance:

This is a bizarre category, because last year’s winner was R-Truth, and yet he is the only wrestler on the WWE roster that incorporate singing into his gimmick. He has a chance at repeating this year, as I’m hard pressed to actually name a musical performance by a wrestler this year that is worthy of an award, or that was not meant as a joke. I’ll tell you who most certainly does NOT deserve it and probably will at least get nominated as he’s being pushed as a baby face right now, and that’s Mark Henry. His rapping on Raw was a disaster, and did nothing to help get him over.

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.