Smackdown Viewership Drops, Update on Del Rio and Paige, ROH’s Joe Koff Talks Rumors of Sinclair Being Interested in Purchasing TNA

May 13, 2016

Smackdown Viewership Drops

According to ShowBuzzDaily.com, last night’s edition of WWE Smackdown averaged 2.262 million viewers, down from last week’s 2.346 million viewership average.

Update on Del Rio and Paige

As we noted earlier today, photos surfaced online featuring Alberto Del Rio and Paige at Disneyland together, which fueled speculation that the two are a real life couple.

PHOTOS: Alberto Del Rio and Paige Now a Real Life Couple?

PWInsider.com has since confirmed Del Rio and Paige are indeed dating.

ROH’s Joe Koff Talks Rumors of Sinclair Being Interested in Purchasing TNA

Rumors have been circulating for past few weeks about Sinclair Broadcasting, the parent company of Ring of Honor, having an interest in purchasing TNA Wrestling. PWInsider.com recently spoke with ROH COO Joe Koff, and the following is what Koff had to say about the rumors:

“I think it’s natural when one company is in trouble and there are bigger companies available to look at them as a business. I will say this about our company Mike. We do so many corporate acquisitions over the course of the year in so many different spaces. We just bought a complete channel – The Tennis Channel. We’re buying digital assets. We look at deals because we are a company that is looking for deals. One of the things I asked personally is, really, I don’t want to have a direct involvement in that. If they feel, from a business standpoint, it’s a worthwhile deal to look at, of course I’m going to get involved in it. I think the rumors are just escalating because it seems logical and I think there’s a lot of people that want it to happen and a lot of people who are worried about it happening, but you know what, until it actually happens, it’s nothing. We can talk about all the speculation and all the naysayers [from when Sinclair purchased ROH] and ‘what do they know about wrestling?’ and all that stuff, you know, you just have to go with the flow with all this and not second-guess and be that guy.”

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.