Nick’s Picks: WrestleZone’s Annual Awards Of 2009

December 31, 2009

Best TNA Match of the Year: Ultimate X at Bound For Glory

The interesting thing is that I generally am not a huge fan of these types of bouts. Sure, they’re fun, but they’re generally just nonsensical spot fests, and the action is generally too scattered and focus is usually lacking. Additionally, these matches tend to be simply thrown together, and all the X-Division stars are just tossed into the bout with little meaning behind it. However, the Ultimate X match was a huge exception to the rule this year at Bound For Glory. There was some amazing technical work in this bout, and The Motor City Machineguns utilized some of their most unique offense to date. Add to that Amazing Red’s insane Hurricanrana on Daniels off the top rope, and this match was definitely the most exciting X-Division bout of the year, and was the best wrestled match on TV that I saw from TNA in 2009. I struggled between this match and Angle vs Wolfe’s first bout, but in the end I think the Ultimate X Match wins out because it combined great technical wrestling with really athletic aerial work.

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.