WWE Hall of Famer Closes Restaurant, Bob Backlund Inducted into Hall of Fame, Randy Orton Collection Being Added to WWE Network

July 24, 2016

WWE Hall of Famer Closes Restaurant

According to PWInsider.com, WWE Hall of Famer Abudullah the Butcher has quietly closed his Atlanta, GA restaurant “Abdullah The Butcher’s House of Ribs and Chinese Food.”

Bob Backlund Inducted into Hall of Fame

Darren Young Tweeted the following, noting Bob Backlund has been inducted into the George Trago/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame:

Congrats @AskMrBacklund for being inducted into the George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame! pic.twitter.com/h2roWboiiC

— nodaysoff D-Young (@DarrenYoungWWE) July 23, 2016

Randy Orton Collection Being Added to WWE Network

WWE Network News is reporting that a new Collection will be added to the service tomorrow morning centered around the returning Randy Orton entitled “Apex Of a Predator. The site reports the following content will be included:

Raw 2012/07/30 – The Viper Is Back

Night of Champions 2012 – Randy Orton vs Dolph Ziggler

SmackDown 2012/11/08 – Randy Orton vs Alberto Del Rio (Falls Count Anywhere Match)

Extreme Rules 2013 – Randy Orton vs Big Show (Extreme Rules Match)

Money In The Bank 2013 – Money In The Bank Match

SummerSlam 2013 – Orton Cashes In

Raw 2013/08/19 – The Face of the Company

Hell in a Cell 2013 – Randy Orton vs Daniel Bryan (Hell in a Cell Match for the WWE Championship)

Raw 2013/11/25 – Who is THE Champion?

TLC 2013 – Randy Orton vs John Cena (TLC Match for the Unification of the WWE and World Heavyweight Championships)

Night of Champions 2014 – Randy Orton vs Chris Jericho

Raw 2014/10/27 – Defying The Authority

WrestleMania 31 – Randy Orton vs Seth Rollins

Raw 2015/08/10 – Randy Orton vs Cesaro vs Kevin Owens (#1 Contendership for WWE Championship) / Randy Orton vs Seth Rollins (WWE Championship Match)

WWE Countdown: Fantastic Finishing Moves – RKO Equals 1,2,3

WWE Slam City – Apex and The City

This Week in WWE

2016/01/23 – Condemned 2: Behind The Scenes

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.