Exclusive: WWE Corporate Shakeups Just The Beginning

August 22, 2011

WWE's web shakeup, in which Brian Kalinowski, Executive VP of Digital Media was let go as Stephanie McMahon took over the web division (and merged it with the magazine division) is just the first of several corporate shakeups that started with the removal of COO Donna Goldsmith, a key WWE insider has told WrestleZone.

According to our source, and confirmed by a major player in another division in the company, WWE Chairman Vince McMahon is taking the stock drop as a lack of investor confidence in the company and is going to revamp the corporate side in order to hopefully boost the stock.

WrestleZone has learned Vince is keen on revamping the consumer products division as well as the sponsorship team, which has already started to be, as we were told, "gutted and re-built."

"Vince is of the mindset that if only he, Stephanie, and HHH are left standing in this next set of changes, so be it," our source told us, "right now in WWE, no executive is safe."

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.