Vignette Airs During WWE Smackdown Taping Hyping the Main Roster Debut of NXT Names Spoiler

December 9, 2014

During tonight’s WWE Smackdown taping, a vignette aired hyping the main roster debut of The Ascension.

The Ascension, made up of Connor and Viktor, are former NXT Tag Team Champions.

With the Takeover R Evolution special set to air live this Thursday, it’s possible The Ascension will be finishing up with NXT after their bout against Hideo Itami and Finn Balor. No debut date, however, was revealed in the vignette for the tag team.

Paglino: It appears as if WWE will be porting The Ascension’s current NXT gimmick over to the main roster, which is a wise move in my opinion. In a tag team division filled with silly gimmick teams like the Dust Brothers and Los Matadores, it will be refreshing to see a genuinely serious, destructive tag team in the mix.

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.