Natalya Reveals Why She Has Been Off WWE TV For Several Months, Smackdown USA Debut Fails to Crack Nielsen Twitter Top 5

January 8, 2016

Smackdown USA Debut Fails to Crack Nielsen Twitter Top 5

It’s worth noting that the USA Network debut of WWE Smackdown, which aired last night, did not make Nielsen’s Twitter TV ratings, which ranks the top 5 shows. Smackdown usually makes the list in the number 3 or 4 spot.

Natalya Reveals Why She Has Been Off WWE TV For Several Months

Following a budding rivalry between her and Team BAD back in November, WWE Diva Natalya was inexplicably pulled from TV and has not been seen since. Natalya took to Instagram recently and revealed she has been battling an injury which has kept her from in-ring competition:

Thank you @wwebeckylynch! Couldn’t have asked for a more perfect opponent for my first match back in over two months. Magic! I have debated with myself every day about explaining why I was suddenly “gone” after the last match I had in November. It was the first injury I’ve had that has taken me away from wrestling in over 11 years. I was so disappointed. For the last 8 weeks I have been in intense physical therapy. I’ve been focused on returning and being stronger than ever. I fought hard to come back. I hated missing this past summer of the Diva’s Revolution. I wanted so much to be a part of it because I love wrestling! Not just because I was born into it, WRESTLING is a part of my heart. When I finally came back at the end of September, I was incredibly grateful and happy! I missed the girls, the ring and all of you. Then to get hurt, I felt like a failure. NOW I am better. I am stronger. I am ready. I’m not ashamed of my injury at all. Setbacks happen. And EVERYTHING happens for a reason. Sometimes when it rains it pours but there’s nothing YOU can’t get through. When you fall down, pick yourself up, dust yourself off and just keep going. Every person has a comeback in them. …See you soon❤️

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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.