Referee Stops WWE NXT Title Match at Download Music Festival, Ruby Riot Explains What Happened

June 9, 2017

A match between Ruby Riot and Asuka at the Download Music Festival today in The UK had to be stopped by the referee after Riot was injured.

Riot explained in a Facebook Live chat with Kayla Braxton that the bout had to be stopped when she was busted open after hitting the steel steps. Riot added she needed 5 stitches following the bout.

Riot said she thought Asuka would go into the match playing fair, but she decided to ram her head into the steel steps instead, and this is something that Riot will use to her advantage in the future against Asuka:

Ruby v Asuka at Download match got cancelled. Asuka legit smashed open Ruby’s head and there’s blood everywhere. Ref called up for the X!

— SVM PELÉ. (@SAMPELE_) June 9, 2017

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.