Nick Piccone

Nick Piccone is a Pro Wrestling Contributor for PhillyVoice.com. Nick was the founder of the popular sports and pro wrestling blog Bleed Philly before joining Philly Influencer as Editor and Writer in 2015. He's hosted a weekly pro wrestling podcast with Vaughn Johnson, The Straight Shooters, since 2015. Nick also does editing, writing, and audio engineering for the only sports betting radio station in Philadelphia, Fox Sports Radio The Gambler. Nick graduated from nearby Neumann University after growing up in south Philadelphia and southern New Jersey. His family history is entrenched in Philadelphia culture, as Nick's great aunt Dolly's house was used as Rocky's and Adrian's new home in Rocky II. Nick is a huge Philly sports fan, and he has watched professional wrestling since he was five years old; he has not only a strong passion, but also an abundance of knowledge about the industry. Follow Nick on Twitter: @_piccone.

November 24, 2015

Wrestling

WWE Raw roundup: Reigns overcomes the odds … and this feels so familiar

by Nick Piccone

One day removed from WWE’s version of the Fall Classic, the crew hightailed it from Atlanta, GA to Nashville, TN to bring us Raw from the Bridgestone Arena. No Jeff Jarretts here, but there was a great segment that basically made fun of country music and could probably be in the running for segment of the year.

November 23, 2015

Wrestling

2015 WWE Survivor Series: Sheamus cashes in to win heavyweight title

by Nick Piccone

November 21, 2015

Wrestling

WWE says Atlanta event will go on as planned despite reported ISIS threat

by Nick Piccone

According to the International Business Times, ISIS has planned various attacks throughout the world on Sunday, with WWE’s Survivor Series pay-per-view event in Atlanta Sunday night at Philips Arena being among those potential targets.

November 20, 2015

Wrestling

Straight Shooters Podcast 16: Talking the controversial Paige/Charlotte angle

by Nick Piccone

This week on the Straight Shooters wrestling podcast, Philly.com’s Vaughn Johnson and I were joined by Rasslin’ Rock Radio’s Matthew Flowers and Rick Connor, talking the over-the-line angle from Raw Monday night with Paige and Charlotte. Did they go too far? Did Ric Flair even know about it? Listen to find out.

November 20, 2015

Wrestling

2015 WWE Survivor Series: A new WWE World Heavyweight Champion will be crowned

by Nick Piccone

Atlanta, GA’s Philips Arena will host this year’s edition of the WWE Survivor Series, which will boast a WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament for the first time since 1998. That year, The Rock truly took the next step to superstardom by joining Vince McMahon and forming The Corporation, effectively becoming the hottest heel in professional wrestling.

November 20, 2015

Wrestling

WWE SmackDown rundown: Reigns and Ambrose set their sights on the championship

by Nick Piccone

Off the heels of one of the most controversial angles ever on WWE television, the crew was in Knoxville, TN at the Thompson Boling Arena for WWE SmackDown on Thursday night. Charlotte and Paige were both in the arena – did their paths cross? Also, the Final Four for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament were in the main event in a tag team affair.

November 17, 2015

Wrestling

WWE Raw roundup: Paige taunts Charlotte in most controversial angle of the year

by Nick Piccone

We’re less than a week away from the 28th annual Survivor Series event, where a new WWE World Heavyweight Champion will be crowned. The Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, SC was the host to a bevy of WWE Superstars on the road to Atlanta on Sunday, and we would be treated to four quarterfinal matches in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament.

November 13, 2015

Wrestling

WWE SmackDown rundown: Major upset in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament

by Nick Piccone

The WWE World Heavyweight Championship tournament continued on SmackDown Thursday night from the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England. Of course it was chock full of B-list stars, but that didn’t make the matches any less entertaining, and we actually had quite the surprise outcome in one of the matches.

November 10, 2015

Wrestling

WWE Raw roundup: The Brothers of Destruction return and crash Wyatt’s eulogy

by Nick Piccone

The first show of the post-Seth Rollins championship era took place from Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, as the main roster is currently on tour in Europe. This episode would prove to be huge in the new direction of WWE since their champion will be missing a lot of time, and likely won’t return until summer 2016.

November 6, 2015

Wrestling

WWE SmackDown rundown: Did Ambrose and Owens just begin an epic feud?

by Nick Piccone

Before SmackDown took the air on Thursday night, the wrestling world was flipped upside-down as we learned that the now former WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Seth Rollins, tore his ACL, MCL and medial meniscus in a match with Demon Kane during a live event in Dublin, Ireland on Wednesday night.