Jonathan Coachman Says the Wrong Match Headlined WrestleMania 32, Did Galloway vs Lashley Help This Week’s TNA Impact Viewership?

May 18, 2016

Jonathan Coachman Says the Wrong Match Headlined WrestleMania 32

ESPN anchor Jonathan Coachman was a recent guest on The Ross Report with Jim Ross, and while discussing WrestleMania 32, Coachman felt that the real draw at WrestleMania 32 was Shane McMahon vs The Undertaker as fans were dying to see what kind of crazy stunt Shane would pull off in the match.

Coach compared WrestleMania 32 to WrestleMania 18 when The Rock vs Hulk Hogan felt like the real main event, but Triple H vs Chris Jericho headlined.

“When Rock and Hogan finally met in Toronto, and that was the year they decided that the championship was going to mean everything, and so Triple H and Jericho went after that match”, Coach said. “Such a mistake! That match was epic. It was 45 minutes of brilliance and the play-by-play was brilliant. And I thought, ‘[WrestleMania 32] is going to be Toronto all over again.’ That’s what it felt like to me.”

Did Galloway vs Lashley Help This Week’s Impact Wrestling Viewership?

According to ShowBuzzDaily.com, this week’s edition of TNA Impact Wrestling averaged 311,000 viewers, which is up from last week’s 280,000 viewership average.

This week’s show was headlined by Drew Galloway vs Bobby Lashley for the TNA World Title, and ranked #135 for the night on cable TV’s top 150 list.

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.