Backstage News on Plans for Another WWE Superstar Shakeup, Matt Hardy Confirms WWE Return, Responds to Music Legend’s Shot at WWE

August 8, 2017

Backstage Update on Plans for Another WWE Superstar Shakeup

As noted, there has been talk in WWE of holding another Superstar Shake Up in the fall, similar to how it was done after WrestleMania 33. PWInsider.com is reporting there has been discussion of replacing the annual WWE Draft with two Superstar Shakeups per year.

Matt Hardy On WWE Return, Responds to Music Legend’s Shot at Wrestling

As noted, WWE kept The Hardys off Raw this week as the brothers’ SummerSlam plans are now in limbo after Scott Dawson went down with injury. Matt Hardy noted on Twitter that The Hardys will be back on the road with WWE beginning this weekend:

Hardys @WWE dates

8/11 Bangor ME
8/12 Augusta ME
8/13 Worcester MA
8/14 Boston MA
8/20-21 Brooklyn
8/26 Chicago @WizardWorld
8/27 Tupelo MS

— REBORN by FATE (@MATTHARDYBRAND) August 8, 2017

Music legend David Crosby took a shot at WWE with the following Tweet, and it drew a response from Hardy:

WWF to those of us who can read and write is
Words With Friends
Not wrestling

— David Crosby (@thedavidcrosby) August 8, 2017

This tweet is 20+ years outdated, incorrect & OBSOLETE.

The WWF is not pro wrestling org, it’s a conservation org.

I suggest you…. pic.twitter.com/Ibv4zeRc9s

— REBORN by FATE (@MATTHARDYBRAND) August 8, 2017

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.