WWE Draft 2004 Article and New Formerly Creative Podcast

April 21, 2011

In the next article in David Lagana’s WWE Draft, we look at the 2004 Draft Lottery – it’s impact on the brands and what lessons can be learned…

http://iwantwrestling.com/2011/04/21/and-the-first-pick-is/

Excerpt –

March of 2004, news breaks that Brock Lesnar is leaving WWE after Wrestlemania 20 and a new draft (called the Draft Lottery) is scheduled. Losing Lesnar was a big hit, but we still had a pretty strong roster with the dynamic of Paul Heyman as GM. The hidden element going into that draft was the health of various members of the Smackdown roster.

Formerly Creative with Sean Conaway

The knock on members of the creative team is that they are all “Hollywood writers who don’t know wrestling. Sean Conaway did it the reverse way. A huge wrestling fan in college, Sean interned at the WWE Studios in the hopes that he could be on the WWE Creative team. At age 21, he did. But instead of becoming a “lifer”, Sean decided to move to Los Angeles and chase his Hollywood writing dream. After six years, Sean has gotten his first script on the Fox TV Show – “Raising Hope” and that episode airs on 4/26 at 9:30pm on FOX. Hear the entire podcast here…

http://iwantwrestling.com/2011/04/20/new-formerly-creative-sean-conaway-raising-hope/

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.