WWE Plots Digital Strategy

World Wrestling Entertainment hopes to create an aura of Wrestlemania on a global scale driven by its digital platform.

Digital contributes 7 percent of the company's overall revenue, but the WWE is aiming for 25-50 percent growth annually, said Michael Sileck, COO. Sileck revealed plans at the 35th annual UBS Global Media & Communications Conference...More?

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Former NASCAR Driver Joins TNA

Former NASCAR driver Hermie Sadler makes his debut Thursday night, Dec. 6, as a professional wrestling broadcaster for iMPACT! (9 p.m. ET), airing on Spike TV.

Sadler retired from the NASCAR Nextel Cup series after the 2006 season and is now an analyst for NASCAR on SPEED and Direct TV Hot Pass. He also has been a wrestling promoter and in-ring performer for the past few years.

Sadler joins Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling iMPACT! alongside play-by-play announcer Mike Tenay and color commentator Don West for a match between "Fallen Angel" Christopher Daniels and Senshi, which was taped at Universal Studios Florida.

DX in Iraq

Fylmar Productions and Cinamour Entertainment shoot network promo for upcoming scripted reality pro-wrestling television series Behind the Curtains

Less than a year after Beverly Hills based Fylmar Productions, LLC and Red Shoe Entertainment (Atlanta, Georgia) signed a pact with Cinamour Entertainment the companies completed filming a promo for the upcoming television series titled "Behind the Curtains"

Cinamour CEO Glen Hartford notes: With over 50 Million wrestling fans in the U.S. alone, I believe that this series has the potential to be a tent pole show for the right network. President of Distribution and Development for Cinamour, Cord Douglas adds: It will also satisfy the appetites of millions of intensely loyal pro-wrestling fans throughout the country and around the globe...More?

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Columbia Records Enters Into New Agreement with WWE

Columbia Records has entered into a new agreement with World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. "RAW - Greatest Hits - The Music," the first musical release under the new Columbia Records/WWE Music Group arrangement, will be available in stores and online on Tuesday, December 18.

A monumental collection of the sounds that define the untamed excitement of the WWE, "RAW - Greatest Hits - The Music" will be released in celebration of the 15th anniversary of "WWE RAW," the longest running original entertainment show in television history.

"I've been a life long fan of WWE," said Rick Rubin. "It's great to get the opportunity to work with them."...More?

Triple H will do anything for a WWE Championship Match

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NYC: A 'Catcher in the Rye' Christmas

This should be a great tour. I love the book. CNN.com

Tribute to the Troops

The WWE Crew is in Iraq for the annual Tribute to the Troops taping. The show will air on the USA network, December 24th at 9:00pm.

The Game missing his edge?

Though Triple H wants observers to believe otherwise, is he missing his edge before his upcoming Armageddon showdown with Jeff Hardy?...More?

Conference Call with Stone Cold Steve Austin

Highlights of a conference call with Stone Cold Steve Ausitn who was promoting next Monday’s three-hour special edition of Monday Night Raw on USA Network.

MMA fighter Vasquez dies weeks after fight

Sam Vasquez of Houston may have become the first fighter to die from injuries sustained in mixed martial arts competition in North America.

A report by The Fight Network cited the Harris County (Texas) medical examiner's office confirming Vasquez's death at 8:15 p.m. Friday. The cause of death was not released.

Vasquez had been battling for his life since taking a hard right to the chin from 21-year old Vince Libardi on Oct. 20 during a Renegades Extreme Fighting show at the Toyota Center in Houston. The blow knocked Vasquez out and he was rushed to St. Joseph Medical Center, where he stayed until moving to hospice care on Monday...More?

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Ask Chris Jericho

WWE star Chris Jericho was online Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 2 p.m. ET via The Washington Post to take your questions about his career as a professional wrestler and his new book, "A Lion's Tale: Around the World in Spandex." Click here for the complete transcript.

source: washingtonpost.com