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WWE NXT Rookie Makes His Debut Last Night, Details on His Heel Gimmick and a Photo, Final 2/4 WWE Smackdown Rating

February 6, 2016

By Nick Paglino

Final 2/4 WWE Smackdown Rating

As noted, this week’s WWE Smackdown drew 2.664 million viewers, down from last week’s 2.720 million viewers.

The final rating for this week’s show was a 1.86, which is in line with the 1.87 rating for the past two weeks.

NXT Rookie Makes His Debut Last Night

WWE NXT rookie Dallas Harper made his live event debut at last night in Lakeland, Florida.

Harper was interviewed by Tom Phillips, played a heel, and told fans not to cheer for him and bragged about being “6 foot 9 and oh so fine.” Below is a photo of Harper:

@DallasHOfficial wasn’t very impressed with #NXTLakeland pic.twitter.com/IQ5FzOOML3

— Wayne Mason (@waynemason) February 6, 2016

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.