Stevie Richards on Who is the “Creative Force” Behind Matt and Jeff Hardy’s “Broken” Gimmick

March 11, 2017

When The Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling interviewed Stevie Richards back in January, he made a comment about being approached by Impact Wrestling to be in the tag team Apocolypto angle. Ultimately, Raven turned it down and they were not involved, but this is what Stevie had to say about who was the creative force behind “Broken”, as Impact Wrestling and The Hardys are currently amidst legal issues pertaining to the use of the “Broken” gimmick:

“In general wrestling and since this is a wrestling interview, there are so many people that make WWE and even people crap on TNA but there are so many people behind the scenes of those companies and sometimes only one person like Jeremy Borash. He pretty much creatively put that whole Final Deletion and everything else together. That is crazy that he is the creative force behind probably the most popular thing that we’ve seen in wrestling in years.”

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.