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| TOUR | VENUE | TICKET INFO | | Road to Wrestlemania Tour | | | | February 4th 2005 Raw Taping | Saitama Super Arena Tokyo | | | February 5th 2005 Smackdown Taping | Saitama Super Arena Tokyo | | | February 5th 2005 Raw | Jamsil Indoor Stadium
Seoul, Korea | | | Wrestlemania Revenge Tour | | | | April 7th, 2005 Raw | Brisbane, Australia The Entertainment Centre | Tickets on Sale Now Box Office www.ticketek.com Telephone 132 849
| | April 8th, 2005 Raw | New Castle, Australia New Castle Entertainment Centre | Tickets on Sale Now Box Office www.ticketek.com Telephone 132 849 | | April 8th, 2005 Smackdown | Melbourne Australia Rod Laver Arena | Tickets on Sale Now Box Office www.ticketek.com Telephone 132 849 | | April 9th, 2005 Raw | Sydney, Australia Super Dome | Tickets on Sale Now Box Office www.ticketek.com Telephone 132 849 | | April 9th, 2005 Smackdown | Perth, Australia Burwood Dome | Tickets on Sale Now Box Office www.bocsticketing.com.au Telephone 9484 1133 | | April 10th, 2005 Smackdown | Adelaide, Australia Entertainment Centre | Tickets on sale now Box Office www.bass.net.au Telephone 131 246 | | April 20th, 2005 Raw | Berlin, Germany Max Schmeling Halle | Tickets on Sale now Box Office www.eventim.de Telephone: 01805 570 000 or 030-479 974 77 | | 20 April 2005 Smackdown | Dublin, UK The Point Theatre | SOLD OUT | | April 21st 2005 Raw | Aberdeen, UK Press & Journal Arena | SOLD OUT | | April 21st 2005 Smackdown | Dublin, UK The Point | SOLD OUT | | April 22nd, 2005 Raw | Edinburgh, UK Royal Highland Centre | SOLD OUT | | April 22nd, 2005 Smackdown | London, UK Excell | SOLD OUT | | April 23rd, 2005 Raw | Newcastle, UK Metro Radio Arena | SOLD OUT | | April 23rd, 2005 Smackdown | Bologna, Italy Pallamalaguti | Tickets on Sale now Ticketing Outlets Online at www.ticketone.it Telephone 02392261 | | April 24th, 2005 Raw | Hull, UK Hull Arena | SOLD OUT | | April 24th, 2005 Smackdown | Milan, Italy Fila Foreum | Ticketing Outlets Online at www.ticketone.it Telephone 02392261 | | April 25th, 2005 Raw Taping | Birmingham NEC, UK | SOLD OUT | | April 25th, 2005 Smackdown | Cardiff, UK International Arena | SOLD OUT | | April 26th, 2005 Smackdown Taping | Birmingham NEC, UK | SOLD OUT | | 26 April 2005 Raw | Nottingham Ice Arena Nottingham, UK | On Sale: Thursday, March 24th at 9am Box Office www.bookingsdirect.com Telephone 0870 735 5000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| DATE/TOUR | VENUE | TICKET INFO | | Wrestlemania Revenge Tour | | | | 20 April 2005 Smackdown | Dublin, UK The Point Theatre | SOLD OUT | | 21 April 2005 Raw | Aberdeen, UK Press & Journal Arena | SOLD OUT | | 21 April 2005 Smackdown | Dublin, UK The Point Theatre | SOLD OUT | | 22 April 2005 Raw | Edinburgh, UK Royal Highland Centre | SOLD OUT | | 22 April 2005 Smackdown | London, UK ExCel Arena | SOLD OUT | | 23 April 2005 Raw | Newcastle, UK Metro Radio Arena | SOLD OUT | | 24 April 2005 Raw | Hull, UK Hull Arena | SOLD OUT | | 25 April 2005 Smackdown | Cardiff, UK International Arena | SOLD OUT | | 25 April 2005 RAW TAPING | NEC Birmingham | SOLD OUT | | 26 April 2005 SMACKDOWN TAPING | NEC Birmingham | SOLD OUT | | 26 April 2005 Raw | Nottingham Ice Arena Nottingham, UK | On Sale: Thursday, March 24th at 9am Box Office www.bookingsdirect.com Telephone 0870 735 5000 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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WRESTLEMANIA REVENGE TOUR - UK & EUROPE The Raw and Smackdown Superstars will be returning to the UK and Europe at the end of April (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 AND 26th). They will be doing shows in Germany, Aberdeen, Dublin, Edinburgh, London, Newcastle, Italy, Hull, Cardiff and Nottingham. This huge tour will culminate with Raw being televised from the NEC in Birmingham on Monday 25th April and Smackdown being televised the very next night, Tuesday 26th April. Click here for all the details. TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE FOR ALL SHOWS ***Two new dates have recently been announced for this already incredible tour with a further date being added at The Point Theatre in Dublin where the Smackdown crew will now kick off the tour on Tuesday April 20th and now the Raw crew will rock the Nottingham Ice Arena on Tuesday, April 26th. SUPERSTARS scheduled to appear include: Batista, Chris Benoit, Shelton Benjamin, Chris Jericho, Christian, Edge, Shawn Michaels, Eric Bischoff, Ric Flair, Maven, Randy Orton, William Regal, Trish Stratus, Triple H, Victoria and many more! WRESTLEMANIA REVENGE TOUR - AUSTRALIA The Raw and Smackdown Superstars will be returning to Australia in April (7, 8, 9 and 10th). They will be doing shows in Brisbane, Newcastle, Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Adelaide. Click here for all the details. TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE FOR ALL SHOWS SUPERSTARS scheduled to appear include: Batista, Chris Benoit, Shelton Benjamin, Chris Jericho, Christian, Edge, Shawn Michaels, Ric Flair, Kane, Randy Orton, William Regal, Trish Stratus, Triple H, Victoria and many more! |
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MESSAGE FROM WWE "To our European WWE Fans": We knew it would be big. We knew it would be loud. You did not disappoint! More than 115,000 of you showed up with earth-shattering enthusiasm. Your excitement for our recent tour across Europe reinforced one thing – WWE has the greatest fans in the world.
