WWE NXT TV Tapings Tonight, Ryback Reveals the Amount of His WWE Contract Downside Guarantee, Identity of Shining Stars Opponents

October 13, 2016

WWE NXT TV Tapings Tonight

WWE NXT will be holding another set of TV tapings tonight at Full Sail University, and more Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic will be taped leading up to NXT Takeover Toronto. Join us this evening around 6:30pm EST for live spoilers of tonight’s tapings.

Ryback Reveals the Amount of His WWE Contract Downside Guarantee

As noted, former WWE star Ryback appeared on Busted Open Radio this week, and during the interview The Big Guy revealed the downside guarantee on his WWE contract, before he left, was $1.65 million over three years. This amounts to $550,000 per year, and means Ryback would have made at least that much, not counting anything on top that like merchandise cuts, royalties, PPV bonuses, etc.

Identity of Shining Stars Opponents

Independent wrestlers Will Cuevas and Matt Carlos were the local talents who lost to The Shining Stars in a match taped for this week’s WWE Superstars at Monday’s WWE TV tapings in Oakland. Cuevas and Carlos regularly appear for All Pro Wrestling.

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.