As expected, TNA announcer Taz announced that his new podcast will air on CBSRadio.com. It will also be available via iTunes.
The show will debut on January 7th and his first guest will be WWE Hall of Famer Edge.
Taz also confirmed that Shane Douglas will be a future guest on the show. No word on the date of that as of this writing.
-- WWE will air The Best of the Slammys on the WWE Network starting at 4 PM ET this Friday. The schedule appears to show the 1987, 1994, 2009 and 2011 editions of the ceremony.
-- WWE has revealed the following Slammy Award categories on social media: Superstar of the Year, Diva of the Year, Match of the Year, Best Twitter Handle or Social Media Champion.
Also read: Press Release - WWE Hypes Seth Green & The Slammy Awards For Next Week's RAW BroadcastThe nominees will be revealed this Saturday, which is when voting starts. More Slammy categories will be revealed during the week.
TNA announced today, via press release, that they will have their first TV tapings for the move to Destination America on January 7th, 8th and 9th. They will tape at the Manhattan Center in New York City. Here is the full announcement…
IMPACT WRESTLING’S DESTINATION AMERICA TELEVISION DEBUT TO TAKE PLACE AT NEW YORK CITY’S MANHATTAN CENTER
TICKETS FOR THREE NIGHT RUN, JANUARY 7 – 9, ON SALE DECEMBER 5
Also read: Press Release: TNA Officially Announces 3 More Tapings For NYCNASHVILLE, Tenn. (Nov. 25, 2014) – TNA Entertainment today announced tickets will be on sale beginning Dec. 5 for three consecutive televised events, Jan. 7 – 9, emanating from the legendary Manhattan Center in New York City for IMPACT WRESTLING’s debut on Destination America.
“With the explosive sold-out crowds in New York City this past summer, returning to the Manhattan Center for three huge events as IMPACT WRESTLING debuts on Destination America was an easy decision,” said Dixie Carter.
Tickets for the Jan. 7 – 9 televised events will go on sale beginning Friday, Dec. 5 at all Ticketmaster outlets, online at ticketmaster.com and by phone at 800.745.3000. Starting at just $20, tickets make great holiday gifts.
For an exclusive pre-sale code follow TNA President Dixie Carter on twitter @TNADixie.
For more information about IMPACT WRESTLING, including Manhattan Center event details, visit www.impactwrestling.com and click on Tickets. And be sure to follow IMPACT WRESTLING on twitter @impactwrestling.
Although it was used sporadically by performers before, entrance
theme music become common place in the 1980s. Promoters started using ‘Rock and Roll’ songs to accompany wrestlers to and from the ring.
It soon evolved to where music was used to help promote the gimmick of a wrestler. ‘A Real American’ 'Sexy Boy’ and the eerie 'Gong' helped the fans connect and become instantly aware of a performers arrival. It is also used to signify the end of a match or segment, but the basis of its original functionality is still very much the same today.
Back when WWE was changing to a more adult orientated product and to ‘PG14’ programming they also decided that entrance music needed to be updated from the soft ‘gimmicky’ tunes to more main stream and edgy. Rock and Roll was thriving in the music industry and WWE started using songs from artists such as Motorhead, Limp Bizkit, Rob Zombie and Kid Rock amongst many others. Such was the popularity of the product some groups wrote and performed songs specifically for WWE.
Up until recently Jim Johnson was in charge of music production for the company. He wrote and composed original music for most of the performers and is credited with the creation of entrance music for stars such as The Undertaker, The Rock and Stone Cold. He also led in the creation of the soundtracks for WWE programming, video games and is now concentrating on work with WWE Studios.
Also read: If it's not broke, don't fix it!‘CFO$’ is now primarily in charge of entrance music for WWE superstars. CFO$ is a music production company run by John Alicastro and Mike Lauri. They produce and write songs for the WWE Superstars entrance and also for shows like NXT and Total Divas. Since taking over from Johnson the quality of the production of theme music has diminished considerably! ‘CFO$’ is struggling to grasp the characters and provide them with entrance music that can help them flourish or appeal to fans in the same way Johnson did.
Cesaro’s theme music is a perfect example....it's horrific! and could certainly have gone some way to stifling his progress. When his music hits you just want it to be over as quickly as possible. It is just a horrible noise and seems lazily produced as it repeats itself every 15 seconds or so. What relevance it has to Cesaro's persona or what it is trying to achieve is beyond me.
Adam Rose was given a theme song that although catchy at first was obviously going to become very annoying very soon. Although there may have been no hope for his gimmick from minute one, it certainly doesn’t help him now the audience is more familiar. Another one that you can’t wait until it has finished.