The welcome mat was rolled out when RAW Live Events hit Helsinki, Sheffield, London, Frankfurt and Cardiff. SmackDown! Live Events got the royal treatment when passing through Belfast, Firenze, Turino, and Nottingham. The icing on the cake came on October 11 and 12 when our flagship TV shows, Monday Night RAW and WWE SmackDown! emanated from Manchester. The excitement was so intense; we thought you were going to the blow the roof off the Manchester Evening News Arena!
The WWE Superstars have traveled around the world and they’ve even said – the October 2004 tour is going to be tough to top.
But, we’re certainly going to try. Plans are in the works to return to Europe with more televised events, possibly even a Pay-Per-View! It’s never been done before but, you’ve earned it.
Thanks for supporting WWE. And, thanks for being part of seven unforgettable days in October!
Sincerely,
Your friends and Superstars at World Wrestling Entertainment. World Wresting Entertainment Storms Europe With Record Setting Tour (October 2004) First-Ever Televised Events Outside North America Anchor Onslaught of Activities
STAMFORD, Conn. & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 2004--For the first time ever in World Wrestling Entertainment® history, both RAW® and SmackDown!(TM) Superstars were on simultaneous overseas tours to perform in Europe. More than 115,000 ecstatic fans saw WWE® live, bought WWE merchandise and met WWE Superstars at local retail markets for a rousing start to the WWE's major European brand initiative in the UK.
Separate RAW and SmackDown! live event tours covered seven days and saw the larger-than-life WWE Superstars performing before packed houses in Germany, Finland, Italy and the UK. Each tour culminated with the flagship television programs Monday Night RAW and WWE SmackDown! being performed from Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, the first time those television programs have emanated from outside North America.
"Our fans in the UK and all across Europe are incredible, and are the reason this new dedicated UK initiative is off to a roaring start," said Shane McMahon, WWE's Executive Vice President, Global Media. "Our UK brand initiative is groundbreaking for us, our business partners, and our fans. It is developing the model we plan to use in other countries as we further implement our global expansion strategy."
Complementing the live event tours were a series of promotional appearances, promotions and publicity events which saw WWE Superstars appearing on popular UK television programs, on various UK news programs, and in features in the UK's largest newspaper, The Sun.
The tours provided an unprecedented opportunity for WWE licensees THQ, Jakks, Clearvision, Simon and Schuster, Sony Music and Topps, and primary UK retail partners WHSmith and Woolworths, to promote WWE's licensed and consumer products in the UK.
"The first phase of our WWE brand push in the UK has been an overwhelming success," said Kurt Schneider, Executive Vice President, Marketing. "Not only did we play before packed houses and break merchandise sales records at half the arenas at which we performed, but we were able to offer our business partners an unprecedented platform from which to promote our licensed and consumer products."
Among the promotional activities were:
*In-store WWE Superstar appearances across the UK supporting WWE licensees and retail partners WHSmith and Woolworths.
*A cross promotion with The Sun newspaper and Woolworths, the top retailer in the UK, that allowed fans to earn tokens for an exclusive WWE DVD that was redeemed by an estimated 180,000 participants.
*THQ had Playstation pods at every event promoting the new SmackDown! vs. RAW video game, providing the first worldwide exclusive showing of the game, which is eagerly anticipated in the video gaming world. THQ also did a promotion with Woolworths and with GAME store to pre-order SmackDown! vs. RAW.
*Sony leafleted fans at all UK live events promoting the release of a new CD ThemeAddict WWE The Music V6 in November.
In April 2005, the WWE plans to return to the UK to again produce Monday Night RAW and WWE SmackDown!, triggering a second phase of promotions, sweepstakes and Superstar appearances.
In support of this initiative, WWE is undertaking a UK-specific ad campaign that will result in greater awareness for the brand. Licensees, retailers, promotional and media partners will all focus their WWE efforts around the same brand message and as a result of these synergies, there will be a significant increase in activities developed for their consumers.
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: WWE - News) is an integrated media and entertainment company headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Toronto and London. Additional information on the company can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com.
