Update on Confirmed Royal Rumble Match Participants, Will Rusev Be on WWE’s India Tour?, BBC Profiles Soccer Star Turned NXT Talent

January 12, 2016

Update on Confirmed Royal Rumble Match Participants

Despite most of the roster appearing at the beginning of WWE Raw last night, during which Vince McMahon addressed them as potential Royal Rumble winners, it appears as if only 11 names are actually confirmed for the Royal Rumble match as of now.

WWE.com is listing the following names as official match participants:

WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns
Brock Lesnar
Chris Jericho
Bray Wyatt
Erick Rowan
Luke Harper
Braun Strowman
Dolph Ziggler
Ryback
Big Show
Curtis Axel

BBC Profiles Soccer Star Turned NXT Talent

Former soccer goalkeeper Stuart Tomlinson, who is currently working in WWE NXT as Hugo Knox, recently spoke with BBC and had the following to say about a normal day in NXT:

“A normal day would be wrestling for two or three hours – learning techniques, new moves, getting comfortable with what you’re doing. You’d have a break for dinner, then do some weightlifting or power work for an hour or two, then we’d usually have a promo class for an hour.”

Will Rusev Be on WWE’s India Tour?

Earlier today Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio noted that Rusev tweaked his knee at this past Saturday’s live event, but Rusev posted the following Tweet noting he is not injured and will be appearing on WWE’s upcoming tour of India:

It’s stupid American propaganda. I’m not injured. Just because I didn’t go beat up Brock It doesn’t mean I’m injured. I go to India now.

— Rusev (@RusevBUL) January 12, 2016

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.