Nick Piccone

Nick Piccone is a Pro Wrestling Contributor for PhillyVoice.com. Nick was the founder of the popular sports and pro wrestling blog Bleed Philly before joining Philly Influencer as Editor and Writer in 2015. He's hosted a weekly pro wrestling podcast with Vaughn Johnson, The Straight Shooters, since 2015. Nick also does editing, writing, and audio engineering for the only sports betting radio station in Philadelphia, Fox Sports Radio The Gambler. Nick graduated from nearby Neumann University after growing up in south Philadelphia and southern New Jersey. His family history is entrenched in Philadelphia culture, as Nick's great aunt Dolly's house was used as Rocky's and Adrian's new home in Rocky II. Nick is a huge Philly sports fan, and he has watched professional wrestling since he was five years old; he has not only a strong passion, but also an abundance of knowledge about the industry. Follow Nick on Twitter: @_piccone.

November 17, 2016

Wrestling

WWE Survivor Series preview: Goldberg vs. Lesnar hype; Raw, SmackDown vie for bragging rights

by Nick Piccone

WWE’s fall tradition continues with Survivor Series taking place this Sunday night.

November 16, 2016

Wrestling

WWE SmackDown: The Undertaker returns to send a message to Team SmackDown

by Nick Piccone

The 900th episode of SmackDown took place inside the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, Tuesday night, five days before Raw vs. SmackDown happens at Survivor Series. This actually might have been the better go-home show to Survivor Series because some things made more sense than others.

November 15, 2016

Wrestling

WWE Raw: A SmackDown invasion goes awry in go-home to Survivor Series

by Nick Piccone

WWE began a week of counting down to Survivor Series on Monday night, beginning with Raw, emanating live from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, N.Y.

November 8, 2016

Wrestling

WWE Raw: Team Raw takes anger out on each other

by Nick Piccone

WWE flew across the pond for a European tour this week. Both Raw and SmackDown take place from the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland before the rosters return to the United States before the upcoming Survivor Series pay-per-view on November 20.

November 8, 2016

Wrestling

WWE SmackDown: Team SmackDown gets a Survivor Series makeover

by Nick Piccone

For the second night in a row, WWE invaded the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland for a set of television tapings this week. During a stressful, nail-biting day in the United States with the Presidential Election taking place, WWE tried to take our minds off of the real world with a very entertaining episode of SmackDown.

November 2, 2016

Wrestling

WWE SmackDown: More Survivor Series qualifiers, TLC main event set

by Nick Piccone

With both main rosters building towards Survivor Series, SmackDown took the extra step on Tuesday night and began building towards their next brand-only pay-per-view in December. They also had a few Survivor Series qualifying matches, which is still a great idea to have instead of how Raw’s doing it with just randomly announcing participants.

November 1, 2016

Wrestling

WWE Raw: Rollins, Reigns find themselves in familiar territory

by Nick Piccone

The fallout from Hell in a Cell would take place from the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. Monday night during a special Halloween edition of Monday Night Raw. The build to the Survivor Series also began with Team Raw gaining a representative, and we also saw an appearance by Goldberg.

October 31, 2016

Wrestling

Hell in a Cell: Charlotte and Sasha Banks live up to the hype inside the cage

by Nick Piccone

When the dust settled on Raw’s Hell in a Cell pay-per-view, we saw history made. Not only did we see Sasha Banks and Charlotte fight inside the Hell in a Cell, but it was the main event of the evening. The prior two Hell in a Cell matches were fantastic, so they had a lot to live up to in closing the show.

October 28, 2016

Wrestling

Hell in a Cell preview: Sasha Banks, Charlotte take highway to hell in historic match

by Nick Piccone

The TD Garden in Boston will be the site of one of the most anticipated pay-per-views of the year.

October 26, 2016

Wrestling

WWE SmackDown: Did Dean Ambrose become No. 1 contender to Styles?

by Nick Piccone

Becky Lynch made her return to SmackDown, Dean Ambrose vied for a championship opportunity in the future against AJ Styles, and we saw our first two qualifiers for Survivor Series on Tuesday night from the Resch Center in Green Bay, Wis. It honestly feels like these two-hour SmackDown shows are so well put together and make sense that, some weeks, they go by too quickly.