Nick’s Pay-Per-Review: TNA Bound For Glory 2009

October 19, 2009

Submissions Match: Samoa Joe vs. Bobby Lashley: I have a lot of mixed feelings about this match. Number one, it was too short. Number two, it was very well wrestled. Number three, the fans need to get over the stigma of Lashley being a no-talent ex-WWE star as he worked one hell of a realistic bout last night. And finally, number four, the finish was terrible. We reported last night that Samoa Joe went into last night’s bout with a terrible case of the flu, so I can forgive TNA for booking a 7 minute match if Joe couldn’t handle working anything longer. But it’s a shame because these two were really wrestling a fast-paced, well-balanced match that had a good mix of mat wrestling and suplex based wrestling. The match finish was brutal, however, as it came out of nowhere, you never even saw Samoa Joe tap out, and if he passed out then it was done way too quickly as no one would conceivably pass out that quickly, and it made Lashley look like a guy that can just waltz into TNA and quickly defeat one of the company’s top guys. This was not the way to finish the first encounter between Lashley and Joe, and it left little to no room for the feud to continue. 6.5 Stars.

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.