Ryder to Perform “Hoeski” Prior to Royal Rumble, WWE Fan Describes Experience as a Raw “Seat Filler”

January 22, 2013

WWE Fan Describes Experience as a Raw "Seat Filler"

Craig Hlavaty of the Houston Press has published an article describing his experience as a "seat filler" for the 20th anniversary edition of Raw. WWE typically moves people around on the hard camera side an arena so that viewers will not see any empty seats on TV. The following is an excerpt from the article:

"After waiting about an hour, we were briefed by a staffer named Steve, whose role it is with the show to make sure seats don't look empty for the folks at home.

I did get some sweet seat fillin' action during the Divas match, where Kaitlyn and Eve duked it out. Apparently some fans didn't wanna watch two chicks fight it out and I got to become a red, bald pixel behind two chicks in spandex. Story of my life.

Other than a few movements earlier in the evening, I didn't move much, if at all. Seat fillers get great seats, however transient, and get to see all the action."

Ryder to Perform "Hoeski" Prior to Royal Rumble

Zack Ryder has announced the following via Twitter:

BREAKING NEWS! I will perform #Hoeski LIVE before @wwe #RoyalRumble outside the US Airways Arena youtu.be/fUkG7R9F8HY

— Zack Ryder (@ZackRyder) January 21, 2013

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.