WWE Studios and Film Roman announced today that they have entered into a co-financing and co-production agreement to produce up to thirteen, three-minute webisodes of a new animated series entitled CAMP WWE. Mike Benson of ENTOURAGE and THE BERNIE MAC SHOW will script the series.
From WWE STUDIOS and FILM ROMAN, the animation studio behind THE SIMPSONS and KING OF THE HILL, comes an irreverent new, adult comedy series about what the biggest, most outrageous WWE Superstars® were like as kids. CAMP WWE follows these unruly tykes as they body slam their way through their formative years. Proving to be a nightmare for teachers and other kids, their exhausted parents pack-up their future WWE Superstars with their masks, chains, kneepads and security blankets and send them off to Camp WWE, to be transformed into model citizens by the most terrifying counselor who ever lived, Mr. McMahon.
"Film Roman has been involved with some of the most well-known and humorous animated series,” said Michael Luisi, President WWE Studios. “They are the perfect partners for WWE Studios to capture our Superstars in a truly unique and fun way."
"CAMP WWE is a new and exciting project with a great creative team for Film Roman to be working on with WWE Studios and we are very bullish on its prospects for success. With a combination of their unique personalities, distinctive characteristics and huge built-in loyal fan base, WWE Superstars make for ideal animation subjects in CAMP WWE," said Dana Booton, General Manager for Film Roman. "We are very pleased to be working with WWE Studios and hope that it will begin a mutually beneficial, long-term business relationship."
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November 4, 2013
WWE Studios and Film Roman Announce "Camp WWE" Irreverent Animated Web Series
November 3, 2013
Wrestling Needs an Offseason: How to Do It
We can't ignore that wrestlers need time off. The laws of man might not apply to the gods of the squared circle, but the men who portray those deities are human beings. The schedule as it stands is grueling, borderline inhumane, and largely unnecessary. It's institutional, sure, but institutions evolve. The athletes beat themselves to a pulp, bouncing off the mat (and the ringside floor) four nights a week. As WWE constantly searches for mainstream attention, the tragedies that characterized the popular representation of wrestling through much of the past 10 years have demonstrated the need for better treatment of wrestlers' bodies. The masochistic and itinerant lifestyle of wrestlers, exacerbated by the excesses of the '80s and '90s, led to widespread drug abuse: You pop pills to dull the pain, you snort cocaine to bring you back up, and you drink 20 beers to put yourself to sleep. It all starts with the painkillers. Thankfully, the majority of current wrestlers were fans themselves and saw this cycle play out either on the news or with their own eyes. And in some ways, the WWE is doing more than ever before. It takes concussions seriously; it provides rehab for wrestlers with substance-abuse problems (even for its former employees); it pays for many surgeries and allows reasonable recovery time. (In years past, injured wrestlers were discarded by shallow-pocketed territorial outfits, and as recently as 1998 one major company fired a hobbled performer via FedEx while he lay in his hospital bed.) Even so, wrestlers hardly get a week off unless they're filming movies (often for WWE Films) or when they're injured. Which sort of defeats the point.
But a literal offseason remains impossible. WWE is too dependent on the steady stream of television and house-show revenue to alter its schedule. The networks count on WWE for steady content and the fans have been conditioned to expect never-ending product. That shouldn't be the end of the conversation, however. It can't be. Wrestling isn't a traditional sport, and it probably doesn't need a traditional offseason. And in the interest of the pseudo reality that wrestling has always tried to convey, it must be said that an offseason isn't, well, realistic in a world where athletic endeavor is characterized as much by personal animosity as by competition. But being that a deeper reality — that of wrestlers' humanity and health — runs as a discomforting undercurrent through the sport's onscreen unreality, it's crazy to regard the current system with a shrug. If the concussion epidemic is causing people to wonder whether the NFL can continue to exist, shouldn't a larger-scale conversation be allowed for the wrestling world? WWE can't promote the "real athleticism" of wrestlers, run "Don't try this at home" commercials, and then hide behind wrestling's falsehood when it comes to the health of the performers. So, here is a modest proposal from this lowly quarter: a staggered offseason in the form of mandatory sabbaticals every year for every wrestler. How does this sound?
WWE’s McMahons send mixed signals to investors
Stephanie McMahon, meet dad Vince McMahon — maybe you two should talk.
