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Backstage News on When Drew McIntyre’s NXT Deal Was Finalized, Why WWE Billed the WrestleMania 33 Venue as the Citrus Bowl

April 8, 2017

Source: F4WOnline.com

Why WWE Billed the WrestleMania 33 Venue as the Citrus Bowl

As seen during WrestleMania 33 week in Orlando, WWE consistently referred to the WrestleMania venue as the “Citrus Bowl”, despite the name of the venue being Camping World Stadium.

According to The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Vince McMahon mandated that the venue be referred to as the Citrus Bowl, and for reasons unknown the name Camping World Stadium was not to be used at anytime. From 2014-2016 the Stadium used the name Orlando Citrus Bowl, and is home to the annual college football Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl game.

Backstage News on When WWE Finalized Drew McIntyre’s NXT Deal

Also during WrestleMania 33 weekend, Drew Galloway, known in WWE as Drew McIntyre, was show in attendance for NXT Takeover Orlando. McIntyre later told ESPN that he had signed a deal to return to WWE in NXT. The Wrestling Observer reports the decision to bring McIntyre back was last minute, as the deal was not finalized until Saturday morning, the day of Takeover.

It should be noted that McIntyre was not pegged as one of the talents for the new WOS Wrestling project on ITV, largely because of the the U.K. television exclusivity aspect of the contracts.

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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.