Chael Sonnen Clarifies His Comments About Taking Over Piper’s Pit, This Week’s SD! Viewership Posts Lowest Number in Years

August 14, 2015

This Week’s SD! Viewership Posts Lowest Number in Years

chael sonnen According to ShowBuzzDaily.com, this week’s edition of WWE Smackdown averaged 2.083 million viewers, which is down 13% from last week’s 2.405 million viewership average. Not counting holiday broadcasts, this week’s show is also the lowest audience Smackdown has had in several years.

Chael Sonnen Clarifies Comments

Shortly after Roddy Piper’s death, MMA legend Chael Sonnen made a claim which seemed to imply there were plans for him to take over the “Piper’s Pit” podcast.

Sonnen added there were plans in Global Force Wrestling for Piper to make an appearance, during which Piper was going to “pass the torch” of “Piper’s Pit” to Sonnen.

Following Sonnen’s claim, “Piper’s Pit” producer Raymond Hernandez issued the following statement to MMAMania, refuting Sonnen’s claim:

“Roddy would have never handed off Piper’s Pit. And if he were to do so, it wouldn’t be to an MMA fighter, it would have been to a pro-wrestler.”

In the latest edition of “You’re Welcome with Chael Sonnen”, Sonnen offered the following clarification of his initial comments:

“I used the term, ‘Piper’s Pit’, because that was the greatest interview segment that wrestling [has] had,” Sonnen said, “all I meant was, I was going to do interviews in Global Force Wrestling.”

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.