Eric Bischoff Confirms Elimination Chamber Match Creator, 2/17 Raw Viewership Increases, But Drops During Show

February 19, 2014

Bischoff Confirms Elimination Chamber Match Creator

As we noted earlier, WWE.com posted an article during which Triple H reveals that he was the creator of the Elimination Chamber match concept. We also pointed out that according to WWE story lines, Eric Bischoff "created" the match type and introduced it in 2002. Bischoff confirmed on Twitter that the Chamber match was in fact HHH's idea when he posted the following:

@satchow @TripleH He did.

— Eric Bischoff (@EBischoff) February 19, 2014

2/17 Raw Viewership Increases, But Drops During Show

According to TVByTheNumbers.com, this week's edition of WWE Raw took in an average of 4.364 million viewers, which is up from last week's 4.329 million viewership average.

The show saw a steady decline, however, throughout the three hour broadcast, with the Daniel Bryan-heavy first hour taking in 4.662 million viewers, the second hour taking in 4.296 million viewers, and third hour doing 4.134 million viewers. The final cable rating should be available shortly.

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.