With no national competition and MMA becoming popular, the attention towards WWE and wrestling, in general, began to cool in the early 2000s. Of course, there was still an attempt to capitalize on wrestling’s popularity: Nikki on the WB.
The wheels should be turning because this show aired during a period when the WB was really throwing anything at the wall show-wise while being carried by Buffy the Vampire Slayer, 7th Heaven, Pokemon, Charmed, Angel, and The Steve Harvey Show.
C’mon, You Remember Nikki
Hey, stick with me here, now. Airing in late 2000, Nikki popped after the tables had turned on WCW and Raw was busy clapping Nitro’s cheeks weekly.
The show was a sitcom about Nikki, a showgirl, and her husband Dwight, once in school to become a tax attorney who decides to follow his dream to become a professional wrestler.
Overall, it was standard discount sitcom stuff with their careers being backdrops most of the time. What I liked about the show is that they weren’t already on top of their careers.
Nikki—played by bombshell of the late-90s/early-00s, Nikki Cox—worked at the bummiest casino in Las Vegas. Dwight worked…I don’t know if there’s something to explain this level in wrestling. It’s as if you mixed indy outlaw mud show with small market studio wrestling.
As a result of being so low on the totem pole, their careers often saw the two in weird situations that would probably kill a career dead. Of course, as these sitcoms often pushed: if they had each other, they would be fine. That was pretty much the crux of every episode after all of those shenanigans.
A Must for Wrestling Fans?
Oh no, wrestling fans should skip this unless you’re just really into Real-Life Mary Jane Watson AKA Nikki Cox—she was better on Unhappily Ever After and Las Vegas.
You might also dig Nikki for the wrestling cameos: Kevin Nash, Randy Savage, Victoria/Tara, The Fabulous Moolah, and Blue Meanie. There were also cameos from The Drew Carey Show as well as sharing the same writing.
All of that aside, this show is an easy skip. It was one of those shows that amazingly got a second season but you knew the jig was up early into the first season.
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