The WWE family members have been planning to launch a stand-alone wrestling-themed cable channel for well over a year now, but so far nothing has materialized.
At a Multichannel News event Wednesday, Stephanie McMahon told attendees, “We’re looking at traditional and nontraditional distribution, and we’re targeting first quarter next year.”
Stephanie seemed to be breaking some news, but as sports-news site Bleacher Report noted, daddy Vince told investors on the company earnings call Thursday that no date had been settled on.
The WWE channel has had a slew of false starts and likely doesn’t want to be held to a deadline once again.
Reps for the channel reiterated to On the Money that no date had been confirmed.
We thank Stephanie for being candid and hope the McMahons have more luck with the distributors in talks this time around.
source: nypost.com
Former AWA Wrestler Says Vince McMahon Bought His Lawyer
Former AWA Tag Team Champion “Pretty Boy” Doug Somers appeared on The Undisputed Wrestling Show on Thursday, October 31. Mr. Somers talked about his 45 year wrestling career including being on a ring crew at 8 years old, being trained by Harley Race, working with a young Shawn Michaels, experiencing amnesia and Parkinson’s Disease from concussions suffered in the ring, and what former NFL star Shawne Merriman will have to do to make it in professional wrestling.
When discussing his failed lawsuit against WWE for royalties connected to DVD sales, Mr. Somers said:
“I am refiling. He (Vince McMahon) is not going to get away with it. He bought my lawyer. To be that conquerer in any business or any sport you have to be a low life son of a bitch. And he (Vince McMahon) is.”
Triple H Explains Why His Family Doesn't Appear On TV
Speaking to WWE Magazine, Triple H revealed that his family is completely off-limits from appearing on television. He said, "One thing about me: I don't put my family in anything, I feel like there's a line that you have to draw. There is a lot of personal exposure, and that exposure can be harmful. So when you open that door, you can't be upset when someone comes in. You just have to be careful how much you open the door."
WWE Divas on The Steve Harvey Show
The Bella Twins, Cameron and Naomi will be appearing on The Steve Harvey Show this Tuesday, November 5th to promote WWE Total Divas.
NJPW Champ Headed to WWE?
Current IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion Prince Devitt announced via Twitter that he was coming to WWE, in order to look for a new member for his "Bullet Club" faction.
I am going to WWE.... To find a new member of #BulletClub..
— Prince Devitt (@fergaldevitt) November 2, 2013
Back in August, we reported that WWE was interested in signing Devitt after William Regal showed Triple H a tape of his match against Adrian Neville, who is currently under contract in NXT, and among the names being discussed for a WWE roster spot in the near future.
Backstage Update On Richards & Edwards Joining WWE
Wrestling Observer Editor Dave Meltzer wrote the following on the Observer message board this weekend about WWE potentially signing Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards:
"They are in play. It is a very unique situation that is still being played out. The most I can say is the people you would expect not to want them don't, and the people you would expect to want them do. I've continually emphasized that they neither have been turned down, nor signed to a deal. That hadn't changed as of yesterday."
More On This Weeks's TNA Sale Story
Former WWE Front Office man and close friend of Billy Corgan, Lou D'Angeli, has posted on his Twitter account that Corgan was in Nashville, TN this past week inquiring into buying in to TNA. Lou wrote, "I know he is pretty serious in at least partial, if not, majority ownership."
Janice Carter, of the Carter family that owns TNA, has said that they are not actively looking to sell the company. As we have said on the site all week, everything is for sale for the right price and when someone makes an offer, you listen.
Corgan, the front man of The Smashing Pumpkins, has been a wrestling fan his who life and has run shows himself in the past under the "Resistance Pro Wrestling" name in Chicago, IL. They have a show scheduled for Chitown on 11/23.
November 2, 2013
Former NFL Prospect Talks WWE Tryout
Former NFL prospect Morkeith Brown talked to Totally Driven Radio podcast this past weekend. Brown turned down an invitation to workout for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to attempt his hand at WWE Development. Brown said the tryout was over a span of five days, lasting from 8am to 5pm every day. He also mentioned that multiple guys were out of shape and would end up dropping out before the tryout was completed. Brown had a short stint in the Arena Football League with the Philadelphia Soul.
