Wrestle Jam is a work of fiction, a faux NES game created specifically for the film by motion graphics artist Kristyn Hume and programmer Randall Furino. The brother and sister team created the game from scratch, taking influence from 8-bit fighting games like Nintendo's Pro Wrestling and Acclaim's WWF Wrestlemania.
Hume, also responsible for The Wrestler's laboriously accurate title sequence, said that the film's producers and directors wanted that "classic video game" look and feel for Wrestle Jam, an effort that took weeks to create...More?
source: kotaku.com
February 25, 2009
The Making of Wrestle Jam: The Wrestler's Unsung Hero
February 24, 2009
ECW Results: Swagger of a Champion
ECW Champion Jack Swagger continued painting the face of ECW on Tuesday night when he fended off Christian in an ECW Title Match. Full results.
Raw in Washington, DC
WWE presents Monday Night Raw
Date: July 27, 2009 (Triple H's Birthday!!)
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Verizon Center
City/State: Washington, D.C.
On-Sale Date: Saturday, March 7th at 10:00am
WWE Revenues Up 8% in 2008
World Wrestling Entertainment weathered a 5% drop in fourth-quarter revenues to end 2008 with revenues of $526.5 million, an 8% increase over the previous year, with a jump in TV revenues providing a bright spot.
WWE reported $125.4 million in Q4 revenues, down from $132.6 million in the prior year quarter. But while revenues from live and televised entertainment were similarly down, to $76.2 million from $82.3 million in Q4 2007, revenues from TV rights were up 16%-to $27.6 million from $23.8 million in the prior year quarter-thanks in part to the deal with MyNetworkTV for WWE's SmackDown franchise, which ran previously on The CW...More?
source: broadcastingcable.com
Full report from corporate.wwe.com
Raw Results: "Legacy" Gets Hammered
Full results.
Jaime Noble Injured
Wrestleview.com is reporting that Jamie Noble was taken out of the Sommet Center last night on a stretcher. At the end of the match with Mike Knox, they seem to think something got messed up. Knox gets out of character for a split second. Noble was put onto a stretcher and taken from the ring while the segment between Chris Jericho and Ricky Steamboat was going on.
February 23, 2009
"Destruction in the Desert" Confirmed
World Wrestling Entertainment is expected to announce Tuesday that University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale will host WrestleMania in spring 2010.
This would be the Valley's first time hosting WrestleMania, which based on past economic impact in other cities, could pack a $35 to $50 million punch to the Valley's economy.
"It would be huge for the building, huge for Glendale and huge for the region," said Peter Sullivan, general manager at Global Spectrum, which books stadium events and worked several years to land WrestleMania.
Sullivan's group dubbed its pitch as "Destruction in the Desert."...More?
source: azcentral.com
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
