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January 7, 2012
Tommy Dreamer Discusses Life on the Road
As a professional wrestler, you spend most of your days travelling to different cities to entertain the fans. When I was with World Wrestling Entertainment, a typical work week would start on Friday, which included flying from your home to wherever the first show was.
This flight is usually the first one available that day, in case of delays. Once you land, you are responsible for renting a car.
Normally, you eat, go to the local gym, eat, go to arena, wrestle, eat and drive to the next town. If you are too tired to drive, you get a hotel room in the first town, sleep, wake up, go to the gym, eat, drive and repeat the cycle. The venues are typically anywhere between 200 to 300 miles apart (some 300 to 500 kilometres for my Canadian friends).
Anything more than that and the company will usually fly you to the next town. These non-televised, live events are a lot of fun because the matches are longer as there are no TV commercial restraints. They are a much different event than your typical televised affair, and usually a completely different experience for the fan.
Your work week ends on Tuesday night, once you finish filming televised events. You fly home on Wednesday morning, giving you essentially enough time to do your laundry, say hello to your family and get ready to go back out on Friday.
If you think that is a bad schedule, it really isn't. I have heard many stories from veteran wrestlers of the 1980s, who say they would spend 27 days on the road, return home for two and then go back out for another 27 days.
The Five Series That Made up 30% of Broadcast TV Social Buzz Last Fall - WWE Raw #1
The top five regular, non-special-event shows -- on both broadcast and cable TV -- that captured the most social buzz last fall (from the start of September through the end of December).
"WWE Raw" (the World Wrestling Entertainment show) on USA Network captured 7% SOV surrounding cable shows last fall, with AMC's "The Walking Dead" not far behind at 5%. Like "The X Factor," "WWE Raw" benefits from having a huge number of "hooks" to chatter about. Any given "X Factor" or "WWE Raw" episode tends to be packed with plenty of triumphs, let-downs, drama, controversies and assorted little pleasures and annoyances that motivate fans to react on social media. Both shows also have plenty of brands-within-the-brand -- the celebrity judges and wannabe celebrity contestants on "The X Factor" and the "superstars" of WWE, many of whom have sizable cult followings.
Each of the five shows in the pie charts above do well for their respective networks, but it's worth noting once again that nobody in the TV business expects social buzz to have a strictly linear relationship to ratings.
source: adage.com
WWE 2012 Pay Per View Schedule
Royal Rumble: January 29
Elimination Chamber: February 19
WrestleMania XXVIII: April 1
Extreme Rules: April 29
WWE Over The Limit: May 20
TBD: June 17 (Rumored to be WWE Bragging Rights)
WWE Money In The Bank: July 15
SummerSlam: August 19
Night of Champions: September 23
Hell in a Cell: October 28
Survivor Series: November 18
WWE TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs: December 16
This Day in Wrestling History - "Just In Case You Forgot Who The Hell I Am..."
After a grueling eight-month rehab from a torn quadrciceps muscle, Triple H made a triumphant return at Madison Square Garden.
January 7, 2002
Five years later he would tear the right quad muscle during the New Year's Revolution pay per view.
January 7, 2007
This Day in Wrestling History
Nicole Bass sues the WWF(E) for sexual harrassment
January 7, 2000
ECW's last pay per view prior to the WWE revival, Guilty As Charged, takes place in New York City.
January 7, 2001
January 6, 2012
Update on Shane McMahon's Company - YOU On Demand
Shane McMahon's company, YOU On Demand, has gone live. The company is a "movies on demand" service in China. You can view the website here.
TNA to Tape Impact Wrestling in London this Month
Dixie Carter just posted this on her Twitter:
"BIG NEWS FOR TNA. We will film Impact from Wembley Arena in London on 1/28! Cannot tell you how excited I am! Details to follow."
Full Content Listing for WWE's Best of RAW & SmackDown 2011 DVD
WWE will release "The Best of RAW and SmackDown 2011" on DVD and Blu-ray on January 31st in North America. The four-disc DVD set and three-disc Blu-ray set will hit the UK in March. Courtesy of WWEDVDNews, here is the full content listing:
WWE & TNA Up for Shorty Awards
WWE is up for several awards in this year's Shorty Awards. The Shortys honor the best producers of short content on social media including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other sites. WWE is up for the Best TV Show award while Zack Ryder is leading the Best Webshow category and The Rock is in the top 10 for the Best Actor category. Several WWE Superstars are in the running for the Best Athlete award including John Cena, Kelly Kelly, The Bella Twins, CM Punk and others.
TNA stars Rosita, Velvet Sky, AJ Styles, Mickie James, Brooke Adams and others are also nominated.
source: allwrestling.com
Oderint Dum Metuant: Let Them Hate As Long As They Fear