Trademarks: The names of all World Wrestling Entertainment televised and live programming, talent names, images, likenesses, slogans and wrestling moves and all World Wrestling Entertainment logos are trademarks which are the exclusive property of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
Forward-Looking Statements: This news release contains forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are subject to various risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include the conditions of the markets for live events, broadcast television, cable television, pay-per-view, Internet, entertainment, professional sports, and licensed merchandise; acceptance of the Company's brands, media and merchandise within those markets; uncertainties relating to litigation; risks associated with producing live events both domestically and internationally; uncertainties associated with international markets; and other risks and factors set forth from time to time in Company filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results could differ materially from those currently expected or anticipated. WWE & BSKYB SIGN UNPRECEDENTED 5 YEAR TV DEAL World Wresting Entertainment And BSKYB Sign Unprecedented Five-Year Television Deal Monday October 4, 10:15 am ET New Agreement Provides Extensive WWE Programming in the UK
STAMFORD, Conn. & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2004--World Wrestling Entertainment®, Inc. (NYSE:WWE - News) has expanded its 18-year relationship with British Sky Broadcasting (LSE:BSY.L - News) in the UK, signing a new five-year distribution agreement for WWE's weekly programming, and pay-per-view specials, which takes effect in January 2005. Under the new agreement, B SKY B - which provides WWE® programming to more than 10 million households in the UK and Republic of Ireland - will carry all nine first run hours of WWE's seven weekly programs. WWE RAW®, WWE SmackDown!(TM), WWE Heat(TM), WWE Velocity(TM), WWE Bottom Line(TM), and WWE After Burn(TM) on Sky Sports Channel, and WWE Experience(TM) on Sky One. Six monthly Specials will also be shown on Sky Sports.
B SKY B will show eight events annually on Sky Box Office, including perennial favorites WrestleMania®, Royal Rumble®, Summerslam® and Survivor Series®.
Shane McMahon, Executive Vice President, WWE Global Media, hailed the new agreement as the start of an expanded presence in the UK. "We value the UK market, and see it as a natural stepping off point for furthering expansion of the WWE brand around the world," said McMahon. "We have had a long and beneficial partnership with B SKY B. WWE is excited about our expanding relationship and the business opportunities it offers."
Andrew Whitaker, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, WWE International Television Distribution, added, "The new agreement takes WWE and B SKY B into a third decade of business together. There is no greater testimony to the mutually beneficial nature of this special relationship. We look forward to further expanding our programming and presence in the UK working with B SKY B."
Vic Wakeling, Managing Director of Sports at B SKY B, said: "WWE Wrestling has been with us since our network began and a generation of fans have enjoyed their events and weekly shows on Sky. Now we can offer our viewers WWE for the next five years - and we'll have more shows for them, too."
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:WWE - News) is an integrated media and entertainment company headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices in New York City, Los Angeles, Toronto and London. Additional information on the company can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com.
Trademarks: The names of all World Wrestling Entertainment televised and live programming, talent names, images, likenesses, slogans and wrestling moves and all World Wrestling Entertainment logos are trademarks which are the exclusive property of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
Contact: U.S. Media: World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. WWE launches major brand initiative for the UK "In recognition of the passion of UK fans and business partners, World Wrestling Entertainment today said it will extend its brand presence significantly in the United Kingdom over the next year as part of a major global expansion initiative. Building upon WWE®’s successful UK TV and Live Event presence, the WWE brand initiative will introduce UK-based television production, additional live events, promotional programs, licensed product launches, and on-the-ground appearances from the larger-than-life WWE superstars. In support of this initiative, WWE is undertaking a UK-specific ad campaign that will result in greater awareness for the brand. Licensees, retailers, promotional and media partners will all focus their WWE efforts around the same brand message and as a result of these synergies, there will be a significant increase in activities developed for their consumers." Spearheading this initiative, the WWE will produce its two flagship television programs, Monday Night RAW® and WWE SmackDown!™, from the UK in front of sell-out crowds at the Manchester Evening News Arena in October 2004. This is first time ever that the two shows have been produced outside of North America. Campaigns involving WWE commercial partners, including promotions, competitions, in-store appearances, school visits and new product launches featuring the WWE Superstars, are already in the planning stage. These are part of the UK-specific branding operation that will see a significant increase in presence for WWE licensees, retailers, promotional and media partners. “Our fans in the UK are incredible, and their loyalty, combined with the exceptional retail and licensing programs we have in the UK, is a linchpin to our strategy to expand WWE’s global presence,” said Shane McMahon, WWE’s Executive Vice President, Global Media. “Our UK initiative is groundbreaking for us, our business partners, and our fans. It will develop the model we plan to use in other countries as we further implement our global expansion strategy. Leading up to the RAW and SmackDown! televised events in October, the WWE Superstars will perform to sold-out crowds in Belfast, Sheffield, Nottingham and London as part of a unique “double header” WWE European tour where UK fans nationwide will be invited to be part of WWE history. In April 2005, the WWE plans to return to the UK to produce again Monday Night RAW and WWE SmackDown!, triggering a second phase of promotions, sweepstakes and Superstar appearances." |
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