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.

January 28, 2019

WWE

2019 Royal Rumble recap: 'The Man' gets her shot; 'The Architect' builds his path

by Nick Piccone

WWE was looking to start the 2019 pay-per-view calendar off with a bang with a stacked card, and, well, it did just that with 48,193 people in attendance at Chase Field in Phoenix Sunday night.

December 17, 2018

Wrestling

WWE TLC 2018: ‘The Man’ Becky Lynch returned, but a Rowdy one made her presence felt

by Nick Piccone

While the Philadelphia Eagles were keeping their playoff hopes alive Sunday night in Los Angeles with a thrilling 30-23 win over the Rams, some 300 miles away WWE was putting on the last pay-per-view of 2018, titled TLC: Tables | Ladders | Chairs at the SAP Center in San Jose.

November 19, 2018

Wrestling

WWE Survivor Series recap: Ronda Rousey feels the wrath of Flair

by Nick Piccone

WWE’s two big brands went head-to-head on Sunday night, as one of the biggest pay-per-views of the year took place in Los Angeles. The Staples Center was the epicenter for WWE’s annual RAW vs. SmackDown event headlined by a Champion vs. Champion match and Ronda Rousey going one-on-one with Charlotte Flair.

October 29, 2018

Wrestling

WWE Evolution recap: Ronda Rousey headlines the first-ever all-women’s WWE pay-per-view

by Nick Piccone

On Sunday night, the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum was the epicenter for WWE’s female roster as the first-ever women’s pay-per-view for the company took place in Uniondale, New York. Ronda Rousey was the headliner, defending her RAW Women’s Championship against Nikki Bella, but the SmackDown Women’s Championship match would steal the show.

September 17, 2018

WWE

WWE Hell in a Cell: The Beast returns and renders the main event a no contest

by Nick Piccone

Sunday night at the AT&T Center in San Antonio saw WWE’s first September edition of their annual Hell in a Cell pay-per-view. Roman Reigns made his first Universal Championship defense inside the cell against his rival Braun Strowman, who’s a newly-turned heel with Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre as his henchmen.

September 13, 2018

Wrestling

The Straight Shooters: Previewing WWE's Hell in a Cell pay-per-view

by Nick Piccone

Nick Piccone and Vaughn Johnson preview the pay-per-view and also discuss some rivalries they would've liked to see play out inside Hell in a Cell that nobody got to see.

August 20, 2018

WWE

WWE SummerSlam 2018: Ronda Rousey reaches the pinnacle, Reigns vanquishes The Beast

by Nick Piccone

The Barclays Center played host to WWE’s fourth straight August pay-per-view extravaganza Sunday night, SummerSlam.

July 16, 2018

Wrestling

WWE Extreme Rules 2018: Kevin Owens goes for a long ride down

by Nick Piccone

The first-ever July edition of Extreme Rules took place in Pittsburgh Sunday night inside the PPG Paints Arena. With this pay-per-view being the last before the biggest event of the summer in August, SummerSlam, I was looking for some storylines to end and storylines to begin coming out of this particular pay-per-view.

July 4, 2018

Wrestling

WWE's Matt Hardy talks Philly fans, his partnership with Bray Wyatt and more

by Nick Piccone

WWE is coming back to the City of Brotherly Love with a live event from the Wells Fargo Center this Friday night, and all of Monday Night RAW’s top stars are slated to be there [with a glaring omission being the brand’s Universal Champion, Brock Lesnar].

June 18, 2018

Wrestling

WWE Money in the Bank: Ronda Rousey vies for a title, but Alexa Bliss walks away the winner

by Nick Piccone

Chicago’s Allstate Arena hosted what many, including myself, consider the fifth-biggest pay-per-view on the WWE calendar on Sunday night, Money in the Bank. Complete with two women’s championship matches, a women’s Money in the Bank ladder match, a men’s Money in the Bank ladder match, WWE Championship match, and Intercontinental Championship match, the card was stacked from top to bottom.