Hideo Itami Comments on His NXT Return, Talks What’s Next For Him (Video), This Week’s Final SD! Rating, Photos of Big Show in China

August 3, 2016

This Week’s Final SD! Rating

The final rating for this week’s WWE Smackdown Live was a 1.86, down from last week’s 1.92 cable rating.

As noted, this week’s show averaged 2.681 million viewers, down from last week’s 2.743 million viewership average.

Photos of Big Show in China

WWE.com has released a photo gallery of Big Show visiting Shanghai, China for the promotion of WWE’s Live event on September 10th. You can check out one of the photos below:

#WWE Superstar @WWETheBigShow meets @SpecialOlympics athletes in China. Check out the photos https://t.co/5oqZRxRzQ7 pic.twitter.com/Zv7M0vWro2

— WWE Community (@WWECommunity) August 3, 2016

Hideo Itami Comments on His NXT Return

Following his return on tonight’s WWE NXT, Hideo Itami commented on what’s next for him in NXT, and you can check it out in the video player below.

It’s my turn. pic.twitter.com/SsvPvmuVAv

— Hideo Itami / 伊丹英雄 (@HideoItami) August 4, 2016

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.