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.

September 29, 2015

Wrestling

WWE Raw roundup: The please watch our MSG show on Saturday night edition

by Nick Piccone

The First Niagara Center in Buffalo, NY hosted Raw on Monday night, and some of the show felt like a go-home show to a pay-per-view. It felt that way simply because the event from Madison Square Garden this coming Saturday will be broadcast live on the WWE Network, so they pushed that show a lot on this episode of Raw.

September 24, 2015

Wrestling

WWE SmackDown rundown: Kane causes confusion in Rollins’ loss

by Nick Piccone

The American Bank Center in Corpus Christi, TX hosted SmackDown this week, as we now move toward October’s Hell in a Cell event. While not officially announced yet, I’d imagine we will see a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match between Seth Rollins and Kane to accompany the Hell in a Cell match between Brock Lesnar and The Undertaker.

September 24, 2015

Wrestling

Straight Shooters Podcast 8: Paige’s epic promo, Night of Champions, Raw review

by Nick Piccone

On this week’s show, Vaughn and Nick are joined by former 97.5 The Fanatic and SiriusXM host, Nick Kayal. The trio talks about Sunday’s Night of Champions event and Raw from Monday. They also discuss the Divas division, Sting’s career possibly being done, and a lot more.

September 22, 2015

Wrestling

WWE Raw roundup: Paige drops pipe bomb on Charlotte and entire Divas division

by Nick Piccone

With Night of Champions in the rear view mirror, WWE went full-steam ahead towards Hell in a Cell with Monday Night Raw emanating from the Laredo Energy Center in Laredo, TX Monday night. Would we see the return of Demon Kane? How about Corporate Kane? Is he completely gone? Who’s your daddy?

September 21, 2015

Wrestling

WWE Night of Champions review: Kane re-emerges with a mask and targets Rollins

by Nick Piccone

Houston’s Toyota Center welcomed WWE’s Night of Champions on Sunday night, less than an hour after the Eagles were embarrassed at Lincoln Financial Field by the Dallas Cowboys. I went into this show in a depressed state and probably was more critical about what I watched than I would be had the Eagles not pulled off that atrocious performance earlier in the day.

September 18, 2015

Wrestling

WWE SmackDown rundown: 'Bellabration' doesn’t go as planned

by Nick Piccone

Arkansas' Verizon Arena was the last stop before WWE invades Houston on Sunday for Night of Champions. Since the WWE World Heavyweight Champion tapped out to one of his opponents on Sunday night this past Monday on Raw, due to a weird-looking Scorpion Death Lock by Sting, one would assume the last television show before the event would make the champion look good.

September 18, 2015

Wrestling

WWE Night of Champions preview: Sting, Cena target Rollins’ gold

by Nick Piccone

Every September, WWE’s Night of Champions has the unfortunate responsibility of following up the biggest party of the summer, SummerSlam, but this year they’ve tried to outdo themselves. Having Sting vie for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, John Cena trying to regain the United States Championship, Seth Rollins pulling double duty, and the possibility of Kevin Owens winning his first championship as a member of the main roster, this card has the ability to be one of the best Night of Champions events ever.

September 15, 2015

Wrestling

WWE Raw roundup: Sting taps out Seth Rollins before Night of Champions

by Nick Piccone

The season premiere of Monday Night Raw was held at the FedEx Forum in Memphis, TN and WWE pulled out all the stops in an attempt to rival ESPN’s Monday Night Football, including having Sting wrestle his first match ever for WWE on cable television.

September 12, 2015

Wrestling

Bayley and Sasha Banks headlining NXT Takeover with a 30-minute Iron Woman match

by Nick Piccone

Thursday night, Triple H announced the main event for the next NXT Takeover special, which takes place on October 7th, and it’s a main event that likely not many people expected to see.

September 11, 2015

Wrestling

WWE SmackDown rundown: Seth Rollins makes statement

by Nick Piccone

This week’s SmackDown from the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza in Wilkes-Barre, PA, and we saw the WWE World Heavyweight Champion and Intercontinental Champion in another Champion vs. Champion match – this time with Lumberjacks. Cesaro and Miz got to finish their match from Raw, Jimmy Uso was back in action while he waits for his brother to recover from shoulder surgery earlier this year, and The New Day was again amazing as usual.