Month: December 2020

Big-Time TV Producer Bringing Mexico's AAA Promotion To U.S. Television

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The following was issued today:

Mark Burnett Bringing Lucha Libre Wrestling to El Rey Network

The weekly hourlong wrestling series will feature a new lucha libre league and bow in the second half of 2014

Mark Burnett is expanding his empire to the El Rey Network.

The uber-producer behind Survivor and The Bible is teaming with Robert Rodriguez’s new Latino-themed network to create a weekly hourlong series featuring a new lucha libre league. The Mexican wrestling series will debut in the second half of 2014.

Burnett’s One Three Media will partner with Lucha Libre AAA — Mexico’s leading league — and FactoryMade Ventures. Antonio Cue Sanchez-Navarro and LatinoAmerica’s largest production group, Alex Garcia’s AG Studios, are also on board for the new venture.

“Starting this business with a new television series on a cutting-edge network like El Rey is very exciting,” Burnett said in a release announcing the news. “And it doesn’t end there. Wrestling is a billion-dollar business in the U.S., and with partners like Robert Rodriguez, Lucha Libre AAA and the rest of our great team, our new lucha libre league will make that market even bigger.”

Added Rodriguez: “El Rey Network is all about the unexpected which is why this is the perfect partnership. Our association with Lucha Libre AAA, FactoryMade and Mark Burnett’s One Three Media speaks to our commitment to create content that resonates for a culturally diverse generation — one that expects high impact and excitement from their entertainment programming.”

As part of the new pact, the group will develop monthly and quarterly specials, as well as pay-per-view lucha libre events. Merchandise, licensing and product integration opportunities for the league are also being explored.

The news comes nearly a year after Lucha Libre announced plans to explore scripted and unscripted TV with new partners FactoryMade and Starlight Runner Entertainment, who will help build the multiplatform world of heroes and villains.

In addition to Burnett and One Three Media, El Rey Network’s weekly series also will be executive produced by Rodriguez and by FactoryMade and El Rey co-founders John Fogelman and Cristina Patwa. One Three Media’s COO Brian Edwards will join the venture’s board with current board members Dorian Roldan from Lucha Libre AAA, Cue Sanchez-Navarro, Fogelman and Patwa.

Beyond his new El Rey venture, Burnett also has The Bible follow-up miniseries set up at NBC, CBS’ siege of Masada mini The Dovekeepers, NBC event series Plymouth as well as a space competition series, among other projects.

The El Rey Network, which launched in December, is a new 24-hour English-language network targeting the Latino 18-49 audience. Founded and curated by Rodriguez, the network has a national distribution agreement with Comcast. Scott Sassa serves as the network’s vice chairman.

HUGE Updates On WMXXX Matches, Royal Rumble SURPRISES & Ultimate Warrior

Brock Lesnar To Address Big Show On RAW, New Rumble Participants

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– It was announced on Friday’s SmackDown that all 3 members of The Shield will be entrants in the 2014 Royal Rumble match. Here’s the updated list of confirm entrants (14 remaining):

– Batista
– CM Punk
– Roman Reigns
– Dean Ambrose
– Seth Rollins
– Alberto Del Rio
– Big E. Langston
– Goldust
– Cody Rhodes
– Rey Mysterio
– The Miz
– Bad News Barrett
– Kofi Kingston
– R-Truth
– Xavier Woods
– Fandango

– Paul Heyman announced on SmackDown that Brock Lesnar will appear on Monday’s WWE RAW to address his Royal Rumble opponent, the Big Show.

* Photo: EMPTY ARENA At Last Night’s TNA Live Event

WWE RAW Viewership & Rating: The Most Watched Show In 10 Months

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The ratings and viewership data is in for Monday’s episode of RAW and it was a home run for WWE.

The show did a 3.46 rating and averaged 4,868,000 viewers – way up from last week (3.12 rating, 4,404,000 viewers). This was the most-watched RAW since March 4, 2013.

Here’s the hourly breakdown for Monday:

Hour 1: 5,249,000
Hour 2: 4,995,000
Hour 3: 4,363,000

The show featured Batista’s first WWE appearance in 4 years and the follow up to Daniel Bryan breaking free of the Wyatt Family last week.

