This Week’s Impact Wrestling Draws Second Best Viewership Number of 2017, PROGRESS Star Makes WWE NXT Debut (Photos)

June 23, 2017

This Week’s Impact Wrestling Draws Second Best Viewership Number of 2017

According to ShowBuzzDaily.com, this week’s edition of Impact Wrestling averaged 342,000 viewers. This week’s number is up from last week’s 327,000 viewership average and the second best number of 2017.

Impact Wrestling this week, which was taped in Mumbai and featured James Storm and GFW Global Champion Alberto El Patron defeating EC3 and Impact World Heavyweight Champion Bobby Lashley, ranked #103 on the Cable Top 150, up from last week’s #113 spot.

PROGRESS Star Makes WWE NXT Debut

German PROGRESS and WXW wrestler Axel Dieter Jr. made his WWE NXT in-ring debut at Thursday’s live event in Cocoa, Florida. Dieter wrestled under his real name Marcel Barthel, and lost to Roderick Strong:

#NXTCocoa Welcome to NXT @AxelDieterJr pic.twitter.com/fQmTwT9Fxi

— JJ Williams (@JJWilliamsWON) June 23, 2017

It’s the debut of @AxelDieterJr!! #NXTCocoa pic.twitter.com/6IEB8Do3pU

— Will Henderson (@willh94) June 23, 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.