Seth Rollins music isn’t great, Dean Ambrose, although fitting with his character, doesn’t make me move to the edge of my sofa like the glass smashing for Austin or guitar riff for 'The Game'. Not one entrance theme song from NXT is memorable or catchy. The one that the crowd where into in the 'Vaudevillians' they changed when the team become 'heel' and all of the above have been produced by ‘CFO$’.
Recent successes have been the Wyatt Family entrance and less so Bo Dallas' entrance music, which fits his character perfectly. Neither have been produced by ‘CFO$’.
In the height of the ‘attitude era’ WWE was making huge amounts of money and spending it also. Using actual songs from popular recording artists is hugely expensive when it comes to royalties and licensing costs. CM Punk use of Living Colour’s ‘Cult of Personality’ is the last real throwback to the use of a popular rock song as entrance music.
Hiring a company to produce original theme music for WWE, who requires a huge amount of it and is an integral part of their show is savvy and cost effective. What is not 'best for business' or best for your talent is a company who doesn’t understand the business, doesn’t understand the fans and doesn’t understand the character’s they are charged with helping progress. Anybody with a high powered music program on their computer could replicate what 'CFO$' is producing. 'This guy is scary, lets make scary music' or 'He is unstable so lets make a crazy tune' works to an extent. Connecting with the performer, longevity and becoming an extension of the wrestlers character is something much much harder to create.
For 25 years, Jim Johnson was hugely successful at this. He didn’t knock it out of the park every time, but he understood the concept and what was required to make an entrance theme that would benefit the performer. He also understands the business and has huge experience of it.
Sometimes bigger and newer and more technologically advanced isn’t better. Sometimes you don’t know what you have until you no longer have it!
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The first episode of Robbie E and EC3's podcast, appropriately titled The Robbie EC3 Experience, has debuted online.
Also read: ?Ethan Carter Discusses Dixie Carter's Recovery & His Character, Angelina Love's Birthday, MoreHere’s an official description: “TNA Impact Wrestling and Vegas Fuel Energy Drink are proud to present the debut episode of the Robbie EC3 Experience! Episode 1, titled “Host Hunters”, features TNA stars Robbie E and Ethan Carter III in an intense, yet civil debate on who is best suited to serve as the head co-host on the show. The pair engages in a probing crossfire interview, play #Hashtag Hijinx, and do the entire audible universe a FREAKIN’ SERVICE by allowing you to listen to their verbal greatness!"
The show will debut new episodes every other Monday on iTunes, TNA’s official website & at Voice of Vegas.
-- The former Drew McIntyre has his first official booking since being released by WWE. Drew Galloway will appear at FWE's October 3rd and 4th shows in Brooklyn.
For more information, go here.
Also read: Today’s Streaming Content On The WWE Network-- Here is the Sunday schedule for the WWE Network's live channel. All time are EST:
12:00 PM: WWE Beyond The Ring - World Class Championship Wrestling
2:00 PM: Legends of Wrestling - Bob Backlund and Hulk Hogan
3:00 PM: WWE Countdown - Dangerous Divas
4:00 PM: WrestleMania Rewind - Eddie Guerrero vs. Kurt Angle
5:00 PM: WWE Superstars replay
6:00 PM: WWE Main Event replay
7:00 PM: WWE NXT replay
8:00 PM: WWE Money in the Bank 2013
11:00 PM: WWE Money in the Bank 2013
2:00 AM: WCW Clash of the Champions (November 19, 1991)
4:00 AM: WCW Clash of the Champions (January 21, 1992)
6:00 AM: WCW Clash of the Champions (June 15, 1992)
8:00 AM: Legends' House (June 19)
9:00 AM: Raw Flashback (November 28, 1994)
10:00 AM: Raw Flashback (December 5, 1994)
Credit: WrestlingDVDNews.com
While Sting's contract status with WWE is up in the air, the company will still be producing a DVD about his career. Here is the first details on the DVD release…
Also read: ?Report: 'My Career' Mode Rumored For WWE 2K15"The Sting DVD chronicles his entire career from his Mid-South days as part of the Blade-Runners (with Ultimate Warrior) through his last WCW match vs. Ric Flair on the very last episode of WCW Monday Nitro (3/26/01). The video features more than two-dozen matches in total, many never before released on DVD. This includes a combination of well-known memorable matches, as well as some fairly obscure matches including encounters with Vader, Cactus Jack, Hulk Hogan, and Ric Flair. In addition, packages throughout the title will help tell the story of Sting's career evolution."
Birthdate: 10/30/1973 (age 41) Height: 6'5" Weight: 241 Ib Copeland was trained by former professional wre... 