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.

May 5, 2015

Wrestling

WWE Raw roundup: Payback’s Triple Threat main event becomes a Fatal Four Way

by Nick Piccone

April 30, 2015

Wrestling

WWE SmackDown rundown: Reigns and Ambrose push back against The Authority

by Nick Piccone

The road to Payback continues after two huge matches were made this past week for the upcoming pay-per-view on May 17th.

April 28, 2015

Wrestling

WWE Raw roundup: The WWE Universe chooses two challengers for Seth Rollins at Payback

by Nick Piccone

WWE’s Monday Night Raw emanated from the Resch Center in Green Bay, WI, one night after WWE adorably tried to take things to the extreme with its annual Extreme Rules pay-per-view.

April 27, 2015

Wrestling

Your Extreme Rules review: Do stipulations really matter anymore?

by Nick Piccone

Sunday night’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view from the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois felt more like a setup for next month’s Payback pay-per-view than anything being settled at this event. The booking was questionable at best, and I just didn’t think a lot of the decisions made a whole lot of sense.

April 24, 2015

Wrestling

WWE SmackDown rundown: Reigns and Ambrose reunite as we head to Extreme Rules

by Nick Piccone

The last show before Sunday’s Extreme Rules pay-per-view was Thursday night’s edition of SmackDown, which took place from the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island. We saw two-thirds of The Shield reunite and the WWE World Heavyweight Champion pinned.

April 22, 2015

Wrestling

Your Extreme Rules preview: Seth Rollins and Randy Orton will settle their rage in a cage

by Nick Piccone

Not only is the pay-per-view after WrestleMania one of the most important events of the year, it’s a time for WWE to go to the extreme. Certainly, it won’t be supplying a product that replicates the era of Extreme Championship Wrestling, but this event was certainly inspired by the now-defunct promotion headed by Paul Heyman.

April 21, 2015

Wrestling

WWE Raw Roundup: Randy Orton gives one last RKO to Seth Rollins inside of a steel cage before Extreme Rules

by Nick Piccone

The go-home show for Extreme Rules this Sunday took place at the Times Union Center in Albany, N.Y., Monday night. With the next WWE pay-per-view just days away, the company was in push mode for Extreme Rules, the third free pay-per-view of the WWE Network era.

April 17, 2015

Wrestling

WWE SmackDown Rundown: Daniel Bryan and John Cena stand tall over the WWE tag team champions

by Nick Piccone

WWE delivered SmackDown on Thursday night from the same site of Raw on Monday – the O2 Arena in London, England. We were gifted an excellent tag team main event, a great Mizdow promo, and a pretty good, albeit short, Divas match. WWE returns to the U.S. for Monday Night Raw in Albany next week, and the go-home show to Extreme Rules should be a good one.

April 13, 2015

Wrestling

WWE Raw Roundup: The United Kingdom sees stipulations galore set for Extreme Rules

by Nick Piccone

WWE’s Monday Night Raw took us across the pond to London this week, where the show emanated from the sold out O2 Arena. WWE heads over to the United Kingdom every year to tape a week’s worth of Raw and SmackDown shows and this week’s editions of Raw and SmackDown will have a little British flavor to them.

April 9, 2015

Wrestling

WWE SmackDown rundown: Bray Wyatt returns to the ring and takes out one of his former family members

by Nick Piccone

SmackDown kicked off this week from the American Airlines Center in Dallas with an appearance by the Intercontinental Champion, Daniel Bryan. Bryan, who was beaten and bloodied a week ago on this program by a returning Sheamus, was interrupted by Bad News Barrett.