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.

April 7, 2015

Wrestling

WWE Raw Roundup: Seth Rollins gets his revenge on Randy Orton

by Nick Piccone

The Authority opened Raw Monday night live from the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. This was more of what we saw last Thursday on SmackDown, but at least we got some something out of it this time other than an Orton/Big Show match.

April 3, 2015

Wrestling

WWE SmackDown Rundown: Less than a week after WrestleMania, Extreme Rules begins to take shape

by Nick Piccone

WWE SmackDown Rundown: Less than a week after WrestleMania, Extreme Rules begins to take shape

March 31, 2015

Wrestling

WWE Raw Roundup: Brock Lesnar suspended indefinitely for raising havoc

by Nick Piccone

Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman opened Raw Monday night at the SAP Center in San Jose by demanding a rematch take place between former WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Brock Lesnar, and the newly crowned champion, Seth Rollins.

March 30, 2015

WWE

WrestleMania 31 review: Mr. Money in the Bank cashes in, wins WWE heavyweight title

by Nick Piccone

Sunday night ended with WWE crowning a new World Heavyweight Champion. However, it isn’t someone who was originally booked to be a part of the main event, as Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and pinned Roman Reigns to win the title literally minutes before the pay-per-view was scheduled to go off the air. We’ll examine how Rollins did that a little bit later on.

March 27, 2015

Wrestling

Your WrestleMania 31 Preview: Silicon Valley will never be the same

by Nick Piccone

This weekend comes the biggest wrestling event in the world, and we should be overwhelmingly excited about it. Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California will be the center of the wrestling world Sunday night, but the buildup to the show has been one of the more lackluster ones in the past few years.

March 24, 2015

Wrestling

WWE Raw Roundup: The Road to WrestleMania ends in a tug of war

by Nick Piccone

The Road to WrestleMania’s final stop was in Los Angeles at the Staples Center for Raw on Monday night. With SmackDown this week being a heavy recap show, Raw was the final program to further storylines heading into WWE’s Super Bowl this Sunday, and it did just that. We have big matches set for not only the pay-per-view, but also the WrestleMania kickoff show, where the WWE Tag Team Championship will be up for grabs.

March 24, 2015

Wrestling

Brock Lesnar re-signs with WWE, officially closes the door on UFC

by Nick Piccone

Tuesday evening, WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Brock Lesnar, revealed to the world that he has signed a new contract with WWE. The announcement came as part of an interview with Michelle Beadle on ESPN’s SportsCenter.

March 19, 2015

Wrestling

WWE SmackDown Rundown: J & J Security can’t keep Randy Orton from dishing out RKO’s to The Authority

by Nick Piccone

SmackDown was held at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri this week, and WWE did a good job in promoting Monday Night Raw this coming Monday moreso than hyping WrestleMania, which is just over a week away. Monday Night Raw will certainly be of the utmost importance to WWE heading into their biggest show of the year, so I expected this episode of SmackDown to focus more on getting to Raw rather than building to WrestleMania. WWE, Wrestling, Kansas City, Roman Reigns, Mark Henry, Seth Rollins, Randy Orton, Daniel Bryan, Dolph Ziggler, Dean Ambrose, Paige, Brie Bella

March 17, 2015

Wrestling

WWE Raw Roundup: Rusev defends his honor as John Cena defends America

by Nick Piccone

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March 12, 2015

Wrestling

WWE SmackDown Rundown: Mark Henry pushes Roman Reigns ... Reigns pushes back

by Nick Piccone

SmackDown aired from the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan on Thursday night, and we saw a familiar face return to WWE television with a message for Roman Reigns. With just two weeks left until WrestleMania, the card is taking shape. We had some more answers regarding the WrestleMania lineup emerging from SmackDown.