* Lots Of Backstage News Headed Into Sunday’s ROYAL RUMBLE Pay-Per-View

CNN Looks At WWE Network Pushing The Boundaries Of Television

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CNN.com ran a piece looking at five companies that are pushing the boundaries of television. First on their list is the upcoming WWE Network. CNN wrote:

“WWE: With its forthcoming WWE (WWE) Network, the pro wrestling monolith will be the biggest and most influential company to completely circumvent traditional television. With its $10-a-month streaming network, content from its cable offerings will also be available through the service. There will also be new original series developed exclusively for the network, and all 12 of its pay-per-view shows will be live-streamed to subscribers at no additional cost.

You can check out the complete article at Money.CNN.com.

BIG PLANS In Store For RAW Tonight (MUST READ) — Click Here!

WWE Stock Hits All-Time High, Fans Bombarding WWE Social Network Pages & More

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– WWE stock hit an all time high today at $24.75 per share, up over 300% from the all-time low less than 9 months ago ($8.20).

The stock is currently trading at $24.32 as of this writing with a market capitalization of $1.83 billion.

– WWE Classics on Demand officially shuts down today.

– WWE fans have been bombarding the WWE & WWE Network Facebook pages with pro-CM Punk and anti-WWE comments.

* Live Report Of Fans HIJACKING Thursday’s NXT Show With CM PUNK Chants – Signs Confiscated

Ron Simmons Speaks On Mae Young's Death, Atlanta Wrestling Fans & More

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Rajah.com reader Neal Jones sent along the following:

Recap of Ron Simmons on In Your Head Wrestling Radio
by Vic Schiavone

Host Jack E. Jones welcomed WWE Hall-of-Famer Ron Simmons to IYH Wrestling Radio

Highlights included the following:

How do wrestling fans in Atlanta stand out from fans in other parts of the country?: “Well, I think that they’ve got a little bit of background and history, because you had Georgia Championship Wrestling, you had NWA, WCW…there are a lot of roots in professional wrestling here. It goes way back, and believe me, you are talking about excited fans; I mean hardcore, wrestling fans, who know their history of it, know the origins of it, know the guys and the different generations of the wrestlers. The South is really a wrestling haven for people that have grown up in the business and in particular Atlanta.”

Mae Young passed away recently; do you have any memories of her you would like to share?: “The only thing I can say about Mae Young is that it was just an honor to have been around her for the many years that I had the privilege of seeing her even in action and being around her. She was just a great woman; always cheerful, always had something uplifting to tell you. Along with (The Fabulous) Moolah, her partner, when you saw one of them you might as well had seen them both because they were very much alike, and they were fantastic women as well as great wrestlers period. I don’t want to say just for being a woman, I mean period; as tough as they come, and she will surely be missed. God bless her.”

Other topics discussed included:
·What were his thoughts on Ole Anderson and what was it like being in the ring with him?
·What was it like wrestling with Butch Reed in the tag team Doom?
·What is his favorite horror movie?

Ron will be appearing in Atlanta on February 7-9 at Days of the Dead for Sinners and Saints Tattoo. For further information, go to http://www.daysofthedead.net/ and http://www.sinnersandsaintstattoo.com/

You can check out the complete Ron Simmons interview below.

BIG Changes Made To WMXXX Plans, KURT ANGLE Coming To WWE?! + WWE HOF *SPOILERS*

Gucci teams with The North Face for new collaboration

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Gucci and The North Face have teamed to create a cross-category
collection that brings together the signature aesthetic of each
brand.

Featuring ready-to-wear, footwear and luggage, the collaboration
supports commitments both Gucci and North Face have made to
eco-sustainable activities. Throughout the product offering,
recyclable materials are used as well as archival fabrics.

The Gucci x North Face ready-to-wear assortment includes outerwear
such as goose-feather down padded coats, a bomber and a vest, as well
as shirts, skirts, dresses and jumpsuits. Designs are inspired by
original North Face styles from the 70s. Several pieces feature a
combined logo that blends North Face’s three curved lines and Gucci’s
green and red Web stripe.

The luggage comes in eight new graphic patterns, which were all
designed collaboratively between the two brands. Each pattern features
bright colors and a variety of either Gucci signature motifs or
different versions of the new combined logo. The luggage offering also
includes two new backpacks and two new belt bags, designed in the same
exclusive prints.

