Wwe.......in Hd!

[Jimboy]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WWE® Goes HD

STAMFORD, Conn., January 14, 2008 – World Wrestling Entertainment® fans will soon be getting their weekly doses of high-energy entertainment delivered in stunning high definition.  Beginning the week of January 21, WWE's Monday Night RAW® and A.M. RAW on USA, ECW®: Extreme Championship Wrestling™ on SCI FI Channel, and Friday Night SmackDown® on The CW will all be delivered in HD.  

WWE will also broadcast its pay-per-views in HD, starting with Royal Rumble on January 27.  

WWE's switch to high-def was made possible by a series of upgrades to the company's television studios in Stamford, Conn.  The $20 million HD renovations included refitting of equipment to broadcast WWE programming and global pay-per-view programming in high definition on cable and satellite systems around the world.

"The move to high-definition programming is another step in WWE's ongoing mission to provide fans with the most engaging, exciting product possible," said Mike Grossman, Senior Vice President, Television Operations.  "This upgrade will be the first of many technological advances for our brand in 2008."

WWE programming reaches nearly 16 million people per week in the U.S.  "Monday Night RAW" on USA Network is the most watched regularly scheduled program on ad-supported cable television in the U.S.   "Friday Night SmackDown" on CW is the No. 1 program on broadcast TV Friday nights among males 18-24.  

Additional information on World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE) can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com.  For information on our global activities, go to http://www.wwe.com/worldwide/

[vegasvic]

If they could do the old AWA in HD I would be excited. :cool:

[jeffski]

wonderful,now the fakeness will be even MORE obvious

[gb4fan92]

If they could do the old AWA in HD I would be excited. :cool:

Ah them were the days of wrestling!! Every Saturday nite at 5:00pm (I think on channel 18?)  Still remember the time DA Crusher put 33 stitches in the head of Mad Dog Vachon. Ah the memories of the Crusher(RIP!) claw and Da Bolo! Haven't been much of a wrestling fan since the wife got off of 2nd Shift many years ago. Maybe I try to catch a few of the HD matches.

[vegasvic]

Mad Dog would bring a file out when he did his interviews so he could sharpen his teeth.

Many of the AWA stars appeared before an Admirals game a couple of years ago, Mad Dog, Baron Von Raschke, Greg Gagne, Verne Gagne and Kenny Jay.  They couldn't have been nicer.

I haven't followed wrestling since AWA when I was a kid but I don't quite understand why some people get so upset that pro wrestling is fake.  Of course it's fake.  Of course there is a script.   So why do people pay money to go see it?  The same reason they pay money to go see a movie or go to a play.   And many people cry at a sad movie even though it's "fake".  (shrug)

[John L]

Ah them were the days of wrestling!! Every Saturday nite at 5:00pm (I think on channel 18?)  Still remember the time DA Crusher put 33 stitches in the head of Mad Dog Vachon. Ah the memories of the Crusher(RIP!) claw and Da Bolo! Haven't been much of a wrestling fan since the wife got off of 2nd Shift many years ago. Maybe I try to catch a few of the HD matches.

That should mean that WVTV-18 will soon broadcast WWE Smackdown on Friday nights in HD.  I hope!

-John L.

[Jimboy]

That should mean that WVTV-18 will soon broadcast WWE Smackdown on Friday nights in HD.  I hope!

-John L.

See 1st post.  

Beginning the week of January 21, WWE's Monday Night RAW® and A.M. RAW on USA, ECW®: Extreme Championship Wrestling™ on SCI FI Channel, and Friday Night SmackDown® on The CW will all be delivered in HD.