Hogan Promotion Goes Country!
Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff’s celebrity wrestling promotion has found a TV home!
The following report came from Reuters News Wire
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - CMT is getting in the wrestling ring with Hulk Hogan. The country music cable network has ordered eight episodes of the competition series Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling for a fall debut. The series will feature 10 celebrities competing for the title of Celebrity All-Star Wrestling Champion through challenges and elimination matches. Two former pro wrestlers will train the contestants, with Hogan and former World Championship Wrestling president Eric Bischoff serving as judges. A third judge along with the competitors and trainers will be announced later.
Hogan, who is credited as a creator and executive producer of the series, said he was looking “to shake things up” in terms of sports entertainment with “something different and more contemporary.”
–The PWD Editorial Staff
(5/2/08)
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