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Sanity Member Gets New NXT Ring Name, Mick Foley on the Significance of His Barbed Wire Match with Terry Funk, Nikki Bella Wrestling Sick

By Nick Paglino

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Sanity Member Gets New NXT Ring Name

Sanity member Big Damo has revealed on Twitter he now using the ring name Killian Dain:

Nikki Bella Wrestling Sick

Nikki Bella posted the following on Instagram, noting she is currently working with the flu:

Mick Foley on the Significance of His Barbed Wire Match with Terry Funk

WWE Raw GM Mick Foley posted the following blog on Facebook:

“22 YEARS AGO TODAY: the match I’m proudest of

Of all my matches, I am proudest of this one because of the lengths that Terry Funk and I went to during the course of this no-rope, barbed-wire bloodbath to put our little promotion, #IWAJapan on the map. There may have only been 150 people in that cold little gym, but after the graphic and gory photos were released in full color in the Japanese magazines, people started taking note of our promotion. Only six months later, we drew 30,000 fans a Kawasaki stadium for the fabled #KingOfTheDeathmatch tournament. I don’t think it would’ve been possible without the sacrifices Terry Funk and I made 22 years ago today.

I wrote about this match in 1999’s ‘Have a Nice Day’, and also extensively in 2010’s ‘Countdown to Lockdown’ – which just might be worth tracking down at the dollar store just for that chapter!

I don’t claim to be a tough guy, but my answer to veteran grappler Tracy Smother’s very reasonable request to ‘not do anything crazy out there, Cactus’, is pretty badass – if I do say so myself. I just looked at Smothers like it was the most absurd request of all time and before stepping through the door on my way to face Funk – a match I would return from in far worse shape and than I entered – simply said, “you know I can’t do that.”

Nick Paglino
Nick Paglino

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.

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