Exclusive: WWE Scrapped Plans For Rock & Austin Tonight

May 2, 2011

WrestleZone has learned exclusively that one of the things WWE Chairman Vince McMahon wanted to do on Monday Night Raw tonight with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson’s birthday party was to "have a moment" (in the words of a key insider) between The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin.

"Vince thought it would be great to have The Rock and Stone Cold out in the ring together at the same time, or even if they happened to bump into each other in the locker room during the show," the key WWE insider told us, "but Austin was at the USA Network Up-Front event tonight at Lincoln Center in New York City, and Vince knows how important the up-fronts are for USA, so the conversation ended right there (when it was discussed last week)."

We heard Austin was at the USA Up-Front event, and was introduced as the host of "USA Network’s WWE Tough Enough."

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.