WWE News: RAW & SD On Emmy Ballot, DiBiase Articles, Press Release On Australia/New Zealand Tours, More
Posted by Ashish on 06.19.2008
Thursday WWE news update!
- The Clinton News out of Mississippi has an article up on Ted DiBiase, Jr. The article mentions that his brothers, Brett and Michael, are set to be evaluated by WWE shortly. Check out the article here.
- The Clinton News also has an article up on Ted DiBiase, Sr., mostly focusing on his new autobiography. Check out that article here.
- Both WWE RAW and Smackdown are listed on the Emmy ballot under the "Outstanding Variety, Musical or Comedy Series" category while WrestleMania is listed under the "Outstanding Comedy, Variety or Musical Special."
- Medialife has an article up looking at WWE's Million Dollar Mania promotion. Check out the article here.
- WWE sent out this press release today.
SmackDown®/ECW® Tour - The Biggest And Best Ever
SYDNEY, Australia, June 19, 2008 - On June 11, the entertainment heavyweight that is WWE® descended upon the shores of Australia and New Zealand. The tour swept through seven cities in seven days, playing in front of fanatical crowds in Auckland, Christchurch, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, and Newcastle before finishing up in Brisbane on June 17, making it the longest live event tour to date in the region.
Along with more than 68,000 WWE fans who attended the seven live events, ringside to watch the drama unfold were top TV comedian Rove McManus, Australian cricket hero Shane Warne, former champion boxer Jeff Fenech, as well as stars from Newcastle Knights, Sydney Swans, The NZ Warriors and Geelong Football Club.
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/
Finally if Wrestlemania wins an Emmy There will be positive mainstream coverage, Hell being nominated gives positive mainstream coverage.
BTW, of all the lines and moments delivered on TV this year nothing was even half as emotional as HBK whispering "I'm sorry I love you"!
Posted By: Davis (Guest) on June 19, 2008 at 01:25 PM
And the award goes to..... WWE RAW!!!
nah it just doesn't sound right
Posted By: craash (Guest) on June 19, 2008 at 01:41 PM
I like the thought of WWE winning an Emmy, but I don't see it happening though.
Posted By: Ryan (Guest) on June 19, 2008 at 01:58 PM
ted jr trying to be as good as his dad = EPIC FAIL!
Posted By: mr. fuji (Guest) on June 19, 2008 at 02:24 PM
Epic Fail is getting Epic Stale and it smells like Epic Ass, so stop using it already. YA-DIG?!
Posted By: Epic...Stop. (Guest) on June 19, 2008 at 03:40 PM
I think Jim Johnson WWE's resident Composer deserves some sort of Grammy.
Posted By: Davis (Guest) on June 19, 2008 at 03:47 PM
WWE nominated for an Emmy? Cool.
They'll be real lucky to win that award, seeing as how the Daily Show is the undisputed champ 5 years running...
Posted By: 1-2-3-4 Life (Guest) on June 19, 2008 at 04:32 PM
Hey hayseeds, these are the Emmy BALLOTS, not nominations. There are many more shows on the ballots that will never get noms. Don't get excited yet.
Posted By: Brad (Guest) on June 19, 2008 at 05:32 PM
Wests Tigers weren't at the Sydney one after the promotional stuff they did with WWE? Very odd...
For those that don't know, Batista and MVP did a promotional thing with NZ Warriors in Auckland and Wests Tigers in Sydney, both NRL clubs
Posted By: Lynx Raven Raide (Guest) on June 19, 2008 at 06:41 PM
ok so two things:
1. when the WWE came down in 2003 they got a record of 63,000 people at ONE event in Melbourne.
2. i wonder if bret and michael get along?
Posted By: 2count (Guest) on June 19, 2008 at 07:04 PM
"Outstanding Comedy, Variety or Musical Special"? Does this mean Raw and Smackdown will begin to feature musical numbers? Imagine Undertaker returning to singing "I feel pretty"...lol
Posted By: FatKane (Guest) on June 20, 2008 at 01:56 AM
Imagine if Ted Jr's brothers got in...
Vince's Millionare Boys- Tag team champs, Ted Sr's the manager, they all do Vince's bidding.
Hmmm.....
Posted By: BKeeper (Registered) on June 24, 2008 at 04:28 PM
