Post by bgski on Jun 18, 2018 23:12:26 GMT -8
WOW — Women Of Wrestling Set To Premiere In 2019!
Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, Mark Burnett, President of MGM Television and Digital Group and David McLane, the impresario behind the ’80s hit TV series GLOW (Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling), have tapped AXS TV to bring the emerging hit series WOW — Women Of Wrestling to a wider U.S. TV audience.
The WOW Superhero events are action-packed all-female pro wrestling bouts presented with the theatrical flair of a major concert. The matches pit skilled, compelling wrestlers against each other, as their unique personalities generate intense feelings from WOW’s large and dedicated fan base. “I knew of Jeanie’s passion for elevating women’s wrestling for several years, so when Mark Burnett told me what MGM Studios has planned for WOW, I decided to get involved,” AXS TV Chairman and CEO Mark Cuban said. “AXS TV’s long-term success inside the squared circle and broadcasting New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) makes airing WOW a natural fit.”
Indeed, with the box office success of Wonder Woman, the hit streaming series GLOW (inspired by McLane’s original franchise) and the marketplace embracing the empowerment of women, all indicators point to WOW becoming the success that Buss envisions. “Fortunately, I grew up knowing that the key to building a winner starts with teamwork,” WOW owner Jeanie Buss said. “I’m so thankful that Mark Burnett and his MGM Studios, and now Mark Cuban’s AXS TV, are all part of our WOW team. AXS TV will provide a valuable platform to boost audience awareness of our WOW Superheroes, help grow our digital ecosystem and provide the best in women’s wrestling to the millions of fans who want to see powerful, confident women do battle in the ring.” AXS TV will start recording WOW events in Los Angeles later this year, for broadcast beginning in early 2019. Information on the date, venue and ticket sales will be announced soon.
Los Angeles Lakers owner Jeanie Buss, Mark Burnett, President of MGM Television and Digital Group and David McLane, the impresario behind the ’80s hit TV series GLOW (Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling), have tapped AXS TV to bring the emerging hit series WOW — Women Of Wrestling to a wider U.S. TV audience.
The WOW Superhero events are action-packed all-female pro wrestling bouts presented with the theatrical flair of a major concert. The matches pit skilled, compelling wrestlers against each other, as their unique personalities generate intense feelings from WOW’s large and dedicated fan base. “I knew of Jeanie’s passion for elevating women’s wrestling for several years, so when Mark Burnett told me what MGM Studios has planned for WOW, I decided to get involved,” AXS TV Chairman and CEO Mark Cuban said. “AXS TV’s long-term success inside the squared circle and broadcasting New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) makes airing WOW a natural fit.”
Indeed, with the box office success of Wonder Woman, the hit streaming series GLOW (inspired by McLane’s original franchise) and the marketplace embracing the empowerment of women, all indicators point to WOW becoming the success that Buss envisions. “Fortunately, I grew up knowing that the key to building a winner starts with teamwork,” WOW owner Jeanie Buss said. “I’m so thankful that Mark Burnett and his MGM Studios, and now Mark Cuban’s AXS TV, are all part of our WOW team. AXS TV will provide a valuable platform to boost audience awareness of our WOW Superheroes, help grow our digital ecosystem and provide the best in women’s wrestling to the millions of fans who want to see powerful, confident women do battle in the ring.” AXS TV will start recording WOW events in Los Angeles later this year, for broadcast beginning in early 2019. Information on the date, venue and ticket sales will be announced soon.
As a long time fan of wrestling in general, I always felt that the talented women wrestlers never got a chance here in the states until recently and even though that big company likes to take credit for a revolution, if you go back a bit of ways then you would know this is nothing new if you look at what Japan was doing with their Joshi wrestlers and promotions was/is all about, most notably women like Aja Kong, Akira Hokuto, Bull Nakano, and my all time favorite Manami Toyota just to name some. All you have to do is a quick YT search on any of these females to see what they could do and although nowadays you have places like Stardom, Ice Ribbon, OZ Academy and Sendai Girls, you didn't have very many places for the women above to perform.
It would take nearly 20 years before we would get anything like this in the states most notably SHIMMER was one of the first places I started watching which I still have a good number of their shows from their very first one to when Cheerleader Melissa became champion and although they had ties to ROH for a time, they were still their own company but it didn't have the reach that bigger companies had, it was still very entertaining regardless if alot of the names weren't well known but some did go on to places like WWE and even TNA/Impact later on. Not much later on more popped up like WSU, ChickFight which didn't last long and Shine which were the only ones I watched outside of Japan and although I'm not to familiar with WOW even though they've been out longer since they are going to be easy to access, I'll most likely will be watching.