Finally, the collaboration includes a single footwear style: a
gender-neutral hiking boot with a chunky Goodyear-welted sole. It
comes in three colors, brown black or cream, and is made of leather
with striped laces and the collaborative logo printed on the side.

(Spoilers) TNA Hardcore Justice PPV Taping Results From Lowell, Mass.

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The following are spoiler results for the TNA “Hardcore Justice” pay-per-view. The show was taped on Sunday night in Lowell, Massachusetts.

TNA Hardcore Justice 2013

– Ethan Carter III def. Tommy Dreamer in a Tables Match to open the show. This was said to be a great match.

– BroMans come out without the TNA World Tag-Team Titles. This could indicate that they are scheduled to lose them before this airs. Dewey Barnes and Robbie E. do a dance-off, and a pose-off with Jessie Godderz for the chance to be on Team Angle later on. They make Barnes do ten push-ups but end up beating him up anyways and say they will do the same to the fourth team member of Team Angle, who has yet to be revealed.

– Bobby Roode def. Samoa Joe via Disqualification. The winner of this match is scheduled to get the advantage in the Team Roode vs. Team Angle match. The DQ happened when the referee was bumped and woke up to see a trash can lid near Joe, which was put there by Roode to make it look like Joe hit him with it. With the win, Team Roode gets the advantage in their match later on.

– Lei’D Tapa def. Velvet Sky in a Knockouts Street Fight. This was said to be a pretty decent match with a lot of chair shots.

– Joseph Park & Eric Young def. Daniels & Kazarian in a Full Metal Mayhem match. This was advertised to be Abyss and Young, but Park ended up coming out instead. The finish came when Young pushed Kaz off a ladder and splashed onto him for the pin.

– Bully Ray def. Mr. Anderson in a Last Man Standing Match. This was advertised to be a Stretcher Match, but Anderson revealed in his pre-match promo that he had the office change it to a Last Man Standing match because he didn’t want Ray getting medical treatment after he kicked his ass. Ray ended up getting the win in a bloody match.

– Austin Aries def. Chris Sabin in an X-Division Xscape Match to retain the TNA X-Division Championship. This was said to be an awesome match. Aries hit a huge hurricanrana off the top of the cage wall.

– Team Angle def. Team Roode in the Lethal Lockdown main event of the show. James Storm started the match out for Team Angle, while Jessie Godderz started the match for Team Roode. Robbie E. comes out next for Team Roode. Samoa Joe enters next for Team Angle. Roode enters next for Team Roode. Angle comes out next for Team Angle. Magnus enters next for Team Roode. Abyss is the last man to come out for Team Angle. The finish comes when Abyss chokeslams Robbie E. on a barbed wire board for the win.

TNA Going Out Of Business? Huge Update On The TNA Sale!

WWE SmackDown Preview For Tonight

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WWE taped this week’s episode of SmackDown from the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. Here’s a preview:

– Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns vs. Kofi Kingston and Dolph Ziggler

– Sheamus vs. Ryback

– Daniel Bryan vs. Antonio Cesaro

– WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee vs. Nikki Bella

– Bray Wyatt vs. Goldust

– Randy Orton vs. Christian in a non-title match

*SPOILERS* For Tonight’s Episode of WWE SmackDown

Rumored Title Match For Elimination Chamber, Daniel Bryan's WM30 Match

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– It’s rumored that The Usos will be getting a WWE tag team title shot against The New Age Outlaws at the upcoming Elimination Chamber pay-per-view on February 23rd.

– Daniel Bryan’s opponent at WrestleMania XXX remains undecided. Following the WWE departure of CM Punk, Bryan has been discussed as a possible opponent for Triple H at WrestleMania There’s also talk of Bryan being added to the Randy Orton vs. Batista WWE World Heavyweight title match. However, based on the way Orton has been booked in recent weeks, it remains to be seen if Orton will still be champion in 2 weeks time.

It appears that Bryan’s proposed match against Shemus is no longer being considered and WWE might wait until after Elimination Chamber to make a decision.

* 5 Reasons RANDY ORTON Should NOT Be The “Face Of WWE”

(Partial Source: f4wonilne.com)